Golden Eggs (1941)
Donald reads in his newspaper that eggs are really going up in value and the price is skyrocketing. Donald realizes that if he had some eggs, he would be quite the wealthy duck so he breaks into a nearby hen-house and collects as many eggs as possible putting them all in a huge basket. Unfortunately, a rooster standing guard makes his presence known and ejects Donald. The inventive duck is able to get back in disguised as a female chicken who the rooster falls for and dances with. Unfortunately, with the rubber glove comb constantly coming loose and a caterpillar falling down the back of his suit, he is ever at the risk of being discovered.
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This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
Another funny Donald Duck from Walt Disney, where Donald tries to capitalize on the rising value of eggs by storing as much eggs as he could find from a nearby chicken coop. However, a rooster won't let him have them.It's classic Donald fun and comedy as he tries to outsmart the freaky rooster by disguising himself as a hen to lure him away from the chicken coop and eggs. Plenty of back and forth tangling and misses; the scenes with the caterpillar contributed to the laughs. Donald almost had the last laugh as well, but couldn't escape his his "get stuck with all the bad luck" persona.Grade B
Clarence Nash & Florence Gill had never sounded SO good like in this Donald Duck cartoon. In this cartoon, Donald has read in the paper that the price of eggs "sky-rocket" to 85 cents a dozen. Sure it might not much today, but I it must have been a lot back then. So he decide to harvest eggs from the hen-house for profit. But not when a protective rooster's on watch. So Donald tries disguising himself as a hen.I love this cartoon, it is one of my favorite Donald shorts from 1941. I love it when Donald flips the record from slow "Lazy Daze" music to "Hot Stuff" jitter-bug music to speed up production (with eggs 85 cents). And also when he first encounters the rooster while zipping back and forth putting eggs in the basket. It is also funny to see Donald as a hen, and it's amazing that Clarence "Ducky" Nash could cluck like a chicken in his Donald voice.Donald is the first duck to be masquerading in the guise of a chicken, because it was also done in a Daffy Duck cartoon "You were never Duckier", but in a different situation.
As I can't help nitpicking I do find it a little odd that Donald Duck, who is himself a bird, keeps loads of hens. In this cartoon he learns of the skyrocketing price of eggs (there must be a shortage of hens then) and rushes out to the barn to prompt them into laying loads of them with some upbeat music.But the barn Rooster has other ideas and insists that the eggs stay put. Why would Donald allow the Rooster to push him around so much? And why would the Rooster really care what Donald does with the eggs? It's not like he's going to be doing much with them himself. Despite these moans, the cartoon is very funny and Donald's irritable, persistent personality mixes well with the hijinks.
Donald Duck is reading the paper and finds out that he gets 85 cents per a dozen of eggs. He goes to the chickens and collects as many eggs as he can carry but the rooster gets a little mad. To find his way to the eggs without getting caught by the rooster Donald dresses up like a chicken. The rooster falls instantly in love with Donald and some nice sequences follow.A pretty funny short, especially after Donald has dressed up as a chicken. Although some of the jokes are pretty predictable they will make you smile. Worth a watch.