| The Stupor Salesman | |
|---|---|
 Title card to The Stupor Salesman | |
| Directed by | Arthur Davis |
| Story by | Lloyd Turner Bill Scott |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Basil Davidovich Emery Hawkins Bill Melendez Don Williams Herman Cohen [1] |
| Layouts by | Don Smith |
| Backgrounds by | Philip DeGuard |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | November 20, 1948 |
Running time | 7:03 |
| Language | English |
The Stupor Salesman is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Arthur Davis, and written by Lloyd Turner and Bill Scott. [2] The cartoon was released on November 20, 1948, and stars Daffy Duck. [3]
Plot
Slug McSlug, a cunning canine criminal, pulls off a successful bank robbery using a bump key to gain entry. As he eludes the police, he retreats to his rural hideout. However, his peace is disrupted by the persistent Daffy Duck, a relentless salesman peddling various wares.
Despite McSlug's attempts to rid himself of Daffy, the determined duck continues to intrude, employing unconventional methods to gain entry. With each attempt, Daffy's antics frustrate McSlug, leading to a series of comical confrontations.
As tensions escalate, Daffy's cleverness prevails, ultimately causing McSlug's downfall in a fiery explosion. With McSlug defeated, Daffy revels in his victory, taunting his defeated foe with a triumphant cry.
Reception
Animation historian Mike Mallory writes, "There is not a wasted cel in The Stupor Salesman. At first glance, the story of a bank robber who cannot escape the diabolical persistence of door-to-door salesman Daffy Duck (at his stream-of-consciousness best) sounds like a conventional pest-vs.-threat cartoon, but it is not. The short zooms by with the insistent pacing of the early Warner Bros. gangster films it aggressively parodies. Rarely, if ever, has one seven-minute cartoon burst its seams so thoroughly with inventive sight gags, throwaway jokes, and visual details." [4]
Home media
VHS:
- Superior Duck
Laserdisc:
- Guffaw and Order
DVD:
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5
- Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 5
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3
See also
References
- ^ "Warner Cartoon Breakdowns #3: That Darnfool Duck!". Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 191. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70-72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Beck, Jerry, ed. (2020). The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. Insight Editions. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-64722-137-9.
External links
- 1948 animated films
- 1948 short films
- 1948 films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
- Films directed by Arthur Davis (animator)
- Daffy Duck films
- Films scored by Carl Stalling
- 1940s Warner Bros. animated short films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films about bank robbery
- Films about salespeople