Film: "The Night of the Living Duck," 1988
There were two things I specifically adored when I was a child: Looney Tunes cartoons and monsters. When, to capitalize on the success of "Ghostbusters," Warner Bros. cobbled together a few supernatural-themed Merrie Melodies, there was little to stop my eager young self from perpetually renting the VHS tape from the corner video store.
The movie itself is little more than a series of classic cartoons haphazardly strung together by a weak narrative that offers the only few moments of new animation in the film; the cartoons, however, include Bugs Bunny's Transylvanian encounter ("Transylvania 6-5000"), a Sylvester and Tweety yarn made much more interesting with the inclusion of Dr. Jekyll's genuine, bonafided monster potion ("Hyde and Go Tweet") and, as you can see above, a completely new short cartoon that preceeded the film featuring a slew of monstrous cameos and the Velvet Fog himself, singer Mel Tormé.
When Warner Bros. miraculously put "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" on DVD in 2009, I tracked down a copy the first day it went on sale.
