Slightly Daffy

Slightly Daffy

June 17, 1944 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

Studio
Leon Schlesinger Studios
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

Daffy commands a lonely cavalry outpost in the old West. He and General Porky hold the fort.

Characters

Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Indians, Soldier

Credits

Directing

Director
Isadore Freleng (as I. Freleng)

Producing

Producer
Leon Schlesinger

Writing

Writer
Michael Maltese

Animation

Animator
Virgil Ross
Animators, uncredited
Gerry Chiniquy, Richard Bickenbach, Ken Champin, Norm McCabe (archive footage)

Voices

Voice
Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig)

Music

Music
Carl W. Stalling

Production notes

A color remake of 1938's "Scalp Trouble."

In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.

All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.

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