Duck Amuck
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | Feburary 28, 1953 |
| Run time | 7:03 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Mike Maltese |
| Animation | Ken Harris Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan |
| Director(s) | Chuck Jones |
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Duck Amuck is the two hundred and sixty-first Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on February 28, 1953. It was written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones.
An unseen animator endlessly teases Daffy out of frustration by changing him and his environment.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Daffy: Hey! Psst! Whoever's in charge here! The scenery. Where's the scenery?
Daffy: And I've never been so humiliated in all my life!
Daffy: It isn't as though I've lived up to my contract, goodness knows. And goodness knows that it isn't as though I've kept myself trimmed, goodness knows. I-I've done that… That's strange… All of the sudden I don't quite feel like myself… Well, I feel alright, and yet I, uh… I, uhh… EEK! You know better than that!
Daffy: Hey, come here! Come here! Give me a close-up! A close-up!
(screen contracts to Daffy from far away)
Daffy: This is a close-up? A CLOSE-UP, YOU JERK! A CLOSE-UP!!
(screen does an actual close-up, but only up close to his eyes)
Daffy: Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin...
Daffy: Alright, let's get this picture started!
(screen irises out to a "The End" card)
Daffy: No, NO!!!
Daffy: Who is responsible for this!? I demand to know who's in charge of this! WHO ARE YOU!? HMM!?
(a pencil closes the painted door around Daffy before he gets to know the animator's identity)
Bugs Bunny: (to audience) Heh, heh, heh! Ain't I a stinker?
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Animation desk
- United States
Objects
- Anvil
- Artillery shell
Vehicles
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: February 28, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
Errors
Legacy
- This short would later get a sequel in 1955, Rabbit Rampage, where Bugs Bunny faces an unseen animator.
- The 1966 Looney Tunes short A-Haunting We Will Go contains some reused gags from Duck Amuck, including Daffy as a flower-headed creature.
- The short was included as a segment in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
- The in-between segments in Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement were inspired by this short.
- In 2007, the short would inspire a Nintendo DS game titled Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck.
- Daffy's flower-headed creature persona, called "Duck Amuck," would be used in the 2018 video game Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- 1985: Warner Home Video releases Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... on VHS and Betamax.
- March 10, 1993: Warner Home Video releases Daffy Duck's Screen Classics: Duck Victory on LaserDisc.
- November 1999: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes The Collector's Edition: Running Amuck on VHS.
- 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.
- November 15, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 on Blu-ray Disc.
- June 25, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes on DVD.
