Yankee Doodle Daffy

Yankee Doodle Daffy
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Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	June 5, 1943
Run time	6:43
Starring	Mel Blanc Ken Bennett
Producer(s)	Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Richard Bickenbach
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Yankee Doodle Daffy is the one hundred and eighty third Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 5, 1943. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Friz Freleng.

Porky, the talent agent of Smeller Productions, is in a hurry to catch a plane trip for his vacation, but is constantly bombarded by the extravagant talents of Daffy Duck.

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
Bugs Bunny (portrait)	N/A
Elmer Fudd (portrait)	N/A
Friz Freleng (portrait)	N/A
Sleepy Lagoon	Ken Bennett

Organizations

• Smeller Productions
• ABAC Airlines Inc.

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Smeller Productions building

Vehicles

• Airliner

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 5, 1943

Behind the scenes

• The title is inspired by the 1942 musical film Yankee Doodle Dandy. Other than both films being about show business, they have no plot elements in common.
• The introductory music at the title card is also reminiscent of Yankee Doodle Dandy.
• It is the second Technicolor Looney Tunes short to feature Porky and Daffy, after My Favorite Duck.
• Authors Michael S. Shull and David E. Wilt consider it ambiguous if the short made a reference related to World War II. When Daffy is revealed as a pilot of the plane. he wears an aviator's goggles and helmet, and sings Max Steiner's main title march from the 1941 film Dive Bomber while on a parachute. This could be a reference to military aviation.
• This short fell under the public domain in 1971 due to United Artists (the short's then-recent copyright holder) failing to renew the rights.

In popular culture

• In the South Park episode "The Passion of the Jew," when Stan and Kyle reach to Mel Gibson's house to get their money back, Gibson maniacally chases the boys around while imitating gags from Daffy Duck. A few of those are taken from Yankee Doodle Daffy; earlier, when Gibson insists on not refunding the money, he plays a banjo while wearing a boater hat. and during the chase scene, Stan and Kyle get interrupted by Gibson's performances as Carmen Miranda and a laughing clown.

Home availability

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