Der Fuehrer's Face

[Uncle Walt]

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[uppy]

Welcome Uncle Walt....I hope you're conservative

[pmoon6]

This thread is just ducky.

[Uncle Walt]

I really liked how Donald woke from his nightmare wearing American flag pajamas.

Do you think Walt put this into his short to show how much he appreciated being an American or was he pointing out the dangers of nationalism?

[JLB]

he probably just had gas.:D

[C Darwin]

From Wikipedia

Der Fuehrer's Face is a 1942 animated cartoon by Walt Disney Studios starring Donald Duck, as well as a song from that short. Both mock Adolf Hitler.

It was directed by Jack Kinney and released on January 1, 1943 as an anti-Nazi propaganda piece for the American war effort. It won the 1943 Academy Award for Animated Short Film and was voted #22 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Fuehrer's_Face

This was a film to get Americans charged up to support the WWII war effort.

[JLB]

gotta love the man behind the MOUSE!:D