Boobs in the Woods

Hilarious Daffy & Porky short, directed by Robert McKimson. Porky tries to paint the woodland landscape but he's interrupted by Daffy, who's being his loony self and bragging about it. Love that song Daffy sings in the opening of the short. It reminds me of something from one of the early Marx Bros. films. The animation is excellent with well-drawn characters and backgrounds. The colors are lush and beautiful. The music is energetic and bouncy. The incomparable Mel Blanc handles the voice work and is flawless as usual. Lots of fun gags and lines in this one. Daffy is just hysterical and Porky's great here, too. A classic short full of laughs with a wonderful ending.

Porky Pig comes to the countryside for a touch of camping and a chance to paint some wonderful landscapes. However he draws the attention of the crazy little black duck who infuriates Porky's attempts to paint. Porky refuses to be made a mug of though and tries to turn the tables.

I'm a big fan of Daffy Duck but I vastly prefer him when he is in fully `crazy' mood, doing all sorts of manic things; I find that much funnier than his later greedy & selfish personae. Despite opening with a bit of self conscious craziness from Daffy that is too forced and unstructured, this cartoon is yet another hilarious Daffy cartoon where he his manic humour is the making of the film! Here the short uses this style of humour really well and it is hilarious throughout.

Daffy totally makes the cartoon here. He shows all the trickery of Bugs Bunny but with a manic edge that serves to make the film feel even funnier! Towards the end he says some lines that sound more like his later character but the mix still works. Porky is not a great character but he works well in partnership with others; here he does good work and fans will be pleased to see him giving as good as he gets.

Overall, this is a great fun little cartoon where both characters are well served by the material to create a funny cartoon. Fans of both Daffy (when he was daffy!) and Porky will greatly enjoy this short film.

Porky Pig wants to spend a quiet day painting, fishing and camping in the woods, but Daffy has other plans. What follows is some hilarious comedic bits. In my early review of "The Ducksters", I misspoke when I said that I never found Porky a formidable opponent for Daffy. What I meant was in THAT short specifically. A real man can admit when he's wrong. In THIS one the pairing is superb. And I don't always give McKimson credit, but he's at the top of his game directing thus great short. The bit with Daffy in the engine cracks me up every time. This cartoon is on Disk 2 of the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1"

My Grade: A

McKimson perfected the art of paring the oldest of the major Looney Tunes characters- Porky and Daffy- in his short features, such as this one and and "Daffy Duck Hunt." Both build on the characters in the same vein as Frank Tashlin's "Porky Pig's Feat," with Daffy having evolved from a completely insane character to a deviously nutty character. The beauty of this Daffy is that the writers could throw intellectual wisecracks left and right in Daffy's stream-of-consciousness ramblings, and then go straight into slapstick gags without compromising the character. In some ways this was the peak of the Daffy character because you get the best of both worlds- the lunacy of the early Tex Avery and Bob Clampett Daffy as well as elements of the sarcastic, bombastic, insecure wit of the Chuck Jones Daffy as seen in "Duck Dodgers," "Robin Hood Daffy" and of course the 'hunting trilogy.' The Avery/Clampett Daffy could never lament about "pronoun trouble," and Chuck Jones' Daffy wouldn't dare bounce around shrieking "whoo hooo! whoo hoo!" (because it would let a certain rabbit look more dignified and professional) but McKimson's Daffy could do both.

Porky Pig is out in the countryside to paint landscape. Daffy Duck intends to cause him as much trouble as possible. A frustrated Porky decides to do some fishing. After more annoying Daffy antics, Porky finally tries to leave.

This is the general Porky and Daffy relationship. For this, Daffy is a bit more extreme in the annoying spectrum especially since he has no reason to do any of this. It does help with Daffy getting his comeuppance in the end although the other way would probably still work. I can imagine Porky getting blown up while Daffy walks away to take on his next victim. That could be good.