Porky's Duck Hunt

Porky's Duck Hunt
Looney Tunes (Porky Pig/Daffy Duck) series
Daffy Duck as he first appeared in Porky's Duck Hunt
Directed by	Tex Avery
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Story by	Tex Avery
Voices by	Mel Blanc Billy Bletcher (both uncredited)
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Virgil Ross Robert Cannon Bob Clampett (uncredited) Chuck Jones (uncredited)
Studio	Leon Schlesinger Studios
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	April 17, 1937
Color process	Black and White (later colourized)
Running time	8:47
Language	English

Porky's Duck Hunt is a 1937 animated short film produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, directed by Tex Avery, and released on April 17, 1937, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

This short, starring Porky Pig, is notable for being the first appearance of the character Daffy Duck. Also notable is that this is the first cartoon in which Mel Blanc voices both Porky and Daffy. Originally scheduled to voice the duck, Blanc won the part of Porky earlier that year.Joe Dougherty, who was Porky's original voice, was fired following the cartoon Porky's Romance because he could not control his stutter.

Porky's Duck Hunt was a very popular cartoon, well known for popular gags and the debut of Daffy Duck, and met with very positive reviews. Only a year later, this cartoon was reworked by Avery as Daffy Duck and Egghead, which was in color. In that cartoon, Porky's role was filled by another Avery-created character, Egghead (who evolved into Elmer Fudd in the episode Elmer's Candid Camera 1940), and Daffy is given his name.

The short made its DVD debut in The Essential Daffy Duck, which was released on November 1, 2011 by Warner Home Video.

Porky is well equipped and ready to begin duck hunting. Porky practices with his rifle, frightens his dog, Rover and shoots a man upstairs, who comes down to punch Porky in the snout.

At a lake, Porky spies a duck, but other duck hunters suddenly appear and shoot at it for several seconds. They all miss. A cross-eyed duck hunter tries to shoot the same duck but instead shoots down two planes.

Porky puts out duck decoys. Daffy arrives and blends among them. Porky wears a decoy on his head, walks underwater and tries to shoot Daffy, but the gun shoots out water instead of bullets. Daffy then flies onto a floating barrel (labeled 'XXX' - a period designation for whiskey). Porky shoots the whiskey-filled barrel but Daffy escapes. Some fish are attracted to the leaking barrel and get drunk. The fish come onshore, commandeer a boat and drunkenly sing 'On Moonlight Bay'.