My Little Duckaroo (1954)

You won't be disappointed!

Wow, this is a REALLY bad movie!

Very disappointed :(

Absolutely Fantastic

"My Little Duckaroo" is a cartoon from 1954, so it is already over 60 years old, and it runs for 7 minutes like they usually do. Despite the combination of the legendary Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese and Mel Blanc working on this one, the outcome is not too memorable. Daffy is in the Wold West again and tries to take care of a bad guy who is much bigger and stronger than him. And this time, not even his comedy relief Porky can save him from the bad guy. The villain's name already tells us that a lot in here is about playing cards. If we learn anything from this little movie, then it is that western films were extremely popular in the 1950s and even made it into the animation genre. The jokes aren't all bad, but it's nowhere near the best Warner Bros have to offer around that time. I personally do not recommend the watch unless you really really love cartoons.

Coming from an avid Looney Tunes and Daffy Duck fan, I actually enjoyed My Little Duckaroo. One or two of the sight gags may border on predictable and the ending is rather disappointing, but the dialogue is razor sharp and funny especially from Daffy. Speaking of Daffy I too prefer him when he is manic in alternative to greedy, but I really enjoyed him here, mainly because of his dialogue and the silly clothes he wears. Porky is given little to do, but he does have a song at the beginning that is quite amusing, not because of the lyrics as such but the singing is intentionally off-key. Other than the song, the accompanying music is melodious and memorable, and the animation is impressively rendered. Although Nasty Canasta doesn't say much, he is an interesting enough foil for Daffy I think. And as always, Mel Blanc is stellar providing the vocals. Overall, a fun cartoon while not Daffy's best. 9/10 Bethany Cox PS. The title of my review refers to one of the sight gags, that I found particularly funny if random.

As a sequel of sorts to "Drip-Along Daffy" (1951), "My Little Duckaroo" features the blundering, incompetent Daffy Duck as the Masked Avenger and Porky Pig as his comedy relief sidekick. Their target is the burly outlaw Nasty Canasta, for whom there is a $10,000 reward. Sure, Daffy can fix his wagon! My favorite scenes: Being a music lover, I almost always enjoy hearing the Looney Tunes characters burst into song, even if off-key, as Porky sings and plays guitar during the opening credits of this cartoon short. Daffy accidentally shoots the top of his head, with a nice honking horn sound effect as his ten-gallon hat plops back onto his now bald head. During a trumpet fanfare, Daffy shouts, "This looks like a job for....", when suddenly his cape covers his head and the fanfare stops; his horse then burps during Daffy's enthusiastic introduction of himself. And check out Daffy's Mexican bandito getup.If you can overlook the absolutely weak ending, you may agree that "My Little Duckaroo" is a fine comedy Western cartoon. Most of the time, the loudly arrogant Daffy tries to prove his worth to Nasty Canasta, who in return offers Daffy not the least vestige of recognition!

Sort of a re-imagining of Chuck Jones's earlier "Drip-Along Daffy", "My Little Duckaroo" casts Daffy and Porky as a western hero and sidekick out to battle evildoers. Daffy of course can't take on their quarry.While the cartoon mostly has a repeating gag - Daffy challenges Nasty Canasta but nothing comes of it - I noticed something. Early in the cartoon, after identifying himself, Daffy basically explains that he's totally in it for the money. Certainly under Jones's watch this lisping member of the genus Anas had become very greedy - often bragging about his avaricious side - while Porky would bring some sanity to the situation. And now Daffy giddily talks about how he hopes to collect the reward.That's the main point that I notice in the cartoon. I figure that "MLD" was mostly intended as a placeholder. Worth seeing.