The Duxorcist

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Airdate:
20 November 1987

Series:

Looney Tunes

MPAA Number:	Production Number:
28887	255111

Starring:

Daffy Duck
Melissa Duck

Crew

Animated By:

Francesca Freeman
Brenda Banks
Edy Benjamin
Lou Dellarosa
Edward Faigin
Norman McCabe
Alissa Myerson
Sonja Ruta
Frans Vischer
Dick Williams

Layout Artist:

Robert Givens

Background Artist:

Alan M. Bodner

Film Editor:

Frank Raciti

Musician:

Hal Willner
Carl Stalling (archives)
Milt Franklyn (archives)
Bill Lava (archives)

The Duxorcist is a 1987 Looney Tunes short directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon.

Plot[]

Daffy Duck receives a call from Melissa Duck that her house is being haunted. Daffy quickly rushes over and checks the house. When he opens the oven, it is a frozen barren land with small people living in an igloo. When he opens the refrigerator, fire leaps out and burns him. When the cupboard door is opened, there is a train heading straight towards him. He quickly slams it and goes to talk to Melissa after noticing her beauty.

After the pair share a kiss, he finds out that she is possessed, so he gets a book and starts reading corny ghost jokes. The three ghosts that possessed Melissa jump out and chase Daffy down the street.

Censorship[]

When "The Duxorcist" aired as an individual cartoon on ABC's The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, Daffy's line after he pushes the possessed female duck (Melissa) off him ("Oh no, not another schizophrenic dame. Hey, Sybil, any more like you in the family? Can you send back that older sister of yours?") was replaced with the scene of Daffy saying, "I don't know my own strength!" (which was cut from the scene of Daffy kissing Melissa and triggering her possession) due to a Standards and Practices rule stating that mental illnesses could not be mocked or even mentioned.

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Notes[]

This is the first new theatrical Daffy Duck short since 1968's "See Ya Later Gladiator".
- Moreover, this is the first new theatrical Looney Tunes short since 1969's "Injun Trouble".
This short was included in Daffy Duck's Quackbusters the following year.
The short later appeared as part of the 1992 TV special Bugs Bunny's Creature Features.
The cartoon's soundtrack is composed of music from cartoons such as "Transylvania 6-5000", "Feed the Kitty", "Rabbit Seasoning", "Rabbit Fire", "Mouse Wreckers", "Hillbilly Hare", "Duck Amuck", and "Hyde and Hare". All of the scores were from Carl W. Stalling, except for the first one, which is from William Lava.
- This is one of the three modern-day theatrical Looney Tunes cartoons to re-use archive music cues from the classic shorts as opposed to having newly-scored music. The other two modern Looney Tunes cartoons to re-use classic-era music scores include "The Night of the Living Duck" and "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers".
The 1946-1955 version of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" is used as the opening theme, while the 1955-1964 version of the same tune is used as the ending theme.
When this cartoon was released on the Looney Tunes After Dark LaserDisc in the mid-1990s, the end credits after the "That's all, Folks!" ending card are cut, presumably due to time constraints.^[1] On TV airings as well as DVD releases, the end credits are kept intact.^[2]^[3]
Since Mel Blanc was too ill to record voices at the time the cartoon was made and therefore couldn't scream, Daffy's screaming when the ghosts chase him in the ending is recycled audio from "Duck Amuck".

Gallery[]

TV Title Cards[]

References[]

Daffy Duck Cartoons
1937	Porky's Duck Hunt
1938	Daffy Duck & Egghead • What Price Porky • Porky & Daffy • The Daffy Doc • Daffy Duck in Hollywood
1939	Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur • Scalp Trouble • Wise Quacks
1940	Porky's Last Stand • You Ought to Be in Pictures
1941	A Coy Decoy • The Henpecked Duck
1942	Conrad the Sailor • Daffy's Southern Exposure • The Impatient Patient • The Daffy Duckaroo • My Favorite Duck
1943	To Duck .... or Not to Duck • The Wise Quacking Duck • Yankee Doodle Daffy • Porky Pig's Feat • Scrap Happy Daffy • A Corny Concerto • Daffy - The Commando
1944	Tom Turk and Daffy • Tick Tock Tuckered • Duck Soup to Nuts • Slightly Daffy • Plane Daffy • The Stupid Cupid
1945	Draftee Daffy • Ain't That Ducky • Nasty Quacks
1946	Book Revue • Baby Bottleneck • Daffy Doodles • Hollywood Daffy • The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
1947	Birth of a Notion • Along Came Daffy • A Pest in the House • Mexican Joyride
1948	What Makes Daffy Duck • Daffy Duck Slept Here • The Up-Standing Sitter • You Were Never Duckier • Daffy Dilly • The Stupor Salesman • Riff Raffy Daffy
1949	Wise Quackers • Holiday for Drumsticks • Daffy Duck Hunt
1950	Boobs in the Woods • The Scarlet Pumpernickel • His Bitter Half • Golden Yeggs • The Ducksters
1951	Rabbit Fire • Drip-Along Daffy • The Prize Pest
1952	Thumb Fun • Cracked Quack • Rabbit Seasoning • The Super Snooper • Fool Coverage
1953	Duck Amuck • Muscle Tussle • Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century • Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
1954	Design for Leaving • Quack Shot • My Little Duckaroo
1955	Beanstalk Bunny • Sahara Hare • Stork Naked • This Is a Life? • Dime to Retire
1956	The High and the Flighty • Rocket Squad • Stupor Duck • A Star Is Bored • Deduce, You Say
1957	Ali Baba Bunny • Boston Quackie • Ducking the Devil • Show Biz Bugs
1958	Don't Axe Me • Robin Hood Daffy
1959	China Jones • People Are Bunny • Apes of Wrath
1960	Person to Bunny
1961	The Abominable Snow Rabbit • Daffy's Inn Trouble
1962	Quackodile Tears • Good Noose
1963	Fast Buck Duck • The Million Hare • Aqua Duck
1964	The Iceman Ducketh
1965	It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House • Moby Duck • Assault and Peppered • Well Worn Daffy • Suppressed Duck • Corn on the Cop • Tease for Two • 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
1980	The Yolks on You • The Chocolate Chase • Daffy Flies North • Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
1987	The Duxorcist
1988	The Night of the Living Duck
1990	Box Office Bunny
1991	(Blooper) Bunny
1992	Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
1995	Carrotblanca
1996	Superior Duck
2003	Attack of the Drones
2004	Daffy Duck for President
2012	Daffy's Rhapsody

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