Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Good start, but then it gets ruined

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

A funny featuring Donald Duck and his nephews, where he commands the three kids to steer a sailboat. What results are some classic slapstick comedy that is Donald Duck and some hilarious gags - from Donald getting dressed like a fortune teller after getting entangled in the sail to Huey, Dewey, and Louie getting thrown clear across the boat. Donald's bout with a hungry shark is the highlight of the cartoon short, and lets us see some of Donald's tough instincts! Grade A

Sea Scouts (1939)*** (out of 4)Cute Disney short has Donald Duck taking his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louis out to sea where he hopes to teach them a few things. Nothing goes as planned for the poor uncle and soon he has to deal with a large shark. