Ding Dog Daddy
Ding Dog Daddy is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce.[1] The short was released on December 5, 1942, and features Willoughby the Dog.[2]
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 Lobby card (Partially Destroyed). | |
| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Story by | Ted Pierce |
| Starring | Pinto Colvig Tedd Pierce Mel Blanc Sara Berner (all uncredited) |
| Music by | Musical Direction: Carl W. Stalling Orchestration: Milt Franklyn (uncredited) |
| Animation by | Character animation: Gerry Chiniquy Uncredited animation: Manuel Perez Ken Champin Richard Bickenbach Gil Turner Phil Monroe Effects animation: A.C. Gamer (uncredited) |
| Layouts by | Owen Fitzgerald (uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | Lenard Kester (uncredited) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 8 minutes (one reel) |
| Language | English |
Title
The title is a play on a popular expression, as in the song "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas".
Plot
After having no luck with the ladies, Willoughby (Pinto Colvig, employing his usual "Goofy" voice) falls in love with "Daisy", a metal statue of a female dog in a garden, failing to realize that Daisy is indeed a sculpture. Whenever Willoughby kisses Daisy, lightning strikes and sends a shock through his system, which he takes as a sign of her passionate love for him. The hero constantly has to contend with a vicious bulldog who is guarding the gate to the garden. After Daisy is carted away in a truck marked "Scrap Metal for Victory" to be melted down (as a contribution to the American effort in World War II), Willoughby runs frantically to the munitions depot, trying to find Daisy, only to find a bomb labelled "Daisy". As he cries over Daisy's changed appearance ("Oh, what have they done to you? They've changed you!"), the bomb explodes in his face, leading him to cry out happily. ("WWWWWOOOOWWWWW! Huh Huh! She hasn't changed a bit!")
References
- Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 136. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. XXX. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
- Ding Dog Daddy at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Ding Dog Daddy is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Ding Dog Daddy at IMDb
- Ding Dog Daddy at the Spotlight Cartoon Archive