The Daffy Duckaroo is a 1942 Looney Tunes short directed by Norman McCabe.
Title[]
The title is a play on both Daffy Duck's name and the word "buckaroo."
Plot[]
On a donkey pulling a trailer, Daffy moves from Hollywood to the American West while signing "My Little Buckaroo", where he comes upon an Indian encampment. He is about to run away when he is wooed by an Indian girl. He serenades her and follows her into her teepee.
The Indian girl says she would love to be Daffy's girlfriend, but her boyfriend Little Beaver will never allow it. When Little Beaver arrives, Daffy hides in a dresser and emerges disguised as an Indian girl himself. Little Beaver attempts to kiss him until he discovers the disguise.
Little Beaver chases Daffy through the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest until he calls for aid with smoke signals. The Indians surround Daffy's trailer and remove the tires. One Indian promptly returns them saying the tires do not fit his vehicle.
Caricatures[]
- Red Skelton - Little Beaver's voice is based his character Clem Kadiddlehopper and the character Daisy June shares the same name as Clem's girlfriend.
Notes[]
- The newspaper reads "I want to be a lone... ranger," playing on a famous Greta Garbo quote.
- For unknown reasons, almost all prints of The Daffy Duckaroo seem to remove a verse from the opening: “Don’t you know it’s time for bed, another day is through! So hit the hay, my little buckaroo”. There is a slight audio cut in place of where the line was presumably removed. The computer-colorized version does the opposite: retaining the cut verse, while removing the first part of the song instead.
- The Native American at the end sounds similar to Marvin the Martian, who did not debut until "Haredevil Hare" (1948) and did not use this voice until "The Hasty Hare" (1952).
- This was the first black-and-white Looney Tunes short to open with the "bulls-eye" titles similar to the ones in Merrie Melodies but (usually) with thicker rings. This would continue for the rest of the black-and-white Looney Tunes shorts up to "Puss n' Booty" (1943).
- This is the final Daffy Duck short to be directed by Norman McCabe.
- This cartoon seldom airs on American television due to heavy stereotyping of Native Americans, although it did air on Nickelodeon during the 1990s up until the last installment of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon in 1999.
- This cartoon entered the public domain in 1971 due to Warner Bros. failing to renew the copyright in time.
- This short's Vitaphone release number is 802[4]
Music-Cues[5][]
- I Can't Get Along, Little Dogie (by M.K. Jerome)
- Played during the opening credits
- Hooray for Hollywood (by Richard A. Whiting)
- Played during the shot of the newspaper
- My Little Buckaroo by M.K. Jerome & Lyrics by Jack Scholl)
- Sung by Daffy as he's riding the donkey
- Would You Like to Take a Walk? (by Harry Warren & Lyrics by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose)
- Sung by Daffy Duck when he serenades the girl
- Always in My Heart [song "Siempre en mi corazón"] (by Ernesto Lecuona)
- Played when Daffy attempts to seduce the girl
- She's a Latin from Manhattan (by Harry Warren)
- Played when the girl first speaks
- Iola (by Charles L. Johnson)
- Played when Little Beaver applies paint to his face
- The Sun Dance (by Leo Friedman)
- Played when Daffy first dances with tomahawk in hand
- Who Calls? (by Johnny Marks)
- Played when Little Beaver attempts to seduce Daffy
- Western Scene (by J.S. Zamecnik)
- Played when Daffy runs from Little Beaver and hops on the donkey
- Indian War Dance (by J.S. Zamecnik)
- Played briefly when Little Beaver starts riding the bicycle
- Western Scene (by J.S. Zamecnik)
- Played again when Daffy is pretending to fire his pistol
- Western Scene (by J.S. Zamecnik)
- Played again when Daffy runs into the Painted Desert
- California, Here I Come (by Joseph Meyer)
- Played during the shot of the Los Angeles City Limits sign
- Indian War Dance (by J.S. Zamecnik)
- Played again when the Indians attack and when the Indian drops the tires on Daffy
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165808603900578&set=pb.619090577.-2207520000
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/the-daffy-duckaroo-breakdown
- ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/an-art-davis-scrapbook/
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books/about/Vitaphone_Films.html?id=mmtZAAAAMAAJ
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034630/soundtrack/