''Tick Tock Tuckered'' is a 1944

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'' cartoon directed by

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. The cartoon was released on April 8, 1944, and stars

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and

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. This is a color remake of the cartoon '' Porky's Badtime Story'' (1937), with Daffy filling the role that was previously played by

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. A gag from

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'' (1941) was also reused as well, while a reference to ''

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'' (1942) is briefly made. In the film, Porky and Daffy oversleep. They arrive at their work hours later than they should, and are threatened with termination. They resolve to sleep earlier than usual at night, in hopes of being able to wake up early on the next morning. But they are kept awake by animal noises, the brightness of the

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, and the effects of a

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on their house. They arrive at work early the next morning, but they realize that it is

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and that the company is closed for the weekend.

Plot

The plot is largely the same as the plot of '' Porky's Badtime Story''. When Porky Pig and

realize that they overslept to 10 a.m. after their alarm goes off at 6 a.m., they end up rushing to work at the Fly-By-Nite Aircraft Company and sneaking in. When it came to clocking in, Daffy winds the clock backwards two hours and clocks in, only for the alarm to go off. Their boss (a caricature of Clampett's immediate boss, production manager Ray Katz) catches them and in a cheerful manner, states that if they were not going to make it, he would have sent their work to them. He then drops his friendly façade and angrily warns them that if they are late again they will be terminated. He then orders them to get to work, to which they dash into their office and close the door so fast that the sign on the door shatters. Later that night at 8 p.m., Porky sets the alarm clock as Daffy complains about having to go to bed so early, but Porky reminds Daffy about their boss' threat to fire them if they are late again. Porky climbs into bed and they both fall asleep until a bunch of cats and dogs next door wake them up. Later that night, the moon comes out and its light wakes up Porky. One of Porky's attempts to close the blind ends up wrecking his bed. This also disturbs Daffy, who ends up grabbing a shotgun and shooting the moon, which then falls from the sky as a result ("Unbelievable, isn't it?"). As the night progresses, a thunderstorm occurs while Porky is sleeping in Daffy's bed. Porky closes the window only for a leak in the roof to disturb him and Daffy. Daffy opens an umbrella in the house with Porky warning him that it is bad luck. Daffy dismisses Porky's superstition until a lightning strike destroys the umbrella. When Daffy shouts that he "should try sleeping under

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", a torrent of water comes through the roof and rains down on them. The next morning, Porky and Daffy are sleeping in the drawers when the alarm clock goes off at 6 a.m. They get themselves ready and drive to work to make sure they get there on time. When they arrive, a sign on the door reads "Closed

". Porky states that they do not have to work today, to which Daffy boxes himself ("Now he tells me!") before they drive home. When they climb back into the drawers to sleep, the alarm clock goes off again at 6:15. Porky shoots the alarm clock, which falls over and dies.

Home media

* VHS - Porky Pig and Daffy Duck Cartoon Festival Starring "Tick Tock Tuckered" * VHS - Just Plain Daffy * VHS - Looney Tunes Collectors Edition: Porky and Daffy * Laserdisc - Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol 2 * DVD - Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

References

External links

* {{Daffy Duck in animation Looney Tunes shorts 1944 films Short film remakes Daffy Duck films Porky Pig films Films scored by Carl Stalling Films directed by Bob Clampett Films produced by Leon Schlesinger 1940s Warner Bros. animated short films Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films Films with screenplays by Warren Foster Remakes of American films Films about sleep Moon in film 1944 animated short films