"A Donald Duck Cartoon"
Release Date February 11, 1938
Running Time 8:51
Synopsis
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Donald tries to learn self-control with the help of radio announcer Uncle
Smiley. But he finds that the radio advice is difficult to follow in real
life.
Characters
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Donald Duck
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Bird (unnamed)
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Caterpillar (unnamed)
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Chicken (unnamed)
Credits
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Director : Jack King
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Story : Carl Barks
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Animation
- Jack Hannah
- Paul Allen
- Ed Aardal
- Charles Couch
Videos
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Germany
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Alle Enten Fertig Los
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France
- Donald Se Fache!
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Italy
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Vita da Paperi
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Video Parade 11
Laserdiscs
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Japan
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Goin' Quackers
DVD
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United States
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Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald Volume 1 : (1934-1941)
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Walt Disney's Funny Factory
with Donald
Television
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The Ink and Paint Club : #14 :
Early Donald
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Mickey's Mouse Tracks :
Episode 62
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Donald's Quack Attack :
Episode 12
Technical Specifications
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Color Type : Technicolor
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Animation type : Standard
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Sound mix : Mono
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Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1
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Negative format : 35mm
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Print format : 35mm
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Cinematographic process : Spherical
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Original language : English
Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Gallery
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Comments
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From Jerry Edwards : Donald Duck flying
into a rage over various problems such as a woodpecker and an uncooperative
hammock gets tiresome very quickly. Just not that funny or interesting to
me.
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From Ryan : This short was okay, but I
guess I wouldn't call it one of my favorites. This has some connections to
Donald's later short "Cured Duck" where Donald has to take a machines insult
for 10 minutes in order to pass the test. The animation from the beginning
sequence of this short was used in the propaganda short "Donald's Decision."
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From Baruch Weiss : Aside from a beautiful music score during the title presentation, this cartoon did not interest me. I agree with Ryan that this short has some connection with Donald's later short 'Cured Duck'. I also find it odd that Disney did not delete the scene where Donald goes into his house and garners his gun, not even an intro from Leonard Maltin on The Chronological Donald before the cartoon. Anyway, as I stated above I did not care much for this short, but it would do well in anger management classes. Even Katie Ka-Boom could learn a thing or two.
