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  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Robin Hood Daffy is a 1958 Warner Brothers theatrical cartoon short, part of the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese.
The annoyed Daffy tries to prove his skill with a "quarterstaff" (Daffy: "Actually, it's a buck-and-a-quarter quarterstaff, but I'm not telling him [1] that."), but manages to hit himself in the face with it, bending his beak in what becomes a recurring visual gag throughout the film.
Daffy fails in each and every attempt he makes to stop the traveller, usually injuring himself in the process, be it accidentally firing himself from his own bow, or slamming into a succession of trees while trying to swing on a rope.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Robin_Hood_Daffy   (553 words)

  
  Robin Hood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor.
Robin Hood himself is reputed to be buried in the grounds of Kirklees Priory near Brighouse in West Yorkshire.
In 2003, Defender of the Crown was re-mastered and re-released as Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robin_Hood   (3613 words)

  
 Robin Hood -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The first historical mention of Robin Hood is in a passage of the "Scotichronicon", written partly by (additional info and facts about John Fordun) John Fordun between 1377 and 1384, and partly by his pupil (additional info and facts about Walter Bower) Walter Bower, about 1450, who largely interpolated the work of his master.
The folkloric Robin Hood was deprived of his lands by the villainous (additional info and facts about Sheriff of Nottingham) Sheriff of Nottingham and became an (Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime) outlaw.
In modern versions of the legend, Robin Hood is said to have taken up residence in the verdant (An ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band) Sherwood Forest in the county of (additional info and facts about Nottinghamshire) Nottinghamshire.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robin_hood.htm   (2221 words)

  
 Robin Hood Daffy - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Robin Hood Daffy is a 1958 Warner Brothers cartoon featuring Daffy Duck as legendary outlaw Robin Hood.
Porky Pig plays a friar who wants to join Robin Hood's band of outlaws.
Daffy repeatedly blunders in his attempts to impress Porky Pig that he is Robin Hood.
www.music.us /education/R/Robin-Hood-Daffy.htm   (336 words)

  
 DVD Times - The Adventures of Robin Hood
The opening scenes are there to quickly establish Robin Hood as a decent but unwilling subject of Prince John, a vain and selfish man who appointed himself to the throne in the absence of his brother, King Richard.
As Robin Hood, who is better known in royal circles as Sir Robin of Locksley, rushes to the aid of Much-the-Miller's-son (Herbert Mundin), who has been caught in the act of killing a deer on the king's land without his permission - an act that carries the death sentence.
Famously, the Sheriff of Nottingham even sets a trap for Robin Hood by arranging an archery tournament, which he knows the vain outlaw could not refuse to attend given that he is the finest archer in the land.
www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=58648   (3440 words)

  
 Robin Hood
Robin won an archery contest in Nottingham (later stories have him disguised, and added the moment where he splits the arrow.) And in A Gest of Robyn Hode and Robin Hood's Death, the outlaw was bled to death at Kirklees Priory in Yorkshire.
Robin is the forebear of such comic characters as the Green Arrow and Hawkeye.
Patrick Troughton, later to play the second Doctor, was Robin Hood for six episodes of a BBC adaption in 1953, but it was their rivals at ITC who produced the first television version which left a true mark, when they launched "The Adventures of Robin Hood" in 1955.
www.internationalhero.co.uk /h/hood.htm   (1699 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Robin Hood Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The late 16th century is also the period when the Robin Hood story is moved back in time to the 1190s, when King Richard is away at the crusadess.
Robin's other enemies include the rich abbots of the Catholic Church and a bounty hunter named Guy of Gisbourne.
In fact, there is a something of a modern movement amongst Yorkshire residents to try to reappropriate the legend of Robin Hood, to the extent that South Yorkshire's new airport, on the site of the redeveloped RAF Finningley airbase near Doncaster, will be given the name Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield.
www.ipedia.com /robin_hood.html   (1431 words)

  
 DVD Authority | DVD Review of The Adventures of Robin Hood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Robin Hood is one of those stories that, like the O.K. Corral, has been done about a zillion times in Hollywood.
Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) is the defender of the Saxons, when Prince John (Claude Rains) assumes power of the throne from his absent brother, Robin vows to oppose the new ruler and recruits help for the cause.
Robin, along the way, robs from the rich and gives to the poor in his effort to thwart the powers that be.
www.dvdauthority.com /reviews.asp?reviewID=3466   (1522 words)

  
 Robin Hood Daffy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Robin Hood Daffy is a 1958 Warner Brothers cartoon featuring Daffy Duck as legendary outlaw Robin Hood.
Porky Pig plays a friar who wants to join Robin Hood's band of outlaws.
Daffy repeatedly blunders in his attempts to impress Porky Pig that he is Robin Hood.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/robin_hood_daffy   (189 words)

  
 The Adventures of Robin Hood: Special Edition (1938)
Errol Flynn is eternally charming as Robin, defender of the poor, in this rousing family adventure that co-stars Olivia de Havill and and Claude Rains.
Robin crashes a party at Sir Guy’s place and declares his intentions to all involved.
From the romantic interaction between Robin and Marian to the comic relief to the nature of the villains, not much seems to have changed since 1938.
www.dvdmg.com /robinhood1938.shtml   (2184 words)

