Deduce, You Say

Porky explains that he (as Mr. Watkins) and Daffy (as Dorlock Holmes) live on Beeker St. in London. Inside their apartment, Daffy is busily engaged in deduction... tax deduction, that is, hoping to write off such costs as "taxi fares, to and from murders." Following a knock on the door, a mailman falls into their apartment. While Daffy attributes it to curare, a type of poison, the mailman chides him for not fixing the step, at which point Holmes declares that the mailman will get no gratuity. The letter identifies that there is a criminal on the loose called the Shropshire Slasher.

Daffy and Porky go to a bar where the Slasher is known to hang out. Daffy's attempts to gather clues land darts in his bill. When the Shropshire Slasher is finally revealed, Daffy repeatedly tries to deal with the man and cajoles and threatens him, but he proves much stronger and always injures Daffy; meanwhile, Porky speaks reasonably to the suspect, and he not only willing divulges his identity but is peacefully persuaded to turn himself in to the police.

Just then, a woman arrives selling flowers. Daffy accuses her of selling them without a license and threatens to arrest her. The Shropshire Slasher moans "Mother," Before Daffy has time to consider what has happened, the Shropshire Slasher grabs him by the neck and starts shaking him violently, causing all of Daffy's possessions to fall out of his pockets. The Shropshire Slasher and his mother then leave. Porky asks a disheveled Daffy what school he learned to be a detective. Daffy answers, "Elementary, my dear Watkins. Elementary."

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Inside Henry the Eighth's Fifth pub, there is a sign on the wall advertising SELZER’S WATER (seltzer water). Eddie Selzer was the producer on this cartoon.

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1953	Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1954	Claws for Alarm • My Little Duckaroo
1955	Jumpin' Jupiter • Dime to Retire
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1958	Robin Hood Daffy
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1961	Daffy's Inn Trouble
1964	Dumb Patrol
1965	Corn on the Cop
1966	Mucho Locos
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