Synopsis

Donald's nephews disguise themselves as a mountain lion to scare Donald, when a real mountain lion comes wandering along.

Characters

Donald Duck

Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Louie, the Mountain Lion

Credits

Director : Jack Kinney

Animation

Bill Justice

Bob Carlson

Judge Whitaker

Volus Jones

Effects Animation : George Rowley

Story

Bill Berg

Nick George

Layout : Yale Gracey

Background : Thelma Witmer

Music : Oliver Wallace

Videos

United States

The Unsinkable Donald Duck (with Huey, Dewey and Louie)

Germany

Vorsicht Löwe!

Italy

Pippo Pluto Paperino Supershow (1)

Pippo Pluto Paperino Supershow (2)

Pippo Pluto Paperino Supershow (3)

Laserdisc

United States

A Tale of Two Chipmunks / The Unsinkable Donald Duck

Japan

Disney Cartoon Jubilee

DVD

United States

Disney's Funny Factory with Huey, Dewey and Louie

Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald, Volume 3 : 1947-1950

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #51 : Triple Trouble

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #53

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

A similar plot line was used, replacing the mountain lion with a gorila, in 1944's "Donald Duck and the Gorilla."

From Ryan : As mentioned in the comments above, this short is similar to the earlier short "Donald Duck and the Gorilla" only with a lion. Donald's nephews want a pie that Donald has just baked so they disguise themselves as a lion in order to get it. Donald is not fooled for long and chases them away. Eventually, a real mountain lion comes by and Donald thinks it's his nephews again. This is one of my favorite shorts and I reacommend it to all Disney fans.

From Baruch Weiss : This short was ok but it wasn't one of my favorites. If Donald's nephews wanted a pie, they should of just asked their uncle if they could have some. Speaking of nephews I wonder if they have a dad at all?

From Mike : A very funny Donald cartoon. The chase scene with Donald andthe lion was absolutely hilarious. The ending with Donald giving the lions all those pies was funny

From Bryan Hensley : This short seemed to start off a revolutionary decade in history (the 50's), as well as a part of volume 4 of Disney's Funny Factory collection (which starred Huey, Dewey, and Louie). Two of the nephews disguised themselves as a lion while the last one goes for the pie Donald made. It's not good at all to spank a mountain lion with his tail; Donald was asking for it when a real lion appeared. This seems to be a remake of "Donald Duck and The Gorilla" from 1944, but it's still a hoot! I really enjoyed the part where Donald wore a rhino head to scare off the lion away from his trophy room (Surely they weren't his own hunting trophies, were they?), then the lion came back with a warthog head and scared the rhino head away and it turned white! At least when worse came to worse, the nephews helped Donald feed the lion with a big supply of pies! The lion's name is Louie and he also appeared in a bunch of Goofy shorts. It seems he was redesigned from the tiger from "Tiger Trouble " in 1945, if you look closely. I hope you enjoy this classic remake that's pretty different in comparison from Three Stooges shorts from the post-Shemp era, or MGM's Cinemascope remakes of a few Droopy and Tom and Jerry shorts! (As well as an old short Peace on Earth from 1939.)

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