Yankee Doodle Daffy

Voices of: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
Directed by: Friz Freleng
Rating: Approved
Genre: Short, Animation
Length: 7 minutes
1943

Times Seen:
Tim: 1

Summary: Daffy tries to sell the talents of his client, Sleepy LaGoof to an unconvinced Porky Pig.

Review:

Tim: Yankee Doodle Daffy was an okay Looney Tunes short film. It featured the usually reliable Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, but I'd have to say this was one of the less effective shorts. It wasn't nearly funny enough or interesting enough to hold my attention even for the 7 minute run time. It was perfectly fine, but I wasn't a huge fan.

The story is pretty simple, although it requires a bit of setup. Porky is a casting director who is about to leave on vacation. Daffy interrupts his departure to speak on behalf of his client, Sleepy LaGoof. The humor comes with the fact that Porky could care less, and Daffy seems to be doing all the performing, instead of his client. None of these gags were especially funny or memorable. I didn't hate them, but they just elicited a shrug. There have been far funnier Looney Tunes.

Eventually, Porky tries to get away, getting on a plane, parachuting- these sequences were fine, but again, there wasn't anything especially exciting about any of them. They end up back at Porky's office, where Sleepy finally gets to perform (after putting his lollipop in a guitar-like case, which might have been my favorite moment).

On the plus side, the always reliable Mel Blanc once again provides some great voice work in this short. The guy is seriously talented.

Warner Brothers put out almost 400 of these short films in the 1940s, so they can't all be good. This is just one of less effective ones.

Rating 1-10
Tim's Rating: N/A



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