Edgar Allan Pooh . . . the "National Poultry Show," the ostensible centerpiece of Warner Bros.' animated short, YOU WERE NEVER DUCKIER. Any Warnologist will tell you that the Warner folks were giving us 68 years' advance warning of our current U.S. Presidential Campaign, in which a Democrat has the most Rich People Party delegates, and a life-long Socialist is gunning for the Democratic Party lead. With his tiny little hands, Henery Hawk is taking on Daffy Duck's normal spot as a Donald Trump stand-in here. Not to be left out, Daffy's tunnel-vision focus on redistributing the $5,000 prize for Top Rooster to himself smacks too much of Bernie Sanders to be a chance coincidence. Waiting in the wings to collect the Big Bucks when Trump's charade inevitably implodes in Henery's pops, G.K. Chickenhawk (or Ted Cruz, to you). Where does Hillary come into all this, casual viewers may query? Obviously, she's depicted here (in a gender-blind casting coup) as the sleeping rooster, from whom Daffy/Sanders plucks tail feathers as part of his dastardly plot to snatch Socialism from the Mouth of Democracy.

utgard14 Fun Chuck Jones short with Daffy squaring off against Henery Hawk and his father. Daffy tries to impersonate a chicken to win a contest and winds up in danger of being dinner for the two chicken hawks. It's a funny pairing with Daffy and characters he doesn't typically interact with. When we think of Henery we normally think of the classic Foghorn Leghorn shorts he was in. But he and Daffy play well off each other here quite well. Wonderful animation with well-drawn characters and backgrounds. Lovely bright Technicolor is always a plus in my book. The music is whimsical and upbeat. Exceptional voice work from Mel Blanc. A well-paced cartoon with lots of laughs and a great ending.

Lee Eisenberg There have been many instances of people masquerading as other individuals, but Daffy Duck brings the concept to a crazy art form in "You Were Never Duckier". Offended that a contest only pays the best duck $5 while paying the best chicken $5,000, he decides to dress up like a chicken. That's when young chicken-hawk Henery Hawk - despite his species name, he's not a warmonger who refused to serve in the armed forces - comes in search of a nice, tasty chicken to eat. Does Daffy just live a completely doomed life?! This is at the very least an early instance of Daffy's greed and egotism getting the better of him (much like in "Show Biz Bugs", where he took offense at getting billed under Bugs). If only these sorts of things could befall every greedy, narcissistic person on earth.Anyway, a cool one.

ccthemovieman-1 Pretending to be someone or something you aren't, is never a good idea. Daffy Duck finds that out here, big-time, as greed ruins him once again.Little "Henery Hawk" shares the billing with Daffy Duck. I've seen this opening theme in at least one other Looney Tune but I can't remember which one. It involves the main character (it might have been Bugs Bunny) being insulted because his species value at decidedly less than something else.Here, Daffy is insulted because he's worth only $5 while a rooster is worth $5,000, in a National Poultry Show contest for "best rooster" and "best duck" in some big city. "I came all the way from Dubuque (Iowa) for this?," asks Daffy. His plan is to pretend to be a rooster so he can win the "5,000 smackeroonies."Putting a crimp into his plans is little Henery, who wants to impress his chicken-hawk father by capturing a chicken. He heads out to the show and you know who sees first and brings home to papa!The bulk of the story, then, is Daffy is trying to save his skin from Henerey's father. Some of the sight gags in that segment are good, and the ending is very cute, guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.