Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special

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Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special is a 1980 Looney Tunes Thanksgiving special, starring Daffy Duck.

Plot

While going over the months on his calendar, Daffy Duck decides to rename Thanksgiving Day to Thanks–For–Giving Day, a day where he gets thanks for spreading so much joy all these years.

Despite J.L.'s refusal, Daffy insists on showing his cartoon titled "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century". He then tells J.L. about his past adventures in "Robin Hood Daffy" and "Drip-Along Daffy". Still not keen on Daffy's idea, J.L. threatens to fire him, but Daffy continues to talk about his life. He looks back on his misery of being the henpecked husband in "His Bitter Half".

Finally giving in, J.L. decides to show Daffy's Duck Dodgers sequel.

After Daffy's cartoon finishes, J.L. suggests they remake it before they shelve it (meaning abandon). This is enough to make Daffy snap and say "You're despicable!"

Availability

(1992) VHS
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special

(2011) DVD
The Essential Daffy Duck, Disc 2

(2020) DVD
Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature

Cartoons Featured

• "The Scarlet Pumpernickel"
• "Robin Hood Daffy"
• "Drip-Along Daffy"
• "His Bitter Half"
• "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century" (original 9 minute cut)

Credits

• Directed by: Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng
• Co-Directed by: Phil Monroe
• Written by: Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese & Tedd Pierce
• Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc
• Produced by Chuck Jones
• Executive Producer: Hal Geer
• Associate Producer: Mary Roscoe
• Music by: Dean Elliott, Milt Franklyn, and Carl W. Stalling

Notes

• Despite being a Thanksgiving-themed Looney Tunes television special, unusually none of the four classic Daffy Duck cartoons included in this special have a Thanksgiving plot. One notable Thanksgiving-themed Daffy Duck cartoon which Warner Bros. had the rights to at the time, "Holiday for Drumsticks", is notably absent in this special for unknown reasons.
• "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century" is the only new cartoon produced for this TV special. This new cartoon is later reformatted as a short that same year, albeit heavily edited for both time and for content.