Release Date:

June 17, 1944

Main Character(s):

Daffy Duck, Porky Pig

Summary:

A color remake of “Scalp Trouble” with Daffy Duck as general and Porky Pig as one of his troops fighting off the Indians that contains a few new gags as well.

That’s Not All, Folks:

The production number is 3-13, the 3rd Merrie Melodie in the 13th release season.

The cartoon was given a Blue Ribbon reissue. “You Go to My Head” (which is the same tune heard under the opening credits of “Scalp Trouble”) played under the opening credits:

Direction: I. Freleng

Story: Michael Maltese

Animation: Virgil Ross

Musical Direction: Carl W. Stalling

In addition, the original title card was found sometime in the early 2010’s.

This is one instance of a remake being done by someone who didn’t direct the original cartoon (Clampett directed “Scalp Trouble”). It’s rather odd that Freleng directed this since Clampett wouldn’t leave the studio until 1946. Incidentally, in 1949, Freleng would do a color remake of Clampett’s masterpiece, “Porky in Wackyland” as “Dough for the Do-Do” where the change of directors makes sense due to Clampett having left for more than three years by then.

The cartoon no longer airs on television due to Native American stereotyping.

One major difference from the original cartoon is that the picture of Petunia next to Porky’s bunk in the original is replaced with a sign saying “Buy Bonds”.

This is the shortest cartoon from this period as it barely runs over 6 minutes.

What I Like About This One:

A marching solider asking the audience, “Say, did you see any Indians around here?” to which several Indians pop up and answer, “Mmm, could be”. The soldier shrugs and continues marching.

Seeing that the bugler is asleep, Daffy puts the bugler’s trumpet in his mouth and stabs him in the behind with his sword so that the bugler’s yells of pain come out as “Reveille”.

Only Porky doesn’t wake up and Daffy gets so tired trying to get him up that he gets into bed with him with the weight of both of them collapsing Porky’s bunk.

While marching out, Daffy walks into his sword which bends back and hits Porky, flinging him back into the soldiers’ cabin and back into Daffy when his bayonet sticks into the ground. Caught in Porky’s arms, Daffy says, “Gosh, I didn’t know you cared!”

The lookout Indian has a live turkey for a headdress.

Instead of ringing, “Chief Sitting Pretty”’s phone is the noise of tomtom drums being beaten.

A cross-eyed Indian keeps shooting his arrow into the back of his horse’s head. The horse eventually gets fed up with this and throws the Indian on the ground.

Porky trying to warn the sleeping soldiers about the Indians approaching, and not realizing he’s talking to an Indian before seeing that he is and throwing a barrel over him.

One soldier marks his shooting of Indians with the “Ten Little Indians” song but he gets attacked by an Indian before he reaches “Ten Little Indian Boys”.

After Porky is greeted by an Indian who says, “Greetings, gate! Let’s scalpitate!”, he asks Daffy for more bullets. Daffy gets them but trips and swallows the ammunition. After he hits a pole, he is forced to endure several body explosions. With Porky using Daffy as a live machine gun, the score ends up as “Yanks Beat Indians- 11 to 3”.

Daffy sighing, “I’m sure glad THAT’S over with!” before tripping over a rock and his stomach doing a repeat performance of the body explosions.

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

🥕🥕🥕 ½