Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)

Just perfect...

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Excellent but underrated film

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

. . . would-be Austrian World-Destroyer Adolph Hitler's birth certificate (just as "Marion Mitchell Morrison" was the actual, once-revised baby name for the actor Latterly known as John "Il Duce" Wayne) during this Looney Tune, SCRAP HAPPY DAFFY. Some film historians see SCRAP as a spoof of the documentary made by Hitler's personal Videographer, Leni Riefenstahl, titled in English as TRIUMPH OF THE WILL. However, most Warnologists (those who specialize in showing how the Looney Tunes beat BOTH Nostradamus and Astrology when it comes to predicting the Future for 21st Century America) zoom in on the fact that between 2:04 and 2:05 of this animated short, a close-up of a horse's behind (obviously meant to foretell Putin's Puppet, Rump) transforms into Hitler's head! Earlier, Daffy's mirror image marching in his "Salvage Warden" outfit transforms into three visuals--Mussolini Daffy, Hitler Daffy, and Hirohito Daffy (representing the leaders of the three "Axis Powers" out to annihilate the U.S. during World War Two) as the song lyrics mention "Freedom's Foes." This is Warner's way of warning We of the 21st Century that just because someone's on the U.S. Presidential Ballot does NOT preclude the likelihood that he's a Russian KGB operative subject to Blackmail due to $100 million plus paid to him by Russian Mafia Go-Betweens for "Naming Rights," as documented by Disney's Nightline Program drilling down into the Real Life Manchurian Candidate Nov. 10, 2016.

Having seen "Daffy - the Commando" and "Scrap Happy Daffy", I think that it's safe to say that that crazy duck was one of the best characters to fight the Nazis (obviously, there was also Bugs). In this case, he collects scrap metal to contribute to the war effort, but Hitler sends a goat after him. If absolutely nothing else, it's just a total hoot to see what Daffy does to the goat.The idea of collecting scrap metal also brings up the point that in WWII, the government encouraged people to save resources as much as possible. I don't see any of that nowadays. In the future, they're not going to look kindly upon this.But anyway, it's a really funny cartoon. Definitely worth seeing. And just be careful what you dream about next time.

Another of the long forgotten Warner propaganda cartoons - like THE DUCKTATORS it is black and white, not in color. However, it is more concentrated in story line (oddly enough) than THE DUCKTATORS. Daffy is in charge of the scrap metal collection, and has a mountain of tin and iron and copper and the rest (from a distance it looks like the Statue of Liberty). A headline shows that Daffy claims it helped unseat Mussolini (in 1943 Il Duce was thrown out of his job as "Prime Minister" of Italy, and imprisoned - subsequently the Nazis freed him for awhile, but in 1945 he'd be killed by partisans). Hitler reads that Daffy claims it will do the same to Hitler. So the Fuhrer orders the destruction of Daffy's junk piles. We see the order sent through several layers of German officials (the second is the fat, broad front of Herman Goering - but we don't see his face). A special U-boat is sent to "torpedo" the pile. The torpedo contains a secret weapon - a goat!The goat does damage, and when Daffy tries to confront it he knocks the duck about. Daffy is about to give in when he is confronted by various historical ancestors (Pilgrim, Revolutionary Soldier, Frontiersman, an "Abe Lincoln" clone, a "John Paul Jones" clone) restore his self respect - he turns into super-duck and destroys the goat and the submarine...or he thinks he did when he wakes up from a nap. Did it happen or not? I leave that for you to find out.

Another propaganda gem! This is dated beyond belief, which makes it easier to watch.This harped on recycling before it became the norm. Speaking of which, I think it was "Norm" McCabe (rimshot) behind this one too. Tashlin gets deserved credit too.The Nazi stereotypes gave a laugh to everyone who saw this at my place that night. I have a DVD chock full of animation like this.Just remember that this is a propaganda cartoon from a long time ago. There's no need to get uptight about it anymore.That said, the animation itself is limited. But it's still worth a look or three.