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|Background-artist = [[Peter Alvarado]]
 
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|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
 
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|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]}}'''The Ducksters''' is a [[1950]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short directed by [[Chuck Jones|Charles M. Jones]].
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'''The Ducksters''' is a [[1950]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short directed by [[Chuck Jones]].
   
 
== Title ==
 
== Title ==
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== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
Porky Pig is on a radio quiz show called ''Truth or AAAHHH!!'', a parody of the popular quiz show ''[[w:c:gameshows:Truth_or_Consequences|Truth or Consequences]]'', hosted by Daffy Duck and sponsored by "Eagle Hand Laundry" in which the object is answer near-impossible questions (such as "Who, mind you WHO, was the referee for the New Zealand heavyweight title fight in 1726?" or "At what latitude and longitude did the wreck of the Hesperus occur?") or "pay the penalty". These penalties include Porky being crushed by the Rock of Gibraltar, rained upon by Niagara Falls, tied up and blown up with dynamite, severe pounding with a mallet, thrashing by a gorilla, threatened by a buzz saw, crushing by safes, and other forms of abuse. However, Porky wins $26 million and three cents which he uses to buy the Ajax Radio Network (costing exactly $26,000,000.03!) and then submits Daffy to the same "penalties" that he had received earlier. Daffy is then tied to a long plank being cut by the same buzz saw Porky was on previously. Daffy screams at his studio audience, "Have you got a doctor in the balcony, lady?!" (This line was a takeoff of another radio quiz show, ''[[w:c:gameshows:Doctor_IQ|Doctor IQ]]'', where the announcer would note "I have a lady in the balcony, doctor" to introduce a new contestant.)
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[[Porky Pig]] is on a radio quiz show called ''Truth or AAAHHH!!'', a parody of the popular quiz show ''[[w:c:gameshows:Truth_or_Consequences|Truth or Consequences]]'', hosted by [[Daffy Duck]] and sponsored by "Eagle Hand Laundry" in which the object is answer near-impossible questions (such as "Who, mind you WHO, was the referee for the New Zealand heavyweight title fight in 1726?" or "At what latitude and longitude did the wreck of the Hesperus occur?") or "pay the penalty". These penalties include Porky being crushed by the Rock of Gibraltar, rained upon by Niagara Falls, tied up and blown up with dynamite, severe pounding with a mallet, thrashing by a gorilla, threatened by a buzz saw, crushing by safes, and other forms of abuse. However, Porky wins $26 million and three cents which he uses to buy the Ajax Radio Network (costing exactly $26,000,000.03!) and then submits Daffy to the same "penalties" that he had received earlier. Daffy is then tied to a long plank being cut by the same buzz saw Porky was on previously. Daffy screams at his studio audience, "Have you got a doctor in the balcony, lady?!" (This line was a takeoff of another radio quiz show, ''[[w:c:gameshows:Doctor_IQ|Doctor IQ]]'', where the announcer would note "I have a lady in the balcony, doctor" to introduce a new contestant.)
   
 
== Availability ==
 
== Availability ==
 
* VHS - ''[[The Looney Tunes Video Show]]'', Volume 1
 
* VHS - ''[[The Looney Tunes Video Show]]'', Volume 1
 
* LaserDisc - ''[[Looney Tunes LaserDiscs|Ham on Wry: The Porky Pig Laser Collection]]''
 
* LaserDisc - ''[[Looney Tunes LaserDiscs|Ham on Wry: The Porky Pig Laser Collection]]''
* DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1]]'', Disc Two
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* DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1]]'', Disc Two (1998 dubbed print) (Notes: with 1998 French dub)
   
 
== Censorship ==
 
== Censorship ==
On [[Nickelodeon]] the entire scene where the off-screen audience member says "You'll be sorry!", along with Daffy shooting that off-screen audience with a gun is cut.<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-d.aspx</ref>
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When this short aired on Nickelodeon (as part of ''Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon''), the part after Daffy asks Porky if he'd like to continue the game, in which an audience member yells, "You'll be sor-ry!" and Daffy blasts him with a shotgun, was cut.<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-d.aspx</ref>
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
* This cartoon was used in the TV Special, ''[[Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television]]''.
 
* This cartoon was used in the TV Special, ''[[Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television]]''.
* The boulder that falls on Porky appears in the [[Boulder Museum]].
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* The boulder that falls on [[Porky Pig|Porky]] appears in the [[Boulder Museum]].
 
