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Stupor Duck

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Stupor Duck
Lobby card
Directed byRobert McKimson
Story byTedd Pierce
Produced byEdward Selzer
StarringMel Blanc
Daws Butler
Narrated byDaws Butler
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation by
  • Ted Bonnicksen
  • Keith Darling
  • Russ Dyson
  • George Grandpré
  • Harry Love
Layouts byRobert Gribbroek
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros.
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • July 7, 1956 (1956-07-07) (US)
Running time
6:39
LanguageEnglish

Stupor Duck is a 1956 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson.[1] It was released on July 7, 1956, and stars Daffy Duck in a Superman spoof.[2]

Plot

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Daffy Duck plays the roles of Stupor Duck and Cluck Trent in a parody of The Adventures of Superman. Mistakenly believing a soap opera villain named Aardvark Ratnik is real, Cluck transforms into Stupor Duck to combat the non-existent threat. Hilarity ensues as Stupor Duck tackles imagined disasters, from rescuing a sinking ship to stopping a supposed missile launch, all while inadvertently causing chaos. Eventually, Daffy finds himself clinging to a rocket, naked and screaming, as it heads toward the moon.

Production notes

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Stupor Duck was created by Warner Bros. in collaboration with DC Comics, back when DC was known as National Comics Publications. This partnership occurred before Warner Bros.' merger with DC Comics in 1969.

Home video

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References

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  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 288. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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Preceded by List of Daffy Duck cartoons
1956
Succeeded by