His Bitter Half

Daffy Duck marries, but only for money. He soon attempts to leave when he discovers what his new family is actually like, a pushy, abusive, domineering duck wife and her bratty, troublemaker son Wentworth.

Availability

Streaming

Censorship

The version of this cartoon shown on FOX's The Merrie Melodies Show edited the part where Wentworth plays Army to remove the part where Wentworth fakes getting shot and screams, "They got me!"^[1]
The version of this cartoon shown on Nickelodeon's Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon edited the part where Wentworth cautiously tries to light a string of fireworks as Nickelodeon censors feared kids will imitate this dangerous act. It should be noted that that scene was left uncut until 1992 and the above scene that FOX edited was shown uncensored on Nickelodeon both before and after 1992.^[1]

Notes

The premise of this cartoon would be later be reused for another cartoon, "Honey's Money"
This cartoon was used in the Thanksgiving special Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special.
MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of the cartoon on Toon In with Me, uncut and uncensored. This was later released on HBO Max in Latin America and Brazil.

Gallery

His Bitter Half (1950) - 2021 restoration - Intro and Outro + 56-seconds clip

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-h.aspx

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 • Naughty Neighbors
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

[CensoredLTMM-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-h.aspx

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