* On the game show Porky Pig won: 1. The Rocky Mountains, 2. A 17-Jewel half Nelson, 3. The La Brea Tar Pits, 4. The Rock of Gibraltar, 5. 600 gallons of genuine Niagara Falls, 6. $26,000,000.03.
 
* On the game show Porky Pig won: 1. The Rocky Mountains, 2. A 17-Jewel half Nelson, 3. The La Brea Tar Pits, 4. The Rock of Gibraltar, 5. 600 gallons of genuine Niagara Falls, 6. $26,000,000.03.
* The "Miss Shush" Porky is asked to identify by the sound of brushing her teeth is actually, as Daffy tells the audience, "Mamie the 600-Pound Gorilla who appears in Obnoxious Pictures' '[[Jungle Jitters]]'". Both the character and film are fictitious; as the original cartoon did not feature a gorilla.
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* The "Miss Shush" Porky is asked to identify by the sound of brushing her teeth is actually, as [[Daffy Duck|Daffy]] tells the audience, "Mamie the 600-Pound Gorilla who appears in Obnoxious Pictures' '[[Jungle Jitters]]'". Both the character and film are fictitious; as the original cartoon did not feature a gorilla.
 
* There are several references to well-known people in this cartoon, such as Eli Whitney, George Washington, and even Lauren Bacall.
 
* There are several references to well-known people in this cartoon, such as Eli Whitney, George Washington, and even Lauren Bacall.
 
* The identification of the Ajax Broadcasting Company was an unusual name for Warner Bros.; Ajax was a name more commonly used by rival studio Disney, whereas Warner Bros. would more commonly use Acme Corporation in its later productions.
 
* The identification of the Ajax Broadcasting Company was an unusual name for Warner Bros.; Ajax was a name more commonly used by rival studio Disney, whereas Warner Bros. would more commonly use Acme Corporation in its later productions.
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== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Theducksters2.jpg|Porky and Daffy
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Theducksters2.jpg|[[Porky Pig|Porky]] and [[Daffy Duck|Daffy]]
 
Theducksters.jpg|Daffy the host
 
Theducksters.jpg|Daffy the host
 
500full.jpg|Was that a threat mister?
 
500full.jpg|Was that a threat mister?
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* [http://stagevu.com/video/tfbkuabixhir The Ducksters]
 
* [http://stagevu.com/video/tfbkuabixhir The Ducksters]
 
* [http://www.220.ro/desene-animate/19-Daffy-Duck-Porky-The-Ducksters-1950/bII5071bYN/ The Ducksters]
 
* [http://www.220.ro/desene-animate/19-Daffy-Duck-Porky-The-Ducksters-1950/bII5071bYN/ The Ducksters]
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* [https://sfx-resource.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ducksters_(1950) The Ducksters] on the SFX Resource
   
 
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The Ducksters
The Ducksters Remastered TC
Directed By: Charles M. Jones
Produced By: Eddie Selzer (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1950
Series: Looney Tunes
Story: Michael Maltese
Animation: Phil Monroe
Ben Washam
Ken Harris
Lloyd Vaughan
Layouts: Robert Gribbroek
Backgrounds: Peter Alvarado
Film Editor: Treg Brown (uncredited)
Voiced By: Mel Blanc
Music: Carl Stalling
Starring: Daffy Duck
Porky Pig
Preceded By: Dog Gone South
Succeeded By: A Fractured Leghorn
Daffy_Duck_-_(Ep._59)_-_The_Ducksters

Daffy Duck - (Ep. 59) - The Ducksters

Looney_Tunes_-_The_Ducksters

Looney Tunes - The Ducksters

The Ducksters is a 1950 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones.

Title

The title is a pun on The Hucksters, a 1947 film.

Plot

Porky Pig is on a radio quiz show called Truth or AAAHHH!!, a parody of the popular quiz show Truth or Consequences, hosted by Daffy Duck and sponsored by "Eagle Hand Laundry" in which the object is answer near-impossible questions (such as "Who, mind you WHO, was the referee for the New Zealand heavyweight title fight in 1726?" or "At what latitude and longitude did the wreck of the Hesperus occur?") or "pay the penalty". These penalties include Porky being crushed by the Rock of Gibraltar, rained upon by Niagara Falls, tied up and blown up with dynamite, severe pounding with a mallet, thrashing by a gorilla, threatened by a buzz saw, crushing by safes, and other forms of abuse. However, Porky wins $26 million and three cents which he uses to buy the Ajax Radio Network (costing exactly $26,000,000.03!) and then submits Daffy to the same "penalties" that he had received earlier. Daffy is then tied to a long plank being cut by the same buzz saw Porky was on previously. Daffy screams at his studio audience, "Have you got a doctor in the balcony, lady?!" (This line was a takeoff of another radio quiz show, Doctor IQ, where the announcer would note "I have a lady in the balcony, doctor" to introduce a new contestant.)

