Chuck, despite not being with us any more, is the only guy credited in DAFFY DUCK FOR PRESIDENT's opening, but the short was directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. It's an odd combination of comedy and civics lesson that vaguely reminds me of Chuck's 1939 short OLD GLORY (which is also in the GOLDEN COLLECTION 2 set, by the way).
This cartoon does feel like it's based on a book that Chuck Jones did in 1997--which I don't mean as a compliment--but it's a pleasant way to spend a few minutes, which I can't say about all the cartoons that Jones was actually involved in as an active participant in his later years. The backgrounds and color styling are particularly nice.
You do sort of get the feeling that the only reason anyone saw the 1997 book as material for a new short is the Jones connection, which makes one wonder: Are there any other Jones stories out there that someone is going to decide need to be adapted into a cartoon? Was WILLIAM THE BACKWARDS SKUNK ever animated?
Posted by at November 5, 2004 04:40 PM