| Draftee Daffy | |
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| Directed by | Robert Clampett |
| Story by | Lou Lilly |
| Starring | Mel Blanc (uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Rod Scribner |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Draftee Daffy is a 1945Warner Bros.Looney Tunes cartoon directed byBob Clampett.[1] The cartoon was released on January 27, 1945, and starsDaffy Duck.[2]
The film depicts Daffy as adraft dodger, who desperately tries to avoid an agent of the draft board. Part of the film is set inhell, but Daffy is unable to end this pursuit.
Daffy Duck finds himself in a patriotic mood after reading about the United States Armed Forces' success in pushing back Nazi German troops duringWorld War II. However, his mood quickly turns to fear when he receives a phone call from the draft board.
Determined to evade conscription, Daffy engages in a series of frantic attempts to escape the persistent draft board representative. Despite his efforts, Daffy's plans backfire, and he ultimately crash-lands in Hell. To his dismay, he discovers that the demon pursuing him is none other than the man from the draft board, signaling that he cannot escape his fate.
Animation historianJerry Beck writes that in this film, Clampett "gives Daffy Duck the first nuance to his zany personality—somethingChuck Jones would expand upon in later shorts—by making the duck an out-and-out coward. Even funnier, the little man from the draft board is portrayed by a nerdy4F reject, who personifies government intrusion in our lives."[3]
