The Yolks on You
| The Yolks on You | |
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| Production company | DePatie-Freleng Enterprises |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
| Release date | April 1, 1980 |
| Run time | 7:00 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Nancy Wibble |
| Producer(s) | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng Hal Geer |
| Music composed by | Harper MacKay |
| Story by | Friz Freleng Tony Benedict John Dunn |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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The Yolks on You is the five hundred and twenty-ninth short of the Merrie Melodies theatrical series, which originally came as the first segment in the Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement television special. It aired on April 1, 1980 on CBS. It was written, produced and directed by Friz Freleng.
When Foghorn Leghorn orders the hens to lay technicolored eggs for Easter, Miss Prissy lays what Foghorn thinks was the wrong one. Miss Prissy ditches a golden egg, which winds up in the hands of both Daffy and Sylvester.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Daffy: The gold one... has to be around here somewhere.
Sylvester: Well, ifth it isthn't, you'll be eating the biggesth omelet in the history of eggsth!
Daffy: Oh, very funny. Ho-ho, ha-ha!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Farmyard
- Country side
- United States
Objects
- Easter eggs
- Golden egg
- Rock
- Tickle torture stick
- White paint can and paintbrush
- Egg boxes
- Giant washtub
Vehicles
- Taxi
- Egg truck
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Harper MacKay.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: April 1, 1980 on CBS
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on the phrase, "The joke's on you!"
- This short marks is the first appearances of Daffy Duck since 1968's See Ya Later, Gladiator, and Miss Prissy since 1961's Strangled Eggs.
- This marks the first time since 1963 where Daffy has been recast as a more sympathetic character, compared to the "Nasty Daffy" characterization exhibited in the mid-to-late-1960s cartoons from the DePatie-Freleng and Seven Arts eras.
- This is the first time that Daffy, Sylvester, and Foghorn have all appeared together. However, Foghorn's plot is separate from Sylvester and Daffy's.
- Both Sylvester and Daffy had each previously appeared separately in a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon; Sylvester in the 1947 short Crowing Pains, and Daffy in the 1956 short The High and the Flighty.
