After Chuck Jones got in trouble with the IRS for failing to report the income he received betting on turtle races in Key West, he cut a deal with the government. Jones agreed to direct short films staring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, informing the public about the dangers of lesser known diseases.
The following is the transcript from one of these films.
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The following is the transcript from one of these films.
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Bugs and Daffy are leaning on a tree. Daffy has a pipe.
Bugs: Eh, what's up, doc?
Daffy: I'll tell you what is up! Cases of Paracoccidioidomycosis!
Bugs: Paracoccidioidomycosis is a mycosis caused by Paraco... ccidioides. It is sometimes called "South American blastomycosis", doc, but is caused by a different fungus than that which causes blastomycosis.
Daffy: Whatta maroon.
Bugs: (squinting has he tries to read cue cards off camera) If you get exposed, and your mycosis becomes... Sub...cutan...eous, know that these infections are difficult to treat and may require surgical debridement.
Daffy: Or just use Castor oil!
Bugs: Yeah, that should cure it. Castor oil, whatever.
(Bugs sighs, looking bored.)
Daffy: If you are exposed, see your school nurse. And tell your pop to vote for Eisenhower.
Bugs: Yep. (Bugs wanders off set.)
Daffy: Bugs?
(Daffy looks blankly, shrugs. Then he listens to someone off mumbling off camera.)
Daffy: We have seventy more of these to do?
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