The Prize Pest

The Prize Pest
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	December 22, 1951
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Rod Scribner Phil DeLara Emery Hawkins Charles McKimson
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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The Prize Pest is the two hundred and ninety-third Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on December 22, 1951. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.

When Porky Pig wins a prize on a radio show, it turns out to be none other than Daffy Duck, who goes about on his usual looney antics.

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
Radio announcers	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Porky Pig's residence

Objects

• Gift-wrapped present
• False fang teeth
• Monster costume

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

The music used for the title sequence is "This is My Lucky Day".

Crew Credits

• Layouts: Peter Alvarado
• Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 22, 1951 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• It has recently been discovered that a print of this cartoon with the original opening titles uses the same head shots of Porky and Daffy from Riff Raffy Daffy. Despite the existence of the original print, the restored version on the Daffy Duck release of the Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD series is the Blue Ribbon version.
  • As a result, if the original titles had been restored, this is also the last cartoon of the Golden Age to have the Porky and Daffy head shot appear in the opening titles.
• This short and Sleepy Time Possum have slightly unique yet crooked WB opening shields compared to other WB opening shields.
• When Porky was coming out of the closet while shaking, he was speaking gibberish. What he said was, "Really... nothing to be afraid of! Nothing at all! Nothing, nothing! Nothing at all to be--" in reverse.

Legacy

• This cartoon would be used in the final compilation movie, Daffy Duck's Quackbusters. For this short, a plot sequence of Daffy recruiting Porky was involved with new scenes animated in the same distinctive art style as Robert McKimson's.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 10, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl on DVD.