Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . is a precious birthright gift, NOT to be taken lightly or polluted by TV personalities desperately tackling foreign tongue-twisters with spraying spittle in their misguided Crusade to be "Politically Correct," we learn again in this ahead-of-its-time animated short from the 1950s, DRIP-ALONG DAFFY. About 5:46 into this 7:20-minute-long cartoon, Sheriff Daffy Duck gives outlaw Nasty Canasta an ultimatum beginning, "Listen, hombre, if you're not out of town by sundown . . . !" Only Daffy pronounces the second (as subtitled) word here to rhyme with "Bomber," NOT the PC "Bombay." Though those toothy TV jackals would content themselves to use the latter enunciation, Daffy's straight-talking from the hip translates this H-Word of dubious origin into proper Americanese. Daffy's challenge leads to Canasta's downfall, presaged by a series of camera angle viewpoints later stolen Carte Blanche by the director of Gary Cooper's definitive American Western, HIGH NOON. Today's parents would be well-advised to inoculate their kids with Classic Looney Tunes, before America gets just as contaminated as France.
agj8012
Okay. This Warner Bros. cartoon is not the greatest one ever made. It doesn't have the best animation in a Looney Tunes cartoon, nor does it have any scenes that stand out among the others. But, in my opinion, it is one of the most hilarious cartoons to ever be produced. Something funny is occurring in every second of this highly enjoyable cartoon.The cartoon opens with several hilarious jokes involving guns, all taking place in the old west. Porky and Daffy then enter the cartoon, with Daffy Duck attempting to prove himself a hero. Then, a funny but fairly emotionless villain named Nasty Canasta offers Daffy an alcoholic(and perhaps toxic) drink that causes Daffy to get drunk after only a couple of sips. Once Daffy sobers up, he becomes angry and proposes a showdown with Nasty Canasta. As it turns out, however, Porky Pig shoots Nasty Canasta before Daffy has a chance. Porky becomes sheriff, and asks Daffy to literally clean up the "one-horse" Western town.This is one of the most hilarious Looney Tunes ever produced, with a really well-written script by Michael Maltese and impeccable timing by Chuck Jones. VERY FUNNY
ccthemovieman-1
The graphics set this one up. We see decked-out cowboy Daffy Duck riding on a beautiful horse and the screen reads: "Western-type hero." Following him is Porky Pig riding a donkey. It says, "Comic Relief." Then, after some Monument Valley-type scenery, we see "Lawless Small Town." The sign says, "Snake-Bite Center: population 350, which quickly changes to 349 followed by another sign that comes out saying, "sheriff wanted." The next thing we see is the cemetery where the sign reads, "Population: 23,472,987 sheriffs."You get the picture. This is a rough town where the small ice-cream booth is called "Custard's Last Stand" and horses are even shooting each other!Daffy is going to clean up this "one-horse town." Well, he does...... sort of. This is one of the funniest cartoons I have ever seen - just fabulous. Great artwork, too!
movieman_kev
Daffy Duck along with comedy sidekick Porky Pig go to a old west town only to discover the local sheriff is dead. So Daffy becomes the new sheriff and has to fend with the likes of Nasty Canasta. While not among the best of Looney Tunes that I've seen, it's still pretty good. Also it's nice to hear Porky's last line which is cut whenever the short airs on television. I never really understood that, by the way, you have gun play throughout the short AND an implied joke of panther's urine, but a joke about cleaning up horse poo is a no no?? Now that IS looney. This funny cartoon is on Disk 2 of the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1". It also has an optional commentary track as well as a music-only track.My Grade: B
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