Availability

Censorship

When this short aired on Nickelodeon (as part of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon), the part after Daffy asks Porky if he'd like to continue the game, in which an audience member yells, "You'll be sor-ry!" and Daffy blasts him with a shotgun, was cut.[1]

Notes

  • This cartoon was used in the TV Special, Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television.
  • The boulder that falls on Porky appears in the Boulder Museum.
  • On the game show Porky Pig won: 1. The Rocky Mountains, 2. A 17-Jewel half Nelson, 3. The La Brea Tar Pits, 4. The Rock of Gibraltar, 5. 600 gallons of genuine Niagara Falls, 6. $26,000,000.03.
  • The "Miss Shush" Porky is asked to identify by the sound of brushing her teeth is actually, as Daffy tells the audience, "Mamie the 600-Pound Gorilla who appears in Obnoxious Pictures' 'Jungle Jitters'". Both the character and film are fictitious; as the original cartoon did not feature a gorilla.
  • There are several references to well-known people in this cartoon, such as Eli Whitney, George Washington, and even Lauren Bacall.
  • The identification of the Ajax Broadcasting Company was an unusual name for Warner Bros.; Ajax was a name more commonly used by rival studio Disney, whereas Warner Bros. would more commonly use Acme Corporation in its later productions.
  • This cartoon may have inspired a Tiny Toon Adventures episode featuring a game show called Win, Lose, or Kerplowie because that game show also greatly harms the losing contestant.

