Yankee Doodle Daffy

Yankee Doodle Daffy is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released on June 5, 1943, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce. The short was the second Technicolor Looney Tunes entry to feature Porky Pig and Daffy Duck (after My Favorite Duck). The title and introductory music are inspired by the 1942 film Yankee Doodle Dandy, a major hit and a Warner release. Other than the fact of both films being about show business, they have no plot elements in common.

Title card.

Dialogue

[In a plane, Porky hears Daffy sing "We Watch the Skyways"]

Daffy Duck: [while flying a plane] ♪ We watch the skyways ♪

♪ O'er the land and the sea, ♪

♪ Ready to fly anywhere that duty calls, ♪

♪ Ready to fight to be free! ♪

[Porky jumps out of the plane and opens a parachute]

Daffy Duck: ♪ You're just an angel in disguise ♪

♪ Who wandered down from up above... ♪ [humming]

[Porky lands on the top of the building and Daffy chases]

Daffy Duck: [as he chases Porky] ♪ Over hill and over dale, we're always on the dusty trail, ♪

♪ Hunting fox and hunting quail. Tally-ho! I am a hunting fool! ♪

♪ Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up! My horse and I are of the finest breed! ♪

♪ Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up! Just like the wind, I ride my stalwart steed! ♪

♪ Sure of foot, sure of eye, Peeling onions makes me cry! ♪

♪ This makes no sense, so do I... ♪

♪ So don't you go and beat me, daddy, to the nearest bar! Yeah! ♪

Voice cast

• Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Sleepy Lagoon (coughing) (uncredited)
• Ken Bennett as Sleepy Lagoon (singing) (uncredited)

See also

• Yankee Doodle Dandy, a 1942 American biographical musical film starting James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf.