November 17, 1951 –
… Slight pause while I adjust my accoutrements.
Another in the series of Daffy and Porky buddy flicks, Drip-Along Daffy, opened on this date.
The wanted poster for Nasty Canasta, offering a $5 million reward for his dead body (not “wanted dead or alive”; just “dead”), lists his crimes as “rustler, bandit, square dance caller”. This is an inside joke, as square dancing was a frequent pastime of the employees in the Warner Brothers animation department in the 1950s, most notably director Chuck Jones.
The Haus of Dcaligari 