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The Prize Pest
The Prize Pest out of the house, Daffy devises a plan to stay. He tells
Porky that he has a split personality (á la The Strange Case
Looney Tunes series of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) and when people treat him nice,
Directed by Robert McKimson he’s nice to them but when people treat him badly he
turns into a hideous monster, which he does by mess-
Produced by Eddie Selzer
ing his hair up and putting in fangs, whereas when treat-
Story by Tedd Pierce ed with kindness he becomes sweet and cuddly. When
Porky realizes he’s been had (after coming out scared
Voices by Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, radio
announcer) from a closet with a skeleton in it, presumably put in
there by Daffy), he now has to outsmart a psychotic duck
Music by Carl Stalling and get him out of the house by dressing up as a monster.
Animation Phil DeLara When Daffy sees the monster, he becomes so scared, he
by Emery Hawkins falls apart (literally) and runs out of the house screaming
Charles McKimson (putting himself back in the gift box in the process).
Rod Scribner
When Porky accidentally sees himself in the mirror in his
Layouts by Peter Alvarado monster costume (which he stated that only a craven lit-
tle coward would be scared of), he scares himself so much
Backgrounds Richard H. Thomas
by
that he jumps onto a chandelier ("So I’m a craven little
coward").
Distributed Warner Bros. Pictures
by
Release December 22, 1951
Aftermath
date(s) • This is considered by some to be one of the last
screwball Daffy Duck cartoon, as all of the directors
Color Technicolor
process eventually stuck with the greedy, self-centered Daffy
that emerged in Rabbit Fire (1951).
Running 7 min (one reel) • This cartoon was incerpted in the 1988 compilation
time
film Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters in which Daffy hired
Language English Porky in his "Paranormalist at Large" company. The
cartoon was shortened in the movie, with a mix of
The Prize Pest is a 1950 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon new animation.
featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. It was directed by • Daffy reprises his "crazy" look from this short in the
Robert McKimson, and written by Tedd Pierce. It was Looney Tunes Show episode "Devil Dog" when trying
originally released December 22, 1951. to distract some SWAT team guys while Bugs and Taz
escape.
Plot
After listening to one of his favorite radio programs, External links
Porky Pig receives a grand prize from the station. Out • The Prize Pest at the Internet Movie Database
of the gift box pops Daffy Duck, who insists on living in
Porky’s house. After numerous attempts to throw Daffy
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