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Scalp Trouble
Directed byRobert Clampett
Story byErnest Gee
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byNorman McCabe
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • June 24, 1939 (1939-06-24)
Running time
7:02
LanguageEnglish

Scalp Trouble is a 1939 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett.[1] The cartoon was released on June 24, 1939. It is part of the Looney Tunes series, the 59th cartoon to feature Porky Pig and the eighth cartoon to feature Daffy Duck.[2]

Plot

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Indians sneak near an army post, where they deceive a dog guard who asks the audience if they had seen any Indians. General Daffy, wielding a dagger in a comically long sheath, is forced to stab a sleepy guard to wake the soldiers, who all wake up except for Porky. Daffy is unable to wake up Porky until he sleeps next to Porky and causes the bed to collapse. Porky is hit by the sheath and launches backward, with his rifle launching him into Daffy instead.

Porky spots Indians and fails to notify the guards until he finds an Indian sneaking nearby and slams a barrel on him. As the Indians raid the post by burning a hole with "fire water", Porky and the other soldiers retaliate with gunfire and cannonballs. An Indian archer uses the knees of another archer to shoot. A soldier kills 9 of them while keeping score to the tune of "Ten Little Indians", but is knocked out by an Indian. Porky's gun jams and he calls to Daffy for help while being pursued. Daffy brings supplies but trips and accidentally swallows bullets, allowing him to be used as a machine gun for Porky to wound and dispel the Indians. Daffy is relieved when he stops shooting bullets, but trips and shoots again.

Home media

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Scalp Trouble is available on disc 3 of the Porky Pig 101 DVD set.[3]

Slightly Daffy

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Slightly Daffy
Directed byI. Freleng
Story byMichael Maltese
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byGerry Chiniquy
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • June 17, 1944 (1944-06-17)
Running time
6:11
LanguageEnglish

The cartoon was remade by Friz Freleng in Technicolor and released as part of the Merrie Melodies series on June 17, 1944, under the name Slightly Daffy. Unlike the remakes directed by Clampett, the short is mostly a frame-by-frame remake. However, it features new voice recordings, a few new animated scenes, and re-orchestrated music. The Blue Ribbon reissue is approximately 49 seconds shorter than the original cartoon.

The short also reused scenes from other old cartoons, such as Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas (By Tex Avery) for the first few scenes of the Indians, and The Hardship of Miles Standish (Also by Freleng) for the scene of the Indians firing their bows.

This short is included on disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray set.[4]

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. 89. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray". www.blu-ray.com. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
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