Daffy Season Short to Play Before Cat in the Hat
The animated short by the late voice actor Eric Bauza will screen ahead of the Dr. Seuss feature's theatrical run.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Animation
Eric Bauza's animated short "Daffy Season" will play in theaters before showings of The Cat in the Hat, which opens Friday, Nov. 6. The Daffy Duck-centric short is a callback to the "Duck season! Rabbit season!" routine.
Why it matters
The short marks one of the final projects tied to Bauza, who died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, and gives audiences a theatrical showcase for his work. It also arrives as Warner Bros. continues to test Looney Tunes-based material on the big screen.
The Cat in the Hat, an animated Dr. Seuss feature with Bill Hader voicing the Cat, opens Friday, Nov. 6. The extraction provides no opening-weekend projections or comparable performance figures for the film or the short.
The players
Eric Bauza
A voice actor known for his work on Looney Tunes and other animated productions, Bauza died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease and is credited on the short.
Bill Hader
An actor and comedian who voices the Cat in the animated feature The Cat in the Hat.
The details
"Daffy Season" pits duck season against soccer season in a Daffy Duck-centric story and will run in front of The Cat in the Hat showings this week. Bauza, who also appeared in the animated feature Forgotten Island, is set to voice two characters on The Simpsons posthumously.
Timeline
This week: "Daffy Season" begins playing in theaters ahead of The Cat in the Hat.
Friday, Nov. 6: The Cat in the Hat opens in theaters nationwide.
Legacy Revival
"Daffy Season" extends the "Duck season! Rabbit season!" routine from the classic Looney Tunes shorts into a new comedic premise. Its theatrical placement before a Dr. Seuss feature continues a pattern of pairing legacy animation with family-oriented studio releases.
Moviegoers attending The Cat in the Hat this week will see "Daffy Season" before the feature begins. The short's exposure depends entirely on which theaters show the feature, so viewers should check local listings for specific showtimes.
The takeaway
Audiences seeing The Cat in the Hat can watch for "Daffy Season" as a standalone Looney Tunes-style piece before the feature begins. The short offers a brief, low-cost way to catch Bauza's work on the big screen.
What happens next
The Cat in the Hat opens in theaters Friday, Nov. 6, the date on which the short's run ends and the feature's public release begins.
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