The Stupor Salesman

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = The Stupor Salesman
series = Looney Tunes/Daffy Duck


caption = Title card to "The Stupor Salesman"
director = Arthur Davis
story_artist = Lloyd Turner
Bill Scott
animator = Basil Davidovich
Emery Hawkins
Bill Meléndez
Don Williams
layout_artist = Don Smith
background_artist = Philip DeGuard
narrator =
voice_actor = Mel Blanc
musician = Carl Stalling
producer = Edward Selzer
studio = Warner Bros. Animation
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
release_date = November 20, 1948 (USA)
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 7 min (one reel)
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0040847

"The Stupor Salesman" is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon of the "Looney Tunes" series, directed by Arthur Davis, written by Lloyd Turner and Bill Scott, and released on November 20, fy|1948. It stars Mel Blanc as the voices of Daffy Duck and Slug McSlug, an infamous bank robber.

Plot summary

Slug McSlug, a notorious criminal, is chased by police after successfully robbing the Last National Bank. He reaches his country hideout, where he is promptly visited by an uninvited Daffy Duck, who is a door-to-door salesman of a variety of items. McSlug slams the door in Daffy's face, but Daffy doggedly persists in his efforts to sell "something" to McSlug, raising the ire of the wanted criminal. McSlug opens fire on Daffy, who conveniently is wearing a sample of his company's bullet-proof vests. "Guaranteed to get your money back if it doesn't work!" says Daffy. When Daffy turns on the gas of McSlug's stove to demonstrate the igniting power of his sample lighter, McSlug literally throws Daffy out and tries the lighter himself, which blows the hideout and McSlug sky-high. The victorious Daffy yells toward the sky: "Hey, bub! You need a house to go with this doorknob!" [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040847/plotsummary IMDb - Plot summary for "The Stupor Salesman"] ]

Cast

Mel Blanc as "Daffy Duck", "Slug McSlug" (voice) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040847/fullcredits IMDb - Full cast and crew for "The Stupor Salesman"]

"Looney Tunes" gags

* The "eyes-in-the-dark" gag had been previously used in Frank Tashlin's wartime cartoon, "Scrap Happy Daffy" (fy|1942).

Censorship

*When this cartoon aired on FOX's "The Merrie Melodies Show", the part where Slug McSlug points his gun at Daffy's stomach and Daffy uses a polish that makes the gun fall limp was cut. [http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/ltcutss.html]
*When this cartoon aired on the WB, the part where Daffy turns on the gas stove and tries to flick the lighter on was cut. [http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/ltcutss.html]

Availability

As of 2007, "The Stuper Salesman" can be found on the four-disc DVD box set "", [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040847/dvd IMDb - DVD details for "The Stupor Salesman] ] as well as the similar, two-disc DVD "Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 5".

See also

*List of Daffy Duck cartoons
*Daffy Duck
*""

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040847/ "The Stupor Salesman" at the] Internet Movie Database