1980
Daffy Flies North
Release date: 1980-04-01
Plot: During the summer migration north, a worn-out and out-of-shape Daffy Duck decides to find an easier way to reach his destination. After several failed attempts Daffy manages to board an airplane... only to discover it's heading to South America, miles away from where he was trying to go.
Name and role: Daffy in the middle of the short, resorts to riding a horse. Unfortunately, the horse wants no part of it and throws him off repeatedly, leading to a series of slapstick gags.
Trivia and other appearances: Let's focus on the shorts that revolve around the theme of migration: there are three disastrous attempts by Daffy to fly north in Looney Tunes history: Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942), Cracked Quack (1952), and Wise Quackers (1949).
Release date: 1980-04-01
Plot: During the summer migration north, a worn-out and out-of-shape Daffy Duck decides to find an easier way to reach his destination. After several failed attempts Daffy manages to board an airplane... only to discover it's heading to South America, miles away from where he was trying to go.
Name and role: Daffy in the middle of the short, resorts to riding a horse. Unfortunately, the horse wants no part of it and throws him off repeatedly, leading to a series of slapstick gags.
Trivia and other appearances: Let's focus on the shorts that revolve around the theme of migration: there are three disastrous attempts by Daffy to fly north in Looney Tunes history: Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942), Cracked Quack (1952), and Wise Quackers (1949).
The Yolks on You
Release date: 1980-04-01
Plot: Foghorn Leghorn tasks Miss Prissy with laying colorful Easter eggs. However, instead of a pastel surprise, she lays a golden egg and immediately tries to hide it. The shimmering treasure soon falls into the hands of Daffy Duck and Sylvester, who enter a frantic, slapstick rivalry to claim it for themselves.
Name and role: The egg rolls out of the henhouse and lands in Daffy's hands, who immediately claims it with dreams of getting rich. But of course, Sylvester spots it too and decides he wants in on the golden prize. What follows is a full-blown showdown of trickery, traps, and well-placed mallets: the two steal the egg from each other, guard it, hide it, throw it, and fiercely defend it... doing absolutely everything except working together.
Trivia and other appearances: The two actually share only a small handful of collaborations in Looney Tunes shorts, just two, to be precise: The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950), and A Taste of Catnip (1966). Their paths rarely cross, making any Daffy-Sylvester pairing a real collector's item in the Looney canon.
Release date: 1980-04-01
Plot: Foghorn Leghorn tasks Miss Prissy with laying colorful Easter eggs. However, instead of a pastel surprise, she lays a golden egg and immediately tries to hide it. The shimmering treasure soon falls into the hands of Daffy Duck and Sylvester, who enter a frantic, slapstick rivalry to claim it for themselves.
Name and role: The egg rolls out of the henhouse and lands in Daffy's hands, who immediately claims it with dreams of getting rich. But of course, Sylvester spots it too and decides he wants in on the golden prize. What follows is a full-blown showdown of trickery, traps, and well-placed mallets: the two steal the egg from each other, guard it, hide it, throw it, and fiercely defend it... doing absolutely everything except working together.
Trivia and other appearances: The two actually share only a small handful of collaborations in Looney Tunes shorts, just two, to be precise: The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950), and A Taste of Catnip (1966). Their paths rarely cross, making any Daffy-Sylvester pairing a real collector's item in the Looney canon.
The Yolks on You
Release date: 1980-04-01
Plot: Foghorn Leghorn tasks Miss Prissy with laying colorful Easter eggs. However, instead of a pastel surprise, she lays a golden egg and immediately tries to hide it. The shimmering treasure soon falls into the hands of Daffy Duck and Sylvester, who enter a frantic, slapstick rivalry to claim it for themselves.
Name and role: Foghorn create the initial situation of the cartoon, it's his bright idea to prep colorful eggs and his relentless pressure on Miss Prissy that kicks things off. Then, poof! He vanishes from the rest of the short like a rooster-shaped ghost. Why is he even here? Because it's one of the very rare times Foghorn Leghorn actually acts like a real rooster: he actually crows! A proper "COCK-A-DOODLE-DOOOO!" moment, proving that beneath all the bluster, there is a barnyard bird in there somewhere.
Trivia and other appearances: Foghorn and Miss Prissy have a long history of on-screen appearances together. But this is the first time we see him in a more farmer-like role toward her: laying down the law, even threatening to send her off to the "House of Old Hen" if she doesn't start laying eggs that meet the Easter quota. It's bossy and also vaguely sinister...
Quote: "I say... COCK-A-DOODLE-DOOOO!"
Release date: 1980-04-01
Plot: Foghorn Leghorn tasks Miss Prissy with laying colorful Easter eggs. However, instead of a pastel surprise, she lays a golden egg and immediately tries to hide it. The shimmering treasure soon falls into the hands of Daffy Duck and Sylvester, who enter a frantic, slapstick rivalry to claim it for themselves.
