Ding Dog Daddy

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{{Infobox film

| name = Ding Dog Daddy

| image = DingDogDaddy Lobby Card.jpg

| caption = Lobby card (partially destroyed).

| director = I. Freleng

| writer = Tedd Pierce

| animator = Gerry Chiniquy

| starring = Mel Blanc
Sara Berner
Pinto Colvig{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Keith |title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70 Vol. 1 |date=3 October 2022 |publisher=BearManor Media |page=406 |language=en}}

| music = Carl W. Stalling

| producer = Leon Schlesinger

| studio = Leon Schlesinger Productions

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1942|12|05}}

| color_process = Technicolor

| runtime = 8 minutes (one reel)

| language = English

}}

Ding Dog Daddy is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=136}} The short was released on December 5, 1942.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/XXX/mode/2up |pages=XXX}}

No voice actors were credited on screen, but those who participated were Pinto Colvig, Mel Blanc and Sara Berner. Gerry Chiniquy was given sole credit as animator, but animators Ken Champin and Manuel Perez were also involved.[https://archive.today/20130118043759/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3692-Ding_Dog_Daddy.html Ding Dog Daddy] at the Big Cartoon Database

The title is a play on a popular expression, coined from the 1928 song "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas".

Synopsis

After having no luck with the ladies, a dim-witted dog (Pinto Colvig, employing his usual "Goofy" voice) falls in love with "Daisy", a metal statue of a female dog in a garden, failing to realize that "Daisy" is indeed a sculpture. Whenever the dog kisses Daisy, lightning strikes and sends a shock through his system, which he takes as a sign of her passionate love for him. The hero constantly has to contend with a vicious bulldog who is guarding the gate to the garden. After Daisy is carted away in a truck marked "Scrap Metal for Victory" to be melted down (as a contribution to the American effort in World War II), the dog runs frantically to the munitions depot, trying to find Daisy, only to find a bomb labelled "Daisy". As he cries over Daisy's changed appearance ("Oh, what have they done to you? They've changed you!"), he kisses "Daisy" and the bomb explodes in his face, leading him to cry out happily. ("WWWWWOOOOWWWWW! Huh Huh! She hasn't changed a bit!")

References

External links

{{Internet Archive film|id=DingDongDaddy}}
{{IMDb title|id=0034654}}
{{YouTube|4-nsjxD38F4|Ding Dog Daddy (1942)}}

Category:1942 films

Category:Short films directed by Friz Freleng

Category:Animated films about dogs

Category:Films scored by Carl Stalling

Category:1940s Warner Bros. animated short films

Category:Merrie Melodies short films

Category:1942 animated short films