Release Date:

December 22, 1951

Main Character(s):

Daffy Duck, Porky Pig

Summary:

Porky Pig is the unexpected winner of the “Grand Prize”- which turns out to be Daffy Duck, who immediately annoys him by insulting some of his stuff and calling it trash. After Porky throws him out, Daffy heckles him by pretending to turn into a monster every time Porky does something unkind to him.

That’s Not All, Folks:

The production number is 1188 and was released as a Looney Tune.

The cartoon was given a Blue Ribbon reissue. Sometime, in the mid-2010’s, the original opening rings were found.

This is the last cartoon where Daffy is a screwball character. He would notably revert back to this persona in Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020-2023).

Oddly, only Porky’s name is above the title instead of both him and Daffy (like with “Daffy Duck Hunt”, although it made sense in that case, due to Daffy’s name being in the title of that cartoon).

This is the last Warner cartoon to feature animation from Emery Hawkins (interestingly, the post for the first Warner cartoon he animated on, “Doggone Cats” was posted six months ago today, meaning we managed to talk about all of the cartoons Emery animated on in exactly six months!).

This is also the last cartoon to use the 1951 orange rings with the black background and the last cartoon to use the redesigned Porky and Daffy headshots.

While uncredited, this is the last McKimson cartoon to feature animation by John Carey.

You can find out who animated what scene here.

The cartoon was used in the 1988 compilation movie, “Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters”.

The frightened gibberish that Porky stammers after discovering a skeleton in his closet is actually him saying, “Really…. nothing to be afraid of! Nothing at all! Nothing at all! Nothing, nothing! Nothing at all to be-” backwards!

I love the rendition of “Lucky Day” over the opening credits.

Favorite Scene:

The scene where Porky attempts to call the authorities about a lunatic (Daffy) being loose in his home, only to discover too late that Daffy has subbed for the phone.

What Happens in This One:

Porky is listening to the “What’s the Name of Your Name?” radio program with one contestant having the name, “Wentworth J. Whistlestop” and getting $10,000 for guessing his name correctly (if only all jobs were that much easier, right?) Porky changes the dial to another program (animated by Phil DeLara) and begins to walk away but the first thing he hears the program’s announcer say is, “Ah, ah, ah! Don’t go away! YOU may be the lucky winner of the Grand Prize! Wouldn’t you like to hear your doorbell ring? Hmm?” Porky’s doorbell begins ringing just as the announcer is saying this (animated by Emery Hawkins).

Going to the doorbell, Porky figures, “Oh, oh, it-it couldn’t be the Grand Prize. (chuckles) I’ve, eh, n-n-never won anything in my life”. After he opens the door, the offscreen delivery man answers, “Well, ya have now! Here it is, lucky boy! The Grand Prize! (chuckles mockingly)” (animated by Hawkins) Porky is delighted, “Oh, eh, f-f-fortunate, f-f-fortunate me (animated by Charles McKimson). G-g-golly, I w-wonder what it is!” Daffy pops out of the box and answers, “It’s a duck, fat stuff! A genuine, live duck!” “A d-d-duck!?”, Porky exclaims, bewildered. Daffy retorts while imitating him and backing him up to the wall, “Yes, a d-d-duck!” Porky: “G-g-gee, j-j-just what I’ve always wanted, I, uh, s-s-suppose” (animated by Rod Scribner).

Daffy looks around Porky’s house and decides, “Hmm. Not a bad-looking dump (animated by Scribner). If ya got rid of some of this trash!” He throws a vase with a rose out the window (“This monstrosity’s got to go!”) and then a chair before throwing several more stuff out, despite Porky protesting in anger. Daffy then starts to carry Porky towards the window to be thrown out, with Porky demanding Daffy to put him down. Daffy complies, “Oh, alright. If you want to spoil the whole effect!” (animated by DeLara) Porky orders Daffy, “N-n-now just a minute, y-you nervy old duck! Y-you get outside there in the chicken coop w-where you belong!” Daffy refuses, “Coop, schmoop! I ain’t sleepin’ in no chicken coop! I’m a duck!” He then asks, “Uh, have you got a duck coop?” Porky answers slyly, “Y-yes, I have” (animated by Charles). Daffy asks if it’s a convertible coop, as he’s a “convertible duck”. He then lifts up a convertible roof out of nowhere above himself and starts racing around the room like a car (animated by DeLara).

Beyond annoyed, Porky throws Daffy out (animated by DeLara). Outside, Daffy decides to use his “Jekyll and Hyde routine” on Porky (animated by Hawkins). Daffy walks back into the house and says in a meek manner, “I’m sorry you did that to me. People shouldn’t push me around. It isn’t good for me”. Finding this nonsensical, Porky asks, “Oh, f-f-fiddlesticks! And why not!?” (animated by DeLara) Daffy answers, “Because I’m a split personality. THAT’S why not. I’m two people in one! A schiz-a schiz-a schizophreniac!” (animated by Charles) He explains, “When people are nice to me, I’m sweet, gentle, and loving” (animated by DeLara) and imitates a lover while caressing Porky’s head, “Hello, baby. Nice, fat, little butterball” to which Porky embarrassingly chuckles for him to stop (animated by Charles). “But when some wise guy starts pushing me around, look out! (animated by DeLara) I turn into a hideous monster!” He ruffles up the feathers on his head as if they’re hair, and puts it in a set of fake monster fangs before breathing heavily (animated by Charles) and roaring, scaring Porky into jumping onto the chandelier and shaking. “Get the idea, buster?”, Daffy asks (animated by Scribner). Porky confirms, “I d-d-do. I do. Indeed, I d-d-do. And I’ll be real nice and k-k-kind and-and gentle to ya” (animated by Charles).

