Rocket Squad

Rocket Squad
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 10, 1956
Run time	6:35
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Ken Harris Ben Washam Abe Levitow Richard Thompson
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Rocket Squad is the four hundredth and seventh Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 10, 1956. It was written by Tedd Pierce, written by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

Daffy & Porky are space cops in the future (named Sgt. Joe Monday & Det. Schmoe Tuesday, repsectively), who are in the patrol in the Milky Way

Detailed summary

Joe: This is the Milky Way, a nice galaxy. 875 billion trillion people live here. Yes, it's a nice place to live. It's my job to keep it that way. I'm a space cop. The name's Monday. My partner's name is Tuesday; he always follows me. It was Wednesday, January 23rd, 10:26 p.m.
Schmoe: It's eh-t-te-t-t-ten twenty-eight.
Joe: Like I said, it was 10:28 p.m.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Joe Monday	Mel Blanc
Schmoe Tuesday	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Milky Way
  • Earth
    • United States
      • California
        • Los Angeles
  • Saturn

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 10, 1956 in theaters

Behind the scenes

• This short is a parody of the the television series Dragnet and Racket Squad.
  • The title also is a play on Racket Squad.
  • The role for Daffy in the short is roughly based on Joe Friday, as portrayed by Jack Webb in Dragnet.
• Daffy and Porky's first names in this short come from "Joe Schmoe."
• 875 billion trillion people live in the Milky Way.
• Animations and backgrounds from Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century were repurposed for this short.

Legacy

• A background from this short would be used for the opening credit sequence of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
• Daffy's "Joe Monday" persona would be used as a playable character in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 25, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 on DVD.