Daffy Dilly (1948) User Reviews

When a One Per Center promises you something . . .

[oscaralbert · 7/10 · 12 September 2015]

. . . making sure that you get it in writing is the primary takeaway of DAFFY DILLY. Daffy Duck is offered $1 million if he can make "dying" art mongrel S.P. Qubish laugh. Since it only takes Daffy a few seconds to crack up the Rich but Sober hypochondriac, Mr. Qubish immediately down-sizes Daffy's reward to "all the pie you can eat" (on the fly). Though this volleying of pie-in-the-sky might prove tasteful in the short term, it's not going to pay Daffy's future bills for oral surgery to remove pie-rotted teeth (assuming ducks have any). It's likely that Mr. Duck soon will be back on the sidewalks, totally ignored by the "busy" One Per Centers passing him by, as he was prior to showing up at the Qubish mansion. Most people know that there's no such thing as a "free" lunch, let alone a million bucks for a few seconds of Daffy Cake (which is similar to patty-cake, only without using hands). Daffy's protracted efforts to thwart Mr. Qubish's butler\gatekeeper are far more entertaining than seeing him getting pie-dyed. Maybe this dog butler Ruggles deserves his own spin-off series.

Did MGM ever own this or not?

[lee_eisenberg · 9/10 · 13 December 2008]

I originally saw Chuck Jones's "Daffy Dilly" as part of the compilation film "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters". Now that I've seen it on its own, I notice what appears to be an inconsistency. At the beginning, the opening credits were removed and the title appeared over the Blue Ribbon re-issue logo. All Warner Bros. cartoons that I've ever seen in which that was the case were color cartoons released before September 1, 1948, owned by MGM for years (some of these cartoons got featured in "Bugs Bunny Superstar"). But since this one appeared alongside post-1948 cartoons, that implies that MGM never owned it. So why is it missing its opening credits?

Whatever the case, it's really funny, as Daffy Duck tries to get into a mansion to entertain an infirm millionaire but the servant won't let Daffy enter...until Daffy takes on the persona of a film noir detective. The end proves that laughter really is the best medicine, and you're sure to laugh while watching this cartoon. That'll never be all, folks.

Daffy Duck really takes the cake . . .

[pixrox1 · 7/10 · 11 May 2021]

. . . during DAFFY DILLY, as well as a room full of pies. As this demented fowl remarked in his previous flick, "You can't have your cake, and shoot it, too." Maybe he makes that observation in THIS cartoon, but who really cares? How many times does an animated critter question viewers "What's Humphrey Bogart got that I ain't got?" Furthermore, Daffy's reference to "Elderberry wine and old lace" will be spot on to anyone who's ever sampled the former, which tastes a lot like an arsenic shake.

"It's a living"

[TheLittleSongbird · 10/10 · 16 July 2010]

What I can I say about Daffy Dilly that hasn't been said already? This cartoon is wonderful. The best of the Looney Tunes canon? Probably not. Worth watching? Absolutely! I first became acquainted with Daffy Dilly from watching Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, and even from watching it on television and my Looney Tunes collection, it never gets old. The animation is crisp and colourful, the music is playful and energetic, the dialogue is fresh and irreverent, the sight gags are clever and the ending is a great touch. Daffy is a delight to see and hear, and the butler is a good foil for him. Mel Blanc does a brilliant job with the voice work once again. Overall, wonderful cartoon, well worth seeing for the ending and Daffy. 10/10 Bethany Cox

"Cubish!!!!"

[jmak_2002 · 10/10 · 26 August 2009]

This cartoon short served as the inspiration for the 1988 clip-filled program, "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters". The cartoon short featured Daffy as a salesman who gets word that a dying millionaire will offer a fortune to anyone that can make him laugh. Daffy arrives at the Cubish mansion and after a few entanglements with the snooty butler he marches into Cubish's bedroom and trips. This makes Cubish chuckle...and then he starts laughing and laughing...uncontrollably. Pie throwing enters the equation next as Daffy gets hit in the face with a barrage of pies, one after the other. The cartoon ends with Daffy wiping his face off and saying "it's a living". In the movie, this ending was edited out and new animation was created to show that Cubish died laughing and therefore Daffy inherited the Cubish fortune.

In response to the other comment...MGM has nothing to do with Warner Brothers cartoons. MGM has no ownership of Warner Brothers cartoons. They were both competitors...along with Disney and the Walter Lantz studio. I'm not quite sure what you were asking, though. I think Ted Turner at one time owned the cartoons but I don't believe he has anything to do with them anymore given that the cartoons were released on those extensive Golden DVD collections that I love!! If Ted were still a part of things I would have seen some sort of credit for his company on the DVD case's and I never saw any.