CARTOON EVOLUTION #2 - DAFFY DUCK I take a look at the evolution of Daffy Duck (that darn fool duck), the zany, whacky and erratic anthropomorphic black duck, with both a heart of gold and a wicked jealous streak .
Voiced by Mel Blanc, the man of a thousand voices, as one of Warner Bros. original Looney toons (starring in both the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts), Daffy Duck is the third-most featured character in the Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies shorts, behind only Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig – Daffy has been called “a cornerstone of the Warner Bros. stable of animated characters” by The Encyclopedia Britannica and is often considered amongst the greatest of all time, with eight of his films included in the renowned list of 50 Greatest Cartoons as voted by 1,000 animation professionals – more films than any other character.
I take a look at how Daffy evolved alongside Warner Bros. other popular characters, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and more, and how he co-existed and outshone characters from Disney including Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
I discuss how animators changed his look, appearance and personality over time, and how each cartoonist had their own different takes on the character - Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, Bob McKimson, Chuck Jones and Friz Frelenf, in this brand new series in the same vein as my EXPLAINING DISNEY EVOLUTIONS.
This is my look at Daffy Duck through the years (plus bonus FIND THE CHUNGUS!)
Shorts featured and discussed -
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: Oh Teacher
Felix the Cat: Neptune Nonsense
Beans the Cat: Hollywood Capers
Bosko: Parlor Pranks
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor
Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Willie
Mickey Mouse: On Ice
Mickey Mouse: Orphan’s Benefit
Mickey Mouse: Thru the Mirror
Mickey Mouse: Lonesome Ghosts
Plane Dippy (Porky Pig)
The Blow Out (Porky Pig)
Porky’s Romance (Porky Pig)
Milk and Money (Porky Pig)
Red Hot Riding Hood (Tex Avery’s Wolf)
Porky’s Duck Hunt
Porky’s Hare Hunt
One Shivery Night (Hugh Herbert)
Oh Baby! (Hugh Herbert)
Super Wolf (Hugh Herbert)
Love Finds Andy Hardy
The Three Stooges
Daffy Duck and Egghead
Porky and Daffy
What Price Porky
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
The Daffy Doc
Wise Quacks
A Coy Decoy
You Ought to Be in Pictures
The Reluctant Dragon (Disney)
Daffy the Comando (WWII Propaganda)
Scrap Happy Daffy (WWII Propaganda)
Plane Daffy
Draftee Daffy
Tick Tock Tuckered
Hollywood Daffy
Screwy Squirrel: The Screwy Truant
Woody Woodpecker: The Screwball
The Great Piggy Bank Robery (Dick Tracy / Duck Tracy / Sherlock Holmes)
Baby Bottleneck
Daffy Doodles
Merrie Melodies: Wabbit Twouble
A Pest in the House
You Were Never Duckier
Daffy Dilly
The Ducksters
Rabbit Fire (Hunting Trilogy)
Rabbit Seasoning (Hunting Trilogy)
Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (Hunting Trilogy)
Duck Amuck
Duck Dodgers and the 24 1/2th Century
Rocket Squad
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
Dip-Along Daffy
Robin Hood Daffy
Along Came Daffy
A Star is Bored
Showbiz Bugs
Beanstalk Bunny
Ducking the Devil
Fool Coverage
Stupor Duck
Don’t Axe Me
The Prize Pest
Boobs in the Woods
Dime to Retire
False Hare
Chili Con Corny (Speedy Gonzales / DePatie–Freleng Enterprises)
Swing Ding Amigo (Speedy Gonzales / DePatie–Freleng Enterprises)
The Astroduck (Speedy Gonzales / DePatie–Freleng Enterprises)
Daffy’s Diner (Speedy Gonzales / DePatie–Freleng Enterprises)
Rodent to Stardom (Speedy Gonzales / DePatie–Freleng Enterprises)
See Ya Later Gladiator (Speedy Gonzales / DePatie–Freleng Enterprises)
The Bugs Bunny Show
Bugs Bunny Special: Carnival of the Animals
Daffy Duck’s Easter Egg-Citement
Daffy Duck’s Thanks-For-Giving Special
Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fantastic Island (The Chocolate Chase, The Yolks on You, Daffy Flies North)
Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (The Duxorcist, Night of the Living Duck)
Bugs Bunny’s Creature Features (Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Box Office Bunny
Carrotblanca
Superior Duck
The Bugs Bunny and Tweetie Show
Animaniacs
Tiny Toon Adventures
The Drew Carey Show: My Best Friend’s Wedding
Space Jam
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Daffy Duck for President
Attack of the Drones
Looney Tunes Babies
Duck Dodgers: The Series
Loonatics Unleashed (Danger Duck)
Bah, Humduck!: A Looney Tunes Christmas
Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
Looney Tunes Webtoons: Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained
Looney Tunes Webtoons: Cube Wars
Daffy’s Rhapsody
The Looney Tunes Show
New Looney Tunes / Rabbit
Looney Tunes Cartoons 2019 - Dynamite Dance
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