Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur is a 1939 American animated comedy short film directed by Charles Jones. The cartoon was released on April 22, 1939. It is part of the Merrie Melodies series, the seventh cartoon to feature Daffy Duck and the final cartoon to be released under The Vitaphone Corporation, which was relegated to mere copyright holder after its release.
Plot At the Stone Age, Casper Caveman (a caricature of Jack Benny) and Fido (an apatosaur) go hunting for breakfast. Casper spots Daffy and uses a slingshot to fire a rock at Daffy, who runs to avoid the rock before allowing the rock to pass while he is disguised as a traffic police officer. The rock realizes his mistake and somehow goes the other direction, accidentally knocking out Fido in the process.
Casper is blindsided by Daffy's craziness, which Daffy affirms by hitting Casper with the slingshot's rubber. He tries to swim to catch Daffy, but is stopped mid-air by Daffy holding a "no swimming" sign. Fido is instructed to find him but fails. Daffy paints a convincing lookalike of himself on a boulder, which Casper predictably is unable to see through and hits, causing him to feel the recoil of the hit. Daffy helps him recover with a stiff drink and taunts him with a card and numerous billboards, which leads him to Daffy's apparent location through various marketing techniques. Daffy inflates a giant swan balloon, which Casper pops, killing them and Fido.
Home media The short was released on disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 DVD set.
In popular culture In the music video for Was (Not Was)'s "Walk the Dinosaur", the cartoon in question is shown on its television.
In the episode "Memoriam" of Star Trek: Voyager, Tom Paris watches part of this cartoon.
See also List of films featuring dinosaurs Malibu Beach Party - Another cartoon that evoked a caricature of Jack Benny and used his usual farewell.Walk the Dinosaur Music Video; Retrieved September 22, 2024. List of Daffy Duck cartoons Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929-1939) List of animated films in the public domain in the United States
References
External links
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur at Big Cartoon Database