The Night of the Living Duck

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The Night of the Living Duck
Production company Warner Bros. Animation
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date September 23, 1988
Run time 9:04
Starring Mel Blanc
Producer(s) Steven S. Greene
Music composed by Carl Stalling
Milt Franklyn
Story by Greg Ford
Terry Lennon
Animation Brenda L. Banks
Norman McKabe
Mark Kausler
Rebecca Rees
Frans Vischer
Director(s) Greg Ford
Terry Lennon
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The Night of the Living Duck is the five-hundred and thirty-sixth short of Merrie Melodies theatrical series. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 23, 1988 at the New York Film Festival.[1][2] It was written by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, produced by Steven S. Greene, and directed by Ford and Lennon.

After indulging himself in reading horror comics, Daffy faces a dream where he is a host of a nightclub populated by monsters.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Schmodzilla: You were expecting maybe Calvin Coolidge?

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Daffy Duck Mel Blanc
Mel Tormé (signing voice)
Noseman
Schmodzilla Mel Blanc
Daffy's manager Mel Blanc
Frankenstein's monster N/A
Bride of Frankenstein N/A
Count Dracula N/A
Gorgon N/A
Gill-man N/A
Gill-man's captor N/A
Werewolf N/A
Skeleton trio N/A
Fly N/A
Mummy N/A
Cyclops N/A
Ghost pianist N/A
Blob N/A
Petrified man N/A
Two-headed monster N/A
Blonde-haired mistress N/A
Leatherface N/A
Alfred E. Neuman N/A
Headless Horseman N/A
Black-hooded trio N/A
Calvin Coolidge


Locations

Objects

Music

The score is taken from compositions by Carl W. Stalling and Milt Franklyn. It marks as one of three modern Looney Tunes cartoons to use music cues from the classic shorts as opposed to having an original score, with the other two being The Duxorcist and Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers.

Songs

Crew credits

Behind the scenes

  • The title is a play on the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead, although the plot has nothing to do with said film's themes of a zombie apocalypse.
  • The plot of this short is a spiritual successor to 1946's The Great Piggy Bank Robbery, which also revolved around Daffy stuck in a dream with various characters.
  • It is the last Warner Bros. animated short in which Mel Blanc provided the voices before his passing in 1989.
  • A cover of Mad magazine appears during the opening scene. Alfred E. Neuman, the magazine's mascot, later appears briefly while holding some drinks next to the Gill-man and his female captor.
  • Daffy's scream when eaten by Schodzilla is recycled from Boobs in the Woods, due to Blanc's illness at the time of the short's production.

Legacy

Home availability

References

  1. ↑ Gelder, Lawrence Van (September 16, 1988). "AT THE MOVIES". The New York Times. Retrieved on November 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Review/Film Festival; Cencentric Eccentricities in Almodovar Tale". The New York Times (September 23, 1988). Retrieved on November 3, 2024.
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