Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending the rubber horse over to Pluto which completely mesmerizes him. Meanwhile, a tribe of ants abduct Donald's picnic lunch. Donald lays out fly paper to stop the ants. Pluto follows one of the ants and, of course, he and later Donald become enmeshed in the fly paper
Sound
Clarence Nash's Donald squawk: unmatched.
Editing
Tight 8-minute escalation to fly paper doom.

Director
Clyde Geronimi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clarence Nash voiced Donald for 50 years, originating the voice in 1934's 'The Wise Little Hen.'
This era of Disney shorts defined the 'everything goes wrong' comedy template later borrowed by Pixar.
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