Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

Directors:

Greg Ford
Friz Freleng
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Writers:

Greg Ford (story) &
Terry Lennon (story) ...
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Release Date:

24 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Horror

Tagline:

Join Daffy Duck and his friends in a quazy, quack-up comedy.

Plot:

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Plot Keywords:

Millionaire | Ghost | Cat | Community Service | Monster

Cast

Mel Blanc	...	Daffy Duck / Bugs Bunny / Butler / J.P. Cubish / Porky Pig / Birdbath owner / Asylum collector / Drunk / Coyote / Sylvester / Tweety / Mr. Hyde / Hugo the Abominable Snowman (voice)
Mel Tormé	...	Daffy Duck (singing voice)
Roy Firestone	...	Announcer (voice)
B.J. Ward	...	Melissa Duck (voice)
Ben Frommer	...	Count Bloodcount (voice)
Julie Bennett	...	Agatha and Emily - The Two-headed Vulture (voice) (as Julie Bennet)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
June Foray	...	Various (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Greg Ford		(segments "The Duxorcist" and "The Night of the Living Duck")
Friz Freleng		(segment "Hyde and Go Tweet")
Chuck Jones		(segments "Daffy Dilly", "Claws For Alarm", "Transylvania 6-5000", "The Abominable Snow Rabbit", "Punch Trunk", and "Jumping Jupiter")
Terry Lennon		(segments "The Duxorcist" and "The Night of the Living Duck")
Robert McKimson		(segment "The Prize Pest")
Maurice Noble		(co-director) (segments "Transylvania 6-5000" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")

Writing credits
Greg Ford		(story) &
Terry Lennon		(story)
John W. Dunn		story (segment "Transylvania 6-5000") (as John Dunn)
Michael Maltese		story (segments "Daffy Dilly", "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm", "Punch Trunk" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Tedd Pierce		story (segments "The Prize Pest" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")

Produced by
Steven S. Greene	....	producer
Kathleen Helppie-Shipley	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Milt Franklyn
William Lava		(as Bill Lava)
Carl W. Stalling		(as Carl Stalling)
Hal Willner		(segments "The Duxorcist" and "The Night of the Living Duck")

Film Editing by
Treg Brown		(segments "Hyde and Go Tweet", "Transylvania 6-5000" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")
Jim Champin		(segments "The Duxorcist" and "The Night of the Living Duck")

Production Design by
Robert Givens

Production Management
Jim Champin	....	post-production supervisor
Bill Exter	....	production manager

Sound Department
Frank Raciti	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
A.C. Gamer	....	effects animator (segment "Daffy Dilly")
Harry Love	....	effects animator (segment "Jumpin' Jupiter")

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Henley	....	animation camera operator: Nick Vasu Inc. (uncredited)

