Donald Duck and Sergeant Pete are the lead characters in this Walt Disney cartoon, directed by JACK KING. Color by Technicolor, of course (I don't think Disney's animators ever use any other color system). Producer: Walt Disney (naturally) and copyright 27 January 1942 by Walt Disney Productions. 1 reel.
COMMENT: The best thing about this initial entry in the Donald-Is- Drafted series is the song, "The Army's Not the Army Any More", rendered by a chorus as Donald advances through a wonderfully satiric collection of advertising billboards to the draft office.
The scene with Donald attempting drill exercises of the "Shoulder arms" type is also cleverly amusing, but the spot with the ants climbing over Donald as he attempts to stand to attention is more than a bit "old hat" (as we used to say when I was young, yet old enough to take myself to "the pictures" every Saturday afternoon).
All told, even for grown-ups, this induction entry is a reasonably entertaining introduction to what became a short series. See The Vanishing Private, Sky Trooper, Fall Out — Fall In, The Old Army Game and Commando Duck for Donald's further misadventures in this man's army!
COMMENT: The best thing about this initial entry in the Donald-Is- Drafted series is the song, "The Army's Not the Army Any More", rendered by a chorus as Donald advances through a wonderfully satiric collection of advertising billboards to the draft office.
The scene with Donald attempting drill exercises of the "Shoulder arms" type is also cleverly amusing, but the spot with the ants climbing over Donald as he attempts to stand to attention is more than a bit "old hat" (as we used to say when I was young, yet old enough to take myself to "the pictures" every Saturday afternoon).
All told, even for grown-ups, this induction entry is a reasonably entertaining introduction to what became a short series. See The Vanishing Private, Sky Trooper, Fall Out — Fall In, The Old Army Game and Commando Duck for Donald's further misadventures in this man's army!