El Súper Actor

Under the watchful gaze of a statue of an Oscar, "Daffy" tries to extol the talents of "Sleepy Lagoon" to top casting agent "Porky". Thing is, his act just sits on the sofa sucking on a lollipop whilst it's the hugely overactive "Daffy" who does a series of turns with everything from Carmen Miranda to wartime pilot on display. Try as he might, "Porky" can't escape the relentless onslaught - and neither can we, so thankfully he agrees to let the kid try. Maybe he needed a lozenge? Anyway, it's Ok this, but the freneticism of the duck was never my favourite at the best of times, and here it's just a bit in your face and goes on too long.

Despite the the title, this has nothing to do with the 1942 film biopic of George M. Cohan or the song. The plot has pushy talent agent Daffy trying to persuade producer Porky to give Daffy's client a job. The client in question is an adorable little duck with a lollipop named Sleepy Lagoon. It's not until the end of the short that we find out if Sleepy has talent or not as most of the time is spent on Daffy himself performing. This is a funny short with early Daffy, meaning more zany and silly than the later smart-mouthed foil for Bugs. Daffy's most of the show here but Sleepy is good, too, and Porky is fine as the ever-suffering straight man. The vocal talents of Mel Blanc are, as always, wonderful. The colors, animation, and music are all great. Not one of the best Daffy & Porky shorts but a good one.

In my opinion, this has got to be the best Daffy Duck cartoon ever....all of the songs he does are great and very hilarious...especially when he sings Laugh Clown Laugh....had me laughing through the entire cartoon...classic Daffy stuff right here.

Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Middle ground Looney Tunes short has agent Porky Pig getting ready to leave on vacation when Daffy Duck busts in with his nephew Sleepy LaGoof. Daffy goes into a wild rant trying to get Porky to give the little one an audition but it appears Daffy is more the performer. This has never been one of my favorite shorts in the series but it does have one thing going for it and that's the insane Daffy. Seeing the out of control Daffy is the main reason to sit through this 7-minute short that doesn't have too many laughs but the duck is the star. As far as the laughs go I really can't recall any but that doesn't totally kill the movie thanks again to Daffy. I thought Porky was pretty much wasted in his part but Sleepy does end up getting the best moment at the very end of the film.

Porky Pig is the President of Smeller Productions and he's leaving for vacation. Daffy Duck interrupts his quick exit and forces him to stay. Daffy is an agent with a young prospect named Sleepy Lagoon who may not be up to auditioning. Daffy starts doing all kinds of song and dance by himself.

I assume that they are trying to introduce this Sleepy Lagoon. I don't know why. It is not a good cartoon character. This would work so much better with Daffy representing himself. It fits Daffy's nature and would make much more sense in this short. All this needs are Porky and Daffy. Sleepy just gets in the way.