Cartoon of the Week- "Daffy Duck Hunt"

[Speedy Boris]

Apologies that this is a day or so late, but I've been very busy this Memorial Day weekend. Anyway, here's the cartoon of the week, a Robert McKimison classic from 1949!
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The plot: Porky and his dog go duck hunting, but they didn't count on a feathery pest named Daffy!
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The dog puts on a sympathy act, so Daffy ends up going home with the two and raising hell with the dog while Porky tries to get some sleep upstairs. And hilarity ensues.

This is one of my favorite McKimison cartoons of all time, not only for the excellent animation but for his attention to comic timing.
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The voice acting, as always, is stellar, but Mel Blanc's talent really shines through in this one. Everyone is just right- Daffy is loony without being completely "woo-hoo woo-hoo!" for seven minutes, and has just enough prankness in him without going over the top with mean-spiritedness like in some of the later cartoons. Porky is the perfect straight man to the zaniness (in fact, I often like the cartoons where he's the butt of the jokes than when everything goes great for him), and the dog is uneasily stuck in the middle.
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The wild takes are rubbery and have the perfect mix of squash and stretch without going overboard, and like I've said before, I love the snappy animation of McKimison, which really comes through in sight gags like these:
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Overall, I give "Daffy Duck Hunt" an A. And remember, don't open until Christmas! ;)
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[Jave]

Fantastic cartoon. My favorite moments have got to be Daffy disguised as Santa as well as the part where he comes out of the cooler and goes crazy describing the cold weather.

[VCXZX]

This cartoon is often left under the radar, like many McKimson cartoons. And as a result, this is very underrated. I liked Daffy's "hunters are the cwaziest people" line.

Plus he plays lots of funny tricks on the Barnyard Dog.

So this is a good cartoon in my book.

[Merilee]

Yet another great show. I absolutely love this one. You can sympathize with the dog sometimes for not knowing what to do, like the part with his consciences.
The part where Daffy goes into a dramamtic spell about how cold the freezer was and ending by casually saying 'How have things been going with you' was hilarious! Aso whe he popped put of the freezer singing 'Jingle Bells, getting Porky and the dog started on it when they happen to look on the calander and realise it's JUNE!
The ending was so unexpected with the label, 'Do not open until Xmas' and daffy saying, 'Maybe by then I'll have figured a way out of this!' The perfect ending!
One great cartoon, and another one I miss terribly..
Merilee
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[ToOn~g@l]

Oh I have not seen this one in years either. I do remember the santa gag though and the do not open until Christmas ending. Man I got to get those golden collections.

[Natey]

I've never seen this one (i might have just not remembered it) But it looks funny and something a would really want to watch