The Stupor Salesman

I first watched this cartoon quite some time ago and forgot almost all of it. I have just viewed it again and is much better than I remembered. Despite it being full of predictable slapstick, Daffy here is crazily hilarious and there are some quite witty/slapstick gags. Some parts of the cartoon are a little disappointing, which I cannot reveal without giving the main plot away. Overall, the aspects of this cartoon that I liked were: Some of the animation, the idea of the the plot, Daffy Duck himself, Daffy Duck's determination in the cartoon, some of the products that Daffy tries to sell.

In "The Stupor Salesman", we see a bank robber stealing from The Last National Bank (I'm sure there is a joke here of some kind which I am not totally getting). We then see policemen trying to search for the bank robber and radio presenters through radios alerting his robbery. The robber arrives safely back at his house in the middle of the woods and Daffy Duck, a very determined and practised salesman, arrives at the robber's house and tries to sell him some of his various products. The robber keeps threatening Daffy and refusing everything he sells, but in no way is Daffy getting the hint...

A very amusing Daffy Duck cartoon. It is not a gem, but it certainly is not mediocre either! Definitely worth watching for every Daffy Duck fan, particularly for those who like him in his transition from craziness to greediness, as in this cartoon. Enjoy "The Stupor Salesman"! :-)

Nothing too original here, with Slug being a less-than-able foil for Daffy. The assorted sales pitches are standard, and there are only two genuinely good bits: the eyes-in-the-dark gag, and Slug's camouflage for his hideout. Where's Porky when you need him?

Daffy Duck, as a persistent door-to-door salesman trying to crack a tough case - sell something to a hard-nosed bank-robber trying to hide out in a remote wooded area - is pretty original premise and cartoon. This really is wacky and a very good Daffy Duck effort.

The scenes in here are so implausible and humorous that there is no sense trying to explain them. It's just outrageous material, which is perfect for a character like Daffy. Suffice to say, "Slug McSlug" the notorious bank robber, meets his match with a salesman who can't take "no" for an answer.

Very nice visuals enhanced my viewing pleasure of this cartoon. I think the period from 1940-1954 produced the nicest-looking Looney Tunes with great color and soft lines.

While "The Stupor Salesman" looks like the sort of cartoon that they used to fill time between the really great ones, it still provides it's fair share of laughs. When a bank robber hides out in a cabin, door-to-door vendor Daffy Duck - with a suitcase containing every product imaginable - tries to sell him something. Despite the fact that the guy repeatedly throws Daffy out and even tries to kill him, Daffy apparently never realizing how dangerous the guy is. I know that Daffy is supposed to be a nut, but shouldn't even he be a little more tuned in than that? Oh well. Life goes on. I did like some of the gags that they pulled here, especially at the end. In my view, this cartoon gives a slight look at Daffy's evolving greedy side, as he intends to sell at any cost (although that may be a loose connection). The only other time that I know of that Arthur Davis directed Daffy was in 1947's "Mexican Joyride".

I am a big fan of Looney Tunes, and Daffy Duck with his manic, witty and likable persona is one of my favourite Looney Tunes characters. The Stupor Salesman is not among his best, but it is a most excellent cartoon regardless. The animation is colourful and clean and the music is as lively as ever. And the cartoon is further advantaged by crisp pacing, a good story, witty writing and very funny(if slightly standard and slapsticky) sight gags especially the eyes-in-the-dark one. Daffy is as manic and as likable as ever, and Mel Blanc's vocal characterisations are once again spot on. The final gag didn't quite work for me feeling a little predictable, other than that The Stupor Salesman is great. 9/10 Bethany Cox