“Daffy Duck’s Fantastic Island” is another “Looney Tunes” compilation film. This was the first one to shift the focus away from Bugs Bunny. As much as I do love Bugs Bunny, I love a lot of the other characters as well so it’s refreshing. As lazy as these compilation films can be, I actually think this one manages to tie the different shorts together in a fairly creative way. It’s obviously meant to be a spoof of the “Fantasy Island” tv show.

Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzalez are stranded on a remote island. When they come across a magic well, Daffy decides to monetise this and charge visitors a price to get a wish granted by the well. Visitors include Foghorn Leghorn, Granny and Porky Pig.

Daffy Duck is very enjoyable here. I love the shorts involving Sylvester. I was less impressed by the ones involving Foghorn Leghorn as I’ve always thought he was one of the weaker Looney Tunes. I’m also not a big fan of Pepé Le Pew as his shorts tend to get very repetitive. We also get to see some new material with Daffy, Yosemite Sam and Taz being among the most prominent characters. Bugs Bunny does appear but don’t expect to see too much of him.

While a few of the shorts are underwhelming and again, I dislike the idea of just recycling old material, “Fantastic Island” at least does a good job of fitting them together. Some of the new material is actually fairly funny too. It’s not a tremendous recommendation but at the end of the day, you get some wonderful old cartoons and some decent new sequence even if you have to endure a few dud shorts. If you are a “Looney Tunes” fan, I think that this compilation film will likely entertain you.