| Scalp Trouble | |
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| Directed by | Robert Clampett |
| Story by | Ernest Gee |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Norman McCabe |
| Color process | Black and White |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:02 |
| Language | English |
Scalp Trouble is a 1939Warner Bros.Looney Tunescartoon directed byBob Clampett.[1] The cartoon was released on June 24, 1939, and starsPorky Pig andDaffy Duck.[2]
General Daffy is commanding Army Post No. 13 on the frontier, and his troops are a sorry lot. Soldier Porky refuses to get out of his bed—that is, until Daffy comes in and eventually destroys it. Soon a tribe of Indians launches an attack on the post on horseback. Porky sees them approaching, and attempts to awaken the other sleeping soldiers. Among the subsequent gags are: An Indian drinks "fire water" and spits fire, carving an Indian-shaped hole in the front of the fort, then walks through it; a short Indian uses the bow-leg of a taller Indian to shoot arrows; and a soldier shoots over the wall at the enemy, keeping score to the tune of "Ten Little Indians." Porky abandons the cannon for pistols, and soon calls for more bullets. Daffy, loaded down with ammunition and running toward Porky, stumbles, resulting in Daffy swallowing a large quantity of bullets, and begins firing them off through his mouth, uncontrollably. Taking the situation in hand, Porky uses Daffy as a machine gun, finally driving off the Indian invaders, who carve into a hillside, "Yanks BeatIndians 11-3" as they retreat. The battle now concluded, Daffy is relieved, saying, "I'm sure that's glad that's over with." However, Daffy stumbles once again as he walks away, and again begins spitting out bullets uncontrollably, as the cartoon irises out.
| Slightly Daffy | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Gerry Chiniquy |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:11 |
| Language | English |
Friz Freleng remade the cartoon inTechnicolor and was released as part of theMerrie Melodies series on June 17, 1944, under the nameSlightly Daffy. Unlike the remakes directed by Clampett, the short is mostly a frame-by-frame remake. However, it features new voice recordings, a few new animated scenes, and re-orchestrated music. TheBlue Ribbon reissue is approximately 49 seconds shorter than the original cartoon.
The short also reused scenes from other old cartoons, such asJohnny Smith and Poker-Huntas (ByTex Avery) for the first few scenes of the Indians, andThe Hardship of Miles Standish (Also by Freleng) for the scene of the Indians firing their bows.
| Preceded by | Daffy Duck Cartoons 1939 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Daffy Duck Cartoons 1944 | Succeeded by |
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