Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement

Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement
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Production company	DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release date	April 1, 1980
Run time	50 minutes
Starring	Mel Blanc Nancy Wibble
Executive producer(s)	Hal Geer
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Music composed by	Harper MacKay
Story by	David Detiege Friz Freleng
Director(s)	Friz Freleng
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Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement, originally known as Daffy Duck's Easter Show, is an American animated Easter television special produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, based on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It aired on April 1, 1980 on NBC. It was written by David Detiege and Friz Freleng, produced by David H. DePatie and Freleng, and directed by Freleng.

Daffy tries to host an Easter-themed special in spirit of the holiday, but a mysterious animator forces him to be put in unfortunate scenarios.

Detailed summary

Featured segments

• "The Yolks on You"
• "The Chocolate Chase"
• "Daffy Flies North"

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Daffy Duck	Mel Blanc
Foghorn Leghorn	Mel Blanc
Miss Prissy	Nancy Wibble
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Speedy Gonzales	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 1, 1980 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• This is the second Easter special to feature the Looney Tunes characters, but with Daffy Duck as the leading star.
• Two of the three segments featured in the special are Easter-focused.
• The in-between segments of this special are inspired by Duck Amuck.
• This is the last Looney Tunes television special to include original shorts, and the last one made by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.
• In later releases of the special, the title scene was reanimated to coincide with its name change to Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement.

Home availability

• In the United States: