Drip-Along Daffy (1951)

Directed by

Chuck Jones

Genre

comedy film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Daffy Duck plays a Western hero trying to clean up a violent town. Porky Pig tags along and sings a parody cowboy love song. They face off against a villain named Nasty Canasta.

comedicparodicfast-pacedsillyslapsticklight-heartedzany

What happens

Drip-Along Daffy is a 1951 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The cartoon was released on November 17, 1951, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. This cartoon was produced as a parody of Westerns which were popular at the time of its release, and features Daffy Duck as a "Western-Type Hero", who, with his trusty "Comedy Relief" (Porky Pig) hopes to clean up a violence-filled "one-horse town". In a tongue-in-cheek nod to The Lone Ranger, Daffy's horse is named "Tinfoil". The cartoon includes an original song (sung by Porky) called "The Flower of Gower Gulch", a parody of sentimental cowboy-style love songs, Gower Gulch being an intersection in Hollywood known as a gathering spot for would-be actors in early Westerns. Drip-Along Daffy featured the first appearance of the villain character Nasty Canasta, a Mexican rogue who would resurface in several later Jones cartoons, as well as an episode of The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, the movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action in 2003, and occasionally on the Duck Dodgers TV series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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