- The Impatient Patient
Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = The Henpecked Duck
series =Merrie Melodies /Daffy Duck /Porky Pig
caption =
director =Norman McCabe
story_artist = Don Christensen
animator = Vive Risto
voice_actor =Mel Blanc
musician =Carl W. Stalling Milt Franklyn (uncredited)
producer =Leon Schlesinger
distributor =Warner Bros. Pictures
release_date =September 5 ,1942
color_process =
runtime = 8 min
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0034888The Impatient Patient is a
Warner Bros. cartoon released in theatres in1942 , directed byNorman McCabe and featuresDaffy Duck as atelegram deliverer. The film is set in amad scientist 's laboratory.Plot Summary
While trapsing through a swamp, Daffy Duck seeks to deliver a telegram to "Chloe." He finds the home of "Dr. Jerkyl" and hopes that the physician can cure his hiccups. Daffy's hiccups are so severe that they cause him to damage or destroy everything around him.
Dr. Jerkyl captures Daffy and restrains him to a doctor's chair. Hoping to scare Daffy in order to cure his hiccups, Dr. Jerkyl drinks a potion that turns him into an
ogre . Terrified, Daffy asks him who he is, and he responds: "I'm Chloe." Daffy then reads him the telegram, which is a cheerful Happy Birthday message.Chloe chases Daffy around the laboratory until the radio is accidentally switched on, prompting him to dance. Once the music ends, the chase resumes. Daffy scrambles to the lab table and mixes a potion, which turns Chloe into an infant. Off camera, Daffy hits the infant with a hammer.
Cultural References
*Dr. Jerkyl and his alterego Chloe are a reference to "
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ", a story byRobert Louis Stevenson about a man with a severesplit personality .*Chloe's birthday message comes from a Frank N. Stein, a reference to Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a novel by
Mary Shelley .ee also
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List of cartoons featuring Daffy Duck References
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