Ding Dog Daddy


Ding Dog Daddy is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce. The short was released on December 5, 1942, and features Willoughby the Dog.
The title is a play on a popular expression, as in the song "I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas".

Synopsis

After having no luck with the ladies, Willoughby falls in love with "Daisy", a metal statue of a female dog in a garden, failing to realize that "Daisy" is indeed a sculpture. Whenever Willoughby kisses Daisy, lightning strikes and sends a shock through his system, which he takes as a sign of her passionate love for him. The hero constantly has to contend with a vicious bulldog who is guarding the gate to the garden. After Daisy is carted away in a truck marked "Scrap Metal for Victory" to be melted down, Willoughby runs frantically to the munitions depot, trying to find Daisy, only to find a bomb labelled "Daisy". As he cries over Daisy's changed appearance, the bomb explodes in his face, leading him to cry out happily.