Daffy's Rhapsody

Daffy's Rhapsody
	Poster for Daffy's Rhapsody
Directed by	Matthew O'Callaghan
Produced by	Spike Brandt; Tony Cervone
Written by	Tom Sheppard
Starring	Mel Blanc; Billy West
Music by	Christopher Lennertz (adaptation score); Billy May, Warren Foster and Michael Maltese (song)
Color process	Deluxe
Production; company	Reel FX Creative Studios; Warner Bros. Animation
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	February 10, 2012 (with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island);
Running time	4 minutes

Daffy's Rhapsody is a 2012 3D computer-animated Looney Tunes short film featuring the characters Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. Directed by Matthew O'Callaghan and written by Tom Sheppard,[1] the film is an adaptation of the song of the same name which was sung by Mel Blanc and recorded in the 1950s by Capitol Records.[2] Daffy's Rhapsody was first shown in theaters before Warner Bros.' feature-length film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.[3] Unlike the previous Looney Tunes 3-D shorts, Daffy's Rhapsody has not yet been released on home media. In 2016, however, the official Warner Bros. Animation uploaded the short to YouTube.[4]

Plot

Elmer Fudd goes to see an anti-duck hunting musical starring Daffy Duck to which upon seeing Daffy as the star of the show, his hunter instincts kick in and he chases Daffy throughout the short while Daffy (whilst singing to the tune of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2) is initially unaware of Elmer but soon realizes the danger.

Voice cast

Mel Blanc (via archival recordings) as Daffy Duck
Billy West as Elmer Fudd

Release

This short was initially scheduled to be released in theaters before Happy Feet Two in 2011, but Warner Bros. decided that I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat was more suitable for a film starring penguins.[5]

References

McLean, Thomas J. (June 8, 2011). "New Lonney Tunes short to feature original Mel Blanc songs". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
Goldmark, Daniel; Taylor, Yuval, eds. (2002). The Cartoon Music Book. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1569764123.
"Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)". movieweb. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
Beck, Jerry (June 8, 2011). "Warner Bros. announces new "Looney Tunes" 3D theatrical shorts". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
B. Vary, Adam (November 14, 2011). "Tweety Bird and Sylvester the Cat do battle in new Looney Tunes short -- EXCLUSIVE CLIP". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

External links

Daffy's Rhapsody at IMDb
Daffy's Rhapsody on YouTube

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[1] McLean, Thomas J. (June 8, 2011). "New Lonney Tunes short to feature original Mel Blanc songs". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012.

[2] Goldmark, Daniel; Taylor, Yuval, eds. (2002). The Cartoon Music Book. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1569764123.

[3] "Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)". movieweb. Retrieved August 6, 2012.

[4] Beck, Jerry (June 8, 2011). "Warner Bros. announces new "Looney Tunes" 3D theatrical shorts". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved October 18, 2015.

[5] B. Vary, Adam (November 14, 2011). "Tweety Bird and Sylvester the Cat do battle in new Looney Tunes short -- EXCLUSIVE CLIP". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 5, 2015.