"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date October 26, 1945

Synopsis

Is there any cure for Donald's temper? Daisy seems to think so, and refuses to go out with him until he learns to control it.

Characters

Donald Duck

Daisy Duck

Credits

Director : Jack King

Animation

Don Towsley

Fred Kopietz

Bill Justice

Sandy Strother

Cut Scenes

A few scenes of Donald smoking a cigar have been cut.

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Daisy

Germany

Alle Enten Fertig Los

Donald Ich Bin der Grösste (30 minute version)

That's Donald

Laserdiscs

Japan

Donald Duck : A Star is Born

Goin' Quackers

Daisy : Limited Gold Edition

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald Duck Volume 2

Cartoon Classics Favorites : Best Pals: Donald and Daisy

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #40 : Crazy Over Daisy

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #75

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

From Ryan : I find this short to be one of the most humorous cartoons that Disney ever made. I enjoy the scene where Donald has trouble trying to open Daisy's window and ends up tearing her living room apart. To Donald's surprise, however, the window was just locked. Daisy says,"Shame on you. Temper, temper, temper. You don't see me losing my temper?" I also enjoy the part where Donald is taking insults from the machine to help him control his temper. The ending also gives me a good laugh. When Daisy walks out of her room with a silly-looking hat, Donald starts laughing. Daisy, who says she never loses her temper, starts smacking Donald with her purse and screaming like the dickens at him.

From Baruch Weiss : In this short Donald plays a cartoon teenager called KATIE KA-BOOM but does not say "I am not over reacting, I am a teenager!" Nor does he transform into a monster even though he does wreck Daisy's house. Anyway; great short. It teaches a lesson on how to control one's temper. Also there was something in this cartoon that you would see in a Warner Brothers cartoon. Donald drives through a garage and on top of it the garage said "ACME." I find that peitty strange since ACME can be found in only Warner Brother cartoons.

From Donald : The best Donald Duck cartoon and the funniest. Really typical Donald, as the story is centred around curing his temper, at Daisy's instruction. Great laugh, and Disney cartoons by far are the best, and have revolutionized cartoons in every way. The Disney shorts between 1928-1953 with Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and the many other characters are the best ever produced cartoons and exceed most standards of cartoons today in detail. Disney movies are also a great enjoyment, especially the classics such as "The Love Bug", "The Apple Dumpling Gang", "The Shaggy D.A ", etc.

From Brother Duck : The scene of Donald losing his temper is perfect; the music is perfect. The scene could be used in anger management classes, methinks. I just laugh and laugh at it.

From Isidro : Pretty much "Self-Control" meets "Modern Inventions." A cool, light-hearted cartoon with amusing and creative gags.

A curious detail on this one; the machine pulling out the buttons of Donald's shirt is ironic, because this is the last cartoon you can see Donald with them.

From Christian : A Walt Disney masterpiece. One thing I find really freaky in the short is that when Donald pulls the objects out of the wall, the holes are always the shape of the object. Usually that's done with the characters.

Referenced Comments

Self Control (1938)

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