Daffy's Southern Exposure

Daffy's Southern Exposure
Looney Tunes series
Title card
Directed by	Norman McCabe
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Voices by	Mel Blanc (uncredited) Billy Bletcher
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Vive Risto Cal Dalton (uncredited)
Studio	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	May 2, 1942
Color process	Black-and-white
Running time	7 min.
Language	English

Daffy's Southern Exposure is a 1942 animated short directed by Norman McCabe and starring Daffy Duck. It was released by Warner Bros. as part of the Looney Tunes series.

Plot

Daffy Duck, stranded in a snowstorm, takes refuge at the home of (unbeknownst to him) a fox and weasel, who disguise themselves as kindly old ladies in order to keep Daffy in their home. They want Daffy for dinner, and so fatten him up by having him eat large portions of beans. Once Daffy realizes their intentions, he quickly tries to escape, outwitting the weasel but not the fox. Daffy forces the fox to chase him up a tree so he can kick him down, then runs further south, past three signs- "SOUTH", "SOUTH" and a final saying "AND WE DO MEAN SOUTH!" Daffy decides to remain in South America, emphasizing that he does mean South America.

Production

Daffy's Southern Exposure makes reference to topical humor of the era, including a poster encouraging the purchases of war bonds to finance the U.S. involvement in World War II and a parody of the Brazilian entertainer Carmen Miranda.^[1] The film also marked the first time that Warner Bros. used the tune wartime rally song “We Did It Before (And We Can Do It Again)” as background music in a cartoon.^[2]

References

1. ^ Michael S. Shull, David E. Wilt (2004). Doing Their Bit: American Animated Short Films, 1939-1945. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 078641555X. http://books.google.com/books?id=oWnVGsWpzAwC&pg=PA46&dq=%22daffy%27s+southern+exposure%22&ei=5KDzSpKPEI2szgSz69CZBg#v=onepage&q=%22daffy%27s%20southern%20exposure%22&f=false. 
2. ^ M. Paul Holsinger (1999). War and American Popular Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing. p. 329. ISBN 0313299080. http://books.google.com/books?id=Oe4AOVHkJ9oC&pg=PA329&dq=%22daffy%27s+southern+exposure%22&ei=5KDzSpKPEI2szgSz69CZBg#v=onepage&q=%22daffy%27s%20southern%20exposure%22&f=false. 

External links

• Daffy's Southern Exposure at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Conrad the Sailor

Daffy Duck Cartoons 1942

Succeeded by The Impatient Patient