The Yolks on You

The Yolks on You
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 a television short and 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 the wrong egg. Miss Prissy ditches a golden egg, which winds up in the hands of both Daffy and Sylvester.

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 histhory of eggsth!
Daffy: Oh, very funny. Ho-ho, ha-ha!

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Foghorn Leghorn	Mel Blanc
Daffy Duck	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Miss Prissy	Nancy Wibble
Hens	Nancy Wibble

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Farmyard
    • Country side

Objects

• Easter eggs
• Golden egg
• Rock
• Tickle torture stick
• White paint can and paintbrush
• Egg boxes
• Giant washtub

Vehicles

• Taxi
• Egg truck

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 is the first appearance of the following characters:
  • Daffy Duck since 1968.
  • Miss Prissy since 1961.
• 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. First Sylvester in the 1947 Looney Tunes short, Crowing Pains and then Daffy in the 1956 Merrie Melodies short, The High and The Flighty.
• Daffy and Sylvester have previously been paired in The Scarlet Pumpernickel, It's Nice to Have A Mouse Around the House. and in A Taste of Catnip.