Subject Matter
Genres:
anthropomorphic
Character(s):
Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; hotel desk clerk; angry guy
First Line:
Sufferin' succotash! There must be more comfortable places to sleep than a park bench, but offhand I can't think of where it would be!
Synopsis:
On a very hot night, Elmer decides to sleep in an air-conditioned hotel rather than his uncomfortable house. Daffy, who's having troubles of his own trying to sleep on a park bench, stows away in Elmer's suitcase to also enjoy the comforts of the hotel. When Elmer tries to kick out his unwanted guest, an angry guy in the next room, disturbed by the ruckus - and who is also an animal lover, "clonks" Elmer on the head and declares: "If I hear you hurting that duck again, I'll throw you out of the hotel! Understand?" Now, Daffy does his best to antagonize Elmer and get the angry guy to return.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
6
Notes:
Dialogue and situations are "Maltese-ian"! Similar in tone to the 1947 Warner Bros. theatrical animated short "A Pest in the House", directed by Chuck Jones and co-written by Michael Maltese. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039700/ Though, in the cartoon, Elmer and Daffy are employees of the hotel and the "angry guy" is more of a big bruiser who repeatedly socks hotel manager Elmer in the face for every disturbance caused by overeager bellhop Daffy.
This story's "angry guy" is more of a squat-but-tough, bad-tempered character who, in basic appearance, resembles Friz Freleng's "Little Big Nose Guy" from the Pink Panther theatrical animated shorts - though more detailed and less "minimalist" in design.
This angry guy also appeared in the very next story of the original printing as seen in Daffy Duck (Western, 1962 Series) #33 (June 1963) - owing, most likely, to Phil De Lara having drawn every Daffy Duck story in that entire book. De Lara would also draw the actual "Little Big Nose Guy" in Western/Gold Key's Pink Panther comic book series in starting in 1971.
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