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Grand Canyonscope is a Donald Duck animated short that was released on December 23, 1954, accompanying 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Synopsis

The Ranger takes a tour group on a guided tour of the Grand Canyon. However, Donald is in the group and gets into a tussle with Louie to environmentally disastrous results.

Characters

Donald Duck (voiced by Clarence Nash)
J. Audubon Woodlore (voiced by Bill Thompson)
Louie the Mountain Lion (voiced by Clarence Nash)

Trivia

The ranger breaks the fourth wall when he tells the crowd, "Spread out a little, folks; this is CinemaScope." Strangely, this line is also present in some prints of the Academy ratio version of the short; theatrical prints of this version most likely would have replaced the original line with "Spread out a little, folks; this is a big canyon."
The CinemaScope version of this short was recorded and released in three-track stereophonic sound, and was the second short to feature this technique (the first being Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom). Thus, many sound effects and dialogue are panned from right to left (or vice versa) or interpreted as coming from different directions, particularly during an "echoing" scene, Donald's burro's footsteps after being blinded by the flash of Donald's camera, Louie's initial roar, and the destruction of the canyon.
The reason Louie puts on a gray Confederate hat is because the Arizona territory was pro-Confederate during the American Civil War.
Re-used animation from The Legend of Coyote Rock is used during the avalanche.
This is the final theatrical appearance of Louie.
This is one of two cartoons where Ranger Woodlore appears without Humphrey, the other one being The Ranger's Guide to Nature.

Releases

Television

Donald's Quack Attack, episode #61

DVD

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Four

Gallery

v - e - d

1930s

The Wise Little Hen • Donald and Pluto • Don Donald • Modern Inventions • Donald's Ostrich • Self Control • Donald's Better Self • Donald's Nephews • Good Scouts • Donald's Golf Game • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood • Donald's Lucky Day • The Hockey Champ • Donald's Cousin Gus • Beach Picnic • Sea Scouts • Donald's Penguin • The Autograph Hound • Officer Duck • The Fox Hunt (co-starring Goofy) • Polar Trappers (co-starring Goofy)

1940s

The Riveter • Donald's Dog Laundry • Mr. Duck Steps Out • Put-Put Troubles • Donald's Vacation • The Volunteer Worker • Window Cleaners • The Fire Chief • Timber • The Golden Eggs • A Good Time for a Dime • Early to Bed • Truant Officer Donald • Old MacDonald Duck • Donald's Camera • Chef Donald • Donald's Decision • The Village Smithy • The New Spirit • Donald's Snow Fight • Donald Gets Drafted • Donald's Garden • Donald's Gold Mine • Sky Trooper • Bellboy Donald • Der Fuehrer's Face • The Spirit of '43 • Donald's Tire Trouble • Lake Titicaca • Aquarela do Brazil • The Flying Jalopy • Fall Out-Fall In • The Old Army Game • Home Defense • Trombone Trouble • Donald Duck and the Gorilla • Contrary Condor • Commando Duck • The Plastics Inventor • Donald's Off Day • The Clock Watcher • The Eyes Have It • Donald's Crime • Duck Pimples • Cured Duck • Old Sequoia • Donald's Double Trouble • Wet Paint • Dumbell of the Yukon • Lighthouse Keeping • Straight Shooters • Sleepy Time Donald • Clown of the Jungle • Donald's Dilemma • Bootle Beetle • Wide Open Spaces • Chip an' Dale • Drip Dippy Donald • Daddy Duck • Donald's Dream Voice • Blame It on the Samba • The Trial of Donald Duck • Inferior Decorator • Soup's On • Three for Breakfast • Tea for Two Hundred • Donald's Happy Birthday • Sea Salts • Winter Storage • Honey Harvester • All in a Nutshell • The Greener Yard • Slide, Donald, Slide • Toy Tinkers • Billposters (co-starring Goofy) • No Sail (co-starring Goofy) • Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive (co-starring Goofy) • Crazy with the Heat (co-starring Goofy)

1950s

Lion Around • Crazy Over Daisy • Trailer Horn • Hook, Lion and Sinker • Bee at the Beach • Out on a Limb • Dude Duck • Corn Chips • Test Pilot Donald • Lucky Number • Out of Scale • Bee on Guard • Donald Applecore • Let's Stick Together • Uncle Donald's Ants • Trick or Treat • Don's Fountain of Youth • The New Neighbor • Rugged Bear • Working for Peanuts • Canvas Back Duck • Spare the Rod • Donald's Diary • Dragon Around • Grin and Bear It • The Flying Squirrel • Grand Canyonscope • No Hunting • Bearly Asleep • Beezy Bear • Up a Tree • Chips Ahoy

1960s
The Litterbug

Educational Shorts
How to Have an Accident in the Home • How to Have an Accident at Work • Donald in Mathmagic Land • Donald and the Wheel • Steel and America • Donald's Fire Survival Plan • Family Planning

Songs
Donald Duck

See Also
DuckTales (1987 series) • Donald's Quack Attack • Quack Pack • Pomp and Circumstance • DuckTales (2017 series)

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 ==Trivia==
-*The ranger [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|breaks the fourth wall]] when he tells the crowd, "Spread out there, folks; this is {{WikipediaLink|CinemaScope}}." (The pan-and-scan version of the short instead has his line re-dubbed as: "Spread out there, folks; this is a big canyon," since the original line wouldn't make sense in a non-widescreen format.)
+*The ranger [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|breaks the fourth wall]] when he tells the crowd, "Spread out a little, folks; this is {{WikipediaLink|CinemaScope}}." Strangely, this line is also present in some prints of the Academy ratio version of the short; theatrical prints of this version most likely would have replaced the original line with "Spread out a little, folks; this is a big canyon."
-*The CinemaScope version of this short was recorded and released in three-track stereophonic sound, and was the second short to feature this technique (the first being ''[[Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom]]''). Thus, many sound effects and dialogue are panned from right to left (or vice versa) or interpreted as coming from different directions, particularly during an "echoing" scene, Donald's burro's footsteps after being blinded by the flash of Donald's camera, Louie's initial roar, and the destruction of the canyon.
+*The CinemaScope version of this short was recorded and released in three-track stereophonic sound, and was the second short to feature this technique (the first being ''[[Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom]]''). Thus, many sound effects and dialogue are panned from right to left (or vice versa) or interpreted as coming from different directions, particularly during an "echoing" scene, Donald's burro's footsteps after being blinded by the flash of Donald's camera, Louie's initial roar, and the destruction of the canyon.
 *The reason Louie puts on a gray Confederate hat is because the [[Arizona]] territory was pro-Confederate during the {{WikipediaLink|American Civil War}}.
 *Re-used animation from ''[[The Legend of Coyote Rock]]'' is used during the avalanche.