You Were Never Duckier premiered

August 7, 1948 –

… Huh! I must be walking in my sleep. But how can I be walking in my sleep if I’m awake enough to know I’m walking in my sleep. The strange things people do in their sleep, especially if they’re awake.

Chuck Jones guided Daffy Duck’s personality change from a “screwball” character, to a greedy, self-centered one in You Were Never Duckier which debuted on this date.