ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

utgard14 Another Looney Tunes foray into Robin Hood territory; this time with Daffy as the famous bowman. Daffy tries to rob a rich traveler (a silly looking man riding on a mule) to prove to Porky (dressed as Friar Tuck) that he is really Robin Hood. He fails hilariously over and over to rob the man. It's a Chuck Jones short so you know there will be some funny sight gags as well as some amusing lines. It's also well-animated with great colors. Wonderful voice work from the incomparable Mel Blanc. Lively music from Milt Franklyn. It's pretty funny with an especially good tree-swinging gag, but it's never quite as great as you hope it will be.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) This 7-minute cartoon from 1958 actually has a bit of a strange premise. Daffy Duck plays Robin Hood or I should maybe say a man in Robin Hood clothes and he tries to convince Porky all film long that he actually is Robin Hood. Of course, it goes all kinds of wrong and his attempts of going against the rich even help them, for example on one occasion when he builds a bridge for the nobleman. But would Robin Hood care if people did not recognize him? Well.. he was rather vain, at least in the famous Errol Flynn movie, so maybe he would. This cartoon was only made 20 years after this famous film. Oh my. Anyway, in the end Daffy realizes it's pointless and finds another position where he will hopefully be more successful. The established trio Jones, Maltese and Blanc made this short film again and it's one of their later works from 1958. I personally did not find this one really funny, there's many better Looney Toons out there. Not recommended.

greggbaker This one always cracks me up. Especially when Daffy Mocks Friar (Porky) Tuck with, "Guffaw, Chortle, Nyuk, it is to laugh." The "Yikes and away!" is great too. They don't write 'em like this any more.Another favorite: "In the classic Warner Bros. cartoon 'The Scarlet Pumpernickel,' Daffy Duck is earnestly pitching his new script to the unseen Jack Warner. As Daffy tells the story, we see it unfold, performed by the great stock company of Daffy, Porky Pig, Sylvester and Elmer Fudd. But it soon becomes clear that Daffy does not have an ending for his movie. Warner presses him, Daffy keeps reaching, and Warner keeps asking for more. Poor Daffy. In his zeal, he forgot that adding any old plot development is not enough to make a gripping story. You've got to have something important on the line, something that matters. Daffy should have been asking himself, Who cares?That's a question all novelists must repeat. If you can create a character worth following and a problem that must be solved — and then along the way raise the stakes even higher—you're going to have the essential elements of a page-turner."

ccthemovieman-1 Just seeing Daffy dressed up in Robin Hood's green-and-red outfit and playing the mandolin while singing is pretty funny in itself Porky Pig plays Friar Tuck. Well, he has the build.This Robin Hood is so unimpressive that the Friar is convinced it is "he." Daffy, er Robin, finally says, "Look - I'll prove I'm Robin Hood. See this guy passing by? I'll rob him of his gold and give it to some poor unworthy slob." Ahh, finally a Robin Hood who tells it like it is!From that point, this cartoon was a ripoff of the Road Runner. Daffy trying to rob the guy was exactly like Wile E. Coyote attempting to get the Road Runner. Every thing that happened to him, I've seen in RR cartoons. Did Daffy steal his act here from Wile? Since this came out in 1958, apparently so. The only thing original was the ending when Daffy says "Shake hands with Friar Duck." That was a great closing line.The best thing about this animated short was the color. This is another case in which the restoration job is fully appreciated because the forest colors are magnificent. It can be seen on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Three.