Happy Birthday Donald !!!!
Disney's unflappable Donald Duck turns 75
In his 75 years, his feathered anti-hero has tried his hand at more than 100 different professions, but failed at them all. Donald always seems to be short of cash and make a habit of lurching from one misadventure to the next.
But no matter how often thwarted and how deeply humiliated, Donald Duck forges on -- which is what has made him such a big hit with his legions of fans.
"He's a loser, not a quitter, and he'll go down fighting," wrote the Disney company in its description of the beloved character on their website.
Known for his barely decipherable speech and his penchant for running afoul of the other Disney characters, Donald, beneath it all, has a heart of gold, another quality that has charmed adoring fans over the decades.
The prickly but long suffering duck made his celluloid debut on appeared on June 9, 1934 in a short animated feature called "Little Wise Hen," a movie fable fashioned on the "Little Red Hen" fairy tale about a chicken who finds that help is scarce when she tries to recruit workers to plant and harvest her corn crop.
He had his first starring role in 1937 as a troubadour "Don Donald" a short film set in Mexico in which he appears with "Donna Duck" -- who shows up in later films re-baptized as his steady sweetheart "Daisy."
Over the years, he's been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and impressions of his webbed feet grace the sidewalk near Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theater, along Tinseltown's other top stars.
And, the achievement that probably would please Donald most, he has appeared in 128 films -- more than his nemesis Mickey Mouse.
His extended family also has come to have a loyal following, including his trio of rambunctious nephews -- Huey, Dewey, and Louie -- offspring of his sister Della Duck and his crotchety Uncle Scrooge.
And Donald's fame goes clear around the world. Fans know him in Denmark as Anders And, in Indonesia as Donal Bebek and in Italy as Paperino.
While Mickey Mouse often enjoys top billing in the United States, in much of Europe -- especially among Germans -- it is Donald Duck who is the undisputed star.
"Just as the French are obsessed with Jerry Lewis, the Germans see a richness and complexity to the Disney comic that isn't always immediately evident to people in the cartoon duck's homeland," wrote literary critic and translator Susan Bernofsky in the Wall Street Journal last month.
When it comes to voicing the hidden and not-so-hidden truths and tastes of German society, the philosopher with a beak is hard to beat," wrote Bernofsky, who notes that his Donald's German incarnation -- humming Wagner melodies and spouting Schiller poems -- is somewhat more philosophical and intellectual than the cartoon character familiar to most Americans.
Meanwhile, legions of loyal fans have launched a contest for the best birthday portrait of the veteran duck in his sailor jacket.
The winner's depiction is to be displayed later his year at the Anaheim, California Convention Center next to Disneyland.
"What do you give a duck that has everything on his 75th birthday? You let the ones who love him most offer this most sincere form of flattery, of course," said Steven Clark, head of the Disney fan club "D23."
"Disney fans are some of the most passionate and creative people anywhere, and we can't wait to see their fun and imaginative depictions of our feisty, yet lovable, leading duck!"
The world’s most famous duck turns 75-years-old today, and the temperamental duck is aging well!
Donald Duck made his debut on June 9th, 1934, in the animated short The Wise Little Hen, in which Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by feigning stomach aches. Since then Donald has appeared in over 150 cartoons, 21 video games, several feature films and most importantly thousands of comic book stories.
WASHINGTON (AFP) — He is the most curmudgeonly character in a star-studded Disney menagerie that includes Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Goofy, and Pluto.
Donald Duck -- the irrascible but unflappable waterfowl -- is preparing to be feted in grand fashion, as he turns 75 years old Tuesday.
From the beginning, fabled cartoonist Walt Disney envisioned Donald Duck as a foil to Mickey Mouse, his good-as-gold, animated star created a half-dozen years earlier.
While goody-two-shoes Mickey was most appealing to children, Disney sought to create in Donald Duck a more piquant character with adult appeal -- and succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.
Donald Duck -- the irrascible but unflappable waterfowl -- is preparing to be feted in grand fashion, as he turns 75 years old Tuesday.
From the beginning, fabled cartoonist Walt Disney envisioned Donald Duck as a foil to Mickey Mouse, his good-as-gold, animated star created a half-dozen years earlier.
While goody-two-shoes Mickey was most appealing to children, Disney sought to create in Donald Duck a more piquant character with adult appeal -- and succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.
In his 75 years, his feathered anti-hero has tried his hand at more than 100 different professions, but failed at them all. Donald always seems to be short of cash and make a habit of lurching from one misadventure to the next.But no matter how often thwarted and how deeply humiliated, Donald Duck forges on -- which is what has made him such a big hit with his legions of fans.
