Jerry Mouse befriends a newly hatched duckling who can't swim and ends up protecting him against his feline nemesis, Tom.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn animation with physics-defying water gags.
Sound
Little Quacker's voice will haunt your dreams, cutely.
Director
Joseph Barbera
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Little Quacker's voice actor Red Coffey was a nightclub comedian who specialized in duck impressions. Hanna-Barbera literally hired a guy whose entire career was 'sounds like waterfowl.'
This 1953 short captures peak post-war American animation optimism: even a duckling's disability becomes comedy fuel, not tragedy. Darker eras would have made this a prestige drama.
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