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Hollywood Daffy

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Hollywood Daffy is a 1946 Merrie Melodies short planned by Friz Freleng and finished by Hawley Pratt.

Plot[]

Daffy Duck visits Hollywood, wanting to see Hollywood stars, and tries to sneak onto the "Warmer Brothers" set but does not receive a warm welcome from the Joe Besser-parody Studio Guard.

Daffy sneaks into the studio via various disguises, first as popular movie stars Charlie Chaplin, Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, and then as the Academy Oscar statue, only to get kicked out each time by the studio guard, resulting in a long chase where Daffy outsmarts the dimwitted studio guard by disguising as both a studio tour guide and then a movie director.

The studio guard finally catches Daffy, eager to throw him out of the Warmer Brothers studio, and Daffy reiterates that he won't leave until he gets to see "stars". The studio guard gives in to Daffy's wishes and lets him into the studio, which turns out to be a trick: he bluntly fulfilled Daffy's wishes by literally giving him stars to see by whacking his head with a baton numerous times, and then he kicks Daffy out into the dumpster at the back of the studio. A dazed Daffy is happy to get to see "stars" around his head and claims he sees Hedy Lemarr, Alexis Smith, Dorothy Lamour, Baby Snooks, and Ann Sheridan. He kisses the Sheridan star and both bounce and hoot wildly.

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Hollywood Daffy is notable for not including a director's credit, as Friz Freleng is believed to have not direct this cartoon. According to Hawley Pratt, Michael Maltese initially gave the cartoon's script to Freleng, who refused to work with it. Freleng was suspended for a month while the short went into production without his involvement. Pratt, having enough experience in bossiness and seniority at the studio, de facto directed the cartoon. Ultimately, no one was credited for directing the short. Despite the turmoil, Pratt still received layout credit in the final cut.[3]

Notes[]

  • This cartoon is not to be confused with Tex Avery's "Daffy Duck in Hollywood" (1938), another cartoon featuring a "screwball" Daffy causing havoc at a Hollywood.
  • The studio guard is modeled after the Keystone Cops, and his voice is an imitation of Joe Besser.
  • The Joe Besser studio guard's design coincidentally bears a striking resemblance to the Captain from MGM's The Captain and the Kids cartoon series which director Friz Freleng previously worked on in the late-1930s, albeit not intended to be the same character as his MGM counterpart.
  • The bear traps surrounding Ann Sheridan's dressing room are a reference to how she was constantly being pursued by men, with one of the men pursuing her being Jimmy Durante.
  • Jack Benny at a claw machine is a reference to the fact that he never won an Oscar in his lifetime.
  • The line, "What's Errol Flynn got that you haven't got", is a reference to how Errol Flynn was known for being an idealized romantic in many of his movies.
  • When Daffy sees "stars" Dorothy Lamour is wearing a Hawaiian-themed dress, as she was famous for wearing risqué strapless islander outfits.
  • This cartoon was shown in theatres with Janie Gets Married during its original release.
  • This is the first directorial work of Hawley Pratt for the series. Since Friz Freleng refused to work with it, Pratt probably served as the solo director of the cartoon.
    • Pratt would not direct more cartoons again until the 1960s where he would work with Freleng as co-director. This is also one of only two cartoons fully directed by Pratt, his other fully directed cartoon is Señorella and the Glass Huarache from 1964.
  • The opening titles for this short would be used for the restoration of "Hobo Bobo" seen on Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3 due to film master damage of the original title rings.

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References[]

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig3281213li/page/81/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=p8KCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT451&dq=hollywood+daffy+1946+voices&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJkIrE9YDuAhVCba0KHWu5CSIQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=hollywood%20daffy%201946%20voices&f=false
  3. ↑ https://cartoonlogic.libsyn.com/website/cartoon-logic-episode-08-friz-freleng-rabbit-every-monday
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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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