China Jones

China Jones is a 1959 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.[1] The short was released on February 14, 1959, and stars Daffy Duck.[2] This cartoon is as of now rarely shown in the United States due to ethnic caricatures of Chinese/East Asian people. The cartoon is a spoof of the 1950s TV series China Smith, starring Dan Duryea.

China Jones
Directed byRobert McKimson
Produced byJohn W. Burton, Sr. (uncredited)
Story byTedd Pierce
StarringMel Blanc
June Foray (uncredited)
Music byMilt Franklyn
Animation byTom Ray
George Grandpré
Ted Bonnicksen
Warren Batchelder
Don Towsley (uncredited)
Layouts byRobert Gribbroek
Backgrounds byWilliam Butler
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • February 14, 1959 (1959-02-14)
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Daffy Duck is China Jones, an Irish private investigator working in the Far East. He finds a fortune cookie containing a call for help which stated: "Help. I am being held prisoner in a Chinese Bakery", and decides to investigate. This is actually a trap set by a vengeful criminal named Limey Louie whom Jones had busted before. Several times throughout, Jones' assistant. Charlie Chung (Porky), a caricature for Charlie Chan, reminds China Jones that he owes him a great deal of money, revealed at the end, after Jones escapes from Limey Louie, to be due to a large laundry bill. When Jones tells Chung "Confucius say, 'can squeeze blood from turnip!'", the latter threatens him with a club, telling him "Also say, 'B-better you press shirt than press luck!'" The last scene shows Jones being forced to work for Chung, as he speaks in "Chinese": "Help! - I'm being held prisoner in a Chinese Laundry!" (in reference to the earlier fortune).

References
  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 313. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.


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