The BEST episodes written by Carl Barks
#1 - Donald's Ostrich
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1937 - Episode 13
Donald is the announcer of the Wahoo train station dealing with a troublesome piece of cargo : an ostrich.
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#2 - Old MacDonald Duck
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1941 - Episode 13
Farmer Donald goes through his farmer day until a fly causes him to lose control while milking a cow.
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#3 - The Vanishing Private
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1942 - Episode 13
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.
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#4 - Sky Trooper
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1942 - Episode 16
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.
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#5 - The Old Army Game
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1943 - Episode 11
The old shell game gets a new face as Donald stays off-base past ""Taps"" and has to try to sneak back in with out alerting Pete.
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#6 - How to Be a Sailor
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1944 - Episode 2
A history of sailing through the ages; from a prehistoric Goofy using a log, through the Age of Sail ("iron men, wooden ships") and on to modern times.
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#7 - Modern Inventions
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1937 - Episode 8
Donald visits ""The Museum of Modern Marvels"" including a robot butler, a hitchhikers aid, and an automatic barber.
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#8 - Sea Scouts
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1939 - Episode 10
Commodore Donald teaches the finer points of seamanship to his crew of nephews.
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#9 - Donald's Golf Game
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1938 - Episode 15
Donald needs silence to concentrate on his golf game, but his nephews (who have been pressed into duty as caddies) have other plans, including a bag full of trick clubs.
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#10 - Timber
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1941 - Episode 1
Donald steals Pete's supper, so Pete puts him to work as a lumberjack to work for his food; a job that Donald does not exactly relish.
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#11 - Donald Duck and the Gorilla
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1944 - Episode 5
Donald's nephews get revenge on Donald by dressing up in a gorilla suit, when a real escaped gorilla breaks into the house.
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#12 - Donald's Better Self
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1938 - Episode 3
Donald's good side gets him out out bed and ready for school, while his bad side tempts him to go off fishing.
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#13 - Donald's Lucky Day
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1939 - Episode 1
It's Friday the 13th, and Donald has to avoid any number of bad luck omens in order to deliver an ominously ticking package.
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#14 - Mr. Duck Steps Out
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1940 - Episode 5
Donald wants to take Daisy jitterbugging, while Huey, Dewey and Louie find devious ways of tagging along.
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#15 - Self Control
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1938 - Episode 1
Donald tries to learn self-control with the help of radio announcer Uncle Smiley. But he finds that the radio advice is difficult to follow in real life.
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#16 - Truant Officer Donald
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1941 - Episode 11
Donald is responsible for making sure his nephews get to school when they attempt to play hookey.
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#17 - Chef Donald
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1941 - Episode 17
Donald decides to try cooking along with a radio show. He tries to make waffles but accidentally uses rubber cement in the mix.
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#18 - Donald's Snow Fight
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1942 - Episode 5
After getting Donald's dander up in a sledding ""accident"", it's all out snow-war between Donald and his nephews.
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#19 - Bellboy Donald
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1942 - Episode 19
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.
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#20 - The Village Smithy
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1942 - Episode 1
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.
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#21 - Donald's Penguin
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1939 - Episode 12
Donald receives a strange gift; Tootsie, a baby penguin, who turns out to be more trouble than she is worth.
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#22 - Donald's Dog Laundry
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1940 - Episode 2
Donald builds himself a ""Modern Dog Washer"" and Pluto just happens to be handy to try it out on. All Donald has to do is to find a way to get him into it.
#23 - Private Pluto
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1943 - Episode 6
Pluto is in the infantry guarding a pillbox from saboteurs.
#24 - Donald's Nephews
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1938 - Episode 5
Donald's first encounter with his three ""angel"" nephews, who proceed to destroy his home. Donald turns to the book ""Modern Child Training"" for help.
#25 - Good Scouts
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1938 - Episode 9
Donald acts as scoutmaster for his three nephews for a nature hike through the wilderness.
#26 - Donald's Cousin Gus
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1939 - Episode 8
Donald is visited by his cousin Gus Goose, who proceeds to eat him out of house and home.
#27 - Beach Picnic
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1939 - Episode 9
Donald and Pluto's swimming trip to the beach is interrupted by a swarm of hungry ants, among other things.
#28 - The Hockey Champ
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1939 - Episode 7
Donald ""the Hockey Champion of Duck Swamp"" plays a game of hockey with his nephews.
#29 - Fire Chief
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1940 - Episode 13
Donald's fire department, manned by him and his nephews, are unable to cope when their own building goes up in flames.
#30 - Donald's Vacation
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1940 - Episode 8
Donald decides to vacation in the great outdoors, but the denizens of the great outdoors are less than co-operative.
#31 - Donald Gets Drafted
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1942 - Episode 6
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.
#32 - The Autograph Hound
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1939 - Episode 13
While trying to collect autographs at a Hollywood studio, Donald meets a number of movie stars, and runs afoul of a security guard.
#33 - Put-Put Troubles
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1940 - Episode 7
Donald and Pluto go boating; but while Donald tries to get the outboard motor started, Pluto has his own problems with a spring coil.
#34 - Window Cleaners
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1940 - Episode 10
Donald is a window cleaner on the side of a skyscraper, with help from Pluto.
#35 - Golden Eggs
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1941 - Episode 4
Donald is having a hard time harvesting eggs from the henhouse, so he goes in disguise as a hen to get them.
#36 - Home Defense
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1943 - Episode 12
Donald mans his listening post while his three nephews wait in readiness to attack the enemy. But chaos breaks out when the enemy turns out to be nothing more than a wandering bee.
#37 - The Plastics Inventor
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1944 - Episode 9
In much the same spirit as 1941's ""Chef Donald"", Don decides to build an airplane with instructions from a radio show. Unfortunately, his airplane has less longevity that his waffles did.
#38 - Trombone Trouble
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1944 - Episode 3
Pete's trombone playing is so awful and loud that it even incurs the wrath of the Gods. Donald Duck is eventually called in to help, but as it turns out, his playing is even worse!
#39 - Early to Bed
Disney Animated Shorts - Season 1941 - Episode 10
Donald has to get up early, but everything seems to be working to keep him awake. His loudly ticking alarm clock resists several attempts to quiet it...