oscaralbert Review of The Super Snooper

The Super Snooper (1952)

In the animated short SUPER SNOOPER . . .

[8/10 · 11 February 2016]

. . . Warner Bros. anticipates the day when Americans can pay for services through their phones, as most of us do daily now. An anonymous caller makes two phone payments to private eye Duck Drake (portrayed by Daffy Duck)--the first for his time, the second for his expenses. The rest of this piece raises the issue of whether Daffy will become a pioneering cartoon gigolo. I did not view SUPER SNOOPERS with the benefit of an alternate commentary soundtrack, so I do not know for sure whether the wedding music concluding this Sadie Hawkins fowl affair was Warner Bros.' idea, or a finale dictated by America's Pre-Release Film Censorship Board. Frequent Looney Tunes viewers familiar with Warner's penchant for staging gay marriages among its stable of animated male stars might be surprised that Daffy is running off with (or running from) a less anachronistic female here. But if you look closely at this alleged duck chick, she may sport the head of a bird, but she's certainly drawn with the legs of a woman. Waddle your heart out, Daffy.