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Daffy Duck for President 
Author(s) Chuck Jones Illustrator Chuck Jones Country United States Language English Genre(s) Children's literature, Picture book Publisher Warner Bros. Worldwide Publishing Publication date 1997 Media type Hardcover ISBN ISBN 1-890-37100-9 OCLC Number 36485944 Daffy Duck for President is a children's book, published by Warner Bros. and the United States Postal Service in 1997 to coincide with the release of the first Bugs Bunny U.S. postage stamp. The book was written and illustrated by Chuck Jones, edited by Charles Carney, and art directed by Allen Helbig. It was Jones' last published book before his death in 2002.
Echoing the popular "Duck Season/Rabbit Season" seen in the Bugs Bunny shorts Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck, Rabbit, Duck!, the book tells how Daffy Duck, in an effort to outlaw Duck Season in favor of perpetual Rabbit Season, attempts to become a politician so as to change the law to suit him. Through a civics lesson regarding the United States Constitution and with Bugs Bunny's help, Daffy learns that it is "We the People" who run the country, not any one man or duck.
From the book's dust jacket:
"Bugs guides Daffy through the 3 branches of American government - the foundation of freedom - in a style so breezy and comic that you'd never confuse it with a civics lesson. Or would you? In keeping with the explosive fun of the author's art, Daffy Duck for President is presented in its original sketch form. It's pure Chuck Jones - brash, witty, and reflective - in a bold flash of pencil, paper, and impulse."
In 2004, Warner Bros. released a four-minute animated short of the same name based on the book. The film was produced by Tony Cervone, Spike Brandt, and Linda M. Steiner. It was considered for a 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Short. Joe Alaskey voiced Bugs and Daffy. It was also planned for worldwide theatrical release, but these plans were aborted after Looney Tunes Back in Action resulted in a critical and financial disaster. It saw eventual release as a bonus feature on disc 3 of Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2.
Sources
- Jones, Chuck (1997). Daffy Duck for President. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Worldwide Publishing. ISBN 1-890-37100-9.
- Red Orbit
- B-NET Business Wire
- Chuck Jones Biography from Answers.com
Chuck Jones Short subjects The Night Watchman (1938) · Prest-O Change-O (1939) · Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939) · Naughty But Mice (1939) · Elmer's Candid Camera (1940) · Joe Glow, the Firefly (1941) · The Draft Horse (1942) · The Dover Boys at Pimento University, or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942) · Fin N' Catty (1943) · The Weakly Reporter (1944) · Angel Puss (1944) · Hell-Bent for Election (1944) · Fresh Airedale (1945) · Fair and Worm-er (1946) · A Pest in the House (1947) · Scaredy Cat (1948) · Long-Haired Hare (1949) · For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) · Fast and Furry-ous (1949) · So Much for So Little (1949) · Rabbit of Seville (1950) · The "Hunting Trilogy": Rabbit Fire (1951), Rabbit Seasoning (1952), and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953) · Feed the Kitty (1952) · Duck Amuck (1953) · Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953) · Bully for Bugs (1953) · Punch Trunk (1953) · Feline Frame-Up (1954) · Sheep Ahoy (1954) · One Froggy Evening (1955) · Double or Mutton (1955) · Heaven Scent (1955) · Rocket-Bye Baby (1956) · What's Opera, Doc? (1957) · Scrambled Aches (1957) · Robin Hood Daffy (1958) · Hook, Line and Stinker (1958) · Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958) · Hot-Rod and Reel! (1959) · Wild About Hurry (1959) · Fastest with the Mostest (1960) · Hopalong Casualty (1960) · Who Scent You? {1960) · Rabbit's Feat (1960) · High Note (1960) · Ready, Woolen and Able (1960) · Compressed Hare (1961) · Zip 'N Snort (1961) · Lickety-Splat (1961) · Beep Prepared (1961) · Now Hear This (1962) · Zoom at the Top (1962) · A Sheep in the Deep (1962) · Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963) · War and Pieces (1964) · Tom and Jerry (cartoon shorts, 1964-1967) · The Dot and the Line (1965) · The Bear That Wasn't (1967) · A Cricket in Times Square (1973) · A Very Merry Cricket (1973) · Yankee Doodle Cricket (1975) · Soup or Sonic (1980) · Chariots of Fur (1994) · Another Froggy Evening (1995) · Superior Duck (1996) · From Hare to Eternity (1997)Television specials How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) · The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969) · Horton Hears a Who! (1970) · Mowgli's Brothers (1975) · The White Seal (1975) · Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975) · Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976) · Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper (1978) · Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn’t Smile (1979) · Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979) · A Chipmunk Christmas (1981)Feature films Television series
(full and partial)Sesame Street (various cartoon segments, 1969) · Curiosity Shop (1971, produced) · The Electric Company (1971)Books Daffy Duck for President (1997)Compilations The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) · Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980)Comics Crawford (1977-1978)Bugs Bunny · Daffy Duck · Elmer Fudd · Porky Pig · Marvin The Martian · Sniffles · Claude Cat · Marc Antony and Pussyfoot · Charlie Dog · Michigan J. Frog · Pepé Le Pew · Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner · Hubie and Bertie · The Three Bears · Ralph Wolf and Sam SheepdogCategories:- 1997 books
- Animated short films
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