How to Have an Accident in the Home (1956)
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- Approved
- 7min
- Family, Comedy
- 08 Jul 1956 (USA)
- Short
The spirit of Fate demonstrates how carelessness is responsible for much of Donald Duck's misfortune at home.
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Cast
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| Clarence Nash | ... |
Donald Duck (uncredited) (voice)
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| Bill Thompson | ... |
J.J. Fate (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Charles Nichols | ... | (as C. August Nichols) |
Written by
| Jack Kinney | ... | (story) & |
| Bill Berg | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
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| Franklyn Marks | ||
Visual Effects by
| Jack Buckley | ... | effects animator |
Animation Department
| Jerry Hathcock | ... | animator |
| Volus Jones | ... | animator |
| George Nicholas | ... | animator |
| Lance Nolley | ... | layout artist |
| Ernie Nordli | ... | layout artist (as Erni Nordli) |
| Anthony Rizzo | ... | background artist |
| Hugh Fraser | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Beryl Kemper | ... | ink and paint (uncredited) |
| Ed Solomon | ... | assistant animator (uncredited) |
| Ruth Tompson | ... | scene planner (uncredited) |
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- Buena Vista Distribution Company (1956) (United States) (theatrical) (as Buena Vista Film Distribution Co., Inc.)
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Storyline
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It's a peaceful day in a local city when suddenly, duck J.J. Fate appears to lecture us on how "fate" isn't to blame for accidents, people are! He uses Donald Duck as an example. Donald is extremely accident prone. He lights his pipe in a room with a gas leak, slips on a throw rug while carrying a fish bowl, overloads electrical outlets, and continually falls down the stairs. Finally, Donald has had enough and fixes his house guaranteeing no more accidents. That's good for Donald but the rest of the accident prone city still has to learn "not to blame fate for your carelessness".
Written by Matt Yorston |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This is the final Donald Duck cartoon (as well as the final Disney animated short from the "classic" era) produced in CinemaScope widescreen process; beginning with How to Have an Accident at Work, subsequent Donald Duck shorts would return to the standard fully-screened Academy ratio and format, perhaps due to cost reasons. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Man Is His Own Worst Enemy (1962). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Home Sweet Home See more » |
| Quotes |
J.J. Fate:
[about Donald]
He wouldn't think about going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, but this particular maneuver is called: "Falling Down Stairs." There are many ways of doing this if you aren't careful. The "Bumps-a-daisy Half Twist"... [Donald sets a TV set down at the top of the stairs, his feet get tangled in the cord and it falls down taking him with it] J.J. Fate: "Jelly roll"... [Donald trips and gets wrapped up in the red rug and rolls down the stairs in it] J.J. Fate: "Catapult High Dive"... [Donald steps onto a loose stair board and it sends him into the air] J.J. Fate: "Climbing Mount Everest"... [Donald carries many, many heavy things upstairs and he falls back down with them] J.J. Fate: "Riding a Rolly Coaster"! [Donald slips into a toy wagon and goes down the stairs] J.J. Fate: Now Mr. Duck doesn't take chances, he's just careless. [Donald leans against the banister and it breaks sending him down to the first floor] J.J. Fate: Oh yes! That's one I forgot to mention. Donald Duck: [angrily] That's the last straw! [cleans up the house to make it much safer] Donald Duck: I'm going to work, where it's safe! See more » |