  
 IGN: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Special Edition) Review
Robin of Locksley (Errol Flynn) is a Saxon noble disgusted by the abuse of power by the Prince and turns on him.
Robin heads off to a state dinner with the deer slung over his shoulder, where Prince John and his right-hand man, Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Basil Rathbone) inform him that he intends to take the throne.
Robin assembles a group of followers, despite the price on his head, and they begin to rob from the rich Normans to give the money to poor Saxons.
dvd.ign.com /articles/453/453478p1.html   (1509 words)

  
 Looney Tunes Daffy Duck Backgrounds
Daffy Duck claims to be Robin Hood, and some wanted posters seem to support his claim.
Daffy Duck is working the room, mixing with an audience which in this case includes the Frankenstein Monster and his charming bride.
Daffy disguises himself as a hunting dog and points out Elmer as the target for Bugs Bunny (who is hunting in drag).
www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/bester/250/daffy4u.html   (247 words)

  
 THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Driven off into Sherwood Forrest, Sir Robin becomes known as Robin Hood, leader of those poor Saxons who still loyal to King Richard, but are forced into a life of thievery by Prince John and his followers.
Robin Hood Through the Ages is a seven-minute program with Rudy Behlmer discussing various film productions of Robin Hood, with a comparison of the 1938 Errol Flynn and 1922 Douglas Fairbanks versions.
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD is indeed one of the greatest swashbuckling action movies of all time, in addition to being a tried and true silver screen classic.
www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2003/aorh-dvd.htm   (1162 words)

  
 Monstervision Host Segments for Robin Hood:Men In Tights
That character, Asneeze, is a take-off on Morgan Freeman's Azeem in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
The quintessential Robin, and the first guy to play him in Technicolor was, of course, Errol Flynn in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" from 1938.
We had Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn as Robin and Marian in the 1976 flick, "Robin and Marian." Patrick Bergin did a TV version of "Robin Hood" in 1991, same year Kevin Costner got laughed out of the theaters for HIS Robin Hood.
www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/RobinHood.html   (2684 words)

  
 DVD review of Adventures Of Robin Hood, The - DVD Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In fact, "The Adventures of Robin Hood" from 1938 may be the most exciting retelling of any vintage legend ever filmed, an almost perfect blend of adventure, romance, and high good humor.
Hair styles aside, "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is as nearly perfect a costume action epic as one could hope for.
"Robin Hood Through the Ages" is a seven-minute look at Robin Hood's earlier screen adaptations, most particularly the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks silent classic.
www.dvdtown.com /review/adventuresofrobinhoodthe/11094/1766   (1219 words)

  
 The Robin Hood Picture Gallery
I first collected Robin Hood comics for an academic paper which I delivered at the 1998 SEMA conference and a modified version of it at the 1999 Robin Hood conference in Nottingham.
Robin Hood in the caves beneath the Salutation Inn
Robin Hood Scholars at the 2003 academic conference
www.boldoutlaw.com /robpics   (4666 words)

  
 ROBIN HOOD FILMS
"Koko Meets Robin Hood." With Norma MacMillan and Larry Storch.
With Brian Bedford, Monica Evans, Peter Ustinov and Roger Miller.
"Robin Hood Rides Again." Van Beuren Studios, 1934.
www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/rh/rhfilms.htm   (327 words)

  
 The That's Warner Bros.!/Bugs N' Daffy Show Page
Daffy hallucinates an old-fashioned telephone with which he tries to contract "room service" while lost on a desert; the hotel desk clerk of Show 10's "Canary Row" answers the same style of telephone.
Daffy's predicament in "Good Noose" is correspondent with that of John Rooster in "Each Dawn I Crow", by both birds doing all that they can do to prevent death by the neck.
Sylvester and Daffy strive respectively to prevent their threatened demise in "Tweet and Sour" and "Don't Axe Me", both of which are set on a farm.
looney.goldenagecartoons.com /tv/thatswb/twb-con.html   (1896 words)

  
 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) -- Robin Hood Spotlight of the Month
Robin's cause, as a freedom fighter, comes largely from Joseph Ritson's 1795 introduction to a ballad collection, elaborated by 19th century writers like Sir Walter Scott.
The Fairbanks picture, in order to live up its tournament fade-in, had to ring in the whole goddamned Crusades, and a light taste of the real Robin Hood story was dragged in as a tag at the end to justify the use of the name.
Robin's encounters with Friar Tuck and King Richard are straight out of the ballads.
www.boldoutlaw.com /robspot/0598a.html   (1740 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Robin Hood (1922) (1922) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Robin Hood was a dream project for dashing Douglas Fairbanks and he brought the full resources of his studio to the film, building the largest standing set ever for Prince John's magnificent castle and filling open plains with thousands of extras.
This is arguably the lushest version of Robin Hood (although the Flynn classic is in the running) with enormous sets(some of the biggest ever made), lavish costumes and big stars.
Robin Hood screams out for a full orchestral score, not a tinny electronic beat that sounds like a cheap Casio keyboard.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630408322X?v=glance   (1997 words)

