As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.
- Daffy Duck
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- Bobby-Soxer
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- Mrs. Aldrich
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- Various
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- Henry the VIII
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- Frank Sinatra
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- Vocalists
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- TriviaDaffy Duck's impersonation is based on Danny Kaye, probably parodying his "Tchaikovsky and Other Russians" routine.
- GoofsAs Daffy and Little Red Riding Hood are dancing at the end, the dancers in the background suddenly disappear.
- Quotes
Daffy Duck: Swing music. Jazz. Phooey! Ah, bublichas, how difference in my native willage. Soft music, wiolins, the happy peoples sitting on their balalaikas, playing their samovars. And then, there was Cucaracha. Ah, Cucaracha: so round, so firm, so fully packed, and so easy on the draw. They would sink to me a little gypsy love song, like this. Listen. CUCARA-CHA! Cucaracha, cucaracha - hoo hoo hoo hoo! Cucaracha, cucaracha - hoohoohoohoo!
- Alternate versionsWhen this Looney Tunes cartoon was released to television as a Merrie Melodies/Blue Ribbon, the title was changed to "Book Review" and all the specific credits deleted. The original print with the correct title is available fully restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2.
- SoundtracksCarolina in the Morning
(uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Wacky version sung by Mel Blanc (as Daffy Duck) while doing his Danny Kaye impersonation
Also played when Daffy and Red Riding Hood are dancing
Musicians and all are not only to life but having fun with the music. All, that is, but Daffy Duck who jumps out of his comic book holding his ears, but then takes over the singing from there.
That are a lot of period references here, not just to Frank, but Danny Kaye, W.C. Fields, Jimmy Durante, cigarette commercials and many, many classic books. It's really too wild and crazy to explain. Suffice to say this is wacky Daffy Duck in one of his craziest cartoons. He and director Robert Clampett made a tremendous pair with outrageous animated short films like this. Who else would have Daffy doing scat music to Little Red Riding Hood (a highlight)?
As with some other Daffy Duck cartoons, this is total insanity....and a lot of us love it!
- ccthemovieman-1
- Apr 15, 2007
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- Runtime7 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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