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+ | |name = Daffy Rents |
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+ | |image = Daffyrents.jpg |
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+ | |Director = [[Robert McKimson]] |
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+ | |producer = [[David H. DePatie]]<br>[[Friz Freleng]] |
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+ | |airdate = March 26, 1966 |
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+ | |series = [[Looney Tunes]] |
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+ | |Voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez]] |
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+ | |Starring = [[Speedy Gonzales]]<br>Dr. Ben Crazy<br>[[Daffy Duck]]<br>Herman The Robot |
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+ | |previous = [[Clippety Clobbered]] |
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+ | |next = [[A-Haunting We Will Go]] |
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+ | |Writer = [[Michael O'Connor]] |
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+ | |Animators = [[George Grandpré]]<br>[[Bob Matz]]<br>[[Norman McCabe]]<br>[[Manuel Perez]] |
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+ | |Layout-artist = [[Dick Ung]] |
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+ | |Background-artist = [[Tom O'Loughlin]] |
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+ | |Sound effects = [[Al Wahrman]] |
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+ | |Musician = [[Irving Gertz]] |
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+ | }} |
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− | == |
+ | == Title == |
+ | The title is a play on the rental chain, Abbey Rents. |
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− | Daffy gets called by Dr. Ben Crazy (spoof of [[wikipedia:Ben Casey|Dr. Ben Casey]]) to remove Speedy from his cats-only nursing home. To do his dirty work for him, Daffy uses his robot Herman to catch Speedy. Unfortunately, Herman proves to be no match for the mouse, and both he and Daffy eventually give up. |
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+ | == Plot == |
+ | [[Speedy Gonzales]] is terrorizing the residents at a Mexican rest home for neurotic cats. Dr. Ben Crazy, a spoof of Dr. Ben Casey, calls [[Daffy Duck]] to rent a rodent trap. Daffy brings over Herman the robot and tells the doctor to insert twenty-five cents, but Herman bites him when he inserts a slug instead. Daffy takes Herman down the hall to look for Speedy. Herman easily catches the mouse, but when Daffy thinks out loud about all the money he'll make without having to share it, Herman lets him go. Daffy agrees to split the money with Herman and they track Speedy to a telephone pole outside. Daffy chases him across the wires until he gets zapped. Then he dresses as a female mouse to lure Speedy out of hiding. However Speedy points Herman's rodent radar at Daffy so the robot attacks him. When Speedy invites in his cousin Ramon, the biggest rat in Tijuana, Herman revolts, and Daffy is thrown out the window. |
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− | *On CBS, the part where Daffy chases Speedy on the electrical high wires was cut to remove Daffy grabbing the wire parallel to him and getting electrocuted. |
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+ | == Availability == |
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+ | * VHS - ''[[The Looney Tunes Video Show]]'', Volume 6 |
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+ | == Censorship == |
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+ | * On [[CBS]] the part where Daffy grabs the electrical wire and gets zapped was cut. |
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+ | == Notes == |
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+ | * Herman later appeared in the SNES game ''[[Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday]]''. |
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+ | * Another robot named "Herman" would appear later on, in the cartoon "[[The Spy Swatter]]". |
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− | ==Video== |
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− | ==References== |
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− | *[http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4453-Daffy_Rents.html The Big Cartoon Database] Online. July 1, 2008. |
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− | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=0cEAOsLJad8C&pg=PA58&vq=%22daffy+rents%22&dq=%22Daffy+Rents%22+%2BDaffy&lr=&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U0z4F2qUuZTRZLXZvk5tDWT0uvJ7g Lawson, Tim and Alisa Persons. ''The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors'' page 58. University Press of Mississippi. 2004. Google Books. Online. July 1, 2008.] |
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− | *[http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/138852/Daffy-Rents/overview New York Times]. Online. July 1, 2008. |
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− | *[http://www.showbizdata.com/movie/18004/Daffy-Rents Showbiz Data] Online. July 1, 2008. |
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− | *{{imdb title|0060275}} |
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+ | [[Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie]] |
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+ | [[Category:Cartoons animated by George Grandpré]] |
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+ | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Matz]] |
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+ | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Norman McCabe]] |
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+ | [[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin]] |
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Daffy Rents is a 1966 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.
Title
The title is a play on the rental chain, Abbey Rents.
Plot
Speedy Gonzales is terrorizing the residents at a Mexican rest home for neurotic cats. Dr. Ben Crazy, a spoof of Dr. Ben Casey, calls Daffy Duck to rent a rodent trap. Daffy brings over Herman the robot and tells the doctor to insert twenty-five cents, but Herman bites him when he inserts a slug instead. Daffy takes Herman down the hall to look for Speedy. Herman easily catches the mouse, but when Daffy thinks out loud about all the money he'll make without having to share it, Herman lets him go. Daffy agrees to split the money with Herman and they track Speedy to a telephone pole outside. Daffy chases him across the wires until he gets zapped. Then he dresses as a female mouse to lure Speedy out of hiding. However Speedy points Herman's rodent radar at Daffy so the robot attacks him. When Speedy invites in his cousin Ramon, the biggest rat in Tijuana, Herman revolts, and Daffy is thrown out the window.
Availability
- VHS - The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 6
Censorship
- On CBS the part where Daffy grabs the electrical wire and gets zapped was cut.
Notes
- Herman later appeared in the SNES game Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday.
- Another robot named "Herman" would appear later on, in the cartoon "The Spy Swatter".
Gallery
Speedy Gonzales Cartoons | ||||
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1953 | Cat-Tails for Two | |||
1955 | Speedy Gonzales | |||
1957 | Tabasco Road • Gonzales' Tamales | |||
1958 | Tortilla Flaps | |||
1959 | Mexicali Shmoes • Here Today, Gone Tamale | |||
1960 | West of the Pesos | |||
1961 | Cannery Woe • The Pied Piper of Guadalupe | |||
1962 | Mexican Boarders | |||
1963 | Mexican Cat Dance • Chili Weather | |||
1964 | A Message to Gracias • Nuts and Volts • Pancho's Hideaway • Road to Andalay | |||
1965 | It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House • Cats and Bruises • The Wild Chase • Moby Duck • Assault and Peppered • Well Worn Daffy • Chili Corn Corny • Go Go Amigo | |||
1966 | The Astroduck • Mucho Locos • Mexican Mousepiece • Daffy Rents • A-Haunting We Will Go • Snow Excuse • A Squeak in the Deep • Feather Finger • Swing Ding Amigo • A Taste of Catnip | |||
1967 | Daffy's Diner • Quacker Tracker • The Music Mice-Tro • The Spy Swatter • Speedy Ghost to Town • Rodent to Stardom • Go Away Stowaway • Fiesta Fiasco | |||
1968 | Skyscraper Caper • See Ya Later Gladiator | |||
1979 | Fright Before Christmas | |||
1980 | The Chocolate Chase |