"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date January 29, 1943

Synopsis

A flat tire proves to be more than enough to try Donald's patience.

Characters

Donald

Credits

Director : Dick Lundy

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Donald

Germany

Heir ist Donald

Italy

Gold Editions : Paperino

Paperino

Laserdiscs

Japan

I Love Donald

Hello! Donald

Donald : Limited Gold Edition

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald Duck Volume 2

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #56 : Wartime Disney

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

It is a tribute to the Disney animators that a simple situation that would would normally be a one minute filler (as it was previously in "Mickey's Service Station") provides the sole situation for a complete Disney short.

From Jerry Edwards : While speeding through the countryside, Donald has a flat tire. Due to the wartime rubber shortage, Donald has several hilarious misadventures in trying to get the tire tube patched and the tire put back on the car. After several failed attempts to get the tire put back together, the parts shoot up in the air and fall into place. Thinking he has won, Donald climbs back into the car, only to have all four tires immediately go flat. Donald throws a fit and drives off with all four flat tires.

A very funny cartoon - although the flat tire repair situations are stretched to the "breaking point" to fill up a regular length cartoon, and that gets a little tiresome for me.

I consider this to be one of Disney's World War II shorts due to the reference to the wartime rubber shortage.

From Ryan : This short is pretty good and I enjoy watching it. Donald's having difficulties with the flat tire makes me laugh and feel empathy for him at the same time. However, the ending just makes me laugh even harder. Donald gets done fixing the tire (with a little help from some good luck), but as soon as he gets in and starts the car, all the tires go flat. Well by now poor Donald doesn't care what happens and just wants to get home. He ends up driving with four flat tires.

From Graham Hackett : This is one of my favorite 1943 shorts. It begins with Donald speeding across the countryside untill he gets flat tires and a lucky horseshoe spinning around his neck with him saying "good luck, BAH!". At the end of this short Donald goes berserk and had to drive with flat tires. This short made sense because in WWII all the service stations where closed and people had to fix their own tires.

From Dark Shooter : By far one of my favorite Donald Duck cartoons. I grew up watching the old Donald Duck Gold Collection VHS relased in the 80's, and this was one of the shorts on the disc (Including "A Good Time for a Dime", which was the inspiration for Futurama's Suicide Booths.)

I had forgotten the particulars of the episode until I watched it again recently. The comment about the rubber shortage when Donald looks at the horribly patched tire tube gave me the best laugh in months. The beauty of this episode lies in a sense of timelessness of the comedy, even though it has many elements of wartime rationing throughout the short.

It's Donald Duck doing what he does best: turning a simple job into a maelstrom of infuriation. Plus, this is one of those times when he really blows a gasket in his head. pure gold.

From Baruch Weiss : This short is ok but it isn't one of my favorites. Seeing the Duck having all of those dificulties fixing the tire gets tiring for me. "Gosh, there's always something to screw up somebodys fun!" You said it Duck, but at the time this cartoon was released it was World War Two and rubber was scarce on the homefront!

From Trae Robinson : The ending is really funny when Donald goes nuts and then he jumps up and down on his car.

From Dino Cencia : My favorite part in this short is when Donald gets in his car and the 4 tires go flat, and Donald looks at the camera and goes "Retreads! Retreads!" And Donald drives home with 4 flat tires. Well, I hope that on his way home, Donald can find a repair shop to fix his tires. This short is my favorite also and I give it a 500.

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