In " Daffy Duck & Egghead," Daffy does not lisp at all except in the separately drawn set-piece of Daffy singing "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" in which just a slight lisp can be heard. Also, in the Baby Looney Tunes episode "The Tattletale", Granny addresses Daffy as "Daffy Horacio Tiberius Duck." In The Looney Tunes Show (2011), the joke middle names "Armando" and "Sheldon" are used.ĭaffy's slobbery, exaggerated lisp was developed over time, and it is barely noticeable in the early cartoons. In " The Scarlet Pumpernickel" (1950), Daffy has a middle name, Dumas, as the screenwriter of a swashbuckling script, a nod to Alexandre Dumas. However, in Mel Blanc's autobiography, That's Not All, Folks!, he contradicts that conventional belief, writing, "It seemed to me that such an extended mandible would hinder his speech, particularly on words containing an s sound. ![]() One often-repeated "official" story is that it was modeled after producer Schlesinger's tendency to lisp. The origin of Daffy's voice is a matter of some debate. Both actors have since been surpassed by June Foray, who voiced Rocky the Flying Squirrel from Rocky and Bullwinkle for 55 years (albeit in far fewer productions than Nash or Blanc's respective characters), from his debut in 1959 to 2014. Mel's voice for Daffy at one point held the world record for the longest voice-acting of one animated character by his original voice actor: 52 years, just barely breaking the previous record that had been set by Clarence Nash, the original voice actor of Donald Duck who voiced the character for 51 years from 1934 until 1985. The only aspects of the character that have remained consistent through the years are his voice (provided by Mel Blanc) and his black feathers with a white neck ring. This early Daffy is less anthropomorphic and resembles a "normal" duck, being short and pudgy, with stubby legs and a beak. People would leave the theaters talking about this daffy duck." And so, when it hit the theaters it was an explosion. Bob later recalled: "At that time, audiences weren't accustomed to seeing a cartoon character do these things. The cartoon is a standard hunter/prey pairing for which Leon Schlesinger's studio was famous, but Daffy (hardly more than an unnamed bit player in this short) was something new to moviegoers: an assertive, completely unrestrained, combative protagonist. 1.4.2 New Looney Tunes/Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Prod.ĭaffy first appeared 17 April 1937 in " Porky's Duck Hunt", directed by Tex Avery and animated by Bob Clampett.1.3 Daffy after Termite Terrace's closure.1.2.2 Chuck Jones' Daffy and Transformation to the Present.1.2.1 Tex Avery's and Bob Clampett's Daffy. ![]() Daffy was ranked #14 on TV Guide's list of Top 50 best cartoon characters and was featured on one of the issue's four covers with Porky Pig, both of which are Warner Bros. ![]() Daffy was one of the first of the new "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to replace traditional "everyman" characters who were more popular earlier in the decade, such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye.ĭaffy starred in 130 shorts in the Golden Age, behind Bugs Bunny's 175 appearances and Porky Pig's 162 appearances. Mel Torme (singing voice in The Night of the Living Duck)ĭaffy Duck is a Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies character, where he usually has been depicted as a rival and occasional best friend of Bugs Bunny. Dave Spafford (The Woo-hoo, Woo-hoo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
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