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Short description: 1943 Donald Duck cartoon


Donald's Tire Trouble
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byDick Lundy
Produced byWalt Disney
Story byCarl Barks
Harry Reeves
StarringClarence Nash
Music byOliver Wallace
Animation byBob Carlson
Layouts byKendall O'Connor
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Walt Disney Productions
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • January 29, 1943 (1943-01-29)
(USA)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Donald's Tire Trouble is a cartoon by Walt Disney Productions, featuring their character Donald Duck. It was directed by Dick Lundy and released in 1943.[1] The cartoon pokes fun at the difficulties involved in America's rubber rationing, a consequence of World War II.[2]

Plot

While speeding on the road, Donald Duck runs over a nail on a horseshoe ("Good luck! Bah!") causing it to pop his tire, necessitating its replacement with the car's spare. He encounters difficulty lifting the car with his jack, removing the damaged tire, inflating it and repairing it with a patch. All four tires immediately pop once he resumes driving (he rants out "Retreads!" and blows a fuse), but he continues his trip undaunted on four flats tires.

Voice cast

  • Donald Duck: Clarence Nash

Releases

  • 1943 – theatrical release
  • c. 1972 – The Mouse Factory, episode #34: "Automobiles" (TV)
  • c. 1983 – Good Morning, Mickey!, episode #36 (TV)
  • 1997 – The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.56: "Wartime Disney" (TV)
  • 2011 – Have a Laugh!, episode #26 (TV)
  • 2019 – Disney+ (streaming)

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.[3]

Additional releases include:

  • 1984 – "Cartoon Classics - Limited Gold Edition: Donald" (VHS)

See also

  • List of World War II short films
  • Porky's Tire Trouble

References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/74/mode/2up. Retrieved 6 June 2020. 
  2. Shull, Michael S. Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939-1945, McFarland & Company, 2004, p. 60. ISBN:0-7864-1555-X
  3. "The Chronological Donald Volume 2 DVD Review". https://www.dvdizzy.com/donaldvol2.html. 

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