Name and role: Foghorn create the initial situation of the cartoon, it's his bright idea to prep colorful eggs and his relentless pressure on Miss Prissy that kicks things off. Then, poof! He vanishes from the rest of the short like a rooster-shaped ghost. Why is he even here? Because it's one of the very rare times Foghorn Leghorn actually acts like a real rooster: he actually crows! A proper "COCK-A-DOODLE-DOOOO!" moment, proving that beneath all the bluster, there is a barnyard bird in there somewhere.
Trivia and other appearances: Foghorn and Miss Prissy have a long history of on-screen appearances together. But this is the first time we see him in a more farmer-like role toward her: laying down the law, even threatening to send her off to the "House of Old Hen" if she doesn't start laying eggs that meet the Easter quota. It's bossy and also vaguely sinister...
Quote: "I say... COCK-A-DOODLE-DOOOO!"
The Yolks on You
Release date: 1980-04-01
Plot: Foghorn Leghorn tasks Miss Prissy with laying colorful Easter eggs. However, instead of a pastel surprise, she lays a golden egg and immediately tries to hide it. The shimmering treasure soon falls into the hands of Daffy Duck and Sylvester, who enter a frantic, slapstick rivalry to claim it for themselves.
Name and role: Even the sun is baffled by Foghorn's crowing and stares at him in surprise. But now... if the sun has a face, a personality... does that make it a character? Just to be safe, I'm counting it.
Trivia and other appearances: We've hit a tricky point here: the sun appears, often off-screen, in almost every short! Oh my god, this is too much even for me.
Release date: 1980-04-01
Plot: Foghorn Leghorn tasks Miss Prissy with laying colorful Easter eggs. However, instead of a pastel surprise, she lays a golden egg and immediately tries to hide it. The shimmering treasure soon falls into the hands of Daffy Duck and Sylvester, who enter a frantic, slapstick rivalry to claim it for themselves.
Name and role: Even the sun is baffled by Foghorn's crowing and stares at him in surprise. But now... if the sun has a face, a personality... does that make it a character? Just to be safe, I'm counting it.
Trivia and other appearances: We've hit a tricky point here: the sun appears, often off-screen, in almost every short! Oh my god, this is too much even for me.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny
Release date: 1980-05-21
Plot: Bugs Bunny enters a dream in which he relives his youth. In the dream, a young Bugs and a young Elmer Fudd find themselves caught in a series of classic-style gags, with all the gunfire replaced by harmless cork poppers. In the end, Bugs wakes up, reflecting on how he and Elmer were among the youngest rivals to ever get started.
Name and role: Young Bugs appears just like his older self: clever, sarcastic, and always in control of the situation. Throughout the short, he uses his trademark wit to confuse and frustrate young Elmer.
Trivia and other appearances: Other shorts that explore the childhood or younger versions of Bugs and Elmer include The Old Grey Hare (1944) and This Is a Life? (1955).
Release date: 1980-05-21
Plot: Bugs Bunny enters a dream in which he relives his youth. In the dream, a young Bugs and a young Elmer Fudd find themselves caught in a series of classic-style gags, with all the gunfire replaced by harmless cork poppers. In the end, Bugs wakes up, reflecting on how he and Elmer were among the youngest rivals to ever get started.
Name and role: Young Bugs appears just like his older self: clever, sarcastic, and always in control of the situation. Throughout the short, he uses his trademark wit to confuse and frustrate young Elmer.
Trivia and other appearances: Other shorts that explore the childhood or younger versions of Bugs and Elmer include The Old Grey Hare (1944) and This Is a Life? (1955).
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny
Release date: 1980-05-21
Plot: Bugs Bunny enters a dream in which he relives his youth. In the dream, a young Bugs and a young Elmer Fudd find themselves caught in a series of classic-style gags, with all the gunfire replaced by harmless cork poppers. In the end, Bugs wakes up, reflecting on how he and Elmer were among the youngest rivals to ever get started.
Name and role: Young Elmer Fudd is determined to hunt Bugs, but his lack of knowledge and childlike innocence leave him wide open to Bugs' tricks. One standout moment comes when Elmer doesn't fall off a cliff because he hasn't "studied gravity" yet. After reading a book Bugs left behind, Elmer immediately plummets, prompting him to declare that he'll "stay ignorant" from now on to avoid such pitfalls.
Trivia and other appearances: Other shorts that explore the childhood or younger versions of Bugs and Elmer include The Old Grey Hare (1944) and This Is a Life? (1955). Also this is the olny time Wile and Elmer pairs in a shoot
Release date: 1980-05-21
Plot: Bugs Bunny enters a dream in which he relives his youth. In the dream, a young Bugs and a young Elmer Fudd find themselves caught in a series of classic-style gags, with all the gunfire replaced by harmless cork poppers. In the end, Bugs wakes up, reflecting on how he and Elmer were among the youngest rivals to ever get started.
