Dime to Retire
| Dime to Retire | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck/Porky Pig) series | |
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Produced by |
Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by |
Keith Darling Robert McKimson |
| Layouts by | Robert Givens |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Studio | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 3, 1955 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Language | English |
Dime to Retire is a Looney Tunes cartoon that stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. It was released on September 3, 1955, directed by Robert McKimson and voices by Mel Blanc.[1] It runs 7 minutes.[2]
Plot
Daffy works as a corrupt hotel-keeper and requires only a dime from Porky to stay at his motel initially. He then proceeds to send various animals up to disturb Porky's sleep and makes Porky pay a certain amount of money to get rid of them, and he slowly tries to increase the fees as each new animal causes problems. It initially starts with a mouse eating celery and disrupting Porky's sleep, the extermination by cat of which is $5. The cat, which refuses to leave the bed, is then eliminated by a boxer dog by fee of $10 which repeatedly box-punches Porky after Daffy sounds a boxing bell. The dog is then evicted by a $26 lion which tries to eat Porky; the lion is eradicated by elephant for a $72 fee; the elephant engulfs the whole room which Daffy for $666 exterminates of by a celery-eating mouse thus causing the whole loop to repeat. Eventually, Porky gets fed up and decides to leave without paying Daffy the initial room fee. In response to Porky's "deadbeat" behavior, Daffy holds Porky's baggage which has blasting powder in it which Porky deliberately sets off shortly after Daffy walks inside the motel. Just as Porky departs, the motel explodes and has to be closed for renovation. The short ends with Daffy running out of the now-ruined motel and running away shouting in pain as his tail feathers are on fire.
Availability
"Dime to Retire" is available, uncensored and uncut, on the Looney Tunes Superstars-Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl DVD. However, it was cropped to widescreen.
References
- ↑ Webb, Graham (2000). The animated film encyclopedia: a complete guide to American shorts, features and sequences 1900-1979. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0728-6.
- ↑ Pierce, David (1998). Motion picture copyrights & renewals, 1950-1959. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-927347-02-0.