Robin Hood Daffy (1958)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Chuck Jones

Writer:

Michael Maltese (story)

Release Date:

8 March 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Daffy haplessly attempts to prove to the jocularly doubtful Friar Tuck Porky that he is actually Robin Hood.

Plot Keywords:

Robin Hood | Friar | Merrie Melodies | Theft | Daffy Duck

Cast

Mel Blanc

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Daffy Duck / Robin Hood, Porky Pig / Friar Tuck (voice)

Runtime:

6 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | USA:G (1991) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | UK:U

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Daffy's song is set to the tune of the 17th-century ballad "Come Lasses and Lads"; his lyrics are very loosely based on the first verse: Come, Lasses and Lads, get leave of your Dads, And away to the Maypole hie, For ev'ry fair has a sweetheart there And the fiddler's standing by. For Willy shall dance with Jane, And Johnny has got his Joan, To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it Trip it up and down, To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it Trip it up and down.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Edge of cel visible as the traveler crosses the drawbridge.

Quotes:

Porky Pig: Ooh, I don't see HOW I could have doubted you. Shall we spend the gold all in one place?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Looney Tunes: Space Race (2000) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Come Lasses and Lads

Yikes and awaaaaaay....WHAM!!

One of my all-time favorites. One hysterical gag after another, especially when Daffy tries to swing on a vine and smashes into one tree after another. Daffy is so funny as the failed Robin Hood Daffy, and Porky Pig is hillarious as Friar Tuck laughing at everything Daffy is doing. I can never stop laughing when I watch this one.