Daffy Dilly
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | October 30, 1948 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Animation | Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Phil Monroe |
| Director(s) | Charles M. Jones |
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Daffy Dilly is the two hundred and ninety-fifth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 30, 1948. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.
Practical joke salesman Daffy sets off to the mansion of J.P. Cubish when he hears about a one million dollar reward to anyone who can make him laugh before his passing. But first, he must outwit a butler who is preventing anyone from seeing him.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Radio news reporter: Special bulletin, J.P. Cubish, the multi-millionaire, is in a critical condition. The ailing buzzsaw baron, who has not laughed in 50 years, has been quoted to saying that he will would give a million dollars for one good laugh before he passes on.
Daffy: It's a living.
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- City
- J.P. Cubish's Mansion
- United States
Objects
- Water spraying flower
- Joe Miller joke book
- Ajax Rib Tickler
- 200-volt electric hand buzzer
- "Chicken Inspector" badge
- Radio
- Boxing glove-loaded cigarette case
- Coin
- Water fountain
- Grappling hook and rope
- False teeth
- Rope swing
- Scissors
- Teetering board
- Iron wright
- Mallet
- Cork screw
- Dumbwaiter
- Axe
- Cannon
- Rug
- Cake
- Fruit bowl
- Table stand
- Daily Snooze newspaper
- Cream pies
- Cakes
- Bullseye wallpaper
- Napkin
Production
Filming
The film was copyrighted in 1948 (MCMXLVIII).
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Crew credits
Effects animation: A.C. Gamer Layouts: Robert Gribbroek Backgrounds: Peter Alvarado
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 30, 1948
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on the flower "daffodil."
- The MPAA certificate number is 12513.
- This is the only Chuck Jones-directed cartoon to use Daffy's salesman role.
- This is the third Daffy Duck cartoon, and the twelfth Warner Bros. cartoon that was released in Cinecolor in the 1940s.
- This was one of only five post-1948 Warner Bros. Cartoons to get a Blue Ribbon reissue prior to 1956 - with the original credits cut. The others were The Foghorn Leghorn, Kit for Cat, Scaredy Cat, and You Were Never Duckier.
- This is the only one out of the five that does not have its original titles restored for the Daffy Duck release of the Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD series. However, a 16mm print of this short with the original titles is known to exist. As Warner Bros. does not restore non-35mm prints, the Blue Ribbon titles were restored instead.
- This is the only one of the five to have been originally released in Cinecolor; the others were released in Technicolor. Since the short was originally released in Cinecolor and re-released in Technicolor, the original closing titles were omitted and replaced with Blue Ribbon closing titles.
Legacy
- This short would be used for the premise of the final compilation movie, Daffy Duck's Quackbusters. However, the ending was changed to have Cubish "die laughing" and leaving his entire fortune to Daffy, on the grounds that he use it to perform a beneficial public service "and to display honesty in all business affairs." When Cubish returns in spectral form and threatens to take away Daffy's inheritance, Daffy forms a ghost-hunting business to "rid the world of disgusting ectoplasmic slime like J.P. Cubish!... Uh, I mean, 'nice' ectoplasmic slime like J.P. Cubish."
Home availability
- In the United States:
- August 10, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl on DVD.
