Tom Turk and Daffy
| Tom Turk and Daffy | |
|---|---|
| Production company | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | February 12, 1944 |
| Run time | 7:17 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Billy Bletcher[1] |
| Producer(s) | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music composed by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Story by | Michael Maltese Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Ken Harris Ben Washam Bobe Cannon Rudy Larriva[2] |
| Director(s) | Charles M. Jones |
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Tom Turk and Daffy is the one hundred and eighty-seventh Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on February 12, 1944. It was written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Chuck Jones.
When a turkey pleads to Daffy to spare him from pilgrim Porky Pig, the duck uses it as an opportunity to hide Tom. But while dissuading Porky into not perusing the turkey, he becomes tempted to eat Tom when Porky describes his planned menu and reverses his decision.
Detailed summary
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Memorable quotes
Daffy: You lose something, fat stuff?
Porky: I'm l-l-looking for a d-d-d-darn old t-t-turkey.
Daffy: SIR! You mean to insinuate that I hide a "d-d-d-darn old t-t-t-t-t-turkey"?
Porky: I was c-c-certainly came this way.
Daffy: Well, I ain't talking, see? My lips are sealed!
Porky: Well, g-g-g-gee...
Daffy: I ain't no stool-pigeon, see?
Tom: (to audience) What a pal, what a pal! What a pal, what a pal, what a pal, what a pal! What a pal!
Daffy: The yams did it! The yams did it! The yams did it!
Daffy: I didn't want to do it. It was the yams who did it. Oh, those nasty yams!
Tom: (to audience) Quisling?
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Snowman
- Porky's blunderbuss
- Wooden mallet
Vehicles
- None
Production
Filming
The short was copyrighted in 1944 (MCMXLIV).
The main musical motif for the short is "Ice Cold Katie... Won't You Marry the Soldier?", which was performed by Hattie McDaniel in the 1943 Warner Bros. film Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Music
The score was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: February 12, 1944
Behind the scenes
- The MPAA certificate number is 8971.
- Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce are not properly credited and are instead listed as "The Staff".
- Although uncredited, it is the last short that Rudy Larriva worked under Chuck Jones. He was later drafted during World War II by the time he worked on this short.
- From this short onward, all Looney Tunes entries (except for Merrie Melodies, which was still in color) are made using Technicolor instead of black-and-white.
- After being betrayed by Daffy, Tom, still inside the snowman, mutters the word "Quisling", which is derived from the Norwegian Prime Minister Vidkun Quisling and was synonymous with the word "traitor"; Quisling sold himself to Nazi Germany and was associated with his betrayal of many Norwegians due to the country's bloodless invasion by Nazi powers in 1940.[3]
Legacy
- Tom Turk later appeared alongside Daffy in the 1949 short Holiday for Drumsticks.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- July 14, 1994: MGM/UA Home Video releases The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Volume 4 on LaserDisc.
- November 6 2012: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham on DVD.
References
- ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 58. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ↑ Yowp, Don M. (October 9, 2017). "The Yams Did It". Tralfaz. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ↑ Amidi, Amid (November 26, 2015. "Happy Thanksgiving!" Cartoon Brew. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
