Boobs in the Woods 1950 ( dir Robert McKimson)

As every avid Looney Tunes fan knows Daffy has had different character traits over his 80 year tenure at Warner Bros. Starting out as an off the wall insane creature utilised by Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Frank Tashlin and early Chuck Jones, A slightly naive and devious schemer which Chuck Jones used just before he improved his art techniques and the highly irritated, tempermental , coniving backstabber, which he as known as.

Veteran Director, Bob McKimson opts to use the original Daffy in this 1950 short i.e the nutty Daffy, but like most later McKimson shorts, seems a bit clumsy.

The cartoons begins with Daffy singing a song about how crazy he is, which seems rather forced, it's like McKimson is proving to us that once upon a time there was another type of Daffy Duck. When this song finishes we cut to the main plot. Porky is driving for a weekend's rest in the country. As soon as he arrives , he decides to paint the landscape and this is where Daffy comes in and starts acting in an irritating fashion. During the course of the cartoon he manages to ruin Porky's painting, ride an imaginary bicycle, dress up as a sheriff, indian and sabatoges Porky's attempts to fish.

Finally Porky packs up only to find that Daffy has removed the car's motor. As a form of revenge he makes daffy a permanent fixture in the car and drives off.

Although the cartoon is well animated, it's subject just doesn't come off a believable and watching this short can try out your patience. True it is admirable that McKimson wants to return to classic Daffy but it doesnt work out as the Jones one has a more distinctive personality. It's a sort of Boobs in the woods is a sort of proof that it is difficult to retrace the past on an ever evolving character.