Design for Leaving

Design for Leaving
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 27, 1954
Starring	Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Phil DeLara Charles McKimson Herman Cohen Rod Scribner
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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Design for Leaving is the three hundred and thirtieth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 27, 1954. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.

When Daffy Duck, an Acme salesman, offers Elmer a free trial of having an futuristic push button home, he gives Elmer's home a complete futuristic makeover. But is warned not to push the red button, as that button is for emergencies only.

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Memorable quotes

Daffy: For a small price, I can install this little blue button to get you down.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Daffy Duck	Mel Blanc
Elmer Fudd	Arthur Q. Bryan

Organizations

• Acme
  • Acme Future-Antic Push Button Home of Tomorrow Household Appliance Company, Inc.

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Fudd residence

Objects

• Red button for "in case of tidal wave"
• Hydraulic lift
• Blue button for down setting

Music

The music was composed by Carl Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 27, 1954 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the 1932 Noël Coward comedy play, Design for Living.
  • The working title for this cartoon was "Future Antics."
• Daffy once again reprises a salesman role that he previously played in Daffy Dilly (1948), The Stupor Salesman (1948) and Fool Coverage (1952).
• Although the original opening and closing titles are known to exist, it is still restored with the Blue Ribbon re-release titles.

Errors

• When Elmer encounters the "Hat and Coat Remover" robot, he says "Hey, what is this?", but his lips only move to the word "Hey".
• When this short was released on the Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl DVD, it was cropped down to a widescreen format. While it was restored to fullscreen on certain streaming platforms, it has not been re-released on home video as of yet.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl