Golden Yeggs

Golden Yeggs
The title card of Golden Yeggs.
Directed byI. Freleng
Story byTedd Pierce
Produced byEdward Selzer (uncredited)
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byArthur Davis
Gerry Chiniquy
Ken Champin
Virgil Ross
Emery Hawkins
Layouts byHawley Pratt
Backgrounds byPaul Julian
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • August 5, 1950 (1950-08-05)
Running time
6:51
LanguageEnglish

Golden Yeggs is a 1950 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The cartoon was released on August 5, 1950, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.[2] A forerunner of the Rocky and Mugsy characters appear, with Rocky already in his present-day form.[3]

The story was written by Tedd Pierce and animated by Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross and Emery Hawkins. Paul Julian painted the backgrounds and Hawley Pratt designed the layouts. Mel Blanc provided the voices and Carl W. Stalling the music.[4]

"Yegg" is a slang term for a burglar or safecracker. The same play-on-words was used in the title of the 1947 Bugs Bunny cartoon, Easter Yeggs. It is also a film noir parody.[5]

  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. 213. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 122. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.
  4. ^ FilmAffinity
  5. ^ Film Noir Cartoons at the Academy|Cartoon Brew