Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Happy Birthday, Donald Duck!

Our most favorite Disney character Donald Duck turns a ripe old age of 75 (don't tell him I said he's ripe and old, because he'll throw a fit of tantrum!) today, June 9, 2009.

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."


We love him! And judging from the poll in this Blog on favorite characters, a lot of people do as well! He's currently leading Mickey by one single vote! :)



Zz.

1 comment:

Gray said...

Thanks for the reminder about this very important event, ZZ! I love Donald--he's my favorite Disney character. May he have another 75 birthdays!