Barney Bear goes duck hunting, but is forbidden by the rule book to shoot the one duck available: a duck that is asleep.Barney Bear goes duck hunting, but is forbidden by the rule book to shoot the one duck available: a duck that is asleep.Barney Bear goes duck hunting, but is forbidden by the rule book to shoot the one duck available: a duck that is asleep.
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Barney Bear goes duck hunting at Lake Quackhappy. The rules say that there is no shooting before sunrise and there is no shooting a sleeping duck. As soon as the sun rises, all the ducks fly off except one. That one duck refuses to wake up. Of course, another rule says that he can shoot the duck when it's up in the air. So he tries to launch the duck any which way.
I don't know much about duck hunting. The rules feel a bit random. I would suggest changing the sunrise/sunset rules to something more time specific. Let's say that he can't shoot until after 8 am. The ducks can suddenly have a giant alarm clock which sets them to take flight. It would be a funnier gag. Next, I don't get the sleeping rule. It's very random. Nevertheless, this is fun and a bit of random nonsense is not that big of a deal.
I don't know much about duck hunting. The rules feel a bit random. I would suggest changing the sunrise/sunset rules to something more time specific. Let's say that he can't shoot until after 8 am. The ducks can suddenly have a giant alarm clock which sets them to take flight. It would be a funnier gag. Next, I don't get the sleeping rule. It's very random. Nevertheless, this is fun and a bit of random nonsense is not that big of a deal.
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- Jul 21, 2023
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- TriviaThis is the first Barney Bear cartoon directed by Dick Lundy, who previously did Caballero Droopy (1952) when Tex Avery took a break from MGM. However, Lundy was an animation director when he previously worked directing Walt Disney and Walter Lantz shorts from 1939 to 1951.
- GoofsRule One of Duck Shooting Rules & Regulations is shown on the first page, but when the duck shows Barney Bear Rule 2, he turns to a page in the 2nd half of the book. Then, in a closeup of the book in Barney's right paw, there are many more pages than when the duck opened it, indicating that it could be the second page of the book.
- Crazy creditsThe yellow logos appear in the purple background.
- Alternate versionsSome TV prints are missing a blackface gag. An accidental electrocution causes Barney Bear to resemble a black "mammy" and the duck he is pursuing to look like a caricature of a little black girl, complete with ribbons in his hair.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Toon in with Me: Stuff & Nonsense #12 (2021)
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- Runtime6 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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