Good Scouts

Good Scouts
Directed by	Jack King
Produced by	Walt Disney
Written by	Carl Barks Harry Reeves
Starring	Clarence Nash Jimmy MacDonald
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	RKO Radio Pictures
Released	July 8, 1938
Language	English
Preceded by	Donald's Nephews Polar Trappers"
Followed by	The Fox Hunt Donald's Golf Game

Good Scouts is a Donald Duck cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions. The film was released on July 8, 1938.

Synopsis

Donald acts as scoutmaster for his three nephews for a nature hike through the wilderness.

Characters

• Donald Duck (voiced by Clarence Nash)
• Huey, Dewey, and Louie (voiced by Clarence Nash)
• Bear (voiced by Jimmy MacDonald)

Trivia

• This short was nominated for an Academy Award, alongside other Disney cartoons Brave Little Tailor and Mother Goose Goes Hollywood. All three lost to another Disney short Ferdinand the Bull.

Releases

Films

• Donald Duck Goes West (1965)

Television

• Disneyland, episode #2.18: "A Day in the Life of Donald Duck"
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, episode #8.11: "Kids is Kids"
• Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, episode #21
• Good Morning, Mickey, episode #69
• Disney's Coyote Tales
• Donald's Quack Attack, episode #61
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.20: "Huey, Dewey, and Louie"
• Have a Laugh!, episode #59
• Treasures from the Disney Vault, March 16, 2017

Home video

• Kids is Kids: Starring Donald Duck (VHS)
• Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald (DVD)
• Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Adventure Fun (DVD)

Have a Laugh! changes

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

• The opening shot of the Devil's Stewpot and the majority of Donald and the nephews' march; it opens with an establishing shot of the march.
• The entire wood-chopping scene, in which Donald attempts to cut down a petrified tree.
• Donald tying a huge knot in the rope tied to the treetop.
• The closeup of the knot in the rope coming undone.
• The nephews taking cover as Donald crashes into the food.
• Donald muttering, covered in food, "That's gratitude for you."
• Donald saying about the nephews, "I'll make them sorry," when deciding to fake being wounded and using catsup as blood.
• The nephews saying about Donald's condition, "Oh, poor Uncle Donald!"
• Donald laughing that the nephews have fallen for his injury ruse.
• The establishing shot of the bear is moved up to before a bandaged Donald gets his beak stuck in a jar of honey.
• The bear licking the honey off of Donald is shortened.
• Donald running from the bear is shortened.
• Donald starting to fall down the cliff.
• Donald dangling from the end of the bandages by the bear and the nephews cutting it with an axe.
• Donald razzing the bear before realizing, too late, he has landed on Old Reliable Geyser when it is about to erupt at 12:00.
• The nephews attempting to save Donald from the geyser with a long pole and then with small rocks.

Gallery

Storyboard of the cartoon

Preliminary Theatrical Poster

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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)