"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date September 12, 1947

Synopsis

Donald, not wanting to pay for a hotel room, decides to sleep outdoors. In doing so, he tangles with an air mattress, a boulder, and other elements of the great outdoors.

Characters

Donald Duck

Credits

Director : Jack King

Animators

Don Townsley

Paul Allen

Emery Hawkins

Sandy Strother

Story

MacDonald MacPherson

Jack Huber

Music : Oliver Wallace

Layout: Don Griffith

Background: Howard Dunn

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics (Second Series) : Volume 2 : Here's Donald

Germany

Donald Duck Geht Nach Wildwest

Italy

Video Parade 13

Laserdiscs

United States

Here's Donald / Here's Goofy

Japan

Celebrate with Mickey

Donald Duck Goes West

DVD

United States

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

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #43 : On Vacation

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #37

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 first saw this cartoon on a video that I had received for my 7th birthday. I really loved it and still do today. One of my favorite parts is at the end where Donald, who has been having trouble sleeping all night, ends up floating on his mattress over to the motel and lands on the cot. The manager comes out and tells Donald to pay him for his stay. Donald, who is half asleep, hands the manager $16, but the manager tells Donald that his time is up. He tips Donald off the cot and onto a cactus, where Donald sleeps like a baby.

From David : This has to be the funniest episode of Donald Duck I've ever seen. I am 14 years old and have seen many Donald Duck episodes, but this is the funniest. I showed it to some of my friends and now it's famous, because of the "There's nothing left sir, but the cot on the porch. Thank you sir, thank you sir. That'll be $16. $16!!!" part. The way he says $16. And then, the boulder part. This is a very funny episode.

From Deanna : I am 22 years old and I remember watching this epidsode when I was a little girl. It took me 3 hours to find this episode online and I am so happy that I did. Now if I can just remember some other episodes I have seen. Wide Open spaces was deffinately one that stuck out in my memory.

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