"The Scarlet Pumpernickel" is a wonderful Warner Bros. cartoon that stars an unusual grouping of familiar characters - Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, Mama Bear, and Henery Hawk. I love Daffy's earnestness in the opening scene as he pleads with the high & mighty Jack L. Warner to quit typecasting him in comedy and allow him to appear in a dramatic role, namely as the Scarlet Pumpernickel, for which Daffy wrote the story.
Here are my favorite moments from this cartoon. Porky, as the Lord High Chamberlain, is very funny in his initial appearance, stating that he is "simply furious" and shouting at Lady Melissa (a yellow duck) to keep away from "that masked stinker" the Scarlet Punpernickel. Our "hero" is quite funny as he sneezes, swings face first into a stone building, and makes use of an "olympic high jumper". But the funniest of all is Carl Stalling's great music score as Daffy changes into his Scarlet Pumpernickel outfit, dashes out the window, and misses his horse.
Directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese, "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" is a brilliant cartoon that clearly pokes fun at medieval action/adventure stories. This cartoon has been "captured" on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1 Disc 2 (a disc that specializes in Daffy Duck and Porky Pig).
Here are my favorite moments from this cartoon. Porky, as the Lord High Chamberlain, is very funny in his initial appearance, stating that he is "simply furious" and shouting at Lady Melissa (a yellow duck) to keep away from "that masked stinker" the Scarlet Punpernickel. Our "hero" is quite funny as he sneezes, swings face first into a stone building, and makes use of an "olympic high jumper". But the funniest of all is Carl Stalling's great music score as Daffy changes into his Scarlet Pumpernickel outfit, dashes out the window, and misses his horse.
Directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese, "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" is a brilliant cartoon that clearly pokes fun at medieval action/adventure stories. This cartoon has been "captured" on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1 Disc 2 (a disc that specializes in Daffy Duck and Porky Pig).