Animation Department
Francesca Allen	....	key assistant animator (as Francesca Freeman)
Peter Alvarado	....	background artist (segment "Daffy Dilly")
Brenda Banks	....	animator
Nancy Beiman	....	animator
Edy Benjamin	....	assistant animator
Dorris Bergstrom	....	assistant animator
Alan Bodner	....	background artist
Bob Bransford	....	animator (segments "Transylvania 6-5000" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")
Ed Cerullo	....	assistant animator
Bob Chiarito	....	assistant animator
Gerry Chiniquy	....	animator (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet")
Laura Craig	....	final checker
Keith Darling	....	animator (segment "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Arthur Davis	....	animator (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet") (as Art Davis)
Philip DeGuard	....	background artist (segments "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm", "Transylvania 6-5000", "The Abominable Snow Rabbit", "Punch Trunk" and "Jumpin' Jupiter") (as Phil De Guard)
Phil DeLara	....	animator (segment "The Prize Pest") (as Phil De Lara)
Lou Dellarosa	....	assistant animator
Barbara Donatelli	....	final checker
Edward Faigin	....	assistant animator
Robert Givens	....	layout artist (segments "The Duxorcist", "Transylvania 6-5000", "The Night of the Living Duck" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Robert Gribbroek	....	layout artist (segments "Daffy Dilly" and "Water, Water Every Hare")
Ken Harris	....	animator (segments "Daffy Dilly", "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm", "Transylvania 6-5000", "The Abominable Snow Rabbit", "Punch Trunk" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Dan Haskett	....	additional character designer (as Daniel Haskett)
Dan Haskett	....	animator (as Daniel Haskett)
Emery Hawkins	....	animator (segment "The Prize Pest")
Mark Kausler	....	animator
Helen Komar	....	assistant animator
Lin Larsen	....	assistant layout artist
Abe Levitow	....	animator (segments "Claws for Alarm" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Maxine Markota	....	final checker
Norm McCabe	....	animator
Charles McKimson	....	animator (segment "The Prize Pest")
Phil Monroe	....	animator (segments "Daffy Dilly" and "Water, Water Every Hare")
Alissa Myerson	....	assistant animator
Maurice Noble	....	layout artist (segments "Claws for Alarm" and "Punch Trunk")
Tom O'Loughlin	....	background artist (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet")
Ann Oliphant	....	animation checker (as Ruth Ann Oliphant)
Hawley Pratt	....	layout artist (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet")
Tom Ray	....	animator (segments "Transylvania 6-5000" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")
Rebecca Rees	....	animator
Virgil Ross	....	animator (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet")
Sonja Ruta	....	assistant animator
Rod Scribner	....	animator (segment "The Prize Pest")
Richard H. Thomas	....	background artist (segment "The Prize Pest") (as Richard Thomas)
Richard Thompson	....	animator (segments "Claws for Alarm", "Transylvania 6-5000", "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Darrell Van Citters	....	animator
Lloyd Vaughan	....	animator (segments "Daffy Dilly", "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm" and "Punch Trunk")
Frans Vischer	....	animator
Ben Washam	....	animator (segments "Daffy Dilly", "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm" and "Punch Trunk")
Dick Williams	....	assistant animator (as Richard Williams)
Dora Yakutis	....	scene planner

Editorial Department
Rick Gehr	....	assistant editor
Steve New	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Hal Willner	....	music coordinator

Other crew
Bette Bergman	....	assistant to producers
Lorri A. Bond	....	assistant to producers (as Lorri Bond)
Elka Harms	....	assistant to producers
Gordon Hunt	....	voice director
Christopher Walsh	....	assistant to producers

Thanks
Bruce Goldstein	....	special thanks
Ronnie Scheib	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Warner Bros

Distributors

• Warner Bros
• Warner Home Video (video)

Other Companies

• EC Comics  Alfred E. Neuman appears courtesy of (as E.C. Comics)
• Nick Vasu  camera (as Nick Vasu, Inc.)
• C & D Productions Inc.  ink and paint
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:72 min | USA:78 min (with bonus footage)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G | Iceland:L | Australia:G

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

Mel Blanc's final role in a Looney Tunes related movie.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The title of the cartoon "Punch Trunk" is misspelled as "Punch Truck" in the end credits.

Quotes:

Butler:[answers door] Yeeeessss?
Daffy Duck:Your troubles are over, Jeeves! Leave me to your stricken master.
Butler:Be gone!
Daffy Duck:Can't go in, huh?
Butler:Eeh, no.
Daffy Duck:Ohwell, no hard feelings, shake.
[shocks Butler with hand buzzer, squirts him with flower, hits him in the face with a cigarette box, and tickles him]
Butler:[laughing] Oh oh, you can see him, you can see him! Right this way.

Movie Connections:

References Sybil (1976) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush

Interesting Collection of Shorts

This is one of a series of movies collecting several Warner Bros. cartoons with a wrap-around story. In this one, the cartoons all involve supernatural or horror elements. Of those collected, the best is "Punch Trunk" (a Chuck Jones classic!) in which a tiny elephant is spotted all over town. Also good is the new short created for the film, "The Duxorcist," in which Daffy Duck tries to exorcise a gorgeous client. The wrap-around sequences, however, are less interesting and don't provide the anarchy and big laughs of the Warner Bros. classics.