The BEST episodes of Disney Animated Shorts season 1942

#1 - Sky Trooper

Season 1942 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/6/1942

Donald dreams of flying so much that Pete finally gives him the chance. What he doesn't realize is that flying also includes jumping out of the plane as a paratrooper.

#2 - The Vanishing Private

Season 1942 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/25/1942

Donald is put on camoulflage duty, painting a large cannon when he comes across an experimental invisible paint. He finds that it works especially well on himself when he is trying to hide from Pete.

#3 - The Olympic Champ

Season 1942 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/9/1942

An overview of the Olympic Games, with demonstrations of the various games by Goofy.

#4 - How to Fish

Season 1942 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/4/1942

Goofy demonstrates yet another pasttime, fishing. His demonstrated skill fails to explain where all the trophies mounted in his study came from.

#5 - Donald's Snow Fight

Season 1942 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/10/1942

After getting Donald's dander up in a sledding ""accident"", it's all out snow-war between Donald and his nephews.

#6 - Donald's Garden

Season 1942 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/12/1942

Among other problems, Donald's prize watermelons are at risk from a hungry gopher while trying to tend his own garden.

#7 - Donald's Gold Mine

Season 1942 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/24/1942

Donald attempts to dig for gold with difficult equipment and an uncooperative donkey.

#8 - Bellboy Donald

Season 1942 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/18/1942

Donald tries his best to be polite and dignified as a hotel bellboy. But when his first guest is Pete, the job is next to impossible.

#9 - The Village Smithy

Season 1942 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/1942

Blacksmith Donald has two tasks on his list: put a new iron rim on a wagon wheel, and shoe Jenny, a female donkey. But the rim won't stay smooth, and the donkey doesn't want the shoes.

#10 - Symphony Hour

Season 1942 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/20/1942

Never leave the instruments of a radio symphony orchestra in care of Goofy! That's what Mickey does, they end up getting squashed in a elevator, and the orchestra ends up sounding like Spike Jones.

#11 - How to Play Baseball

Season 1942 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/4/1942

Everything you've always wanted to know about baseball, with Goofy as all 18 players.

#12 - How to Swim

Season 1942 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/23/1942

An educational treatise on swimming and diving, as only Goofy can teach us how.

#13 - The Army Mascot

Season 1942 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/1942

Pluto longs to be an Army mascot (especially after he sees how well they are fed) so he hatches a plan to take the place of the real mascot.

#14 - Pluto at the Zoo

Season 1942 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/20/1942

Pluto isn't satisfied with his little bone when he sees what the animals in the zoo get. So, he decides to steal one, but then has troubles hanging onto it.

#15 - Donald Gets Drafted

Season 1942 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/1/1942

Donald does his patriotic duty when he recieves his draft notice and enlists in the army. The first of Donald's ""Army"" pictures follows him though his induction medical exam and boot camp.

#16 - Pluto Junior

Season 1942 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/1942

Pluto's young son wants to play and fight to the exasperation of Pluto who only wants to take a nap.

#17 - The Sleep Walker

Season 1942 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/3/1942

Pluto gives Dinah his bone while sleepwalking, but can't understand how she got it when he wakes up!

#18 - T-Bone for Two

Season 1942 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/14/1942

Pluto tries differing ways of attempting to steal a bone from Butch.

#19 - Mickey's Birthday Party

Season 1942 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/7/1942

Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar and Clara Cluck throw a big party for Mickey where the mouse's wild rhumba dancing rules the day. Goofy tries baking a cake, but keeps messing it up, such as making too much noise while it's baking, etc.

#20 - The New Spirit

Season 1942 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/1942

Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.

#21 - Donald's Decision

Season 1942 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/11/1942

Produced for National Film Board of Canada, propaganda short encouraging Canadians to buy War Bonds.

#22 - All Together

Season 1942 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/13/1942

#23 - Out of the Frying Pan and into the Firing Line

Season 1942 - Episode 23 - Aired 7/30/1942

Wartime propaganda short starring Pluto and Minnie Mouse. Produced for War Activities Committee.

#24 - Food Will Win the War

Season 1942 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/21/1942

A little girl on an American diet is shown outweighing a warship, emphasizing her size; reiterating the point that there is enough food in America to send ¼ of production abroad.

#25 - Aquarela do Brasil

Season 1942 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/24/1942

he title translates to "Watercolor of Brazil", and that's how it starts: with a paintbrush rendering the flora and fauna of Brazil (which oddly overlap) in water colors. A flower becomes Donald Duck, who is soon joined by the very cool parrot José Carioca, who introduces Donald to the city, the language, a local cafe, and - inadvertently - a drunken bee.