| Along Came Daffy | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Michael Maltese Tedd Pierce |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Edited by | Treg Brown |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Philip DeGuard |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Along Came Daffy is a 1947 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng and written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce. [1] The cartoon was released on June 14, 1947, and stars Daffy Duck and Yosemite Sam. [2]
Yosemite Sam and his black-haired twin are snowbound in a cabin with no food; starving, they begin to hallucinate, seeing each other as food. Their frenzy is interrupted by the arrival of door-to-door salesman Daffy Duck, selling cookbooks. Intent on making the duck their meal, the two famished brothers relentlessly chase Daffy throughout the cabin, eventually catch him and throw him into the oven. Daffy then offers them a complimentary six-course turkey dinner, which he presents before hastily departing. However, just as Sam and his brother prepare to indulge, a swarm of mice emerges from the wall, and swiftly devours the feast.
A moment later, Daffy returns to the cabin, this time offering after-dinner mints. Still starving, the brothers seize Daffy and slam the door shut, prompting the duck to open it and tell the audience "Well, here we go again!" before being pulled back inside.
Along Came Daffy is one of only two Warner Bros. shorts (the other being Honey's Money from 1962), where Yosemite Sam is not paired with his usual antagonist, Bugs Bunny. Along Came Daffy features a scene where Daffy briefly mimics Bugs by chewing a carrot and uttering Bugs's iconic catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?" This narrative structure revisits the theme of two characters endeavoring to consume Daffy, originally depicted in Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942).