Drip-Along Daffy (1951)

To me, this movie is perfection.

How sad is this?

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

"Drip-Along Daffy" is an American cartoon from 1951, so this one has its 65th anniversary this year. The director is Chuck Jones, writer is Mike Maltese and these two, along with lead (voice) actor Mel Blanc, worked on many Warner Bros. cartoons together. This one here is among the more known ones. It has Daffy Duck come to a western city where law is absent and we witness his attempts to restore order. But he could be nicer to his "comic relief" deputy sheriff Porky. In the end, the good prevails though and everybody (except the bad guys) is happy. I enjoyed the watch here. It is not too memorable before Daffy enters the picture, but then it gets fairly funny. The devilish drink sequence is the film's highlight. Pretty enjoyable despite (or because of?) the absence of Bugs this time. Go check it out.

Drip-Along Daffy (1951)*** (out of 4) Daffy Duck and his comedy relief Porky Pig arrive in a lawless town so Daffy decides to become sheriff and clean the place up. Before he can do that he must deal with the ruthless Nasty Canasta. This spoof of the Western genre is a winning entry into the Merrie Melodies series and I'm sure fans of the genre will get a nice little kick out of it. It's certainly not the best the series ever offered up but it's still 7-minutes worth of nice entertainment. The best thing about the movie is of course Daffy who really goes all out in his maniac-type of way. The scene involving the mixed drinks was priceless as was another sequence when Daffy first kicks through the bar doors. Being from Jones I always look for that small little thing that some might not notice and this time out it was the great whiskers on Porky.

This cartoon from director Chuck Jones and starring Daffy Duck ("western-type hero") and Porky Pig ("comic relief") is a hilarious spoof of westerns that dominated kiddie matinées for years. Daffy is the new sheriff in town assigned to get rid of Nasty Canasta. A favorite sequence is Canasta ordering a certain drink that requires the bartender to wear a steel mask as the liquid is so poisonous that the ice run away in fear! When Daffy gets his glass, he gives it to Porky who seems all right after swallowing it. Daffy then gets another serving, takes it, then gets a funny look on his face as he suddenly starts to recite "Mary Had a Little Lamb" with Porky then saying the next line with the same look! There's a twist ending that vindicates Porky that I won't reveal here. All in all, Drip-Along Daffy is one funny cartoon.

The graphics set this one up. We see decked-out cowboy Daffy Duck riding on a beautiful horse and the screen reads: "Western-type hero." Following him is Porky Pig riding a donkey. It says, "Comic Relief." Then, after some Monument Valley-type scenery, we see "Lawless Small Town." The sign says, "Snake-Bite Center: population 350, which quickly changes to 349 followed by another sign that comes out saying, "sheriff wanted." The next thing we see is the cemetery where the sign reads, "Population: 23,472,987 sheriffs."You get the picture. This is a rough town where the small ice-cream booth is called "Custard's Last Stand" and horses are even shooting each other!Daffy is going to clean up this "one-horse town." Well, he does...... sort of. This is one of the funniest cartoons I have ever seen - just fabulous. Great artwork, too!