It's the Hip Fab Fun cover. The four stars, top to bottom, are occupied by Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Daffy Duck, and Foghorn Leghorn.
In the desert, Road Runner is about to drink from a fountain. Wile E. Coyote has painted his lower body white and is perched on the fountain and holds a net. An open can of Acme paint sits next to the fountain.
Daffy is on his road to riches with the grand opening of Daffy's Pizza. His customers, especially Bugs, are less than thrilled with the price and size of the pizza. Worse, while the pizza is served on a plate, it has cardboard under it. Bugs demands a refund. Daffy, knowing he has a monopoly, refuses.
"Of course, you know this means war!" is Bugs' classic response. And a pizza service war ensues as Bugs and Daffy escalate services, with Bugs always getting the upper hand. Since he can't win an honest contest, Daffy resorts to dirty tricks. All of which backfire on the scheming duck.
Defeated, Daffy finally refunds Bugs' money. Bugs, being a good sport, gives Daffy one of his pizzas free of charge. Daffy's last dirty trick, Taz, hungrily looms...
Daffy's Acme 800 Watt oven uses eight 100 Watt light bulbs. Page 4: There are some unusual folks in the crowds: A knight on horseback, somebody riding an elephant, a football player, a unicyclist, somebody riding a giraffe, a chimp, and a pair of balloonists. Page 7: One of the people in the upper right panel seems to be a pig, judging by his ears and nose. Page 8: One of Bugs' customers is wearing a barrel.
Page 1: The 'Grand Opening' banner (lower left panel) would be backwards to the people waiting outside. Page 4: The lettering on Daffy's window is missing.
Page 8: Daffy sneaks into the 'deliveries only' entrance and then is in the public dining area. What restaurant would have such an odd arrangement? Page 9: The moon changes from last quarter to first quarter in mere seconds. First quarter would be the correct phase. The last quarter moon isn't seen in the evening. Page 10: The lettering on Daffy's must move, it's shown in two positions. Page 14: The window in Daffy's door has lettering that wasn't there before.As Wile E. Coyote peers through binoculars, Road Runner runs and pops up before him, startling the coyote into an overhanging ledge. Road Runner watches with the binoculars, returning them to the fuming coyote when finished. Wile E. has an idea...
Free birdseed! And grenades which don't work out quite as planned. After his recovery Wile E. is back at it again with more free birdseed. Of course the coyote placed dynamite under the manhole cover before pouring the seed onto it. And naturally this doesn't work as planned either. Road Runner gets the seed unscathed and Wile E. gets covered.
Page 19: The manhole cover doesn't have the yellow center lines on either side. It must be a replacement. Where did the 'Free Birdseed' sign go from page 17 to 18? Just what is a manhole cover in the desert permitting access to? Road Runner isn't fully colored in several places through the comic. This is most easily seen in the third panel on page 20. Page 19: Wile E. Coyotes eyes aren't colored in panels 5 and 6. Wile E. has yellow eyes, not white. Page 20: The cover lands with nothing on top in panel 5 and the birdseed, complete with plate and sign, is on it in panel 6. Page 20: The shadowing on the plunger and the binoculars conflict. Which direction is the light coming from?Foghorn Leghorn takes delivery of a video security system. It's a welcome surprise; He can keep an eye on the henhouse and be a couch potato. The deliveryman is really the dog in disguise, who taps into the video line.
Foghorn finds the security camera view boring until the dog livens it up with Night of the Gibblets (Part 27). Foghorn rushes to the henhouse, attacking the threat. The threat however is just a scarecrow that also happens to be a trigger for the dog's practical joke. The rooster's attack results in a shower of eggs.
The dog has this on tape and plans to send it to Funny Farm Videos, but the videocassette falls from the envelope. Foghorn plays it, realizes what it is, and makes some changes to his surveillance system.
Later, Foghorn and the dog watch Funny Farm Videos to the dog's delight, and then horror. The winning entry for the funniest video contest is a tape of the dog singing, which Foghorn had sent in. The rooster uses the prize money to have copies of the tape made available...
Do I really need to point out the reference to America's Funniest Home Videos? Page 26: Two chicks are watching the egg shower. How long were those eggs left around? Page 30: One of the people in the line to get tapes is a pig. Page 30: Another person is wearing a Tweety shirt. Foghorn has three tail plumes in some panels, four in others. (Just as I think I have reason to say Foghorn has three plumes, Jay Maynard (JM) finds an animated short with a four plumed Foghorn. The nit still holds for being inconsistent within a story...PN) Page 23: The wooden shipping crate turns into a cardboard box. Page 23: A security camera with a viewfinder? Page 24: That's a thick video manual. Page 24: The dog's tail isn't colored in panel 3.There are two one-page fillers.
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