Porky sets Daffy up comfortably in a chair with a Bugs Bunny comic and also with a cigar and fez, also offering to get him some “n-n-n-nice food”. Daffy answers, “Okay, buster, but make it snappy” (animated by Charles). Walking out of the living room, Porky quietly decides, “I-I’m gonna phone the authorities. Th-th-this duck is d-d-dangerous” (animated by John Carey). Porky calls for them on the phone, unaware that Daffy has substituted for the phone. Thinking he’s talking to the authorities, Porky tells them, “He-hello, authorities? I wish to report a d-d-dangerous lunatic in my home”. Pretending to be the authorities, Daffy asks, “You don’t say? Where is he?” Porky answers, “H-he’s right there in the other r-r-room”. Daffy ruffles up the feathers on his head and replies in his normal voice, “Wanna bet, fatso?” Porky starts to answer yes before seeing Daffy in his “monster” form (animated by Charles).

“Double crosser!”, Daffy exclaims before again breathing heavily and roaring at Porky, scaring him into jumping up through the ceiling into the second story. Porky comes back down disheveled, and with a lump on his head as Daffy starts coming towards him again. Porky pleads, “N-n-n-n-now please, Mister T-T-Two-in-One. Eh, eh, let me be nice and-and kind to ya. Here, h-h-have a nice mellow cigar”. Daffy thanks him for it, “Why, thank you. Very generous of you, indeed” as Porky lights it (animated by Hawkins). Puffing on it, Daffy remarks, “Mm, not bad. Caronie Caronies?” Porky looks on the box’s label to see if it is, only to realize these are actually “April Fool Cigars” (animated by Charles). Porky takes it away, but Daffy isn’t aware this is a trick and grabs it back: “Hey, gimme that!” Porky attempts to explain, “B-b-but…” (animated by Hawkins), only for the cigar to explode in Daffy’s mouth and destroy his teeth (animated by Charles).

Thinking Porky deliberately did this as a prank, Daffy reverts back to the “monster” and causes Porky to race up the stairs after he roars at him. After taking the fake fangs out, Daffy laughs, “Boy, have I got a pigeon!” (animated by Scribner)

Porky is shown to be hiding in the dumbwaiter and hearing Daffy approaching him, goes down the dumbwaiter shaft only to encounter Daffy there, so he goes all the way back up and runs into the door leading into the attic (animated by Hawkins). Porky also encounters Daffy there, so he runs into a nearby closet only to encounter an inanimate skeleton in there, which scares Porky so much that he starts stammering in gibberish while walking out (animated by Carey).

Thinking Porky is stammering in frightened gibberish because of him, Daffy starts overconfidently laughing to himself, “ (hoo-hoos) Oh, brother (animated by Carey), have I got this chump going! (hoo-hoos)”, oblivious to the fact that Porky can hear him (animated by DeLara). “What a knucklehead! Falling for that old split personality monster gag! (hoo-hoos)” (animated by Carey)

Furious, Porky walks off into a closet as he fumes to himself, “Ooh, th-th-that treacherous, eh, trickster! I’LL show him who’s a knucklehead! I’ll give him a dose of his own m-m-medicine!”, and opens up a costume trunk (animated by DeLara). He comes out dressed in a monster costume, “I hope I look s-s-s-scary enough” (animated by Scribner).

Daffy again goes into his “monster” form, deciding to “scare some more daylights out of the little butterball!” As he passe an open doorway, Porky imitates his gestures as if he’s passing a mirror. Seeing Porky’s disguise in front of him, Daffy reverts back to “normal” and believes, “Sufferin’ catfish! I didn’t realize I was THAT hideous!” but upon hearing Porky’s heavy breathing, his pupils shrink as he lets out a small, “I’m not” and upon getting a look at him again, Daffy does a fantastic take where his head feathers stand on end, his jaw drops, and his body literally falls apart, before they all reconnect and he lets out a scream. He is scared so much that he goes back into the box, ties it back up, and runs away into the distance inside the box with his legs sticking out. Porky laughs, “Gosh, what a scaredy cat! Anybody who’d, eh, be scared of a masquerade costume is a c-c-craven little coward!” Porky gets a look at himself in the mirror and sees he DOES look scary enough as he screams and flies out of his costume onto the chandelier (brilliantly animated by Scribner up to here). Shaking on the chandelier, Porky decides, “Eh, s-s-so I’m a c-c-craven little coward” (animated by Charles).

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

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