Release Date November 12, 1954

Running time 6:33

Synopsis

Donald enlists the help of a flying squirrel to hang a sign in a nearby tree for his peanut stand, but the squirrel has to take revenge when Donald renegs on his half of the deal.

Characters

Donald Duck

Credits

Director : Jack Hannah

Animation

Bill Justice

Al Coe

Volus Jones

Bob Carlson

Effects Animation : Dan MacManus

Story

Nick George

Roy Williams

Layout : Yale Gracey

Background : Ray Huffine

Music : Oliver Wallace

Cut Scenes

A scene where Donald pours gasoline into his popcorn machine and uses it as a machine gun has been cut out.

Videos

Germany

Donald Total Verliebt

Happy Birthday Donald!

Italy

Winnie Puh a Tu per Tu

Laserdiscs

Japan

Donald's Birthday Bash

Disney Cartoon Festival 7

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #30 : 50's Donald

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 46

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode 18

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 Graham Hackett : This is another really neat short.In this short Donald is strolling through the park as a peanut seller.(of course this was during the days where not much people new about peanut allergies). He see's a flying squirrel nearby and since it can fly he enlists the help of it to hang up and advertisement banner. The squirrel refuses. Donald picks a peanut out of the peanut cooker and seeing the peanut, the flying squirrel then decides to help. The squirrel opens the peanut to eat it but the inside of it turns out to be a piece of coal. Feeling ripped off, the squirrel complaines to Donald about the undercooked peanut. Donald just says "Sorry! the complaint department is closed!" then laughs. Deciding to get even, the squirrel finds a box of "Quacker Jacks" pulls out the prizes which are two pistols and a Cowboy hat and gets an Idea and the war begins.

From Ryan : Donald is a peanut vendor working in the city park. A flying squirrel, who wants a peanut, agrees to help Donald hang a banner from one tree to another in exchange for a peanut. The peanut that the squirrel gets has nothing but an old peanut that turns to dust inside the shell and war pursues. I do not care for this cartoon at all for two reasons:

1. It is another one of those hero vs. cute animal shorts

2. The animation and background art was done very cheaply. I guess by this time, Disney was sutting down their shorts department and did not have the money to produce high-quality animation.

I have seen "The Flying Squirrel" and would like to
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