Daffy Duck decides not to fly south for the winter, as he wants to "check up on this winter business" (gesturing to a newspaper he is reading, with a scantily-clad "snow queen" pictured.) All the other ducks tell him "You'll be sorry!", and continue flying south.
Daffy initially marvels at the snow and ice that mark Winter's arrival, but as the conditions become progressively worse, he begins to starve and gets stranded in a snowstorm. He spots a log cabin, which he is overjoyed to find it has food. Little does he know, however, but it is the home of a fox and weasel. The former complains about how all they have to get them through the winter is a stockpile of beans, and that he would rather have steak, baked ham or even roast duck. It is at this point that they see Daffy. The two disguise themselves as kindly old ladies in order to keep him in their home. They want Daffy for dinner, and so fatten him up by having him eat large portions of their stock of beans.
Once Daffy realizes their intentions, he quickly tries to escape, outwitting the weasel but not the fox. Daffy forces the fox to chase him up a tree so he can kick him down, then runs further south, past two signs pointing "SOUTH", and one more which reads "And we do mean SOUTH!"
Daffy ends up in South America. A samba dancer, who is a pastiche of Carmen Miranda, is seen singing in a nightclub, and Daffy is finally shown hiding in the dancer's fruit hat. Daffy, also wearing a fruit hat, emerges and says, "Si, si! I like the 'South' American Way. And I do mean SOUTH." Daffy winks at the audience before iris-out.
Productionedit
Daffy's Southern Exposure makes reference to topical humor of the era, including a poster encouraging the purchases of war bonds to finance the U.S. involvement in World War II and a parody of the Brazilian entertainer Carmen Miranda[3]—one of her songs, "South American Way", is also referenced. The film also marked the first time that Warner Bros. used the tune of the wartime rally song "We Did It Before (And We Can Do It Again)" as background music in a cartoon.[4]
Referencesedit
^Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 127. ISBN0-8050-0894-2.
^Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^Michael S. Shull, David E. Wilt (2004). Doing Their Bit: American Animated Short Films, 1939-1945. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN0-7864-1555-X.
^M. Paul Holsinger (1999). War and American Popular Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing. p. 329. ISBN0-313-29908-0.
daffy, southern, exposure, 1942, warner, bros, looney, tunes, animated, short, directed, norman, mccabe, cartoon, released, 1942, stars, daffy, duck, title, carddirected, bynorman, mccabeproduced, byleon, schlesingerstarringmel, blanc, uncredited, music, bycar. Daffy s Southern Exposure is a 1942 Warner Bros Looney Tunes animated short directed by Norman McCabe 1 The cartoon was released on May 2 1942 and stars Daffy Duck 2 Daffy s Southern ExposureTitle cardDirected byNorman McCabeProduced byLeon SchlesingerStarringMel Blanc uncredited Music byCarl StallingAnimation byVive RistoCal Dalton uncredited Color processBlack and whiteProductioncompanyLeon Schlesinger ProductionsDistributed byWarner Bros Release dateMay 2 1942 1942 05 02 USA Running time7 minutesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 References 4 External linksPlot editDaffy Duck decides not to fly south for the winter as he wants to check up on this winter business gesturing to a newspaper he is reading with a scantily clad snow queen pictured All the other ducks tell him You ll be sorry and continue flying south Daffy initially marvels at the snow and ice that mark Winter s arrival but as the conditions become progressively worse he begins to starve and gets stranded in a snowstorm He spots a log cabin which he is overjoyed to find it has food Little does he know however but it is the home of a fox and weasel The former complains about how all they have to get them through the winter is a stockpile of beans and that he would rather have steak baked ham or even roast duck It is at this point that they see Daffy The two disguise themselves as kindly old ladies in order to keep him in their home They want Daffy for dinner and so fatten him up by having him eat large portions of their stock of beans Once Daffy realizes their intentions he quickly tries to escape outwitting the weasel but not the fox Daffy forces the fox to chase him up a tree so he can kick him down then runs further south past two signs pointing SOUTH and one more which reads And we do mean SOUTH Daffy ends up in South America A samba dancer who is a pastiche of Carmen Miranda is seen singing in a nightclub and Daffy is finally shown hiding in the dancer s fruit hat Daffy also wearing a fruit hat emerges and says Si si I like the South American Way And I do mean SOUTH Daffy winks at the audience before iris out Production editDaffy s Southern Exposure makes reference to topical humor of the era including a poster encouraging the purchases of war bonds to finance the U S involvement in World War II and a parody of the Brazilian entertainer Carmen Miranda 3 one of her songs South American Way is also referenced The film also marked the first time that Warner Bros used the tune of the wartime rally song We Did It Before And We Can Do It Again as background music in a cartoon 4 References edit Beck Jerry Friedwald Will 1989 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros Cartoons Henry Holt and Co p 127 ISBN 0 8050 0894 2 Lenburg Jeff 1999 The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Checkmark Books pp 70 72 ISBN 0 8160 3831 7 Retrieved 6 June 2020 Michael S Shull David E Wilt 2004 Doing Their Bit American Animated Short Films 1939 1945 McFarland p 46 ISBN 0 7864 1555 X M Paul Holsinger 1999 War and American Popular Culture A Historical Encyclopedia Greenwood Publishing p 329 ISBN 0 313 29908 0 External links editDaffy s Southern Exposure at IMDb nbsp Daffy s Southern Exposure Colorized on the Internet Archive Preceded byConrad the Sailor Daffy Duck Cartoons1942 Succeeded byThe Impatient Patient This Looney Tunes related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Daffy 27s Southern Exposure amp oldid 1223223004, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
