DVD Review: Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters: Mel Blanc, Roy Firestone, Mel Tormé, B.J. Ward, Milt Franklyn, Carl Stalling, Bill Lava, Greg Ford, Terry Lennon: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters: Mel Blanc, Roy Firestone, Mel Tormé, B.J. Ward, Milt Franklyn, Carl Stalling, Bill Lava, Greg Ford, Terry Lennon: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters: Mel Blanc, Roy Firestone, Mel Tormé, B.J. Ward, Milt Franklyn, Carl Stalling, Bill Lava, Greg Ford, Terry Lennon: Movies & TVMel Blanc’s Final Looney Tunes,

By Michael Kerner “Michael Kerner” (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.) -
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)

There is no doubt about the appeal that the Looney Tunes have had over the years. While they’ve brought so much in the way of influence from the greatness of Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig, to the wackniess of Daffy Duck, whom later felt more angered about being more like a second banana to Bugs, they sadly in this generation have been misbegotten in favor of others like Spongebob Squarepants and the new Penguins Of Madagascar. Yet with all of that, Mel Blanc’s influential voice and appeal has honestly been forgotten for what he had made as a take into the depths of great voiceovers and animation. That honestly has showed in his final role as a part of the Looney Tunes family.

The 1988 Looney Tunes feature Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters is the final of the classic greats of the original Looney Tunes movies. The movie is finally available for the first time on DVD, and shows no sign of stopping the memory of the looniness. The movie highlights Daffy as a struggling salesman for jokes and gags, whom takes a opportunity to make a dying millionaire’s last laughing days go out with a bang, in a news saying he would give $1 million to anyone who makes him laugh. Daffly later on gets the inherited money, but is haunted by the ghost of the millionaire as a ghost, whom demands Daffy uses the money for good deeds. Daffy decides to make a ghost catching agency, who enlists Porky and Bugs, to help in his aid for catching the spirits. But later on loses his money to the ghost J. Q. Publish, bit by bit, while Daffy tries to make a quick buck while he can, to save the business. The cartoon movie has been remastered nicely, and definitely brings in a lot of laughs from the depths of humor from Jekyll & Hyde, to the haunting of Bugs going looney against of Count Blood Count, who wants Bugs for a quick bite. While it is fun in all, it sadly doesn’t score the joy Daffy brought in nicely from his other film Daffy Duck’s Fantatic Island earlier from the 80’s. Still it is a nice treat.

All in all, if you haven’t seen Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters, than this will be a nice treat for the die hard Looney tunes fan, or if you haven’t seen the looney craziness that Daffy Duck has had for so many years. I loved watching the film years ago, and it does a good job at bringing me me back down a trip to memory lane of my childhood. I hope that you have that great joy too with this overlooked looney classic.

Movie: B 1/2-

Price: B

Remastering: B

Overall: B 1/2-

Basically a “clip” show movie. But the bonus cartoons are worth the DVD.,

By Paul J. Mular (San Carlos, CA USA) -
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)

After the success of BUGS BUNNY SUPERSTAR, Warner Brothers cashed in on the theatrical re-issue popularity with movies made up of clips from classic WB cartoons bridged together by poorly drawn & scripted new animation.

Sadly, this would be Mel Blanc’s final work for Warner Brothers.

The story of Daffy Duck inheriting a haunted estate is told through clips from the following cartoons:
Daffy Dilly (not on DVD yet)
The Prize Pest
Water, Water Every Hare
Hide and Go Tweet
Claws For Alarm
The Duxorcist
Transylvania 6-5000
The Abominable Snow Rabbit
Punch Trunk
Jumpin’ Jupiter

Also included as a warm-up cartoon is Night Of The Living Duck.

Warner’s press release talks of the uniqueness of this movie, being constructed out of several unrelated vintage cartoon shorts. Have they forgot about the other 4 movies?

The real reason for Looney Tunes fans to buy this DVD is the three complete bonus cartoons that are NEW TO DVD:

Duck Dodgers & The Return of the 24 1/2 Century (1980).
Not as satisfactory as the original. It was inteneded for theatrical release, but relegated to inclusion in a TV special after WB saw the final product. Daffy reprises his role as Dodgers with Porky returning as his side-kick to try once again to save the Earth from Marvin Martian.

Superior Duck (1996) Daffy once again has super prowers, but this time it is not nearly as fun as the original “Super Duck”. This time most of the Looney Tunes cast join him as well as the original Man Of Steel.

Little Go Beep (2000) An odd Road Runner & Coyote cartoon. The Coyote’s Father (I suppose he had one) tells baby Wile E. Coyote not to speak until he catches a road runner. I guess the Coyote was successful as he spoke to Bugs Bunny in the “Wile E. Coyote, Genius” cartoons.

O.K., my reviews of the bonus cartoons do not make a great sales pitch. If you are looking for good laughs from classic Looney Tunes, I would suggest the Looney Tunes Golden Collections instead. But if you want everything Looney Tunes, like me, then you will need to get this DVD.
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