Joseph Barbera and Hanna worked alongside animator Tex Avery, who had created Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny for Warner Bros. and directed "Droopy" cartoons at MGM. In 1940, Hanna and Barbera jointly directed "Puss Gets the Boot", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best (Cartoon) Short Subject. The studio wanted a diversified cartoon portfolio, so despite the success of "Puss Gets the Boot", Barbera and Hanna's supervisor, Fred Quimby, did not want to produce more cat and mouse cartoons believing that there were already enough cartoons of those in existence. Surprised by the success of "Puss Gets the Boot", Barbera
The Daffy Doc uncut and in its original black-and-white format, on "", "The Essential Daffy Duck" and "Porky Pig 101" DVDs. The Daffy Doc The Daffy Doc is a 1938 "Looney Tunes" cartoon supervised by Bob Clampett (credited as "Robert Clampett") and starring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. This cartoon was produced by Leon Schlesinger and released by Vitaphone and Warner Bros.. Dr. Quack is preparing for an important operation and asks his assistant Dr. Daffy Duck (also a quack) to please keep things quiet for him. Everything starts out calmly enough, but Daffy goes insane when Dr. Quack starts barking orders faster