Donald's Tire Trouble

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Donald's Tire Trouble is a cartoon by Walt Disney Productions, featuring their character Donald Duck. It was directed by Dick Lundy, and released in 1943.

Plot

While speeding on the road, Donald Duck runs over a nail on a horseshoe causing it to pop his tire, necessitating its replacement with the car's spare. He encounters difficulty lifting the car with his jack, removing the damaged tire, and repairing it with a patch. Unfortunately for him, all four tires immediately pop once he resumes driving (he rants out "Retreads!" and blows a fuse), but he continues his trip undaunted on four flats.

Context

The cartoon pokes fun at the difficulties involved in America's rubber rationing, a consequence of World War II.[1]

Releases

  • 1943 theatrical release
  • c. 1972 The Mouse Factory, episode #34: "Automobiles" (TV)
  • c. 1983 Good Morning, Mickey!, episode #36 (TV)
  • 1984 "Cartoon Classics - Limited Gold Edition: Donald" (VHS)
  • 1997 The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.56: "Wartime Disney" (TV)
  • 2005 "The Chronological Donald, Volume Two" (DVD)
  • 2011 Have a Laugh!, episode #26 (TV)

See also

References

  1. Shull, Michael S. Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939-1945, McFarland & Company, 2004, p. 60. ISBN 0-7864-1555-X

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