''Daffy Dilly'' is a 1948
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Merrie Melodies
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'' cartoon directed by
Chuck Jones
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The cartoon was released on October 30, 1948, and stars
Daffy Duck
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Plot
Daffy Duck, a struggling novelty salesman, learns that tycoon J.B. Cubish will pay $1 million to anyone who can make him laugh before he dies. Desperate for the reward, Daffy tries various comical schemes to enter Cubish's mansion, but is thwarted by the butler. Accusing the butler of wanting Cubish to remain ill, Daffy improvises a tale of attempted murder, scaring the butler into fleeing. Finally reaching Cubish, Daffy's clumsy antics accidentally make Cubish laugh. Saved by laughter, Cubish hires Daffy as his jester, ending with Daffy resignedly accepting his fate as pies are thrown at him.
Production notes
The title ''Daffy Dilly'' is word play on
daffodil.
Daffy Duck appeared as a salesman in multiple cartoons, including ''
The Stupor Salesman'', ''
Fool Coverage'', and ''
Design for Leaving'', where Elmer Fudd is his foil. ''Daffy Dilly'' served as the basis for the plot in the 1988 compilation feature ''
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters'', where Cubish leaves his fortune to Daffy under certain conditions, leading to ghostly encounters.
This cartoon received a Blue Ribbon reissue before 1956, along with four others, but it is the only one without its original titles restored for DVD release. Additionally, it is the only one originally released in Cinecolor (not Technicolor), and the restored version on ''
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl'' is presented without credits.
According to
Pete Alvarado, originally, there was a
television
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instead of a
radio
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, but, in his words, "he kept it out because TVs weren't big enough yet when it came out".
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Home media
*VHS - ''Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 3: The Vocal Genius''
*DVD - ''
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl''
*Blu-Ray - ''
Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 1''
See also
*
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
*
List of Daffy Duck cartoons
References
External links
*
''Daffy Dilly'' on the Internet Archive
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1948 films
Merrie Melodies short films
Short films directed by Chuck Jones
Cinecolor films
Films about businesspeople
Films scored by Carl Stalling
Daffy Duck films
Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
1940s Warner Bros. animated short films
Films with screenplays by Michael Maltese
Films set in country houses
Films about salespeople
1948 animated short films