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The cartoon is set in the Stone Age featuring a silent Daffy Duck, a Caveman named Casper (who is a caricature of Jack Benny {Link without Title} ), and his pet dinosaur, Fido. The cartoon is notable for Casper Caveman's line as he sights Daffy for the first time: "Yum, yummy! My favorite vegetable! Duck!" NOTABLE QUALITIES This is one of Chuck Jones' earliest directorial efforts, and as such it is notable for a couple of reasons. Most of Chuck Jones-directed cartoons from this era (such as the ones featuring Sniffles the Mouse), were very heavily inspired by Walt Disney 's cartoon shorts, placing more emphasis on story and animation than gags. ''Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur'' shows the faintest hints of deviation from such cartoons, which would eventually lead to the fast-paced Jones cartoons of the 1940's , such as The Dover Boys and The Draft Horse . This is also an important milestone in the evolution Daffy Duck's evolution. While Tex Avery and Bob Clampett had depicted Daffy as completely insane, irrational, and uncontrollable in their previous cartoon with the character, Jones depicted Daffy here as being more rational and somwhat saner than in Avery and Clmapett's cartoons. Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng would continue to develop Daffy's personality in this direction throughout the 1940's and 50's USES IN POP CULTURE This short was featured (albeit with altered sound effects and music) in the episode "''. Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres constructs an antique Television Set for Lieutenant Tom Paris and programs into it the entire ship's database of old television programs. As Paris flips through the channels, he excitedly discovers this one and exclaims "CARTOON!" |
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