Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "My Little Duckaroo" is a cartoon from 1954, so it is already over 60 years old, and it runs for 7 minutes like they usually do. Despite the combination of the legendary Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese and Mel Blanc working on this one, the outcome is not too memorable. Daffy is in the Wold West again and tries to take care of a bad guy who is much bigger and stronger than him. And this time, not even his comedy relief Porky can save him from the bad guy. The villain's name already tells us that a lot in here is about playing cards. If we learn anything from this little movie, then it is that western films were extremely popular in the 1950s and even made it into the animation genre. The jokes aren't all bad, but it's nowhere near the best Warner Bros have to offer around that time. I personally do not recommend the watch unless you really really love cartoons.

Mightyzebra I didn't know the date of the episode before I watched it and while I watched I presumed it was a 1960's Looney Tunes cartoon, almost definitely made by I Freleng and like many of his cartoons a whole bag of references to earlier classic episodes. When I saw this was a cartoon made in 1954 and it was made by Chuck Jones, I was very surprised.Still, this is an episode all right to watch, if exceedingly similar to "Drip Along Daffy." Like in "Drip Along Daffy," Daffy Duck is a western-hero and Porky alongside him is a "Comedy Relief." There are some fun songs at the beginning, which is relatively common in Looney Tunes, but still excitingly lovely all the same. Daffy Duck is the Masked "Evenger" (that's how he pronounces "Avenger," anyway) and he sees a wanted poster for a major criminal. The Masked Avenger gallops to the criminal's house and attempts to arrest the desparado....The episode may be predictable and cliché, but for Daffy Duck fans it is still overall worth at least one watch, as the personalities of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig are very entertaining.Recommended to people who like Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, enjoy "My Little Duckaroo"! :-)

Lee Eisenberg Sort of a re-imagining of Chuck Jones's earlier "Drip-Along Daffy", "My Little Duckaroo" casts Daffy and Porky as a western hero and sidekick out to battle evildoers. Daffy of course can't take on their quarry.While the cartoon mostly has a repeating gag - Daffy challenges Nasty Canasta but nothing comes of it - I noticed something. Early in the cartoon, after identifying himself, Daffy basically explains that he's totally in it for the money. Certainly under Jones's watch this lisping member of the genus Anas had become very greedy - often bragging about his avaricious side - while Porky would bring some sanity to the situation. And now Daffy giddily talks about how he hopes to collect the reward.That's the main point that I notice in the cartoon. I figure that "MLD" was mostly intended as a placeholder. Worth seeing.

Thomas Begeng This is an excellent example of the full development of Chuck Jones' Daffy character, Daffy's later greedy & self centred character is a much better vehicle for delivering the more sophisticated humour in this cartoon than the original manic, slapstick character created by Tex Avery in 1937.This cartoon is an extension of an earlier classic - Drip-along Daffy, in which Daffy attempts to bring the notorious outlaw Nasty Canasta to justice, when various attempts by the Cisco Kid (aka Daffy), Super Duck (also Daffy) and the Masked Avenger fail to budge Nasty Canasta, Daffy resorts to using physical means, stating he is going to give Nasty Canasta a "fist beating, frontier style" and to "fix his little red wagon" the expression on the face of the scrawny Daffy as Nasty Cansata rips his shirt by flexing his enormous muscles is priceless.From the classic attempt By Daffy to emulate Nasty Canasta by rolling a cigarette in his mouth (which of course fails dismally and explodes) to the classic "Cisco Kid" poker and arrest/bare knuckle fight scenes this is one big laugh for those who enjoy the 50's Daffy.