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One of the most popular of the Disney cartoon characters, Donald Duck
made his debut in the Silly Symphony cartoon "The Wise Little Hen" on
June 9, 1934. His fiery temper endeared him to audiences, and in the
1940s he surpassed Mickey Mouse in the number of cartoons reaching the
theaters. Eventually, there were 128 Donald Duck cartoons, but he also
appeared in a number of others with Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Pluto. His
middle name, shown in a wartime cartoon, is Fauntleroy. The original
voice of Donald was Clarence "Ducky" Nash, who was succeeded after 50
years by Disney artist Tony Anselmo. A daily Donald Duck newspaper comic
strip began on February 7, 1938.
Donald Duck has a good heart and always has good intentions. Well, almost
always. Actually, it's his second or third intentions that are the good
ones, but by the time they surface Donald's already off and running in
the wrong direction. He refuses to let anyone or anything stand in his
way. It doesn't matter how much humiliation the world dishes out to him,
Donald will take it and come back for more. He's a loser, not a quitter,
and he'll go down fighting. This is a duck with one short fuse, and an
amazing (if unintelligible) command of language, and when things don't go
right, he goes ballistic. Yet after the storm is over and the tantrum is
through, when faithful Daisy soothes his brow or his conscience finally
catches up with him, even Donald can admit that there must be a better
way. If only he could figure out what it is.
Hot-headed Donald is a little man in a big world that's trying to keep
him down. Call it fate, or call it lack of self-control, nothing goes
right for this duck: even his best intentions often go awry. Of course,
by the time his best intentions surface he's probably already chasing
after less noble pursuits. As stubborn as he is temperamental, he won't
give in, even when he's up to his beak in trouble. Then watch out. Like a
lot of people with a temper problem, he's blind to his own faults but
quick to see them in others. He can't understand why life seems so much
easier for pals Mickey and easy-going Goofy. It's not fair. Still, Donald
will keep struggling to get what he deserves in the world. Favorite sayings:
"Oh, yeah?" "Hiya, toots!" "Aw, phooey!" "Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" "Nothin'
to it!"
Donald Duck made his debut in this fable about a mother hen who needs help
planting corn and harvesting it. When Donald and his friend, Peter Pig,
sole members of the Idle Hour Club, refuse, she does it herself with the
help of her chicks. When all is finished and various types of corn
delicacies are on the table, Donald and Peter, now interested, are not
invited
Directed by Wilfred Jackson.
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