The Night of the Living Duck
| The Night of the Living Duck | |
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| Directed by | Greg Ford Terry Lennon |
| Story by | Greg Ford Terry Lennon |
| Produced by | Steven S. Greene |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Mel Tormé (singing voice) |
| Music by | Music from previous cartoons by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | Brenda Banks Norm McCabe Frans Vischer Rebecca Rees Mark Kausler |
| Layouts by | Robert Givens Lin Larsen |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas Alan Bodner |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Language | English |
The Night of the Living Duck is a six-minute 1988 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Daffy Duck, directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. 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 shown on the opening day of the 1988 New York Film Festival before Pedro Almodovar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.