Release Date December 15, 1950

Alternate Titles

In Gefahrlicher Lage - Germany

På yttersta grenen - Sweden

Donald blagueur - France

Synopsis

Donald is pruning Chip 'n' Dale's tree home. He doesn't want to chase them away like he usually does; just to have some fun with them which, of course, backfires.

Characters

Donald Duck

Chip 'n' Dale

Credits

Director : Jack Hannah

Animation

Bill Justice

Volus Jones

Bob Carlson

George Kreisl

Effects Animation : Jack Boyd

Story

Bill Berg

Nick George

Layout : Yale Gracey

Background : Thelma Witmer

Music : Joseph S. Dubin

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : First Series : Volume 1 : Chip 'n' Dale (with Donald Duck)

France

Donald Superstar

Donald et Compagnie

Germany

Donald Duck die Grösste Schau der Welt

Donald and Company

Italy

Buon Compleanno Paperino

Laserdiscs

United States

Chip 'n' Dale with Donald Duck

Japan

Donald and Company

Donald's Golden Jubilee

DVD

United States

Cartoon Classics Favorites: Starring Chip 'n' Dale

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

Region 2 : United Kingdom

Chip 'n' Dale : Volume 1 : Trouble in a Tree

Region 2 : France

Tout le Monde aime Tic & Tac : Volume 2

Region 2 : Germany

Chip & Chap : Volume 2 : Die Hornschen Sind Los

Region 2 : Sweden

Piff & Puff : Volume 2 : Traedtrubbel

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #48 : The Return of Chip 'n' Dale

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

Comments

From Dino Cencia : Another great cartoon of Donald vs Chip and Dale. My favorite part is when Donald was chasing the chipmunks up in the tree and Donald uses a lawn motor to cut the leaves to find Chip and Dale. And they open the tree leaves and Donald goes on a high voltage wire! I also feel sorry for Donald being electocued and falling down. Then the chipmunks put tar on Donald covered with leaves looking like a green monster. This one of my favorites, and I enjoyed it. I give it a 840 out of 840.

From Bryan Hensley : At the beginning of this short, you can hear Donald whistling the tune of "Crazy Over Daisy" earlier in 1950. Why would you put stretchy tar on a cut tree branch? Anyway, that's what caused Chip 'n' Dale to get really sticky. Donald's prooner looked like a monster to them, until they found out who was operating it! Never use a lawn mower in a tree; you might get zapped by high-voltage power lines! Thankfully, Chip 'n' Dale got rid of Donald by pouring a tar bucket on him and some leaves, making him look like a silly monster! When the short ended, they still had tar in their hands! That reminds me of what happened to SpongeBob and his friends when they caught Ick one time. (That's a real disease fish get.) I hope you enjoy this prooning job gone all to pieces, that only Donald Duck, Chip 'n' Dale would make!

Referenced Comments

Dude Duck (1951)

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Storyboard sketch from "Out on a Limb"
Courtesy of Animation Celection

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