Draftee Daffy

Draftee Daffy
Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck) series
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Directed by	Robert Clampett
Produced by	Eddie Selzer
Story by	Lou Lilly
Voices by	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Rod Scribner Manny Gould Bob McKimson Basil Davidovich
Studio	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date(s)	January 27, 1945
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7 minutes (one reel)
Language	English

Draftee Daffy is a 1945 Looney Tunes Daffy Duck cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett.

Plot

Daffy caught in the draft

Having read about the U.S. fighting forces pushing the Nazi troops back during World War II ("A thshmathing frontal attack on the enemy rear?"), Daffy is in a patriotic mood. However, his mood quickly changes to fear when he gets a call that "the little man from the draft board" wants to see him. Hiding in his house, Daffy looks out, eventually seeing the little man, who attempts to hand him a telegram (presumably with Daffy's conscription order). Daffy continues to try to outrun the little man, who seems to be everywhere that Daffy happens to be at the moment. Daffy even goes so far as to plant a bomb near the man, finally, Daffy locking him in a safe, bricking the safe up, putting up a wall over the bricks (chortling, "So long, Dracula!"), running to the roof and taking off in a rocket. However, the rocket soon plunges back to earth, causing Daffy to crash-land in Hell (though Daffy never actually uses the term in the cartoon). Shrugging off this turn, Daffy spots a demon (seen from the rear) and tells him, "Oh well, at least I put one over on that dope from the draft board!" The demon takes off his mask to reveal he's the man from the draft board, who then replies with the popular catchphrase of the "Richard Q. Peavey" character from The Great Gildersleeve, "Well, now, I wouldn't say that," (same as what Bugs Bunny, in his elderly form, says at the end of the Merrie Melodies cartoon, The Old Grey Hare) and proceeds to chase Daffy into the distance, letter still in hand. Porky Pig ends the cartoon with his famous Looney Tunes drum scene.

Continuity

Daffy had already been depicted as in fact serving in the armed forces in two earlier cartoons, Daffy - The Commando and Plane Daffy. However, continuity rarely received much attention in cartoons of this period. During this time period, stories were written and structured to fit around gags and jokes without any continuous intent or any relation to the character's past adventures.

DVD Release

Draftee Daffy is presented on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3.

Trivia

The Little Man from the Draft Board makes a cameo in the Animaniacs episode, Pitter Patter of Little Feet

External links

• Draftee Daffy at the Internet Movie Database
• Big Cartoon Database entry