Post by TheMidgetMoose on Aug 1, 2020 14:53:58 GMT
Aug 1, 2020 10:04:17 GMT LP said:
I finally found The Life of Donald Duck in my parent's attic! The story itself is pretty underwhelming. It seems to only follow the cartoon-incarnation of Donald. I you're like me, and don't consider Donald to have been an orphan or an actor, there not much of value to take from this story.Donald starts out as an egg, but refuses to hatch. His mother gets fed up from waiting for him, so she leaves. But Donald likes it in there. However, after 13 weeks, he starts to run out of air, so he has his first temper tantrum which causes him to hatch. He's put in an orphanage and then he's sent to school, during which Donald's Better Self takes place. He takes on a bunch of jobs, all of which I assume are references to cartoons I can't name of the top of my head. Then he becomes a dancer and a singer, which makes him famous all over America. Soon enough he gets a letter from Mickey Mouse, who appears to be a Hollywood agent or something in this continuity. It reads:
Dear Donald Duck,;_
You are great! You are amazing!! You are immense!!!
My point is that that I need you as an actor, and I really mean you!
(Signed) MICKEY MOUSE
P.S. You may choose your own salary.
You are great! You are amazing!! You are immense!!!
My point is that that I need you as an actor, and I really mean you!
(Signed) MICKEY MOUSE
P.S. You may choose your own salary.
I should mention that there's indeed a part earlier in the book where Donald tries to escape the orphanage. He gets on a boat, steals his sailor suit, and accidentally sinks the boat. The accompanying image has both Mickey and Goofy on the boat, but neither of them are mentioned in the text. Most images in the book seems to have been taken from various cartoons, and I assume that's the case with this boat-image too.