The Ducksters

The Ducksters
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	September 2, 1950
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Philip Monroe Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Emery Hawkins
Director(s)	Charles M. Jones
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The Ducksters is the two hundred and eighty-first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 2, 1950. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

Porky tries to win big prizes on Daffy Duck's radio quiz show, Truth or AAAAHHH!!

Memorable quotes

Porky: T-th-th-the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney.
Daffy: You're absolutely correct! And let me remind you again, folks, that you're listening to Truth or AAAAHHH!! Brought to you by the Eagle Hand Laundry. If your eagle's hands are dirty, we'll wash them clean.

Daffy: Don't be a sucker, chum. The next question's a snap.
Audience Member: YOU'LL BE SORRY!
(Daffy takes a rifle and shoots the guy in the audience; he blows the smoke off the gun)

Daffy: Have you got a doctor in the balcony, lady?!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Porky Pig	Mel Blanc
Daffy Duck	Mel Blanc

Orginizations

• Ajax Radio Network
• Eagle Hand Laundry

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Game show set

Objects

• Buzzsaw table
• "Rock of Gibraltar"
• Safe
• Dynamite
• Mallet

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 2, 1950 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the 1947 film. The Hucksters.
• The original title was replaced with a new title card when it was reissued in the 1959–64 season. The original title card may or may not have had Daffy Duck and Porky Pig on it before it was reissued.
• Daffy's game show is a parody of Truth or Consequences and follows similar rules as the latter. However, instead of using wacky stunts for incorrect answers, the game show uses dangerous scenarios.
• Daffy Duck saying "all 48 states..." has become outdated due to the U.S. gaining two more states, Alaska and Hawaii, in 1959. Unlike Frigid Hare (1949), which also has a reference to an exact time period, this was never cut on television airings.

Errors

• When this cartoon was restored for the Max streaming service, the audio pitch is significantly lower. The reason could be that the 4K restored copy of the cartoon is presented in low pitched audio, unlike the previous restored copy presented in its original NTSC audio. The audio pitch of the cartoon has not been as of yet fixed.
• According to the Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide book, Porky is erroneously identified as Elmer Fudd.

Legacy

• This cartoon was used in the Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television special.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1