Book Revue

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As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.

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7.1/10

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Mel Blanc

Daffy Duck
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Bea Benaderet

Bobby-Soxer
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Sara Berner

Mrs. Aldrich
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Richard Bickenbach

Various
(voice)
(uncredited)

Robert C. Bruce

Henry the VIII
(uncredited)

Stan Freberg

Frank Sinatra
(voice)
(uncredited)
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The Sportsmen Quartet

Vocalists
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert Clampett
Writer
- Warren Foster
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Trivia
Daffy Duck's impersonation is based on Danny Kaye, probably parodying his "Tchaikovsky and Other Russians" routine.

Goofs
As Daffy and Little Red Riding Hood are dancing at the end, the dancers in the background suddenly disappear.

Quotes
Daffy Duck: Swing music. Jazz. Phooey! Ah, bublichas, how difference in my native willage. Soft music, wiolins, the happy peoples sitting on their balalaikas, playing their samovars. And then, there was Cucaracha. Ah, Cucaracha: so round, so firm, so fully packed, and so easy on the draw. They would sink to me a little gypsy love song, like this. Listen. CUCARA-CHA! Cucaracha, cucaracha - hoo hoo hoo hoo! Cucaracha, cucaracha - hoohoohoohoo!

Alternate versions
When this Looney Tunes cartoon was released to television as a Merrie Melodies/Blue Ribbon, the title was changed to "Book Review" and all the specific credits deleted. The original print with the correct title is available fully restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2.

Connections
Featured in The Bob Clampett Show: Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid/A Gruesome Twosome/Book Revue (2000)

Soundtracks
Carolina in the Morning
(uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Wacky version sung by Mel Blanc (as Daffy Duck) while doing his Danny Kaye impersonation
Also played when Daffy and Red Riding Hood are dancing

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10/10

So great, so clever...and to think that I didn't get it as a youngster.

Part of the reason that the Looney Tunes cartoons were so great is that they exposed children to high culture. "Book Revue" is one of the many cartoons that does this. Featuring a book store where the literature does impersonations of Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, and others, they go all out here.

One thing that I have to admit is that when I was six years old, I didn't get the references; I mean, how many six-year-old children can identify William Shakespeare or Dante's "Inferno"? I also didn't know that Daffy Duck was doing a skit based on Danny Kaye.

But even if you don't get all the jokes, it's still a hoot just for what they show. You're sure to love it.