  
 DVD Breakdown | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
It was a prestige picture that marked a departure from the gritty urban thrillers for which the studio was best known, and was by far the most expensive picture ever produced at Warner.
'Robin Hood through the Ages' is actually a six-minute encapsulation of the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks filim, with Behlmer offering direct comparisons to the 1938 version and some historical background tidbits.
The funniest is Rabbit Hood, a real vintage 'toon with Bugs Bunny trying to outsmart the Sheriff of Nottingham after stealing a carrot, and it includes a clever cameo at the end.
www.dvdbreakdown.com /titles/adventuresofrobinhood.html   (1087 words)

  
 Refining the "Long-eared Galoot": Chuck Jones' Rabbit Punch and Rabbit Hood
Throughout the cartoon, Friar Tuck intermittently appears to pronounce the imminent arrival of Robin Hood.
Daffy tries to “play” Errol in a range of cartoons like The Scarlet Pumpernickel and Robin Hood Daffy, but Bugs emerges as a closer equivalent to the exuberant action star (despite sounding more like a cross between Bogart, Groucho and carrot-chewing Gable in It Happened One Night, 1934).
It is this key development in characterisation and stardom – and the studied poses that accompaniment it – that most marks the difference between these two cartoons and will lead to the masterpieces of character animation that Jones will make in the first half of the 1950s.
www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/cteq/05/37/rabbit_punch.html   (1501 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition): DVD: Melville Cooper,Errol Flynn,Alan Hale,Ian ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD was Warners' biggest box office hit of 1938, became a multiple Academy Award winner (with the most statuettes of any film that year), and it's luster has only increased through the years, being named as one of the AFI's 100 Greatest Films of All Time.
Errol Flynn in his signature role as Robin Hood, the dashing English nobleman who forsakes his wealth and title to battle the evil Prince John who plans to usurp the throne from it's rightful heir.
Robin retreats to Sherwood Forest to live the life of a thief with those loyal to the true king.
amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JKEZ?v=glance   (1940 words)

  
 ULTW Daffy Duck Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Daffy's first appearance was in Tex Avery's 1937 Porky's Duck Hunt which brings Porky to a marshland with his loyal Hound hunting for ducks, but among the many ducks one would refuse to play by the rules.
Daffy is the stern commander of a frontier fort in Injun territory.
Daffy go to divorce court after his magic trick makes their egg disappear and he tries to substitute a doorknob to replace it.
tultw.com /bios/daffy.htm   (4870 words)

  
 The Adventures of Robin Hood
In these cynical days when swashbucklers cannot be presented without an ironic subtext, this great 1938 film exists in an eternal summer of bravery and romance.
We require no Freudian subtext, no revisionist analysis; it is enough that Robin wants to rob the rich, pay the poor and defend the Saxons not against all Normans, only the bad ones: 'It's injustice I hate, not the Normans'."
"Robin Hood Through the Ages" featurette (on the various screen adaptations)
librarymedia.org /dvd_classics/Titles/advntrs_robin_hood.htm   (362 words)

  
 Robin Hood Daffy (1958)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Plot Outline: Daffy haplessly attempts to prove to the jocularly doubtful Friar Tuck Porky that he is actually Robin Hood.
I especially liked that song he sings at the beginning "To trip, to trip, to trip it up and down." I also like the part where Daffy keeps hitting all those trees, so he chops them down.
Daffy is one of my all time favorite toons.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0052139   (252 words)

  
 Looney Tunes Collection — Best Of Daffy And Porky reviewed by AllZone4DVD.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
After reviewing the Looney Tunes All Star and Bugs Bunny collections, this was the collection I was looking forward to the least (in a driving a BMW after driving a Ferrari and Porsche sort of way, in other words still looking forward to it).
However there are other classics here such as ‘Duck Amuck’ with Daffy going insane as his animator decides to have some fun at his expense and Daffy’s run in with the mob in ‘Golden Yeggs’.
Episode listing for the Best Of Daffy And Porky: Duck Amuck, Dough For The Do-Do, Drip-Along Daffy, Scaredy Cat, The Ducksters, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, Yankee Doodle Daffy, Porky Chops, Wearing Of The Grin, Deduce You Say, Boobs In The Woods, Golden Yeggs, Rabbit Fire, Duck Dodgers In The 24th And A Half Century.
www.allzone4dvd.net /review_details.htm?id=810   (704 words)

  
 Animation Art Cel Gallery, $1.25 Staff, Daffy Duck, Chuck Jones, Warner Bros, Disney, Hanna Barbera, Simpsons, Warner ...
Robin Hood Daffy confronts Friar Porky whose staff only cost a quarter.
Inspired by the original 1958 cartoon scene, Chuck Jones created the original artwork for this edition.
Based on the hilarious cartoon scene in 'Robin Hood Daffy', Jones created the original artwork used to produce this edition.
www.animationusa.com /wb95.html   (158 words)

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