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Beach Picnic

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Beach Picnic is a cartoon starring Donald Duck and Pluto, released on June 9, 1939.

Synopsis[]

Donald and Pluto's swimming trip to the beach is interrupted by a swarm of hungry ants, among other things.

Characters[]

Releases[]

Television[]

DVD[]

Streaming[]

Have a Laugh! changes[]

The following scenes were deleted from the short release due to time constraints:

  • Donald placing a pie on the picnic blanket.
  • Donald struggling to ride the inflatable horse.
  • Pluto listening for the whinnying made allegedly by the horse (but actually by Donald).
  • Pluto's confused battle with the inflatable horse; it only shows him deflating the horse with his mouth and getting himself inflated with air that sends him flying.
  • One ant scouting for food and, after spotting the picnic (which is shown), calling out to the other ants in the sound of an Indian war hoop.
  • The majority of the scene of the ants on and making off with the food; it only shows the ants finishing making a sandwich.
  • Donald vowing to get even with the ants.
  • The scene of one ant making off with a slice of cake.
  • The scene of Pluto struggling with the fly paper is reduced significantly.
  • Donald's face getting trapped in fly paper as Pluto licks his face.

Trivia[]

  • At the start of the short, Donald is heard singing the popular song "By The Beautiful Sea", albeit with it lyrics sung in quacks rather than actual words.
  • The animation of Pluto getting stuck to the flypaper (done here by Shamus Culhane) is a reworking of Norm Ferguson's animation of the same routine in Playful Pluto.
  • The short was mentioned by Donald Duck before the next film on the Blu-Ray of Mickey & Minnie: 10 Classic Shorts - Volume 1, despite the short not included in that aforementioned Blu-Ray set.
  • Due to the ants in the short are based on Native Americans, the short is known as a racist cartoon, and therefore has a content disclaimer warning on The Chronological Donald, Volume One and The Complete Pluto, Volume One DVDs and Disney+ streaming service stating that the short includes ethnic and racial stereotypes that will offend modern sensibilities but is still shown uncut for historical reasons.
    • Similarly, two other later Donald Duck cartoons "Tea for Two Hundred" and "Uncle Donald Ants" (which coincidentally also featured Donald Duck feuding with ants stealing his food) also feature racially-stereotypical depictions in the ant characters, albeit this time as indigenous African "cannibals" as well as "Rochester"-type slowpokes ants as opposed to Native American ants. Co-incidentally, these two shorts also have a similar content disclaimer warning on their respective DVD releases The Chronological Donald, Volume Three and The Chronological Donald, Volume Four.
  • Pluto's ears after shaking his head resemble a African hairstyle from that time.
  • This is the first Donald Duck cartoon to co-star Pluto, as well as their second pairing together without Mickey Mouse since "Donald and Pluto".

Goofs[]

  • For some odd reason, the 2011 Have a Laugh! HD re-restoration of the cartoon which appears on Disney+ streaming service uses the incorrect 1941 "A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK" opening card from "Chef Donald", whose copyright notice have the Roman numerals MCMXLI which translates 1941 [1][2], instead of it's original "A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK" opening card with the Roman numerals MCMXXIX which translates 1939 [3][4]. This is despite the fact that the cartoon is not being reissued and therefore survives it's original RKO titles.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ↑ https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/play/49ca7a72-6d61-4533-a2e1-a946ea416ee1
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/beach-picnic-1939-restored
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/PILA-1334
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/donaldduckshorts_010


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