Les neveux de Donald

WITH THE RELEASE of this cartoon short subject, the World was effectively put on notice that DONALD DUCK had truly arrived as a full fledged star. His meteoric rise in four short years is measured and given substance with the addition of some other family. Sure we had DAISEY for some time; but she's a girlfriend, a love interest, if you will.

THE SURPRISE OF the opening sequence's mail message and follow-up with the real live, flesh and blood examples. When it rains kit surely pours as the kindly, now "Unka Donald", is hit with a much more complex maneuver than did MICKEY MOUSE with nephew MORTY. Donald's surprise was done up in triplicate.

WE'VE GROWN UP with Huey, Dewey and Louie, so, other than the rhyming of their names, no one has probably not given any thought to the origin of these monikers. We will now take a stab at explaining how these may have begun.

WE NEEDN'T LOOK very far in order to find the name of Huey Long, the political boss of the Louisiana Democratic party. He served as Governor of the State (1928-32) and as their Senator (1932-35), until his death by an assassin's bullet. During this same era, in New York City, District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey had been making a name for himself with the prosecution of many in organized crime.

SO, THAT IS how we believe that those names came about. We had "Huey and Dewey", but what about the explanation for "Louie"? Well, that is simple and obvious. Louie simply rhymes with the other two. (Duh!)

AS FOR THE cartoon, it is a fine example of economy of on-screen story-telling. The story opens up full throttle and never slows down. Donald gets a letter (post card really) from his never seen sister "Dumbella". She informs him the her 3 boys are coming to visit and presto, there they were.

THE BOYS ARE incredibly manic and so very well prepare to unleash their pent up energies in Don's home. They start with a tricycle version of Polo; utilizing some Crochet Mallets and Ball. Uncle makes use of a book on child psychology in attempting to calm the whole situation.

THIS CONTINUES FOR most of the picture until the title card "A Walt Disney Production" appears along with the traditional "The End".

IT DOES APPEAR that the production team may well not have realized what they had; nor did they anticipate the popularity the little web-footed trio would one day and soon come to be.

While enjoying a calm, stress-free day, Donald is sent a postcard from his sister Dumbella, saying that her sons Huey, Duey and Louie will be coming to stay for a while. Now these are not the well behaved kids from Duck Tales that you might be used to. No, they are little rapscallions who proceed to do nothing but lay waste to Donald's house.

Donald desperately tries to keep them under control and even consults a child psychiatry book in a futile attempt to maintain order. It doesn't work and only inspires them to torment him further.

This cartoon is proof that Donald's sole purpose in his existence is to live it in a state of perpetual rage.

This is a simply wonderful cartoon which is evidence of why I love Donald Duck so much. In a one man show, Clarence Nash impeccably voices our favourite cantankerous quack and all three nephews. The cartoon has a good story, fine animation and brilliant music, as is to be expected from a standard Disney cartoon.

Huey, Duey and Louey are not only funny but are very cute as well. Not to mention naughty. There are many funny moments in this cartoon, especially when Donald and his nephews play Pop Goes The Weasel on their instruments, and the nephews play constant tricks on Donald. Also Donald is always seen reading his rule book, my favourite being "after all, little children are only angels without wings". All in all, funny, engaging and wonderful. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Yes, it's true! The cartoons of today are lacking the quality wich is found in the old cartoons; 1930-1960.

This cartoons differs from the regulars; this is the one where Huey, Dewey & Louie are introduced. And what little rascals they are!

I rarely watch short animations/films as I don't normally find they are that much interesting. No offence, by the way. But when I saw this one on a website, I was kind of immediately into it. Maybe because it's about Donald Duck as I'm currently watching DuckTales (both 1987 and 2017 versions) and I'm loving those shows. So, when I saw this one, I wondered how it's gonna be like. That's why I watched this short animation.

As it was produced in 1938, the year I wasn't even born. Not talking about born, I don't even know where I was, which life I was in. So, this animation is kind of lower in quality than nowadays' animations'. But the content is pretty good. I can't quite believe to see that those triplets are that much naughty and love to give a lot of troubles to Donald Duck. And so, at the same time I saw that, I also wonder how those naughty boys became so quiet and not giving any troubles (less trouble at most) to their uncle that much. LOL. I wish whether they made another one showing this.

Anyway, this animation is old, but it's very good to enjoy. That being said, I found that the voice artists' voices are so sharp and hence, I felt that it's so disturbing. Maybe they all are ducks, so, their voices are the same as Donald. It's very difficult for me to caught the words they are saying. For the whole 7-8 minutes, I was watching without listening any word they are saying. If they have made it clearer, it'd be better.

As for conclusion, this animation is very enjoyable, but I kind of predicted how it's going to end. So, I'd say it's kind of predictable. Still, it's good and I've enjoyed it.