How to Have an Accident in the Home

How to Have an Accident in the Home
Directed by	Charles A. Nichols
Produced by	Walt Disney
Written by	Bill Berg Jack Kinney
Starring	Clarence Nash Bill Thompson
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	Buena Vista Film Distribution
Released	July 8, 1956
Running time	7 minutes
Language	English
Preceded by	Chips Ahoy
Followed by	Donald in Mathmagic Land

How to Have an Accident in the Home is a Donald Duck short that was released on July 8, 1956. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Film Distribution.

Synopsis

J.J. Fate follows Donald through his day, showing how accidents can lurk in everyday occurrences.

Characters

• Donald Duck (voiced by Clarence Nash)
• J.J. Fate (voiced by Bill Thompson)

Trivia

• This is Donald Duck's first appearance in an educational cartoon short. Donald would continue appearing in educational shorts until 1967.
• This is the final Donald Duck cartoon to be produced in CinemaScope, as well as the only educational Donald short produced in that process.
• Donald Duck did not appear in another short until 1959, in Donald in Mathmagic Land.

Releases

Television

• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, episode #9.5: "Man is His Own Worst Enemy"
• Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, episode #12
• Donald's Quack Attack, episode #62.
• The New Mickey Mouse Club, episode D-103 (October 25, 1978)

Home video

• Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald Volume 4

Gallery

Donald's house explodes and burns both him and his shirt up

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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-Present The Litterbug • D.I.Y. Duck 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)