Daffy Dilly

Daffy Dilly
Daffy Dilly
	Title card of the original print
Directed by	Charles M. Jones
Story by	Michael Maltese
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Ben Washam; Lloyd Vaughan; Ken Harris; Phil Monroe; A. C. Gamer
Layouts by	Robert Gribbroek
Backgrounds by	Peter Alvarado
Color process	Cinecolor (original); Technicolor (re-release)
Production; company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	October 30, 1948;
Running time	7:10
Language	English

Daffy Dilly is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The cartoon was released on October 30, 1948, and stars Daffy Duck.

Plot

Daffy Duck, a struggling novelty salesman, learns that tycoon J.B. Cubish (who barely laughed in 5 decades) will pay $1 million to anyone who can make him laugh before he dies. Desperate for the reward, Daffy tries various comical schemes to enter Cubish's mansion, but is thwarted by the butler, whom Daffy addresses as "Jeeves", "Ruggles", and "Meadows" (butlers in other fictional media). Accusing the butler of wanting Cubish to remain ill, Daffy improvises a tale of attempted murder, scaring the butler into fleeing. Finally reaching Cubish, Daffy's clumsy antics accidentally make Cubish laugh. Saved by laughter, Cubish hires Daffy as his jester, ending with Daffy resignedly accepting his fate as pies are thrown at him.

Production notes

This short was used as the basis of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988), with Daffy inheriting Cubish's fortune on the condition of using the money for the benefit of the public, which he puts into a paranormal extermination service.

According to Pete Alvarado, originally, there was a television instead of a radio, but, in his words, "he kept it out because TVs weren't big enough yet when it came out".

Home media

VHS – Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 3: The Vocal Genius
DVD – Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Blu-Ray – Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 1

References

↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 190. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
↑ "Greg Ford on "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters"".
↑ "Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 1 Blu-ray". www.blu-ray.com. Retrieved July 16, 2026.

External links

Preceded by

You Were Never Duckier

Daffy Duck cartoons
1948

Succeeded by

The Stupor Salesman

[Beck-1] Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 190. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

[3] "Greg Ford on "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters"".

[4] "Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 1 Blu-ray". www.blu-ray.com. Retrieved July 16, 2026.