Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl was released in conjunction with Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire None of these shorts have been released on disc before, and Chuck Jones's "Daffy Dilly" (1948) is a welcome addition to any cartoon library. Daffy sets out to win the money a gloomy millionaire is offering to anyone who can make him laugh--and succeeds in spite of himself. But many of these cartoons are, simply, duds. "This Is a Life?" (1955), "People Are Bunny" (1959), and "Person to Bunny" (1960) spoof largely forgotten TV shows. How many viewers under 65 will recognize caricatures of Art Linkletter and Edward R. Murrow? The films pitting Daffy against Bugs play like weak remakes of Jones's "Rabbit Fire" trilogy or Friz Freleng's "Show Biz Bugs"--"Person to Bunny" even repeats some of Daffy's tap dance to "Jeepers Creepers" in "Show Biz." The very late "Suppressed Duck" (1965) is painfully unfunny. Once again, some of the films have been inexplicably cropped to simulate a widescreen format.
Credits
Daffy Duck Frustrated Fowl Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Mel Blanc
He was 102, 81 years old when he died
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as (archive footage) |
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June Foray
She was 92, 99 years old when she died
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as (archive footage) |
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Sara Berner
She was 98, 57 years old when she died
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as (archive footage) |
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Arthur Q. Bryan
He was 111, 60 years old when he died
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as (archive footage) |
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Robert C. Bruce
He was 95, 88 years old when he died
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as (archive footage) |
Daffy Duck Frustrated Fowl Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Frank Tashlin as Director. He was 97 (59) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Chuck Jones as Director. He was 97 (89) years old when He died
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Directing |
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John Dunn as Writer. |
Writing |
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David Detiege as Writer. |
Writing |
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Maurice Noble as Director. He was 100 (91) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Michael Maltese as Writer. He was 102 (73) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Tedd Pierce as Writer. He was 103 (65) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Phil Monroe as Director. He was 93 (71) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Friz Freleng as Director. He was 103 (88) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Sid Marcus as Writer. He was 112 (87) years old when He died
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Writing |
