When I first watched Chips Ahoy, I hadn't heard the RKO fanfare before, didn't even know of it. So it playing on Donald's headshot, right before his theme kicked in, seemed like subtly acknowledging this as his last traditional classic short, before edutaiment entries took over. Thought it a very nice touch from the staff, a nod to its historical status in Don's filmography. Then I find out years later it was actually a mistake. Oh well. My headcanon lives on.
As the Disney shorts almost never had their Buena Vista (or RKO) logos when they were shown on Swedish TV in the 1980s and 90s, I actually thought the same thing: they let the Donald headshot run for much longer than usual, with a special fanfare, simply because everyone involved knew this was the last “classic” Donald short. Just like you I felt that this was a nice touch - and it was kind of a letdown to learn that it was simply an editing mistake …
@@erik_palm I had suspected it was an editing mistake from the beginning, as I had recognized the fanfare from the Buena Vista reissue of "Dragon Around" (the original RKO release uses a different arrangement). Nonetheless, it was very odd.
This is a 1970s re-release because after film "The Jungle Book" the Buena Vista logo was updated, the original 1956 RKO Radio film could be critically damaged and lost
I love this Donald Duck short because it's like the golden book Donald Duck's toy sailboat. Also the title is a brand of chocolate chip cookie by Nabisco.
"Donald Duck's Toy Sailboat" is also in Walt Disney's Story Land, a thick hardcover book. My family's copy was bought at Walt Disney World in 1975. (But I'm sure it was sold in bookstores and other places as well.)
This cartoon was originally in CinemaScope widescreen format with the custom abstract opening and closing titles. This version was in full frame with reissue titles plastered over the custom abstract CinemaScope titles.
8/10; What I like about these 35mm and 16mm prints is that you can find titles that are either rare or not common in this case the reissue titles are uncommon and the most common version is on the RKO titles but however the short itself is pretty good with Chip and Dale sounds a lot slower than previous appearances which helped the fact that they talked so gibberish and this was Donald duck's second to last theatrical short with 1959's How to have an accident at work as his final cartoon a solid finale to Chip and Dale ❤
When I first watched Chips Ahoy, I hadn't heard the RKO fanfare before, didn't even know of it. So it playing on Donald's headshot, right before his theme kicked in, seemed like subtly acknowledging this as his last traditional classic short, before edutaiment entries took over. Thought it a very nice touch from the staff, a nod to its historical status in Don's filmography.
Then I find out years later it was actually a mistake.
Oh well. My headcanon lives on.
As the Disney shorts almost never had their Buena Vista (or RKO) logos when they were shown on Swedish TV in the 1980s and 90s, I actually thought the same thing: they let the Donald headshot run for much longer than usual, with a special fanfare, simply because everyone involved knew this was the last “classic” Donald short. Just like you I felt that this was a nice touch - and it was kind of a letdown to learn that it was simply an editing mistake …
@@erik_palm I had suspected it was an editing mistake from the beginning, as I had recognized the fanfare from the Buena Vista reissue of "Dragon Around" (the original RKO release uses a different arrangement). Nonetheless, it was very odd.
0:05 I just don't know why about that?
I remembered there was another Donald Duck cartoon in the same year and that was Up A Tree. That cartoon is on the Walt Disney and You promo.
I remember this cartoon and I love it.
This is a 1970s re-release because after film "The Jungle Book" the Buena Vista logo was updated, the original 1956 RKO Radio film could be critically damaged and lost
I knew they made this mistake when reissuing the cartoon.
This cartoon has the same name of the chocolate chip cookie by Nabisco. I love Donald Duck.
This is really good audio quality
Actually the fanfare at the start of this cartoon reminds me of the cartoon Hooked Bear.
I love this Donald Duck short because it's like the golden book Donald Duck's toy sailboat. Also the title is a brand of chocolate chip cookie by Nabisco.
"Donald Duck's Toy Sailboat" is also in Walt Disney's Story Land, a thick hardcover book. My family's copy was bought at Walt Disney World in 1975. (But I'm sure it was sold in bookstores and other places as well.)
This cartoon was originally in CinemaScope widescreen format with the custom abstract opening and closing titles. This version was in full frame with reissue titles plastered over the custom abstract CinemaScope titles.
8/10; What I like about these 35mm and 16mm prints is that you can find titles that are either rare or not common in this case the reissue titles are uncommon and the most common version is on the RKO titles but however the short itself is pretty good with Chip and Dale sounds a lot slower than previous appearances which helped the fact that they talked so gibberish and this was Donald duck's second to last theatrical short with 1959's How to have an accident at work as his final cartoon a solid finale to Chip and Dale ❤
0:18 Hold on a sec! If this short was released in 1956, then why does it say 1955 in Roman numerals in the opening sequence?!
0:51 Uh oh. Looks like Donald really IS going to swear revenge on Chip ‘n’ Dale.
I think this was reissued in the early 1970's.
"Chips Ahoy" was shown before The Black Cauldron. But I'm sure it was the CinemaScope version since The Black Cauldron was filmed in 70mm widescreen.
you're right.
Donald Duck Theme 0:10
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Double Buena Vista fanfares (Son of Flubber and RKO fanfare, minus the cymbals).
Why the RKO fanfare on Donald's head?
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0:58 They put a "7" Number as a "T" wtf!
0:11 Sounds Like Bubbu's Fanfare Theme In Bubbu My Virtual Pet Cat