The Daffy Duckaroo
| The Daffy Duckaroo | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes/Daffy Duck series | |
| Directed by | Norman McCabe[1] |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Story by | Melvin Millar |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Cal Dalton |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 24, 1942 |
| Color process | black, & white |
| Running time | 7:42 min |
| Language | English |
The Daffy Duckaroo is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in theaters in 1942, directed by Norman McCabe and features Daffy Duck as a crooning cowboy film star. The film is set in the American West.
Plot
On a donkey and pulling a trailer, Daffy moves from Hollywood to the American West, where he comes upon an Indian encampment. He is about to run away when he is wooed by an Indian girl. He serenades her and follows her into her teepee.
The Indian girl says she would love to be Daffy's girlfriend, but her boyfriend Little Beaver will never allow it. When Little Beaver arrives, Daffy hides in a dresser and emerges disguised as an Indian girl himself. Little Beaver attempts to kiss him until he discovers the disguise.
Little Beaver chases Daffy through the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest until he calls for aid with smoke signals. The Indians surround Daffy's trailer and remove the tires. One Indian promptly returns them saying the tires do not fit his vehicle.
Cultural references
- Daffy Duck's character is based on the archetypal cowboy crooner (i.e., Gene Autry), a common trend in American film at the time.
- Hooray for Hollywood is heard in the background score as images of newspapers announce Daffy's retirement from show business.
- While he rides a donkey, Daffy sings My Little Buckaroo, a song written by M.K. Jerome and Jack Scholl and recorded by many artists, including Bing Crosby.
- To serenade the Indian girl, Daffy sings Would You Like to Take a Walk? (Sump'n Good'll Come From That), a song by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose with music by Harry Warren.
- When Little Beaver first meets Daffy Duck (in disguise), the popular tune Playmates is heard in the background score.
- California, Here I Come, a song recorded by Al Jolson and common in Warner Bros. cartoons, is heard in the background score when the camera shows a sign reading: Los Angeles City Limits.
- When Daffy first meets Little Beaver, the fate motif from Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is heard in the background score.
- Little Beaver frequently places a "-um" at the end of his words, i.e. follow-um car!. This is a common racial stereotype of Native Americans.
References
- ↑ Borowiec, Piotr (1 January 1998). Animated Short Films: A Critical Index to Theatrical Cartoons. Scarecrow Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-8108-3503-0.
External links
- The Daffy Duckaroo at the Internet Movie Database
- The Daffy Duckaroo at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Free download of the PD original version (B & W) The Daffy Duckaroo at Internet Archive
| Preceded by The Impatient Patient |
Daffy Duck Cartoons 1942 |
Succeeded by To Duck or Not To Duck |