The Prize Pest
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| The Prize Pest
Looney Tunes series |
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| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, radio announcer) |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Phil DeLara Emery Hawkins Charles McKimson Rod Scribner Pete Alvarado (layout artist) Richard H. Thomas (background artist) |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 1951 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 min (one reel) |
The Prize Pest is a 1950 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. It was directed by Robert McKimson, and written by Tedd Pierce. It was originally released December 22, 1951.
[edit] Plot
After listening to one of his favorite radio programs, Porky Pig receives a grand prize from the station. Out of the gift box pops Daffy Duck, who insists on living in Porky's house. After numerous attempts to throw Daffy out of the house, Daffy devises a plan to stay. He tells Porky that he has a split personality and when people treat him badly he turns into a hideous monster, which he does by messing his hair up and putting in fangs. When Porky realizes he's been had, he now has to outsmart a psychotic duck and get him out of the house by dressing up as a monster. When Daffy sees the monster, he becomes so scared, he falls apart (literally) and runs out of the house screaming. When Porky accidentally sees himself in the mirror in his monster costume, he scares himself so much that he jumps onto a chandalier.
[edit] Aftermath
- This is considered the last screwball Daffy Duck cartoon, as all of the directors eventually stuck with the Daffy that emerged in Rabbit Fire (1951).
- This cartoon was incerpted in the 1988 compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters in which Daffy hired Porky in his "Paranormalist at Large" company. The cartoon was shortened in the movie, with a mix of new animation.
