Karry
Best movie of this year hands down!
Alicia
I love this movie so much
SpecialsTarget
Disturbing yet enthralling
Pacionsbo
Absolutely Fantastic
Prismark10
Daffy is certainly daffy here. Porky Pig has closed his office and off to catch a plane but he is rudely interrupted by Daffy Duck, actor's agent.He is representing Sleepy Lagoon, a young duck whose main talent lies in licking a large lollipop but wants Porky Pig to see him audition.In order to entice Porky Pig who just wants to get away, Daffy Duck gets screwy and puts on all kinds of various acts himself many of which were popular in the period, as Sleepy Lagoon just licks away.Porky Pig is the straight porcine and this is probably Daffy's persona at its best when he is just plain daft rather than envious of the more famous Bugs Bunny in his later days.The cartoon short is frenetic but not the best of the Warner Brothers cartoons.
TheLittleSongbird
Yankee Doodle Daffy is an enjoyable cartoon. It isn't the best though, the pace is a tad too fast and the title is enough to leave you puzzled as it has little to do with the cartoon itself. But Daffy himself elevates it, he is absolutely brilliant here, uproariously funny as you'd expect. Porky is once again sidelined but he is good, and Sleepy is entertaining with a voice that is totally unexpected, though they could've perhaps made the ending longer I felt it ended rather abruptly. Other than Daffy, I immensely enjoyed the song and dance routines, especially the Carmen Miranda impression. The pictorial signs while maybe ambiguous to a newcomer to Looney Tunes were also a hoot. There are some great gags and the plot allows Daffy to have fun. All in all, I enjoyed the cartoon, in spite of the head-scratching title. 8/10 Bethany Cox
ccthemovieman-1
With the title, I thought I'd see a parody of the great Jimmy Cagney film, "Yankee Doodle Dandy," but that wasn't the case.The story was just Daffy trying to impress a movie studio mogul (Porky Pig) to get a starring role in a film. He holds Porky captive in the office for awhile and then follows him in a plane and even falling from the airplane, disguised as a parachute.All the while, Daffy performs his songs and impersonations. The only one I thought was funny was of Carmen Miranda, the lady who made fruit-laden hats famous. Overall, however, this just wasn't funny, which is very unusual for a Daffy Duck cartoon. Hey, ya can't win 'em all!
David Glagovsky
This is definitely one of Daffy Duck's best. However, I wonder why the term "Yankee Doodle" was used in the title. The cartoon was released during WWII, and Yankee Doodle was used in the title of a number of cartoons at that time, e.g., Tom and Jerry's _Yankee Doodle Mouse, The (1943)_ (qv). With that term as part of the title, one could expect to see soldiers; airplanes; military maneuvers; the bashing of Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito, or Tojo; or at least something related to the war in some way. This cartoon has nothing remotely related to WWII. Perhaps 'Friz Freleng' (qv) figured it wouldn't matter to his audience.