Robin Hood Daffy (1958)

Director:

Chuck Jones

Writer:

Michael Maltese (story)

Release Date:

8 March 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Daffy haplessly attempts to prove to the jocularly doubtful Friar Tuck Porky that he is actually Robin Hood.

Plot Keywords:

Robin Hood | Friar | Archer | Robin Hood Spoof | Castle

Cast

Mel Blanc

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Daffy Duck / Robin Hood, Porky Pig / Friar Tuck (voice)

Runtime:

6 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | USA:G (1991) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | UK:U

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Daffy's song is set to the tune of the 17th-century ballad "Come Lasses and Lads"; his lyrics are very loosely based on the first verse: Come, Lasses and Lads, get leave of your Dads, And away to the Maypole hie, For ev'ry fair has a sweetheart there And the fiddler's standing by. For Willy shall dance with Jane, And Johnny has got his Joan, To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it Trip it up and down, To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it Trip it up and down.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Edge of cel visible as the traveler crosses the drawbridge.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Daffy Duck: [singing] Oh... Join up with me, so joyous and free / Away to old Sherwood hie / For I'm Robin Hood, and I'm very good / At avoiding the Sheriff's eye / So we'll trip along merrily / Thro' the green woods so gracefully / To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it / trip it up and down / To trip it, trip it...
[trips down a hill]
Daffy Duck: ...trip it, trip it, trip it - Whoops! - trip it, trip it, trip it...
[falls into a pond]
Daffy Duck: [finishing song] ... so trip it up and down!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in World of Robin Hood (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Come Lasses and Lads

Yoiks and away

This is one of the funniest Daffy Duck cartoons. I especially liked that song he sings at the beginning "To trip, to trip, to trip it up and down." I also like the part where Daffy keeps hitting all those trees, so he chops them down. Then when he tries to swing again, he hits a huge rock. This is highly recommended. Daffy is one of my all time favorite toons.