From Warner Bros. Pictures
Feb. 1, 2012
Daffy's Rhapsody
In Theaters and IMAX® Friday, February 10 in tandem with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
The cartoon short Daffy's Rhapsody is the second of a new series of three original 3D theatrical cartoons from Warner Bros. Animation designed to make their debut in theaters, attached to feature film releases from Warner Bros. Pictures.
In this brand new Looney Tunes escapade, a relaxing evening at the theater turns into hunting season as Elmer Fudd is surprised by the unexpected appearance of his perpetual and ever-elusive target, Daffy Duck, on the stage. As Elmer gives chase, Daffy cleverly evades him while regaling the audience with a song that illustrates his plight—how hunters will never leave him alone.
Daffy's Rhapsody will debut in theaters nationwide on February 10, 2012, in tandem with the 3D family adventure film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures. It will be presented in 3D and IMAX wherever the film screens in those formats, as well as in standard 2D.
It stars the vocal talents of MEL BLANC, long renowned for his characterizations of such Looney luminaries as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester and Foghorn Leghorn, as well other memorable characters such as Barney Rubble and Dino the Dinosaur for The Flintstonesand Mr. Spacely for The Jetsons; and BILLY WEST, who has provided voices for numerous film and television projects, including Futurama, The Looney Tunes Show, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Ren & Stimpy Show and Doug.
Daffy's Rhapsody is directed by MATTHEW O'CALLAGHAN (Coyote Falls, I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat, Curious George) and produced by SPIKE BRANDT (I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat, The Looney Tunes Show), TONY CERVONE(I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat, The Looney Tunes Show) and WARNER BROS. ANIMATION. The short's executive producer is SAM REGISTER (I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat, The Looney Tunes Show, MAD, Green Lantern: The Animated Series).
The lyrics to Daffy's song were written by Warren Foster and Michael Maltese, legendary writers of hundreds of classic Looney Tunes shorts during their golden age in the 1940s and 50s.
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Mel Blanc, Warren Foster and Michael Maltese are all long dead. So I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume that "[i]t stars the vocal talents of Mel Blanc" means that this new cartoon incorporates a song written by Foster and Maltese and recorded by Blanc before he died.
If I'm wrong on that, then Warner's is in the wrong business.
There was a song called "Daffy's Rhapsody" on one of the Dr. Demento collections, I'm sure it's the song they're using.
Here is the song I was thinking of.
...I saw the first of the three CGI Roadrunners Warners similarly issued last year .
Mneh .