Moby Duck (1965)

Moby Duck Review

Moby Duck is a 1965 animated short film from the Looney Tunes series. It is a pretty solid cartoon.

Daffy Duck, stranded on a desert island and starving, finds canned food on an island. However, there’s one problem, Speedy Gonzales has the only available can opener. This was a surprisingly good short after a couple of poor efforts. Daffy not wanting to give any food to Speedy was in line with his selfish personality and his dialogue was quite funny at times.

Most of the gags and lines that we get to see from Daffy are the highlights here while Speedy was less interesting and certainly not a great match for the duck. The premise is so good that it managed to bypass the initial awkwardness of this pairing, though that conceit was literally stolen from ‘Canned Feud’. The animation is only okay as is the score. The final Robinson Crusoe cameo was unnecessary and too fleeting.

Moby Duck has a great Daffy, but Speedy is less memorable. It’s a fun movie, though it’s unoriginal in its basic premise.

My Rating – 3.9