Gallery

References

External Links

Daffy Duck Cartoons
1937 Porky's Duck Hunt
1938 Daffy Duck & EggheadWhat Price PorkyPorky & DaffyThe Daffy DocDaffy Duck in Hollywood
1939 Daffy Duck and the DinosaurScalp TroubleWise Quacks
1940 Porky's Last StandYou Ought to Be in Pictures
1941 A Coy DecoyThe Henpecked Duck
1942 Conrad the SailorDaffy's Southern ExposureThe Impatient PatientThe Daffy DuckarooMy Favorite Duck
1943 To Duck .... or Not to DuckThe Wise Quacking DuckYankee Doodle DaffyPorky Pig's FeatScrap Happy DaffyA Corny ConcertoDaffy - The Commando
1944 Tom Turk and DaffyTick Tock TuckeredDuck Soup to NutsSlightly DaffyPlane DaffyThe Stupid Cupid
1945 Draftee DaffyAin't That DuckyNasty Quacks
1946 Book RevueBaby BottleneckDaffy DoodlesHollywood DaffyThe Great Piggy Bank Robbery
1947 Birth of a NotionAlong Came DaffyA Pest in the HouseMexican Joyride
1948 What Makes Daffy DuckDaffy Duck Slept HereThe Up-Standing SitterYou Were Never DuckierDaffy DillyThe Stupor SalesmanRiff Raffy Daffy
1949 Wise QuackersHoliday for DrumsticksDaffy Duck Hunt
1950 Boobs in the WoodsThe Scarlet PumpernickelHis Bitter HalfGolden YeggsThe Ducksters
1951 Rabbit FireDrip-Along DaffyThe Prize Pest
1952 Thumb FunCracked QuackRabbit SeasoningThe Super SnooperFool Coverage
1953 Duck AmuckMuscle TussleDuck Dodgers in the 24½th CenturyDuck! Rabbit, Duck!
1954 Design for LeavingQuack ShotMy Little Duckaroo
1955 Beanstalk BunnySahara HareStork NakedThis Is a Life?Dime to Retire
1956 The High and the FlightyRocket SquadStupor DuckA Star Is BoredDeduce, You Say
1957 Ali Baba BunnyBoston QuackieDucking the DevilShow Biz Bugs
1958 Don't Axe MeRobin Hood Daffy
1959 China JonesPeople Are BunnyApes of Wrath
1960 Person to Bunny
1961 The Abominable Snow RabbitDaffy's Inn Trouble
1962 Quackodile TearsGood Noose
1963 Fast Buck DuckThe Million HareAqua Duck
1964 The Iceman Ducketh
1965 It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the HouseMoby DuckAssault and PepperedWell Worn DaffySuppressed DuckCorn on the CopTease for TwoChili Corn CornyGo Go Amigo
1966 The AstroduckMucho LocosMexican MousepieceDaffy RentsA-Haunting We Will GoSnow ExcuseA Squeak in the DeepFeather FingerSwing Ding AmigoA Taste of Catnip
1967 Daffy's DinerQuacker TrackerThe Music Mice-TroThe Spy SwatterSpeedy Ghost to TownRodent to StardomGo Away StowawayFiesta Fiasco
1968 Skyscraper CaperSee Ya Later Gladiator
1980 The Yolks on YouThe Chocolate ChaseDaffy Flies NorthDuck 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
Porky Pig Cartoons
1935 I Haven't Got a HatGold Diggers of '49
1936 Plane DippyAlpine AnticsThe Phantom ShipBoom BoomThe Blow OutWestward WhoaFish TalesShanghaied ShipmatesPorky's PetPorky the Rain-MakerPorky's Poultry PlantPorky's Moving DayMilk and MoneyLittle Beau PorkyThe Village SmithyPorky in the North WoodsBoulevardier from the Bronx
1937 Porky the WrestlerPorky's Road RacePicador PorkyPorky's RomancePorky's Duck HuntPorky and GabbyPorky's BuildingPorky's Super ServicePorky's Badtime StoryPorky's RailroadGet Rich Quick PorkyPorky's GardenRover's RivalThe Case of the Stuttering PigPorky's Double TroublePorky's Hero Agency
1938 Porky's PoppaPorky at the CrocaderoWhat Price PorkyPorky's Phoney ExpressPorky's Five & TenPorky's Hare HuntInjun TroublePorky the FiremanPorky's PartyPorky's Spring PlantingPorky & DaffyWholly SmokePorky in WackylandPorky's Naughty NephewPorky in EgyptThe Daffy DocPorky the Gob
1939 The Lone Stranger and PorkyIt's an Ill WindPorky's Tire TroublePorky's Movie MysteryChicken JittersPorky and TeabiscuitKristopher Kolumbus Jr.Polar PalsScalp TroubleOld GloryPorky's PicnicWise QuacksPorky's HotelJeepers CreepersNaughty NeighborsPied Piper PorkyPorky the Giant KillerThe Film Fan
1940 Porky's Last StandAfrica SqueaksAli-Baba BoundPilgrim PorkySlap Happy PappyPorky's Poor FishYou Ought to Be in PicturesThe Chewin' BruinPorky's Baseball BroadcastPatient PorkyCalling Dr. PorkyPrehistoric PorkyThe Sour PussPorky's Hired HandThe Timid Toreador
1941 Porky's Snooze ReelPorky's Bear FactsPorky's PreviewPorky's AntA Coy DecoyPorky's Prize PonyMeet John DoughboyWe, the Animals - Squeak!The Henpecked DuckNotes to YouRobinson Crusoe Jr.Porky's Midnight MatineePorky's Pooch
1942 Porky's Pastry PiratesWho's Who in the ZooPorky's CafeAny Bonds Today?My Favorite Duck
1943 Confusions of a Nutzy SpyYankee Doodle DaffyPorky Pig's FeatA Corny Concerto
1944 Tom Turk and DaffyTick Tock TuckeredSwooner CroonerDuck Soup to NutsSlightly DaffyBrother Brat
1945 Trap Happy PorkyWagon Heels
1946 Baby BottleneckDaffy DoodlesKitty KorneredThe Great Piggy Bank RobberyMouse Menace
1947 One Meat BrawlLittle Orphan Airedale
1948 Daffy Duck Slept HereNothing but the ToothThe Pest That Came to DinnerRiff Raffy DaffyScaredy Cat
1949 Awful OrphanPorky ChopsPaying the PiperDaffy Duck HuntCurtain RazorOften an OrphanDough for the Do-DoBye, Bye Bluebeard
1950 Boobs in the WoodsThe Scarlet PumpernickelAn Egg ScrambleGolden YeggsThe DuckstersDog Collared
1951 The Wearing of the GrinDrip-Along DaffyThe Prize Pest
1952 Thumb FunCracked QuackFool Coverage
1953 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1954 Claws for AlarmMy Little Duckaroo
1955 Jumpin' JupiterDime to Retire
1956 Rocket SquadDeduce, You Say
1957 Boston Quackie
1958 Robin Hood Daffy
1959 China Jones
1961 Daffy's Inn Trouble
1965 Corn on the Cop
1966 Mucho Locos
1980 Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
1996 Superior Duck
2004 My Generation G...G... Gap