Daffy's Diner
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| Daffy's Diner | |
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| Production company | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | January 21, 1967 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Music composed by | Walter Greene |
| Story by | Michael O'Connor |
| Animation | Manny Perez Warren Batchelder Ted Bonnicksen Art Leonardi Don Williams Bob Matz Norm McCabe |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Daffy's Diner is the five-hundred and fifteenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 21, 1967. It was written by Michael O'Connor, produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, and directed by Robert McKimson.
Daffy is an owner of a diner in Mexico, where is threatened by El Supremo, a very tough cat bandito. He is offered to make him a live "mouseburger," but Daffy lacks the ingredient to make one until Speedy Gonzales comes for a job application.
Detailed summary
Memorable quote
Daffy: Boy, you never know what you'll do until you have a gun pointed at your head!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Mexico
- Daffy's Desert Diner
- Guadalajara (mentioned)
- Mexico
Objects
- Faux mouseburger
- El Sumpremo's shotgun
- Edible sombrero
- Mousetrap-rigged door
- Garbage can
- Mouseburger costume
Vehicles
- Garbage truck
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1967.
Music
The music was composed by Walter Greene.
Crew credits
- Layout: Dick Ung
- Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
- Film editor: Lee Gunther
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 21, 1967
Behind the scenes
- The short was originally shown alongside film Hotel.
- This cartoon marked the following milestone events:
- It is the final Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies short to be produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, as the next three would be produced by Format Films before Warner Bros.-Seven Arts took over.
- It is also the only DePatie-Freleng short to be released in 1967.
- This is the final cartoon that Robert McKimson directed until Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches) in 1968. This is also McKimson's only cartoon that was released in 1967.
- It is also the final Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales short directed by Robert McKimson, and the last cartoon of such by DePatie-Freleng.
- It is the final golden age WB short animated by Manuel Perez.
- It is the final Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies short to be produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, as the next three would be produced by Format Films before Warner Bros.-Seven Arts took over.
- The last line that Daffy says in this short was previously used in Golden Yeggs.
