Daffy Duck & Egghead Daffy Duck & Egghead Daffy Duck & Egghead is a 1938 "Merrie Melodies" cartoon directed by Tex Avery. The short subject features Daffy Duck and Egghead, hence the title of the short. The story begins with Egghead (in a voice imitating radio comic Joe Penner) who is annoyed by a silhouetted man in the theater audience who refuses to sit down. After he sits down 2 times (and finally gets shot at by Egghead when he won't "stay" down), out comes Daffy Duck biting his nose (just like he did to Porky Pig in "Porky's Duck Hunt".) While fighting, a
Daffy Duck "Porky's Duck Hunt" is a standard hunter/prey pairing, but Daffy (barely more than an unnamed bit player in this short) was something new to moviegoers: an assertive, completely unrestrained, combative protagonist. Clampett later recalled: This early Daffy is less anthropomorphic and resembles a "normal" black duck. In fact, the only aspects of the character that have remained consistent through the years are his voice characterization by Mel Blanc; and his black feathers with a white neck ring. Blanc's characterization of Daffy once held the world record for the longest characterization of one animated character by his or her original actor: