Being the fun, earliest version of Daffy, he woo-woos, jumps around, turns somersaults in the air before finally leaping out of the scene.
Virgil Ross is the credited animator, while Dave Monahan gets the story credit. Daffy Duck in Hollywood was released at the end of 1938.
Daffy's gags here come at such a rapid pace, it's a real letdown when the live-action bits come in at the end -- humans are so slow!
ReplyDeleteIt's also interesting that Avery opted never to use Daffy again after this cartoon, leaving his craziness to Bob Clampett in the B&W Looney Tunes (as noted in Joe Admanson's book, it would take Warners several years after they figured out what made a funny cartoon to be able to animate well enough so the gags didn't get lost between the storyboard and when it hit theater screens. But by the time the studio was able to fully do that at the speed the first two-thirds of "Daffy Duck in Hollywood" was paced, Avery was gone to MGM).
I never noticed that, J.L. Daffy, in a crude way, was a precursor to Screwy Squirrel, though Screwy was far more aggressive (and enjoying it) while Daffy (under Avery) just liked doing nutty stuff.
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