Another Looney Tunes foray into Robin Hood territory; this time with Daffy as the famous bowman. Daffy tries to rob a rich traveler (a silly looking man riding on a mule) to prove to Porky (dressed as Friar Tuck) that he is really Robin Hood. He fails hilariously over and over to rob the man. It's a Chuck Jones short so you know there will be some funny sight gags as well as some amusing lines. It's also well-animated with great colors. Wonderful voice work from the incomparable Mel Blanc. Lively music from Milt Franklyn. It's pretty funny with an especially good tree-swinging gag, but it's never quite as great as you hope it will be.

Any cartoon with Mel Blanc doing the voice characterizations and produced by Chuck Jones has got something going for it, but while ROBIN HOOD DAFFY is not the funniest cartoon about the famous outlaw, it does garner a few laughs when Daffy crashes into more trees than George of the Jungle.The animation though, leaves something to be desired--it's not as pleasing in background layout nor are the characters given the sort of careful craftsmanship that was evident in, for example, the Tom and Jerry cartoons. Perhaps this is due to the newer drawing style of the late '50s which relied on more crudely drawn characters.At any rate, a funny take on the Robin Hood legend, with Daffy getting the worst of things for a change while Porky Pig remains relatively unscathed by any of the over-the-top slapstick. Enjoyable enough, but not one of the funnier Porky Pig/Daffy Duck outings.

This short is an extremely funny teaming of Daffy with Porky as his "straight man" (with Porky's antics the cause of a lot of the funniest bits). I have to talk about something specific in the short, so let this be my spoiler warning: Any cartoon where Porky Pig sings the first verse of "Barbara Allen" is one my permanent list of favorites. When I first saw this cartoon, hearing an old tradition song issuing forth in the dulcet tones of Porky Pigs had me rolling on the floor and it still makes me laugh like a loon to this day.The fun in this cartoon is watching Daffy and his progressively desperate (and increasingly unsuccessful) attempts to convince Porky that he really is Robin Hood, honest and for truly, he is! This has been released on a Looney Tunes Golden Collection on DVD and it (and the rest of the Collections) are well worth having and all most highly recommended!

One of my all-time favorites. One hysterical gag after another, especially when Daffy tries to swing on a vine and smashes into one tree after another. Daffy is so funny as the failed Robin Hood Daffy, and Porky Pig is hillarious as Friar Tuck laughing at everything Daffy is doing. I can never stop laughing when I watch this one.