"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date November 11, 1953

Alternate Titles

Alles fur die Nuss - Germany

Nötknäckarna - Sweden

Les cacahuètes de Donald - France

Running time 6:46

Synopsis

Chip and Dale discover a new source of food - peanuts - as long as they can get them away from an elephant named Dolores guarded by zookeeper Donald.

Characters

Donald Duck

Chip 'n' Dale

Dolores the Elephant

Credits

Director : Jack Hannah

Animation

Bill Justice

George Kreisl

Volus Jones

Effects Animation : Dan MacManus

Story

Nick George

Roy Williams

Layout : Yale Gracey

Background : Eyvind Earle

Music : Oliver Wallace

Videos

United States

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume 3

Cartoon Classics : Second Series : Volume 9 : Starring Chip 'n' Dale

France

Donald Vendette et Television

Italy

Cartoons Disney 1

La Storia de Paperino

Laserdiscs

United States

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections 3

Starring Mickey and Minnie / Starring Chip 'n' Dale

Japan

This is Your Life, Donald Duck

Starring Chip 'n' Dale

DVD

United States

Cartoon Classics Favorites: Starring Chip 'n' Dale

Region 2 : United Kingdom

Chip 'n' Dale : Volume 1 : Trouble in a Tree

Region 2 : France

Tout le Monde aime Tic & Tac : Volume 2

Region 2 : Germany

Chip & Chap : Volume 2 : Die Hornschen Sind Los

Region 2 : Sweden

Piff & Puff : Volume 2 : Traedtrubbel

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #42 : Goin' to the Zoo

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #44

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

This short was produced in 3-D and at least until recently, could be seen in the 3-D format at one of the theatres at Disney World.

From Ryan : This short is okay, but it isn't one of my favorites. I don't really care too much for Chip and Dale cartoons. Although in this cartoon the two chipmunks really aren't that annoying. All they try to do is get some peanuts from an elephant in a zoo. Zookeeper Donald, however, trys every way to stop them, but thanks to some white paint, Chip and Dale are put in the zoo as albino chipmunks. This cartoon marks the third appearance of Dolores the elephant, who first appeared in the Goofy cartoon "The Big Wash" and then in the other Goofy cartoon "Tiger Trouble."

From Baruch Weiss : Looking at the title of this short made me think of a joke. What kind of nuts can people find in the frozen food section? Peanuts! Anyway back to the short; I enjoyed this short quite a bit. There was a scene in it that was similar to 'Dragon Around' where Donald runs into a wall and knocks himself silly.

From Michelle I. : I think 'Working for Peanuts' is very good. Standout moments are Donald using Dolores's trunk to vacuum-suck peanuts from the chipmunks' hands, and the arrival of 'albino chipmunks' who've been immersed in white paint. When the paint begins to come off, they can somehow make susenders out of their natural color!

From Austin Long : "Working for Peanuts" is a beatiful jewel in a collection of Disney greats. The humor is never dull . 5 stars out of 5.

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