"He's a loser, not a quitter, and he'll go down fighting," wrote the Disney company in its description of the beloved character on their website.
Known for his barely decipherable speech and his penchant for running afoul of the other Disney characters, Donald, beneath it all, has a heart of gold, another quality that has charmed adoring fans over the decades.
The prickly but long suffering duck made his celluloid debut on appeared on June 9, 1934 in a short animated feature called "Little Wise Hen," a movie fable fashioned on the "Little Red Hen" fairy tale about a chicken who finds that help is scarce when she tries to recruit workers to plant and harvest her corn crop.He had his first starring role in 1937 as a troubadour "Don Donald" a short film set in Mexico in which he appears with "Donna Duck" -- who shows up in later films re-baptized as his steady sweetheart "Daisy."
Over the years, he's been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and impressions of his webbed feet grace the sidewalk near Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theater, along Tinseltown's other top stars.
And, the achievement that probably would please Donald most, he has appeared in 128 films -- more than his nemesis Mickey Mouse.His extended family also has come to have a loyal following, including his trio of rambunctious nephews -- Huey, Dewey, and Louie -- offspring of his sister Della Duck and his crotchety Uncle Scrooge.
And Donald's fame goes clear around the world. Fans know him in Denmark as Anders And, in Indonesia as Donal Bebek and in Italy as Paperino.
While Mickey Mouse often enjoys top billing in the United States, in much of Europe -- especially among Germans -- it is Donald Duck who is the undisputed star.
"Just as the French are obsessed with Jerry Lewis, the Germans see a richness and complexity to the Disney comic that isn't always immediately evident to people in the cartoon duck's homeland," wrote literary critic and translator Susan Bernofsky in the Wall Street Journal last month.
When it comes to voicing the hidden and not-so-hidden truths and tastes of German society, the philosopher with a beak is hard to beat," wrote Bernofsky, who notes that his Donald's German incarnation -- humming Wagner melodies and spouting Schiller poems -- is somewhat more philosophical and intellectual than the cartoon character familiar to most Americans.Meanwhile, legions of loyal fans have launched a contest for the best birthday portrait of the veteran duck in his sailor jacket.
The winner's depiction is to be displayed later his year at the Anaheim, California Convention Center next to Disneyland.
"What do you give a duck that has everything on his 75th birthday? You let the ones who love him most offer this most sincere form of flattery, of course," said Steven Clark, head of the Disney fan club "D23."
"Disney fans are some of the most passionate and creative people anywhere, and we can't wait to see their fun and imaginative depictions of our feisty, yet lovable, leading duck!"
The world’s most famous duck turns 75-years-old today, and the temperamental duck is aging well!Donald Duck made his debut on June 9th, 1934, in the animated short The Wise Little Hen, in which Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by feigning stomach aches. Since then Donald has appeared in over 150 cartoons, 21 video games, several feature films and most importantly thousands of comic book stories.
It was famous comic book artist Carl Barks, nicknamed The Duck Man, who gave Donald a place to live (Duckburg), an extended family (Uncle Scrooge, Gladstone Gander), friends (Gyro Gearloose) and foes (The Beagle Boys). Barks’ impressive body of work, over 500 duck stories, are still reprinted in weekly and monthly comic books around the world. They form the basis of Donald’s huge popularity in countries like Denmark, Finland, Germany and Italy — and his work has inspired new artists to create new comic stories in Barks’ tradition.
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It is most important to achieve and have a stable balance
in any world and any life time !! Now Breezy nor I are not even close to 75 for the record .. but ..
Please know it is because each of our real lives and the people we are and the people who care, love support us .. We are able to care and enjoy and share with others .. When one feels hurt or sense of unbalance sometimes One has to simply step back and look to the right the left and over one's shoulder to know all the special and caring, touching,remarkable,real things and people that have touched one's life thru the years to make us if you please the who we are, the true good and most special one of a kind people we really are ..
Yep I like Donald Duck . I like Daisy too !!
grins .. Imagine .. people are forgetting who this remarkable character is .. How sad ..
a toast to never being forgotten !!
cheers and twirlssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Happy Birthday Donald !!!!
Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904–February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor, best known for providing the voice of Donald Duck for Walt Disney Studios. He was born in the rural community of Watonga, Oklahoma, and a street in that town is named in his honor.
Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904–February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor, best known for providing the voice of Donald Duck for Walt Disney Studios. He was born in the rural community of Watonga, Oklahoma, and a street in that town is named in his honor.
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