Dude Duck

Perhaps not among the very best Donald Duck cartoons (although, like all of Jack Hannah's efforts, it has some very funny moments), at least one thing about it is outstanding: when Donald approaches the horses, innocent, self-satisfied, looking like a prize pillock, he is wearing what is probably THE most hilarious facial expression of his entire career. The horses clearly think so, too.

Donald Duck visits a dude ranch and attempts to ride on a horse who had just seen all the other horses been picked by some beautiful women.

Donald gets the run-around and bad vibes from the horse in this cartoon, making failed attempts to get the animal to let Donald saddle him up. It's funny to see Donald's priceless expressions of frustration and desertion, and in the part where he mimics a woman's voice in coerce the horse.

The horse on the other hand is pretty irritating as he rejects poor Donald. The facial expressions it makes are annoying. But, I guess it's all in good fun to watch as Donald almost always get stuck with all the bad luck.

Grade B

Don is always fun to watch.In this short he tries to ride a horse with hilarious results.Especially where he immitates the women voices and the laugh out finale another classic short with the''impatient loser'' Donald.

Dude Duck is not my favourite of Donald Duck's cartoons, or quite one of my favourites. But it is fun and entertaining, with beautiful animation, vibrant colours and fluid backgrounds are both on sight here, and energetic scoring with the opening bars(excluding the catchy title song) almost reminiscent of the part of the William Tell overture where it sounds like dawn has arrived. Duke Duck is very funny too, I have been more imaginatively and crisply timed Donald Duck cartoons, but I did love Donald's facial expression as he walks up to the horses and the last minute or so is very amusing, but for me the best part was when Rover Boy was pretending to be a cow. The story is routine but still maintained my interest, and both characters are just great, I just wish endearing Rover Boy was in more cartoons and Donald as always shines with his charm and temperament. Clarence Nash is as bravura as ever as the voice of Donald. In conclusion, a fun, entertaining cartoon. 9/10 Bethany Cox

When Donald Duck gets off the bus at the dude ranch with all the young, rotoscoped, pretty girls, he doesn't expect to wind up with sad sack Rover Boy, in his turn, doesn't expect to get saddled with sad sack Mr. Duck and his English riding habit.

The Donald Duck unit had settled into a comfortable routine, turning out comedies based on Donald's character and that of his invariably stubborner opponents. As usual there's some technical bit of interest -- here, the rotoscoped ladies -- and always an unexpected gag or two.