MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of the cartoon on Toon In with Me.Chiara Robbiano A mind blowing visit to Evergreen State College - a multi-authored report.Coincidentally real ducks do indeed sometimes attempt to eat mice.cartoon Treg Brown worked on as a film editor, and the only time he worked alongside Lee Gunther. Though these traits were previously seen in " Stork Naked" and " The Iceman Ducketh" in 1955 and the previous year, but by this cartoon, these traits have been exaggerated and made permanent throughout the rest of his appearances until the late-1960s (except for a few exceptions like " Skyscraper Caper") before they have been dropped for good in the more recent Looney Tunes revivals since the 1970s. Not counting " It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House", this cartoon marked a change in Daffy's personality when he is paired alongside Speedy, where Daffy appears to be an extremely grouchy, nasty and bitter character with his mean spirit taken to extremes, and in these cartoons he heavily disregards others in favor of only getting what he wants.This was also the second short to pair Daffy and Speedy together.From this cartoon onward, McKimson would direct the rest of the cartoons which feature Daffy Duck and/or Speedy Gonzales (save for only two Road Runner cartoons, " Rushing Roulette" and " Sugar and Spies", and one Daffy/Porky cartoon, " Corn on the Cop", which is instead directed by Irv Spector) throughout the DePatie-Freleng era, while the directing duties of the Road Runner shorts (except those two) were handed over to Rudy Larriva via Format Films. This is the first Daffy and Speedy cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.Additionally, the cartoon ends differently with Speedy giving Daffy the can opener for free because he had found another source of food. However, unlike the well fed mouse who was starving Sylvester purely out of sadism in the former short, here Speedy Gonzales is starving and repeatedly offers to give Daffy the can opener, if he can have at least one of Daffy's hundreds of cans, which the greedy Daffy refuses to do. This cartoon's plot is a semi-remake of " Canned Feud" (1951) and " Rabbitson Crusoe" (1956), both of which were directed by Friz Freleng fourteen and nine years earlier.He happens to be dining with Robinson Crusoe at a restaurant on Friday, which is located around the deserted island.ĭaffy rushes to the restaurant, but when he learns of its special, pressed duck, he's scared off, and swims into the ocean. Speedy reveals the real reason why he offered Daffy his can-opener so easily. Daffy attempts to get it, but a group of angry sharks force him back, which upsets him. Daffy however still refuses to give Speedy the food, and he fights him for the can opener, all the while the food is washed near the shores of a rock. Speedy returns and gives the can-opener to Daffy, apologizing for being selfish. In a gag that is likely recycled from Rabbitson Crusoe Daffy attempts to open the can by putting it up near his but, and asking a swordfish to run near it, only for the can to fall off, and instead Daffy is stabbed by the swordfish, which he heals with a cast. In response Daffy throws a temper tantrum, whacking the can with the handle. While walking Daffy sees an Axe and attempts to open the can with it, but it backfires as the ax blade falls off the handle and into the ocean. Speedy continues to offer Daffy his assistance, lowering his price down to one can, but Daffy stupidly refuses, saying that he'll starve to death before he trades with him. Daffy then attempts to open it with a boulder, but this backfires, and it hits Daffy. Daffy however refuses, walking away saying " I never saw such a selfish mouse." He opts to open the can the old fashioned way, with a rock. He begs Speedy to give it to him, and Speedy offers it, if the duck will give him a few cans of food. He learns that Speedy has a can-opener inside his pocket. Speedy begs him for at least a crumb, but he still refuses.ĭaffy notices that the food is all in cans. Speedy is also happy that there's food for him and Daffy, but Daffy greedily tells the mouse that he's not to going to share any of the food with him. He runs over and is happy that he is finally going to have some food. While pacing Daffy stumbles across a box on the shore. Speedy however is just as clueless as Daffy is, and instead decides to pace along with him. When Speedy says he can run, Daffy demands Speedy find some food for him. Speedy points out he's here too and offers Daffy his company, but the duck spurns him, complaining Ducks can't eat mice and kvetches that Speedy can barely speak English.ĭaffy paces as he wonders how he's going to get food. ![]() Daffy complains he's all alone on a deserted island. Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales are sitting sadly on a pair of rocks. The title is a pun on the book Moby Dick.Ī ship has crashed into an island.
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