The Essential Daffy Duck
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| image = The Essential Daffy Duck.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = {{ubl|Chuck Jones|Tex Avery|Bob Clampett|Friz Freleng|Frank Tashlin|Greg Ford|Terry Lennon|Kent Butterworth|Rich Moore|Spike Brandt|Tony Cervone}}
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| starring = {{ubl|Daffy Duck|Mel Blanc (voice)}}
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| distributor = Warner Home Video
| released = {{film date|2011|11|01}}
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| country = United States
| language = English
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The Essential Daffy Duck is a DVD set featuring cartoons focusing on Daffy Duck. It was released on November 1, 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour-The-Essential-Daffy-Duck/15649 |title=The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour DVD news: Announcement for the Essential Daffy Duck | TVShowsOnDVD.com |accessdate=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718085750/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour-The-Essential-Daffy-Duck/15649 |archivedate=2011-07-18 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/51284|title=Essential Daffy Duck|work=DVD Talk|access-date=September 6, 2021}}
Contents
The contents are split over two discs. The first disc features 15 classic Daffy Duck shorts (14 of which were previously released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection sets or Frustrated Fowl plus his debut cartoon, Porky's Duck Hunt, which makes its DVD debut). The second disc features more recent shorts and TV appearances.
=Disc 1=
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| #
!Title !Co-Stars !Release Date !Director |
|---|
| 1
|April 17, 1937 |
| 2
|January 1, 1938 |
| 3
|November 26, 1938 |
| 4
|Hatta Mari |September 16, 1944 |
| 5
|Porky (cameo) |July 20, 1946 |
| 6
|December 1, 1945 |
| 7
|The Big Bad Wolf |January 5, 1946 |
| 8
|Bugs (cameo) |February 28, 1953 |
| 9
|Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century |July 25, 1953 |
| 10
|Porky, Sylvester, Elmer, Henery, Melissa, Mama Bear |March 4, 1950 |
| 11
|November 27, 1954 |
| 12
|September 15, 1956 |
| 13
|Porky, Shropshire Slasher |September 29, 1956 |
| 14
|Bugs |February 9, 1957 |
| 15
|March 8, 1958 |
=Disc 2=
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| Content
!Release Date !Type !Previous DVD release !Director |
|---|
| The Duxorcist
|November 22, 1987 |Short |Space Jam 2-Disc Special Edition |Greg Ford |
| The Night of the Living Duck
|September 23, 1988 |Short |Space Jam 2-Disc Special Edition |Greg Ford |
| Duck Dodgers Jr.
|February 4, 1991 |Segment from the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "The Return of the Acme Acres Zone" |Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2 | |
| Superior Duck
|August 23, 1996 |Short |
| Attack of the Drones
|2004 |Short |Australian edition of Looney Tunes: Back in Action |
| The Green Loontern
|October 18, 2003 |Episode from the Duck Dodgers TV series | |
| Daffy Duck for President
|2004 |Short |Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 (bonus feature) |Spike Brandt |
=Special features=
- All-New Career Profile – Daffy Duck: Ridicule Is the Burden of Genius
- 2 Vintage TV Programs:
- Daffy Duck's Easter Special
- Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (sped-up PAL master)
References
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{{Looney Tunes Golden Collection}}
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Category:Looney Tunes home video releases
Category:2010s English-language films
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