Daffy Dilly Merrie Melodies (Daffy Duck) series
Directed by	Chuck Jones
Produced by	Eddie Selzer
Story by	Michael Maltese
Voices by	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Philip Monroe
Studio	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date(s)	October 30, 1948
Color process	Technicolor (production, reissue) Cinecolor (original issue)
Running time	7:03
Language	English

Daffy Dilly is a 1948 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Daffy Duck. It is another early example of a greedy, self-centered Daffy (with some "screwball" elements), as perfected by this cartoon's director, Chuck Jones.

This was only one of five post-1948 WB cartoons to get a Blue Ribbon reissue prior to 1956 - with the original credits cut. The others were The Foghorn Leghorn, Kit for Cat, Scaredy Cat, and You Were Never Duckier. Daffy Dilly is as of yet the only one of these to have their original titles restored on DVD (and also the only one of these to have been originally released in Cinecolor; the others were released in Technicolor), however, a print of the original version is in possession of the Old Greenbelt Theatre in Greenbelt, Maryland. Recently, a print of Daffy Dilly with a.a.p. titles was discovered, although, again, this was a post-1948 cartoon (and thus the print might have been given to a.a.p. by mistake).

Forty years later, this cartoon was edited into Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Notes 3 See also 4 External links 5 Succession

[edit] Plot

Daffy Duck is a novelty gag salesman operating on the sidewalk of a large city. However, he is failing to sell anything to anyone. But after hearing that a millionaire named J.P. Cubish ("the ailing buzzsaw baron") is dying and can only be cured by laughter, he sets off for the millionaire's home.

Upon arriving at Cubish's retreat, Daffy finds that the butler is not willing to let Daffy see Cubish. Daffy tries several ways to get inside (including getting in through the chimney, and trying to climb with a rope and claw, but the claw gets stuck on the butler's dentures), most which end in failure. Daffy finally succeeds when he starts interrogating the butler, accusing him of not wanting Cubish to get well, and then kicking the butler out of the house.

Daffy finally enters Cubish's room, but before he could use his novelty gags, trips and lands in a cake. This causes Cubish to break out in laughter (and get cured), and the cartoon ends with Cubish endlessly throwing pies at Daffy.

[edit] Notes

Daffy's role as a salesman would be used again in The Stupor Salesman (1948) and Design For Leaving (1954). Elmer Fudd is Daffy's foil in the latter cartoon.

[edit] See also

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
• List of Daffy Duck cartoons

[edit] External links

• Daffy Dilly at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] Succession

Preceded by You Were Never Duckier

Daffy Duck cartoons 1948

Succeeded by Riff Raffy Daffy