It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Coming from an avid Looney Tunes and Daffy Duck fan, I actually enjoyed My Little Duckaroo. One or two of the sight gags may border on predictable and the ending is rather disappointing, but the dialogue is razor sharp and funny especially from Daffy. Speaking of Daffy I too prefer him when he is manic in alternative to greedy, but I really enjoyed him here, mainly because of his dialogue and the silly clothes he wears. Porky is given little to do, but he does have a song at the beginning that is quite amusing, not because of the lyrics as such but the singing is intentionally off-key. Other than the song, the accompanying music is melodious and memorable, and the animation is impressively rendered. Although Nasty Canasta doesn't say much, he is an interesting enough foil for Daffy I think. And as always, Mel Blanc is stellar providing the vocals. Overall, a fun cartoon while not Daffy's best. 9/10 Bethany Cox PS. The title of my review refers to one of the sight gags, that I found particularly funny if random.

As a sequel of sorts to "Drip-Along Daffy" (1951), "My Little Duckaroo" features the blundering, incompetent Daffy Duck as the Masked Avenger and Porky Pig as his comedy relief sidekick. Their target is the burly outlaw Nasty Canasta, for whom there is a $10,000 reward. Sure, Daffy can fix his wagon! My favorite scenes: Being a music lover, I almost always enjoy hearing the Looney Tunes characters burst into song, even if off-key, as Porky sings and plays guitar during the opening credits of this cartoon short. Daffy accidentally shoots the top of his head, with a nice honking horn sound effect as his ten-gallon hat plops back onto his now bald head. During a trumpet fanfare, Daffy shouts, "This looks like a job for....", when suddenly his cape covers his head and the fanfare stops; his horse then burps during Daffy's enthusiastic introduction of himself. And check out Daffy's Mexican bandito getup.If you can overlook the absolutely weak ending, you may agree that "My Little Duckaroo" is a fine comedy Western cartoon. Most of the time, the loudly arrogant Daffy tries to prove his worth to Nasty Canasta, who in return offers Daffy not the least vestige of recognition!

I didn't know the date of the episode before I watched it and while I watched I presumed it was a 1960's Looney Tunes cartoon, almost definitely made by I Freleng and like many of his cartoons a whole bag of references to earlier classic episodes. When I saw this was a cartoon made in 1954 and it was made by Chuck Jones, I was very surprised.Still, this is an episode all right to watch, if exceedingly similar to "Drip Along Daffy." Like in "Drip Along Daffy," Daffy Duck is a western-hero and Porky alongside him is a "Comedy Relief." There are some fun songs at the beginning, which is relatively common in Looney Tunes, but still excitingly lovely all the same. Daffy Duck is the Masked "Evenger" (that's how he pronounces "Avenger," anyway) and he sees a wanted poster for a major criminal. The Masked Avenger gallops to the criminal's house and attempts to arrest the desparado....The episode may be predictable and cliché, but for Daffy Duck fans it is still overall worth at least one watch, as the personalities of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig are very entertaining.Recommended to people who like Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, enjoy "My Little Duckaroo"! :-)

Driven by a desire to see wrongs righted (and claim the massive reward), the Masked Avenger decides to go after criminal Nasty Canasta and bring him to justice. However, Canasta proves to be more than a match for the Avenger - mask or no mask.I'm a big fan of Daffy Duck but I vastly prefer him when he is in fully `crazy' mood, doing all sorts of manic things; I find that much funnier than his later greedy & selfish personae. Here, however he is in selfish mode - not in itself a sign of a bad cartoon, but here it is all part of the problem. Along with Porky as comedy relief, Daffy goes after a criminal but has very little response form him. Why the script decided to do this is beyond me as it means there is very little happening to really laugh at. The material throughout is pretty uninspiring and relies heavily on Daffy's delivery alone to make it enjoyable.Sadly, for me, Daffy's greedy character just isn't that funny at times (here being one of them) and his delivery in this cartoon is average at best. It's the fault of the material of course, and I was surprised just how weak the whole thing was. Porky is named the comedy relief but he has absolutely nothing to do outside of two or three lines of dialogue. Canasta is like some of the other `old west' villains that have tangled with other WB characters, but the decision to have him do almost nothing was a daft one.Overall this cartoon offers two big names and a mildly amusing set up, but, like me, I imagine many people will be bewildered by just how uninspiring the thing is.