Scrap Happy Daffy

1943
6.8| 0h8m| NR| en
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During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapons to continue the Allied fight against the Axis powers. Hitler reads about Daffy's scrap pile and about Daffy's stated intent to win the war with junk and, after throwing a fit and chewing a carpet like a mad dog, orders Daffy's scrap pile destroyed.

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KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
JohnHowardReid CAST: Daffy Duck, Nazi Goat. Director: FRANK TASHLIN. Story: Don Christensen. Animator: Arthur Davis. Music director: Carl W. Stalling. Voice characterizations: Mel Blanc. Producer: Leon Schlesinger. Not copyrighted. A Warner Bros Looney Tunes cartoon. U.S. release: 21 August 1943. 1 reel. 8 minutes. COMMENT: I've alays wanted to view one of Frank Tashlin's cartoons, and this most inventively drawn and stylized entry has all the characteristics of inventiveness and whimsy we expect of Frank Tashlin at his best. Despite the fact that the primary reason for the cartoon's existence is its blatant propaganda message, Tashlin's approach is so appealing it still wins out over the script's simple-minded jingoism. And I just love Daffy's transformation into Super American Duck!
Edgar Allan Pooh . . . would-be Austrian World-Destroyer Adolph Hitler's birth certificate (just as "Marion Mitchell Morrison" was the actual, once-revised baby name for the actor Latterly known as John "Il Duce" Wayne) during this Looney Tune, SCRAP HAPPY DAFFY. Some film historians see SCRAP as a spoof of the documentary made by Hitler's personal Videographer, Leni Riefenstahl, titled in English as TRIUMPH OF THE WILL. However, most Warnologists (those who specialize in showing how the Looney Tunes beat BOTH Nostradamus and Astrology when it comes to predicting the Future for 21st Century America) zoom in on the fact that between 2:04 and 2:05 of this animated short, a close-up of a horse's behind (obviously meant to foretell Putin's Puppet, Rump) transforms into Hitler's head! Earlier, Daffy's mirror image marching in his "Salvage Warden" outfit transforms into three visuals--Mussolini Daffy, Hitler Daffy, and Hirohito Daffy (representing the leaders of the three "Axis Powers" out to annihilate the U.S. during World War Two) as the song lyrics mention "Freedom's Foes." This is Warner's way of warning We of the 21st Century that just because someone's on the U.S. Presidential Ballot does NOT preclude the likelihood that he's a Russian KGB operative subject to Blackmail due to $100 million plus paid to him by Russian Mafia Go-Betweens for "Naming Rights," as documented by Disney's Nightline Program drilling down into the Real Life Manchurian Candidate Nov. 10, 2016.
slymusic "Scrap Happy Daffy" is a fine Daffy Duck cartoon that was meant to build confidence and bolster the spirit of winning the fight for all American servicemen during World War II. Directed by Frank Tashlin, this cartoon is full of interesting camera angles and attention to detail on facial close-ups (foreshadowing Tashlin's work on live-action feature films). In this film, Daffy operates a scrap heap yard, and he shall stop at nothing in order to protect it.My favorite scenes from "Scrap Happy Daffy": Daffy opens the short with a well-sung patriotic tune, then he engages in a rapid Gilbert & Sullivan-type recitation of all the things you could contribute to his scrap pile. I also love how Daffy's eyes address the camera as he fixes an Alka-Seltzer for the billy goat ("Listen to it fizz"), as well as Daffy's eyebrow waggle after he says "I'm an American..........duck." The Hitler caricature is funny, too; voiced by Mel Blanc, he shouts mock German as he reads a newspaper headline about Daffy's scrap pile and then wildly stomps on the newspaper.If you're familiar with the screen character of Daffy Duck, you might find it difficult to envision him at the end of this cartoon as Superman, defending our country from the Axis. But I'll bet that this was exactly what our troops needed to see for their confidence to grow! Bravo to the entire Warner Bros. cartoon family for cranking out numerous funny films for all American servicemen & civilians to enjoy during the War.
Markc65 A great piece of war propaganda, and really funny too. Along with Clampett, Tashlin was an espouser of the Warner Bros. "Rowdyism." This cartoon is filled with many sharply-timed great gags. It also has the signature Tashlin montage scene. Shot in black and white, the backgrounds employ beautifully stark graphic designs. The Tashlin color cartoons never used this for some reason. There is also some UPA-like stylized animation of Daffy's ancestors in one scene. The Daffy here is the emotionally exuberant Daffy of the early forties. In cartoons from this period he was sometimes used as a hero to thwart the Nazis, which is what happens here. Specifically, a nazi goat sent over to eat his scrap pile. This was a humorous way to remind people on the homefront to help pitch in the war effort and recycle their junk. It is rarely shown on t.v. and hard to find on video, but if you get a chance I recommend you watch it.