Ding Dog Daddy is a 1942 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
Title[]
The title is a play on the 1928 song "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas".
Plot[]
A goofy, bumpkin dog sees a bird couple, and wanting to try his luck on love, attempts to flirt with a female dog who quickly rejects him. Saddened, the dog finds a metal statue of a dog inside a homeowner's garden, and falls in love with it, not aware that the sculpture isn't an animate dog. Whenever the dog kisses the statue, lightning strikes and sends a shock through his system, which he takes as a sign of her passionate love for him.
The dog constantly has to contend with a vicious bulldog who is guarding the gate to the garden. The dog is eventually kicked out of the garden. He tries to get himself back inside. His first attempt by siphoning the key from the gate results in the bulldog being pulled out instead of the key. The dog tries to disguise himself using a bush, which quickly backfires once he takes off the disguise in attempt to kiss the statue. Finally, the bumpkin manages to force the bulldog out by locking him outside.
However, the statue is carted away in a truck marked "Scrap Metal for Victory" to contribute to the American effort in World War II. In attempt to save his "damsel", he runs frantically to the munitions depot, only to find that it has been converted into a bomb labelled "Daisy". As he cries about the modification, he brings it back to the garden and he kisses the bomb, which detonates on his face. Surprisingly amazed, the bumpkin happily cries out, "Wow! She hasn't changed a bit!", before bouncing around crazily.
Caricatures[]
- Red Skelton - "Now, don’t get nosey, bub."
Availability[]
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Goofs[]
- When the female dog bluntly rejects the goofy dog "Nah, I wouldn't like to be your girl-!", there appears to be an abrupt cut-off in her dialogue, where after her line ends with "girl", her mouth moves without saying anything before completely finishing her line of dialogue.
- When the 2020 restoration was first released on HBO Max, it starts at the Merrie Melodies title card instead of the WB shield zoom-in title card. This was either an error or a result of HBO Max using a print with the title card spliced out. This error led to the cartoon being quickly removed from the service upon its discovery. A new print with the error corrected was first aired on Sunday Night Cartoons from the MeTV subchannel MeTV+, then released on the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2 Blu-ray.
Notes[]
- The American Turner "dubbed version" replaces the 1941-55 ending rendition of Merrily We Roll Along with the 1938-41 rendition. The European Turner "dubbed version" retains the original ending cue.
- This short entered the public domain in 1971 due to United Artists failing to renew the copyright in time.
- Vitaphone release number: 825[5]
Music-Cues[6][]
- When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano (by Leon René)
- Plays during the opening scene
- You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby (by Harry Warren)
- Plays when the female dog is walking by
- Blues in the Night (by Harold Arlen)
- Plays when the dog is walking alone
- I'm Happy About the Whole Thing (by Harry Warren)
- Played when the dog is talking to the audience and after the dog kisses the lady dog statue
- Frühlingslied (by Felix Mendelssohn)
- Plays when the dog is dancing in the flowers
- The Red, White and Blue aka ["Columbia, Gem of the Ocean"] (by David T. Shaw & Arranged by Thomas A. Beckett)
- Plays when "Scrap Metal for Victory" appears
- Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone? (rom German folk song)
- Played when the dog chases the lady dog statue.
- Symphony No. 5 Op. 67 I. Allegro con brio (by Ludwig van Beethoven)
- Played during the factory scene
- Am I Blue? (by Harry Akst)
- Played when the dog is crying
- I'm Happy About the Whole Thing (by Harry Warren)
- Plays again at the end
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165808603900578
- ↑ (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 1 (in en). BearManor Media, page 406.
- ↑ http://likelylooneymostlymerrie.blogspot.com/2015/12/390-ding-dog-daddy-1942.html
- ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/thad-k-reviews-looney-tunes-collectors-choice-vol-2/
- ↑ Liebman, Roy (2003). Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. McFarland, page 274. ISBN 978-0786412792.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034654/soundtrack/
External Links[]
- "Ding Dog Daddy" at the Big Cartoon Database
- "Ding Dog Daddy" at the Internet Movie Database
- "Ding Dog Daddy" at the Spotlight Cartoon Archive