"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date March 5, 1948

Synopsis

Poor, tired Donald is kept awake by a dripping faucet.

Characters

Donald

Credits

Director : Jack King

Animation

Don Townsley

Paul Allen

Ed Aardal

Sandy Strother

Story : Nick George

Music : Oliver Wallace

Layout : Don Griffith

Background : Howard Dunn

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Donald

Germany

Donald Macht nie Pause

Donald Duck's Ferienabenteuer

Italy

Paperino

Laserdiscs

Japan

I Love Donald

Donald : Limited Gold Edition

Disney Cartoon Festival 6

DVD

United States

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

Television

Walt Disney Presents : A Day in the Life of Donald Duck (shown in black and white)

The Ink and Paint Club : #45 : More Donald

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 9

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 enjoy the opening scene of this short where Donald is riding home in a bus and the bus looks as though it is snoring. After Donald gets off the bus when it stops by his house, he gets ready for bed. Unfortunately, a leaky faucet is keeping him awake. While I find myself laughing at the different strategies Donald uses such as lying across a chair with his tongue under the faucet so that it can catch the water drops, I also find myself feeling sorry for Donald. This short has a happy ending, however, when the water company calls Donald and tells him that they're shutting off his water supply until his water bills are paid. Donald couldn't be any more overjoyed. The animation used in this short is wonderful as Disney artists put a lot of work into their background art in the late 40's.

From Baruch Weiss : This short is ok, but it isn't one of my favorites. I've always called these kinds of cartoons "shut eye" cartoons where the character (in this case Donald Duck) goes to sleep, but can't due to loud noises, among other problems. These get tiring for me and besides, I've seen that kind of plot in "Early to Bed" and "Wide Open Spaces" not to mention some Warner Brother cartoons such as "Good Night Elmer" and "Tick Tock Tuckered".

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