The Night of the Living Duck

The Night of the Living Duck
Directed byGreg Ford
Terry Lennon
Story byGreg Ford
Terry Lennon
Produced bySteven S. Greene
StarringMel Blanc
Mel Tormé (singing voice)
Music byMusic from previous cartoons by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn
Animation byBrenda Banks
Norm McCabe
Frans Vischer
Rebecca Rees
Mark Kausler
Layouts byRobert Givens
Lin Larsen
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Alan Bodner
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • September 23, 1988 (1988-09-23) (released at New York Festival)
  • September 24, 1988 (1988-09-24) (released with Daffy Duck's Quackbusters)
Running time
6 min.
LanguageEnglish

The Night of the Living Duck is a six-minute 1988 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Daffy Duck, directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon.[1] It was released to theatres as a part of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters on September 24, 1988 and precedes the film in all subsequent releases, including in TV broadcasts and home media.

The title is a pun on Night of the Living Dead, although the cartoon has nothing to do with said film's theme of a zombie apocalypse.

This short was also one of Mel Blanc's final performances, as it was released less than a year before his death.

The short was released on a program of special world premiere matinee screenings of the New York Film Festival’s opening day celebration event.

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 386. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.