The Stupor Salesman

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

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.

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?

This is a very Nice cartoon, even if the beginning is a little Slow, I appreciate the context for who the opposing force is in this phenomenal Daffy Short. Once Daffy comes into play for the story, The comedy didn't leave me a second from laughing. Its a very funny cartoon, and While the Salesman Daffy ones can get a little familiar from time to time, this is the funniest and deserves its spot.

Bit of a short review, but that's okay.

9.4/10.

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".