Donald's Happy Birthday

Donald's Happy Birthday
Directed by	Jack Hannah
Produced by	Walt Disney
Written by	Nick George Bill Berg
Starring	Clarence Nash (uncredited)
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	RKO Radio Pictures
Released	February 11, 1949
Language	English
Preceded by	Tea for Two Hundred
Followed by	Sea Salts

Donald's Happy Birthday is a Donald Duck animated short.

Synopsis

By dealing with the backyard lawn and shrubbery, Huey, Dewey, and Louie earn enough money to buy their Uncle Donald a birthday present. Donald, not knowing what the money is for, wants the kids to save their money for a rainy day. The boys manage to get the money back and buy Donald a box of cigars. Donald thinks the boys have taken up smoking and forces them to smoke the cigars. Suddenly, he finds a card in the box wishing him a happy birthday from his nephews, so the cigars were actually a gift for him. Donald is so ashamed of his actions that he shrinks down to a really tiny size and disappears through a hole in the floor of the tree house.

Characters

• Donald Duck (voiced by Clarence Nash)
• Huey, Dewey, and Louie (voiced by Clarence Nash)

Releases

Television

• Disneyland, episode #3.11: "At Home with Donald Duck"
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, episode #8.11: "Kids is Kids"
• Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, episode #77
• Good Morning, Mickey, episode #55
• Donald's Quack Attack, episode #40
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.40: "Triple Trouble"

Home video

• The Anniversary Cartoon Collection (VHS)
• Kids is Kids Starring Donald Duck (VHS)
• Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume 3 (DVD)
• Donald's Birthday Bash (VHS)

Trivia

• In this cartoon, Donald's birthday is shown to be March 13. This was before Disney officially decided that his birthday was actually June 9.
• When Donald reads the card, Louie's name is spelt as "Luey".
• This cartoon was banned in some countries as seeing Donald forcing his nephews to smoke was deemed unsuitable for younger audiences.

Gallery

Donald finds out the cigars were actually a present for him.

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