Monday 13 March 2023

He's My Hero

Daffy Duck is ecstatic Dick Tracy (in his comic book) has nabbed the criminals. There’s a fun scene where Daffy leaps around for joy. Here are some frames.



“Oh, boy! If I could only be Dick Tracy, I’d show those gooney criminals,” says Daffy, swinging his fist to punch out some crooks. He punches himself into dreamland instead.



The Great Piggy Bank Robbery is full of the kind of energy you’d find in Bob Clampett’s shorts for Warners. It was the last he completed for the studio. He began work on Bacall to Arms, but left and it was finished by Art Davis. Neon Noodle and the rest of the Chester Gould-esque villains were released to theatres, according to Boxoffice magazine, on July 27, 1946. The cartoon didn’t appear at the Strand (a Warners theatre) in New York until the end of August, but was screened at the Strand (a Warners theatre) in Altoona, Pa. on its release date.

Manny Gould, Rod Scribner, Izzy Ellis and Bill Melendez were the credited animators.

8 comments:

  1. I love Daffy around that era. The high energy animation, and Mel's voice at it's strongest, full of maniacal yells, screams, and laughs. Add in Carl Stalling and it was a great piece of pie.

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  2. This looks like Bill Melendez's animation,Yowp.

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    1. Thanks, Mark. I really wasn't sure who it was.

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  3. Never my favorite cartoon. Kitty Kornered and Baby Bottleneck are much more superior.

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  4. Hans Christian Brando13 March 2023 at 18:29

    Back when Daffy was still worthy of the name.

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    1. I know, right? But nobody wants Bugs bugs!

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  5. The definitive Clampett cartoon and the one that best represents the Looney in Looney Tunes.

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