Deduce, You Say

Deduce, You Say
Lobby card.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	September 29, 1956
Run time	7:00
Starring	Mel Blanc June Foray
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ken Harris Richard Thompson Ken Harris Ben Washam
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Deduce, You Say is the three hundred and sixty-sixth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 29, 1956. It was written by Tedd Pierce, written by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

Dorlock Holmes and Dr. Watkins (Daffy and Porky, respectively) work their way to locate and apprehend the Shropshire Slasher.

Memorable quotes

Dorlock: By George, I solved it!
Watkins: H-h-have you now, Holmes? That's ripping, you know?
Dorlock: Yes, by Jove. I can take my maiden Aunt Matilda as a dependent.

Dorlock: I may be down, but the jig is up!

Dorlock: Egad! These look like a woman's fingerprints. Could it be possible that the Shropshire Slasher is a...
Woman: Oh, Alfie! This cove's annoying me!
Alfie: Oh, is he now?
Dorlock: Oho! Alfie, is it? Where was you on the night of... (shot by darts off-screen) Well, he has eliminated him as a suspect.

Watkins: Y-y-your name? Eh-sp-speak up, man.
Shropshire Slasher: Shropshire Slasher.
Watkins: Occupation?
Shropshire Slasher: Shropshire Slasher.

Watkins: A b-bi-bi-bit on the slasher, but the foolish guv asked for it.

Watkins: Er, t-t-t-tell me, Holmes. At what school did you learn to be a detective?
Dorlock: Elementary, my dear Watkins. Elementary...

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Dorlock Holmes	Mel Blanc
Dr. Watkins	Mel Blanc
Aunt Matilda
Woman	June Foray
Alfie	Mel Blanc
Shropshire Slasher	Mel Blanc
Shropshire Slasher's mother	June Foray

Locations

• Earth
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • Beeker Street
        • Henry the Eight's Fifth
    • 30 Pudding Lane (mentioned)
      • Scotland Yard (mentioned)

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Maurice Noble
• Backgrounds: Philip DeGaurd
• Film editor: Treg Brown

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 29, 1956 in theaters

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on the phrase, "The deuce, you say!"
• The short is a parody of the Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
• Inside the Henry the Eight's Fifth pub, there is an advertisement for "Selzer's Water." This is a reference to Edward Selzer, the producer of this short.
• The MPAA number of this short is 17371.

Errors

• The lobby card for this short has an exclamation point (Deduce, You Say!), while the title in the actual short does not.

Legacy

• A portion of this cartoon would be reanimated and rerecorded for the 1966 Merrie Melodies short Mucho Locos.
• The Shropshire Slasher would return in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode "London Broiled."
• Daffy & Porky's personas as Dorlock Homes & Dr. Watkins, respectively, would be used as playable characters in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 7, 1985: Warner Home Video releases Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... on VHS.
  • 1993: Warner Home Media releases Ham on Wry: The Porky Pig Laser Collection on LaserDisc.
  • October 28, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.
  • November 1, 2011: Warner Home Video releases The Essential Daffy Duck on DVD.
  • October 16, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 on Blu-ray.