The Ducksters
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The Ducksters is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1950 and directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese.
[edit] Synopsis
Porky Pig is on a radio game show called "Truth or AAAAHHH!!", hosted by Daffy Duck, in which, if he does not succeed in several impossible tasks, he must "pay the penalty". The penalties involved include Porky being crushed by boulders, rained upon by Niagara Falls, being tied down and blown up by dynamite, being severely pounded by a mallet, being thrashed by a gorilla, being threatened by a buzz saw, being crushed by safes, and other forms of abuse. In the end, however, Porky wins 26 million dollars and 3 cents after threatening Daffy. Porky, in turn, uses the money to buy the radio show and then submits Daffy to the same penalties he had been subjected to earlier. Daffy is then tied to a special sawing machine. There's an iris out as Daffy screams, "Have you got a doctor in the balcony, lady?!"
[edit] Trivia
There are several references to well-known people in this cartoon, such as Eli Whitney, George Washington, and even Lauren Bacall.
There's also a reference to one of the Censored Eleven shorts here. It was Jungle Jitters.
