talarisw Review of The Wise Quacking Duck

The Wise Quacking Duck (1943)

A man is forced by his wife to find a duck to cook for dinner and he meets the wild mannered daffy duck.

[20 October 2011]

This is daffy at his daffiest! Before Chuck Jones changed daffy in the early 50's, he was a crazy heckler and this is probably the best of those cartoons. This cartoon also proves that Bob Clampett completely owned the crazy daffy duck, other directors did crazy daffy duck cartoons but none of them were as good as this one. Bob really goes over the top in this one and I like how Bob depicts Mr.Meek(funny name) as a wimpy guy being controlled by his unseen wife and you began to start feeling bad for him as daffy heckles him, even though he's trying to cook daffy! The animation's great and the gags are hilarious and clever. Daffy's really bad in here and a little violent too! Daffy does a mocking, bloody beheading, dresses up like a fortune teller and counts the lumps on Mr. Meek's head(after causing the lumps) and a hilarious strip tease, proving that looney tunes wasn't just for kids. This is full of manic energy and I love the ending, with daffy in the oven laughing, saying "WHOOO-WHOOO!" A Daffy Duck Classic!