The Essential Daffy Duck

The Essential Daffy Duck is a DVD set featuring cartoons focusing on Daffy Duck. It was released on November 1, 2011.^[1][2]

The Essential Daffy Duck
DVD-cover
Directed by	Chuck Jones Tex Avery Bob Clampett Friz Freleng Frank Tashlin Greg Ford Terry Lennon Kent Butterworth Rich Moore Spike Brandt Tony Cervone
Starring	Daffy Duck Mel Blanc (voice)
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)
Country	United States
Language	English

Contents

The contents are split over two discs. The first disc features 15 classic Daffy Duck shorts (14 of which were previously released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection sets or Frustrated Fowl plus his debut cartoon, Porky's Duck Hunt, which makes its DVD debut). The second disc features more recent shorts and TV appearances.

Disc 1

#	Title	Co-Stars	Release Date	Director
1	Porky's Duck Hunt	Porky	April 17, 1937	Tex Avery
2	Daffy Duck & Egghead	Egghead	January 1, 1938	Tex Avery
3	The Daffy Doc	Porky	November 26, 1938	Bob Clampett
4	Plane Daffy	Hatta Mari	September 16, 1944	Frank Tashlin
5	The Great Piggy Bank Robbery	Porky (cameo)	July 20, 1946	Bob Clampett
6	Nasty Quacks	Melissa Duck	December 1, 1945	Frank Tashlin
7	Book Revue	The Big Bad Wolf	January 5, 1946	Bob Clampett
8	Duck Amuck	Bugs (cameo)	February 28, 1953	Chuck Jones
9	Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century	Porky, Marvin	July 25, 1953	Chuck Jones
10	The Scarlet Pumpernickel	Porky, Sylvester, Elmer, Henery, Melissa, Mama Bear	March 4, 1950	Chuck Jones
11	My Little Duckaroo	Porky, Nasty Canasta	November 27, 1954	Chuck Jones
12	A Star Is Bored	Bugs, Elmer, Sam	September 15, 1956	Friz Freleng
13	Deduce, You Say!	Porky, Shropshire Slasher	September 29, 1956	Chuck Jones
14	Ali Baba Bunny	Bugs	February 9, 1957	Chuck Jones
15	Robin Hood Daffy	Porky	March 8, 1958	Chuck Jones

Disc 2

Content	Release Date	Type	Previous DVD release	Director
The Duxorcist	November 22, 1987	Short	Space Jam 2-Disc Special Edition	Greg Ford
The Night of the Living Duck	September 23, 1988	Short	Space Jam 2-Disc Special Edition	Greg Ford Terry Lennon
Duck Dodgers Jr.	February 4, 1991	Segment from the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "The Return of the Acme Acres Zone"	Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2
Superior Duck	August 23, 1996	Short	Daffy Duck's Quackbusters	Chuck Jones
Attack of the Drones	2004	Short	Australian edition of Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Rich Moore
The Green Loontern	October 18, 2003	Episode from the Duck Dodgers TV series	Green Lantern: First Flight
Daffy Duck for President	2004	Short	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 (bonus feature)	Spike Brandt Tony Cervone

Special features

• All-New Career Profile – Daffy Duck: Ridicule Is the Burden of Genius
• 2 Vintage TV Programs:
  • Daffy Duck's Easter Special
  • Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (sped-up PAL master)

References

1. "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour DVD news: Announcement for the Essential Daffy Duck | TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
2. "Essential Daffy Duck". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 6, 2021.