Out on a Limb (1950 film)

Out on a Limb
Out on a Limb
Directed by	Jack Hannah
Story by	Bill Berg; Nick George
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Clarence Nash; Dessie Flynn; Jimmy MacDonald
Music by	Joseph Dubin
Animation by	Bob Carlson; Volus Jones; Bill Justice
Layouts by	Yale Gracey
Backgrounds by	Thelma Witmer
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 15, 1950;
Running time	6:20
Country	United States
Language	English

Out on a Limb is a 1950 Walt Disney Animation Studios short featuring Donald Duck and Chip 'n' Dale.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Donald, acting as a tree surgeon, walks up to a tree. He climbs a ladder, cuts a branch and puts tar on it, when an acorn falls on his beak. He looks up and sees Chip and Dale putting acorns in their tree. As a prank, Donald cuts their branch and puts tar on it, sticking the pair together.

Donald then makes a joke with his leaf cutter (resembling a Shoebill) to make the chipmunks think it's a scary bird, frightening them. Donald then makes his cutter an acorn cracker which causes the chipmunks to get mad, so they put a stone on the cutter, smashing Donald into the ground.

Chip goes to check and meets an angry Donald. A chase ensues, and the chipmunks hide in some leaves. Donald gets his lawn mower, which not only cuts the leaves but also the chipmunks' ears off.

Donald eventually ends up getting an electric shock on the high-voltage wires and falls on the leaves. Chip 'n' Dale then put the tar on Donald, causing him to turn himself into a "leaf monster", and the chipmunks laugh in triumph, only to accidentally get their hand glued together when they shake their tar-covered hands, before the short ends.

Voice cast[edit]

Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
Chip: Jimmy MacDonald
Dale: Dessie Flynn

Home media[edit]

The short was released on December 11, 2007, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "The Chronological Donald Volume 3 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

External links[edit]

Out on a Limb at IMDb

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[2] "The Chronological Donald Volume 3 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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