''Chef Donald'' is a 1941 American
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...
short film directed by
Jack King and produced by Walt Disney.
Plot
Donald is listening to a
radio cooking program hosted by Old Mother Mallard and mixes up a batch of
waffles, but he's distracted and uses
rubber cement
Rubber cement (cow gum in British English) is an adhesive made from elastic polymers (typically latex) mixed in a solvent such as acetone, hexane, heptane or toluene to keep it fluid enough to be used. This makes it part of the class of drying ad ...
instead of
baking powder. The batter proves to be unusually stiff. First, his spoon gets stuck and the batter acts like a rubber-band airplane, flying the bowl around the room.
Next, Donald falls with his head in the batter, he tries to get out but initially, he can't (with angry quacking and a lot of bubbles popping), and his tail in the waffle iron. Then he tries to chop it with an ax, and the ax flies up and splits the room in half.
Finally, he throws the bowl out the door; it sticks to the knob while the bowl gets stuck between two trees. The stretching causes a branch to knock on the door, tricking Donald into opening it and letting the batter back in. After several attempts, he has had enough and rushes to the
radio studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for sound recording, mixing, and audio production of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enoug ...
where the cooking program is being broadcast, and takes his anger out on Old Mother Mallard.
As he approaches the radio station, the radio starts shaking and wobbling showing that Donald is violently attacking Old Mother Mallard as an act of revenge.
Cast
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Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
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Sarah Selby
Sarah Elizabeth Selby (born August 30, 1905 – January 7, 1980) was an American actress.
Career
Selby was a character actress who played minor roles for the most part – usually a town gossip, maiden aunt, or teacher. Beginning her career as a ...
- Old Mother Mallard
Home media
The short was released on May 18, 2004, on ''
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume One: 1934-1941''.
References
External links
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Donald Duck short films
Films produced by Walt Disney
1941 comedy films
1940s Disney animated short films
1941 animated films
1941 short films
1940s English-language films
American animated short films
RKO Pictures short films
Films about food and drink
American comedy short films
RKO Pictures animated short films
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