The Foxy Duckling

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The Foxy Duckling

Directed By: Arthur Davis Produced By: Eddie Selzer (uncredited) Released: August 23, 1947 Series: Merrie Melodies Story: George Hill Animation: Manny Gould Don Williams J.C. Melendez Layouts: Thomas McKimson Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard Film Editor: Treg Brown (uncredited) Voiced By: Mel Blanc Music: Carl Stalling Starring: A. Fox Duckling Fish Preceded By: A Pest in the House Succeeded By: House Hunting Mice Foxy Duckling

The Foxy Duckling is a 1947 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Arthur Davis.

Plot

An insomniac fox residing in a forest needs duck down for his pillow in order to be comfortable enough in his bed to fall asleep, and to this purpose he pursues a wily yellow duck. The fox uses a decoy and duck call, and is blasted by hunters' rifles. He builds a series of wooden extensions from a tree branch in an effort to reach the airborne duck, but the duck drops a feather onto the fox's head, and the extensions beneath the fox collapse, with the fox plunging mortally to ground. He returns as an angel and, now able to fly, chases the duck into the distance.

Notes

• Like most cartoons reissued during the time, the original closing was kept.
• The fox is referred to as A.Fox, evident on the fox's house mailbox.
• There's only one line of dialogue heard in this cartoon; coming from A.Fox at one scene when he leaves the house to get a duck ("I gotta get a duck! I gotta get a duck! I gotta get a duck!"). Other than that one line of dialogue, the rest of the cartoon is completely non-verbal.

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