The Scarlet Pumpernickel

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Parody Adventure Animation Comedy Family Short

Daffy Duck pitches to J.L. Warner a starring role with himself in a ridiculously over the top swashbuckler film.Daffy Duck pitches to J.L. Warner a starring role with himself in a ridiculously over the top swashbuckler film.Daffy Duck pitches to J.L. Warner a starring role with himself in a ridiculously over the top swashbuckler film.

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Mel Blanc

Daffy Duck
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Marian Richman

Melissa Duck
(uncredited)

Director
- Chuck Jones
Writer
- Michael Maltese
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10/10

Thou fair cartoon! Mel Blanc and Chuck Jones have rescued thee from boredom!

We've all seen the images of up-and-coming writers trying to pitch their work to studio heads. Well, in "The Scarlet Pumpernickel", Daffy Duck is trying to pitch his 2,000-page script to studio head J.L. The script casts Daffy as the Scarlet Pumpernickel, an 18th-century rogue. Seeking to trap the guy, the dastardly Lord High Chamberlain (Porky Pig) comes up with a most devious scheme: marry fair maiden Melissa off to the unpleasant Grand Duke (Sylvester the Cat). So, it all comes down to a sword-fight between Daffy and Sylvester.

Actually, it doesn't come down to that. Daffy never wrote an ending, and so at the spur of the moment, he comes up with an ending that seems a little strange to put in a cartoon. But, as he notes, that's apparently what you have to do to sell a script these days. The cartoon makes fun not only of movies starring Errol Flynn (whom Daffy mentions by name), but also of everything Hollywood-related. Chuck Jones, Mel Blanc, and that whole team probably knew all about such things. Another classic cartoon.

Trivia
Only time Mel Blanc voiced Elmer Fudd while the original voice of Elmer Fudd Arthur Q. Bryan was still alive. As Elmer just had one line, Chuck Jones decided bringing Bryan in for that one line was redundant, so he had Blanc do it instead.

Goofs
When Daffy is reading the script to J.L., his position changes between shots.

Quotes
Sylvester: The wedding must take place tonight, milord. The Scarlet Pumpernickel is about, masquerading as a gentleman.
[Sylvester notices Daffy in disguise]
Sylvester: And who might you be, sirrah?
Daffy Duck: Mayhap, perchance, foppish that I am, *I* might be the Scarlet Pumpernickel?
Sylvester: You, the Scarlet Pumpernickel?
[Sylvester and the Chamberlain burst into hysterical laughter]
Sylvester: That's silly! That's ridiculous!
[Daffy raises his eyebrows at the audience, signaling that he is the Scarlet Pumpernickel]