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Beanstalk Bunny (1955)
Chuck Jones in his animation prime!
The humor and timing in this cartoon is all-over fantastic, but the highlight of this cartoon is the mere 20 or so seconds of Daffy Duck yelling at Bugs inside a giant glass. Of course, Daffy making the loudest noise possible while we hear none of it outside of the glass is great (the key to comedy IS silence!) The expressions of panic and exhaustion on Daffy's face while Bugs remains calm and expressionless is worth seeing this cartoon alone. In my top five Warner classic shorts.
Duck Amuck (1953)
Likely the funniest Daffy Duck cartoon ever
The laughs never stop in this Chuck Jones classic. Lines will stick with you for a long time, as previous reviewers have mentioned, including Daffy's "This is a close-up?!" From the moment Daffy appears on screen as a swashbuckler, you know you're in for hilarity. The duck proves he is the king of improvisation in this ultimate challenge to see what he can do next. He gets frustrated with every change that happens to him, but he always has something funnier and funnier to present. ("Brother, what a way to run a rail-road.") The animation, the script and the voice work just combine to perfection and it makes Daffy my favorite over Bugs.