The Prize Pest

The Prize Pest
The Prize Pest
	Title card
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Starring	Mel Blanc; Tedd Pierce[1] (uncredited)
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Rod Scribner; Phil DeLara; Emery Hawkins; Charles McKimson
Layouts by	Peter Alvarado
Backgrounds by	Richard H. Thomas
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	December 22, 1951 (USA);
Running time	7 minutes
Language	English

The Prize Pest is a 1951 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson, and written by Tedd Pierce.[2] The cartoon was released on December 22, 1951, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.[3]

Plot

After winning a prize from a radio show, Porky Pig receives an unexpected house guest — Daffy Duck — who refuses to leave. Daffy claims to have a split personality, turning sweet when treated kindly and monstrous when mistreated. Falling for Daffy's ruse, Porky agrees to serve him, but secretly plans to call the authorities. Daffy, however, outsmarts Porky by impersonating the phone.

After discovering that Daffy was scaring him with the prank of scaring people, to get revenge and get rid of him, Porky dresses up in a monstrous Halloween costume. Daffy's reaction is so extreme that he flees, hiding back in the gift box he arrived in. In a twist, Porky managed to scare away the duck, while he mocks Daffy's cowardice, he looks in the mirror and scares himself, that he admits to himself that he is a coward, just like Daffy.

References

^ "Robert McKimson's "The Prize Pest" (1951)". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 230. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

External links

The Prize Pest at IMDb

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[Prize_Pest-1] "Robert McKimson's "The Prize Pest" (1951)". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved September 23, 2020.

[Beck-2] Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 230. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[3] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.