Hold that Co-ed must have seemed at the time to be an innocuous little comedy about a Governor, Gabby Harrigan (John Barrymore), and his attempts to win a seat in the U.S. Senate. He does this, in typical 1930’s style, by buying the electorate. In this case, he uses the power of his […]
Viewed September 17, 2006
Definitely the most dissapointing day of Donald cartoon watching so far, The Fox Hunt starts things off on the wrong foot with a poorly executed “comedic” fox hunt. Donald is again paired up with Goofy and, again, they spend most of the film apart from each other. Goofy is participating […]
Viewed August 29, 2006
Donald’s Nephews introduced audiences to Huey, Dewey & Louie, Donald’s nephews who would become a Disney fixture from then on. In this one, they are much more true troublemakers than they would later come to be. They seem to really want to cause trouble for Donald, rather than accidently causing […]
Viewed August 26, 2006
Continuing my viewing of the classic Donald Duck Disney cartoons, we come to Modern Inventions, which is a bit too formulaic for my tastes. First of all, it is just a series of wacky interactions between Donald and several “inventions” that inevitably lead to Donald being abused in some way. […]
Viewed May 29, 2006
Peg-Leg Pedro starts out as a straightforward cutesy cartoon. A couple of adorable little kids out sailing are attacked by a pirate. With the help of their friend Nicky Nome, they defeat the pirates and find the treasure. But how can they get all that treasure home, you ask, […]