Swing Ding Amigo

The Daffy/Speedy cartoons get a lot of hate, a lot of the criticisms being understandable and ones I myself share. Personal feelings for the Daffy/Speedy cartoons lean towards indifference rather than hate, but there are some decent ones in the series. Swing Ding Amigo is one of the best in the bunch. The weak link is the animation, which is very rudimentary and looks limited. Much of it looks sparse, colours are flat and some of the drawings look as though they were done in a hurry. The story is much improved over most stories in the Daffy/Speedy cartoons, but it is rather standard and could have done with more energy. The dialogue also isn't terrible, in fact it does amuse but for personal tastes it could have been sharper and funnier. The music is full of character and more than makes up for the energy that the pacing could have had more of, while the gags are more than decent especially the ending and with the grenade. Gags that thankfully didn't feel like they were recycled from Speedy and Sylvester like some cartoons in the series have been prone to. Daffy is funny and is a great presence on screen and Speedy is not too annoying either. Swing Ding Amigo is one of few Daffy/Speedy cartoons where the chemistry between the two gels and of all the cartoons in the series Daffy's anger towards Speedy and his pursuit of him gets my vote is at its most logical in Swing Ding Amigo, for anybody with noisy neighbours or dislikes loud music at night etc. will find it easy to relate to Daffy's situation, something that doesn't happen an awful lot when it comes to Daffy and Speedy. Mel Blanc doesn't disappoint either, can't think of an occasion where he particularly did. To conclude, one of the better entries in the Daffy/Speedy cartoons. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Speedy owns a nightclub which, unfortunately, happens to be right below Daffy's home. Disturbed by the constant racket Speedy and his friends are making, Daffy tries everything to (literally) put an end to it.

The Daffy/Speedy series is certainly a mixed bag. Some of its shorts are good/very good (Quacker Tracker, Chili Corn Corny), a few are great (Go-Go Amigo, Daffy Rents), some are average (Skyscraper Caper, A Taste Of Catnip), and some are horrible (Rodent To Stardom, See Ya Later Gladiator). Fortunately, this cartoon falls into the first category. Unlike many other Daffy/Speedy shorts (especially Moby Duck, Assault and Peppered and Well Worn Daffy), there's actually a logical reason behind Daffy's anger with Speedy, namely the constant noise he makes with his nightclub. Some of the measures Daffy takes to catch Speedy are quite amusing, especially the long-without-being-convoluted grenade gag. As is the cartoon's ending. The animation is a little disappointing (Speedy's nightclub is little more than a giant brown room) but not enough to hurt an otherwise solid cartoon.

Worth seeing.