Daffy Duck in Hollywood

Daffy Duck in Hollywood is a Merrie Melodies 1938 animated short starring Daffy Duck. This was the final Daffy Duck cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

Plot

The story begins at Wonder Studios (with the caption "If it's a good picture, it's a Wonder"). The screen then pans to the office of producer I.M. Stupendous, who is interrupted by Daffy asking if he needs a duck actor. He quickly responds "No!" and states, "Y'know, that duck's screwy". The phone rings and Daffy pops out of it saying "You're correct, absolutely correct!" Stupendous then phones Director von Hemberger (a parody of Josef von Sternberg) and orders him to finish the picture he's working on that day.

On the set, all the crew rushes to follow his orders, including lighting his cigarette, which they all do at once so he must light it himself. Daffy then walks up and starts smoking the cigarette, spelling out Warner Bros ("Just givin' my bosses a plug", Daffy tells the audience, "I've got an option comin' up!!"). Hemberger checks the sound and Daffy whistles into the microphone. He checks the lights, which Daffy has switched with the emergency fire hose causing water to come out of the lights and down on the set. When the cameras roll, they start spitting out bullets Daffy planted. Hemberger begins crying stating "This isn't a gangster picture." Daffy sympathetically gives him a gift, promising to "stop being screwy." however, he simply pinches his nose again and runs off.

As they begin filming, a typical romantic scene between a rooster and hen plays out. When the inevitable kiss comes up, Daffy kisses the hen; he is so excited that he does it again. Hemberger declares the scene ruined and gives orders to cut the scene. The time being noon, Hemberger decides to have lunch ("I'll take turkey with all the trrrrimmings!") However, Daffy is under the platter, and pinches his nose again. In the film room, Daffy begins clipping and pasting together random film clips, which he switches out with Hemberger's film. Hemberger shows his "film", which contains ridiculous live action clips of random scenes, such as gold mining, square dancing, the World Championship Fight in Madison Round Garden, etc. Despite Hemberger's obvious (and justified) fear, Stupendous approves of the film.

Knowing that he owes his success to Daffy, Von Hemberger makes the duck a director, uttering the same line about having turkey, complete with accent and Hemberger's clothing. Hemberger imitates Daffy and hides under the platter, pinching his nose and hooting like Daffy.

DVD release

• Daffy Duck in Hollywood is featured on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3.