''Donald's Off Day'' is a 1944

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...

animated short by

Jack Hannah John Fredrick Hannah (January 5, 1913 – June 11, 1994) was an American animator, writer and director of animated shorts. He worked for Disney and Walter Lantz. Biography Hannah was born on January 5, 1913, in Nogales, Arizona. After attend ...

starring

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit, sailor shirt and cap with ...

and Huey, Louie and Dewey. It stars the nephews tricking Donald into thinking that he is seriously ill. This cartoon was Hannah's debut as an animation director. Veteran animator Jack King was slated to direct the short, but Hannah argued that King wasn't up to it:

Plot

Donald wakes up one morning noticing that it is a sunny day outside he feels excited and prepares himself to go out to play golf as quickly as possible. However, as soon as he leaves his house, out of nowhere, a rainy thunderstorm comes crashing down the sky. Now in a bad mood, he acts rudely towards his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, who decide to play a trick on him. As Donald reads through a medical book to pass the time while it rains outside, the nephews manage to fool him into believing he actually is sick. As Donald is laid to rest on his couch, they sneak a little toy rabbit with an air pump underneath his blanket and start pumping air into it. Donald assumes it is his heart beating overtime and fears that he is about to die. Eventually he discovers he has been fooled all along and wants to punish Huey, Louie and Dewey, but then it stops raining and Donald is immediately overjoyed. He runs outside with his golf gear, only for the thunderstorm to return immediately, and Donald is struck by lightning.

Voice cast

Clarence Nash Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor and impressionist. He is best remembered as the original voice of the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck. He was born in the rural community of W ...

as Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie *

Adriana Caselotti Adriana Elena Loretta Caselotti (May 6, 1916 – January 19, 1997) was an American actress and singer. Caselotti was the voice of the title character of the first Walt Disney animated feature, '' Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs'' (1937), for which ...

as Singer of opening song *

John Dehner John Dehner (DAY-ner; born John Dehner Forkum; November 23, 1915February 4, 1992), also credited Dehner Forkum, was an American stage, radio, film, and television character actor. From the late 1930s to the late 1980s, he amassed a long list o ...

as Doctor Quack

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946''.

References

External links

* Donald Duck short films 1944 films 1940s Disney animated short films Films directed by Jack Hannah Films produced by Walt Disney Golf animation Films scored by Paul Smith (composer) Films about hypochondriasis American golf films 1944 animated short films {{Disney-animation-film-stub