Stork Naked
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
As he catches his wife knitting a sweater, Daffy discovers that the Drunken Stork is trying to bring a new bundle of joy. Daffy immediately sets up anti-Stork traps, including the alligators in the basement, a guillotine, and blasting the Stork with cannons and shotguns. The stork goes to make his final delivery (an egg) to the Daffy Duck residence, but has no idea what barriers Daffy has created. The egg hatches, revealing a baby stork. Daffy flies with it, saying that he's finally going to give the stork a dose of his own medicine.
Characters
Daffy Duck, Daphne Duck, Drunken Stork
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Isadore Freleng (as I. Freleng)
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Warren Foster
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck, Drunken Stork, Expectant Fathers, Mrs. Daffy Duck, Mr. Pierce, Frenchman)
Music
- Music
- Milt Franklyn
Animation
- Animator
- Art Davis, Virgil Ross, Manuel Perez
- Layouts
- Hawley Pratt
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Irv Wyner
Production notes
This is the only appearance of Daphne Duck in Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies continuity. Daphne was intended to be the Daffy Duck equivalent of Bugs Bunny's former girlfriend Honey Bunny (as both characters look strikingly similar), but she never caught on.
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Reviews
Stork Naked
One of my MOST-liked Warner characters is the Drunk Stork.
His antics are better-remembered in Bugs' "Apes of Wrath," as well as his solo effort "Goo-Goo Goliath," but THIS film is his most extended role.
Once again, Freleng shrewdly exploits the concept of 2 fall-guys being twice as much fun as 1. Stork is on an equal par with Daffy in taking his lumps. By the time the film is over, both birds have had their feathers blown off to a G-string.
Art Davis does nearly ALL the animation here--the meat of the film, the chase-and-violence-oriented stuff, is all his. This amounts to Davis' tour-de-force as an animator.