Kolbar
01-07-2007, 03:11 PM
Perhaps one of the most memorable Daffy Duck shorts from the golden age of animation, "Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century" is a delightful and fun fan favorite.
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Set in the 24 ½th century, the cartoon is an obvious parody of the comic strip and movies "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." The short stars Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers and Porky Pig as the Eager Young Space Cadet. They are dispatched from their headquarters on a mission to travel to Planet X to replenish the Earth's supply of the shaving cream atom. Upon arriving on Planet X, they meet Marvin the Martian who claims the planet in the name of Mars, even though Dodgers has already claimed it for Earth.
Dodgers and Marvin are now locked in a feud which ultimately leads to the destruction of the planet, leaving it big enough for only one of them. Dodgers then pushes Marvin off the planet and claims it for Earth, to which Porky responds, "Big deal!"
The cartoon features many classic gags and jokes while poking fun of futuristic science fiction movies. They have a ray gun for everything from disintegration to dispatching ultimatums, all provided via the Acme Corporation. Other highlights include Marvin's delivery of "Oooh, isn't that lovely?", Porky giving Marvin a stick of dynamite as a birthday present, and disintegration-proof vest, and Dodger's disintegration pistol. "When it disintegrates, it disintegrates!"
This cartoon has always been a favorite of mine and was even spun off into its own series "Duck Dodgers" which was ended in 2005 and now plays on Boomerang and Cartoon Network.
http://www.hbshows.com/images/duckdodgers1.jpg http://www.hbshows.com/images/duckdodgers2.jpg http://www.hbshows.com/images/duckdodgers3.jpg
Set in the 24 ½th century, the cartoon is an obvious parody of the comic strip and movies "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." The short stars Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers and Porky Pig as the Eager Young Space Cadet. They are dispatched from their headquarters on a mission to travel to Planet X to replenish the Earth's supply of the shaving cream atom. Upon arriving on Planet X, they meet Marvin the Martian who claims the planet in the name of Mars, even though Dodgers has already claimed it for Earth.
Dodgers and Marvin are now locked in a feud which ultimately leads to the destruction of the planet, leaving it big enough for only one of them. Dodgers then pushes Marvin off the planet and claims it for Earth, to which Porky responds, "Big deal!"
The cartoon features many classic gags and jokes while poking fun of futuristic science fiction movies. They have a ray gun for everything from disintegration to dispatching ultimatums, all provided via the Acme Corporation. Other highlights include Marvin's delivery of "Oooh, isn't that lovely?", Porky giving Marvin a stick of dynamite as a birthday present, and disintegration-proof vest, and Dodger's disintegration pistol. "When it disintegrates, it disintegrates!"
This cartoon has always been a favorite of mine and was even spun off into its own series "Duck Dodgers" which was ended in 2005 and now plays on Boomerang and Cartoon Network.