| Daffy Dilly | |
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 Title card of the original print | |
| Directed by | Charles M. Jones |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Produced by | Eddie Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Phil Monroe A. C. Gamer |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | Peter Alvarado |
| Color process | Cinecolor (original) Technicolor (re-release) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:10 |
| Language | English |
Daffy Dilly is a 1948Warner Bros.Merrie Melodies cartoon directed byChuck Jones.[1] The cartoon was released on October 30, 1948, and starsDaffy Duck.[2]
Daffy Duck, a struggling novelty salesman, learns that tycoon J.B. Cubish will pay $1 million to anyone who can make him laugh before he dies. Desperate for the reward, Daffy tries various comical schemes to enter Cubish's mansion, but is thwarted by the butler, whom Daffy addresses as "Jeeves," "Ruggles," and "Meadows" (butlers in other fictional media). Accusing the butler of wanting Cubish to remain ill, Daffy improvises a tale of attempted murder, scaring the butler into fleeing. Finally reaching Cubish, Daffy's clumsy antics accidentally make Cubish laugh. Saved by laughter, Cubish hires Daffy as his jester, ending with Daffy resignedly accepting his fate as pies are thrown at him.
The titleDaffy Dilly is word play ondaffodil.
Daffy Duck appeared as a salesman in multiple cartoons, includingThe Stupor Salesman,Fool Coverage, andDesign for Leaving, whereElmer Fudd is his foil.Daffy Dilly served as the basis for the plot in the 1988 compilation featureDaffy Duck's Quackbusters, where Cubish leaves his fortune to Daffy under certain conditions, leading to ghostly encounters.
This cartoon received a Blue Ribbon reissue before 1956, along with four others, but it is the only one without its original titles restored for DVD or Blu-ray releases. Additionally, it is the only one originally released in Cinecolor (not Technicolor), and the restored version onLooney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl andLooney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 1 is presented without credits.
According toPete Alvarado, originally, there was atelevision instead of aradio, but, in his words, "he kept it out because TVs weren't big enough yet when it came out".[3]
| Preceded by | Daffy Duck cartoons 1948 | Succeeded by |