Boobs in the Woods (1950)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Robert McKimson

Writer:

Warren Foster (story)

Release Date:

28 January 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Animation | Comedy | Short

Plot:

Daffy Duck disguises himself as an old mountain man, as a sheriff, as an executioner, and as Pocahontas to heckle Porky Pig...

Plot Keywords:

Porky Pig | Pig | Duck | Disguise | Daffy Duck

Cast

Mel Blanc

...

Porky Pig / Daffy Duck (voice)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #13009) | USA:Not Rated (video release) | UK:U

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Porky is attempting to paint the scenery, Daffy delivers the line "So long, Rembrandt" without his beak moving.

Quotes:

[Porky is painting a lake]
Daffy Duck: Lake?
Porky Pig: Mmm-hmm.
Daffy Duck: That lake?
Porky Pig: Mmm-hmm.
Daffy Duck: That's my lake.
Porky Pig: Mmm-hmm.
Daffy Duck: You can't go around painting other people's property! At least have the decency to ask me if you can paint it!
Porky Pig: Okay, may I please paint your lake?
Daffy Duck: No. I don't want my lake painted.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Edited into Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988) (TV)

Soundtrack:

She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain

One of the best of the Daffy/Porky pairings

McKimson perfected the art of paring the oldest of the major Looney Tunes characters- Porky and Daffy- in his short features, such as this one and and "Daffy Duck Hunt." Both build on the characters in the same vein as Frank Tashlin's "Porky Pig's Feat," with Daffy having evolved from a completely insane character to a deviously nutty character. The beauty of this Daffy is that the writers could throw intellectual wisecracks left and right in Daffy's stream-of-consciousness ramblings, and then go straight into slapstick gags without compromising the character. In some ways this was the peak of the Daffy character because you get the best of both worlds- the lunacy of the early Tex Avery and Bob Clampett Daffy as well as elements of the sarcastic, bombastic, insecure wit of the Chuck Jones Daffy as seen in "Duck Dodgers," "Robin Hood Daffy" and of course the 'hunting trilogy.' The Avery/Clampett Daffy could never lament about "pronoun trouble," and Chuck Jones' Daffy wouldn't dare bounce around shrieking "whoo hooo! whoo hoo!" (because it would let a certain rabbit look more dignified and professional) but McKimson's Daffy could do both.