{"id":54,"date":"2017-07-18T18:55:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T00:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2026-05-10T20:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:26:33","slug":"2017-7-18-birth-of-a-notion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Birth of a Notion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI have no duck, Leopold.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Looney Tunes Golden Collection Season 6 Episode 3 Birth of a Notion Watch Cartoons Online Free - Cartoons is not just for the kids\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"525\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x5x9ij4&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Robert McKimson; Story by Warren Foster. A Looney Tune released in 1947.<\/p>\n<p>During the Autumn, ducks tend to fly south to warmer temperatures. Daffy is not like most ducks, and instead has a plan to get himself a warm home for Winter. It all hinges on the bone he&#8217;s holding. He leaves it on a house&#8217;s porch and calls for the dog that lives there. (I suppose he&#8217;s been scouting to find a home with a dog. It&#8217;s needed for his plan.) The dog prepares to feast on that bone, but Daffy stops him. He claims that the bone is poison and that he saved his life by keeping him from eating it.<\/p>\n<p>Leopold, (for that is the dog&#8217;s name) is grateful and tells Daffy that in return, he&#8217;ll get him anything he can. Daffy requests sharing the house. Leopold doesn&#8217;t think his master would like him doing that, but eventually gives in. His master is a familiar face: it&#8217;s that scientist that looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/blog-1\/2011\/05\/13\/2011-5-13-hair-raising-hare-html\/\">Peter Lorre<\/a>. (Who from this day forward, shall be known as Pete Lorry.) He is working on some sort of experiment that is requiring something he does not have: a duck&#8217;s wishbone. Leopold, meanwhile, sticks Daffy in the closet promising to bring him food and water.<\/p>\n<p>If Daffy wasn&#8217;t Daffy, his plan would have definitely worked. But he&#8217;s not one to stay there, and naturally leaves. Just in time to overhear Pete tell his dog about his duck loss. Daffy isn&#8217;t scared as one usually would be in this situation, but is instead angry. He tries to goad Leopold to join in on the Pete-killing, but the dog is loyal to his master and won&#8217;t partake. Daffy throws stuff at Pete&#8217;s head and succeeds in hitting him once with a bat, just as Leopold grabs it. Pete is very calm (while breaking the bat into many pieces) and tells Leopold that he will do horrible things to him, should he get hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Daffy is not through, and heads into his bedroom with a knife. He takes a stab at taking a stab, but Pete happens to sleep with a shield and is unharmed. But he is now very much aware that there is a duck on the premises. A chase ensures with trapdoors, a door that leads to a countryside speeding by, and arms coming out of the walls. (Intermixed with a shot of Leopold complaining about his &#8220;role&#8221; in the short. Best joke of the cartoon, right there.)<\/p>\n<p>After having many sharp objects thrown at him, Daffy goes for the obvious solution and just leaves. Who knew it was that easy? To Leopold&#8217;s horror, Pete begins wondering if a dog&#8217;s wishbone would work in whatever he&#8217;s working on. Why is Leopold scared when dogs don&#8217;t have wishbones, you ask? Well, clearly Pete won&#8217;t figure that out until he&#8217;s dug through Leopold&#8217;s neck. That&#8217;s how mad scientists work.<\/p>\n<p>Daffy meanwhile is preparing to try the bone scheme at a different house, but another bird has beaten him to the punch and kicks Daffy away into the sky. Well, it&#8217;s easier than flying yourself, so Daffy kicks back and enjoys the ride. (Leopold joining him with fan powered flight.)<\/p>\n<p>Personal Rating: 3<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t expect a post next week. While I can&#8217;t promise that I won&#8217;t have time to write one, I also can&#8217;t claim to have the time to do it. So for just once in your life, don&#8217;t expect the unexpected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI have no duck, Leopold.\u201d Directed by Robert McKimson; Story by Warren Foster. A Looney Tune released in 1947. During the Autumn, ducks tend to fly south to warmer temperatures. Daffy is not like most ducks, and instead has a plan to get himself a warm home for Winter. 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