Name and role: Young Elmer Fudd is determined to hunt Bugs, but his lack of knowledge and childlike innocence leave him wide open to Bugs' tricks. One standout moment comes when Elmer doesn't fall off a cliff because he hasn't "studied gravity" yet. After reading a book Bugs left behind, Elmer immediately plummets, prompting him to declare that he'll "stay ignorant" from now on to avoid such pitfalls.
Trivia and other appearances: Other shorts that explore the childhood or younger versions of Bugs and Elmer include The Old Grey Hare (1944) and This Is a Life? (1955). Also this is the olny time Wile and Elmer pairs in a shoot
Soup or Sonic
Release date: 1980-05-21
Plot: And so the dance continues into the 1980s. Wile E. Coyote tries out a fresh batch of tricks to catch the Road Runner, only to meet the same old fate. From pole vaulting disasters to tennis mishaps, and even a sticky trap involving flypaper that ends up attracting a massive, monstrous fly, everything backfires spectacularly. In the finale, Wile is sucked into a series of tubes that shrink him down to the size of a toenail. He actually catches Road Runner, but being bite-sized, all he can do is turn to the audience and ask: "Now that I've caught him... what do I do?"
Name and role: The intro sets the tone: Wile rushes into a dust cloud left behind by Road Runner, completely misses the curve, and goes flying off a cliff. But not before doing a little peek over the cloud to confirm just how far down it is.
Trivia and other appearances: This 1980 entry marks their last animated short together before a long hiatus, with no new appearances until Little Go Beep in 2000, at least as far as official theatrical shorts go.
Quote: "Okay, wise guys, you Always wanted me to catch him. now what do I do?"
Release date: 1980-05-21
Plot: And so the dance continues into the 1980s. Wile E. Coyote tries out a fresh batch of tricks to catch the Road Runner, only to meet the same old fate. From pole vaulting disasters to tennis mishaps, and even a sticky trap involving flypaper that ends up attracting a massive, monstrous fly, everything backfires spectacularly. In the finale, Wile is sucked into a series of tubes that shrink him down to the size of a toenail. He actually catches Road Runner, but being bite-sized, all he can do is turn to the audience and ask: "Now that I've caught him... what do I do?"
Name and role: The intro sets the tone: Wile rushes into a dust cloud left behind by Road Runner, completely misses the curve, and goes flying off a cliff. But not before doing a little peek over the cloud to confirm just how far down it is.
Trivia and other appearances: This 1980 entry marks their last animated short together before a long hiatus, with no new appearances until Little Go Beep in 2000, at least as far as official theatrical shorts go.
Quote: "Okay, wise guys, you Always wanted me to catch him. now what do I do?"
Soup or Sonic
Release date: 1980-05-21
Plot: And so the dance continues into the 1980s. Wile E. Coyote tries out a fresh batch of tricks to catch the Road Runner, only to meet the same old fate. From pole vaulting disasters to tennis mishaps, and even a sticky trap involving flypaper that ends up attracting a massive, monstrous fly, everything backfires spectacularly. In the finale, Wile is sucked into a series of tubes that shrink him down to the size of a toenail. He actually catches Road Runner, but being bite-sized, all he can do is turn to the audience and ask: "Now that I've caught him... what do I do?"
Name and role: The only running gag in the short is Wile's repeated attempts to ride the iconic red Acme rocket. Each time ends in a uniquely explosive failure, even Wile starts to question why he keeps trying it.
Trivia and other appearances: This 1980 entry marks their last animated short together before a long hiatus, with no new appearances until Little Go Beep in 2000, at least as far as official theatrical shorts go.
Quote: "Okay, wise guys, you Always wanted me to catch him. now what do I do?"
Release date: 1980-05-21
Plot: And so the dance continues into the 1980s. Wile E. Coyote tries out a fresh batch of tricks to catch the Road Runner, only to meet the same old fate. From pole vaulting disasters to tennis mishaps, and even a sticky trap involving flypaper that ends up attracting a massive, monstrous fly, everything backfires spectacularly. In the finale, Wile is sucked into a series of tubes that shrink him down to the size of a toenail. He actually catches Road Runner, but being bite-sized, all he can do is turn to the audience and ask: "Now that I've caught him... what do I do?"
Name and role: The only running gag in the short is Wile's repeated attempts to ride the iconic red Acme rocket. Each time ends in a uniquely explosive failure, even Wile starts to question why he keeps trying it.
Trivia and other appearances: This 1980 entry marks their last animated short together before a long hiatus, with no new appearances until Little Go Beep in 2000, at least as far as official theatrical shorts go.
Quote: "Okay, wise guys, you Always wanted me to catch him. now what do I do?"