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Le cousin de Donald

Original title: Donald's Cousin Gus
  • 1939
  • 7m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.2K
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Le cousin de Donald (1939)
AnimationComedyFamilyShort

Donald's cousin Gus Goose arrives unexpectedly. Despite the note from his mother saying "he don't eat much," he's soon eating Donald out of house and home.Donald's cousin Gus Goose arrives unexpectedly. Despite the note from his mother saying "he don't eat much," he's soon eating Donald out of house and home.Donald's cousin Gus Goose arrives unexpectedly. Despite the note from his mother saying "he don't eat much," he's soon eating Donald out of house and home.

  • Director
    • Jack King
  • Writers
    • Carl Barks
    • Jack Hannah
    • Harry Reeves
  • Stars
    • James MacDonald
    • Clarence Nash
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    1.2K
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    • Director
      • Jack King
    • Writers
      • Carl Barks
      • Jack Hannah
      • Harry Reeves
    • Stars
      • James MacDonald
      • Clarence Nash
    • 10User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    James MacDonald
    • Gus Goose
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Clarence Nash
    Clarence Nash
    • Donald Duck
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jack King
    • Writers
      • Carl Barks
      • Jack Hannah
      • Harry Reeves
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    5rbverhoef

    Not that funny

    This Donald Duck cartoon starts with cousin Gus Goose who is visiting Donald Duck. Donald has no idea who he is, but after a note from his aunt he lets the goose inside his house. The note said that Gus does not each much, but as soon as he is in he starts eating all of Donald's food. Gus drives Donald crazy and of course he tries to get rid of the goose.

    The first minute is pretty nice with some good gags and a well animated sequence where Gus is eating everything. But after that it is too much of the same. After a couple of minutes I wanted this cartoon to end. Not a good thing for a Disney cartoon; I normally enjoy them very much.
    1crosswalkx

    Donald's Cousin Gus has an eating disorder and horded food from poor Donald

    I have seen this Donald Duck cartoon and I was very disappointed in this cartoon. Donald Duck is about to have lunch when his cousin Gus stops by for a visit.

    It made me mad that Cousin Gus just rudely stole the food including corn, peas, loaf of bread and ate the entire cake and he didn't even share with Donald Duck, Donald Duck tried to get him out of the house with a magic sausage but it didn't work and he even broke into Donald's refrigerator to eat more and leave nothing left for Donald Duck.

    I'm very disappointed in this cartoon. His cousin Gus owes Donald Duck an apology for stealing his food without permission. I didn't like the portrayal of a gluttony character with an eating disorder, this episode made me sick to watch, I'm surprised Cousin Gus didn't throw up because this episode made me literally want to throw up. There should be a sequel where Cousin Gus has to pay back Donald Duck for the food he rudely stole from him.

    This is one of the worst Disney cartoons I've ever seen and I would like to forget this Donald Duck episode ever existed. I sure hope this cartoon short doesn't end up on Disney Plus, oh wait it's in the Disneyland episode "The Plausible Impossible" by Walt Disney which is painful to watch. Do yourself a favor and fast forward this cartoon short scene and skip it, it isn't worth your time. But everything else in that episode is worth watching.

    This Donald Duck episode deserves a Razzie Award for worst cartoon short ever.
    6TheLittleSongbird

    Beautifully animated, but lacking for me

    This is a real shame as I love Donald Duck and Disney. But Donald's Cousin Gus just wasn't them at their best for me. It certainly has its good points. The animation is absolutely beautiful, as pretty much always it is nothing to complain about, and I'll say the exact same for the music too. Donald's trademark personality is put to good use, mainly through his priceless reactions to what's going on, though could have been done better in a more inspiredly written situation. Some of the gags at the beginning and a couple of Gus' sly ways with stealing the food especially the one with the cake work very well, and Clarence Nash's Donald voice is impeccable. Sadly, the story gets routine very quickly, and it doesn't help that most of the gags are too more of the same. The barking hot dog gag was an interesting concept and quite an original one, but came across as contrived here instead. Also not helping is that outside of the sly food-stealing Gus doesn't have much of a personality and his playing dumb gets annoying and predictable at the end of the day. Overall, lacking but not bad. 6/10 Bethany Cox
    4OllieSuave-007

    Annoying Cousin!

    I know Donald Duck always get the bad luck in Disney cartoons, which gives the character his uniqueness and charm. However, I think Donald got a little too much misfortune in this short.

    I know this is a cartoon and I shouldn't dwell on the details. But, Donald's cousin Gus is one annoying bird, who pays Donald a visit and eats him out of his house and food. When I watched this as a kid, I wished Donald would have thrown this creature out and locked all the doors so he could enjoy his lunch. Too bad Donald didn't get the last laugh in this one.

    Grade D
    7Hitchcoc

    Maybe I Took It Too Seriously

    There are times when even cartoons become annoying. This big moose of a goose shows up at Donald's door uninvited. Like many worthless relatives, he expects to be fed, big time. He has no manners and no sense of priority. I actually felt sorry for Mr. Duck in this one because he was generous to the guy and he just kept coming back. Quite tiresome.

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    • Trivia
      This film was the first prerecorded program ever shown on American television. It aired on NBC on May 3, 1939.
    • Quotes

      Donald Duck: [Donald heard the sound of knocking] All right! All right! I'm comin'.

      [the voice grew stronger]

      Donald Duck: Aw, phooey!

      [got up and went to the door which Gus the Goose hit him repeatedly as Donald screamed]

      Donald Duck: [surprising Gus] What's the big idea? Scram!

      [Gus was about to leave when he handed a letter from his mother to Donald]

      Donald Duck: [surprised] Huh? What is this?

    • Connections
      Edited into Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition: Donald (1984)

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    • Release date
      • July 1939 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Donald's Cousin Gus
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 7m
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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