Duck Amuck (1953)

Duck Amuck is an American surreal animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.

Directed by Chuck Jones. With Mel Blanc. The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

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This Merrie Melodies cartoon features Daffy Duck in constant struggle with his animator, going through numerous mismatched backgrounds, costumes, voices and situations. The animator is finally revealed to be Bugs Bunny.

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The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

Daffy Duck faces a rather bizarre adversary in the classic Merrie Melodies short Duck Amuck, which pits Daffy against a mischievous off-screen animator, who is constantly altering and even sabotaging the cartoon. The trouble begins when, during a Three Musketeers parody, Daffy suddenly notices the background has disappeared, leaving only empty space. He complains to the animator, who then puts him through an ever-changing series of locations, from a barnyard, to snow-covered fields to a tropical island. Daffy tries to adapt, apologizing to the audience for the trouble, but grows increasingly flustered as the changes continue.

Duck Amuck is a 1953 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. Daffy Duck is a musketeer in a medieval setting, who boldly acts out an action scene with a fencing foil. As he thrusts the foil and advances, the background abruptly is left plain white.

Duck Amuck is a 1953 American surreal animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The short film was released in early 1953 by The Vitaphone Corporation, the short subject division of Warner Bros., as part of the Merrie Melodies series.