Stupor Duck (1956)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Robert McKimson

Writer:

Tedd Pierce (story)

Release Date:

7 July 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Daffy Duck plays a superhero who can't do anything right while fighting a menace he does not know is non-existant.

Plot Keywords:

Daffy Duck | Superman | Submarine | Superhero | Spoof

Cast

Mel Blanc

...

Daffy Duck / Aardvark Ratnik (voice)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #17609)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The "tall building" that Stupor Duck leaps in "a single bound" is labeled "McKimson and Assoc.," in reference to the short's director, Bob McKimson.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Behind the Tunes: The Art of the Gag (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

You Oughta Be in Pictures

Faster Than A Speeding Pullet, Maybe

This takeoff on the 1950s television show, "The Adventures Of Superman," has its share of corny laughs, especially if you are familiar with that famous show, its introduction each week and its characters.

Daffy Duck is "Stuporduck," disguised as mild-mannered reporter "Cluck Trent," etc. You almost wince when these things are said! The writer of this cartoon, Tedd Pierce, and the director, Robert McKimson, plug themselves in the story. That, and some other little things - subtle jokes such as Stuporduck adjusting his shoulder pads to look more manly - made this a fun cartoon to watch. The main jokes are "fair;" it's the little stuff that was appreciated, at least by me.

This good-vs.-evil story pits Stuporduck against "Aarvard Ratnick," the evil Russian (our enemy is this Cold War era). Everything Daffy does, of course, is a disaster. The ending is almost guaranteed to give you a laugh.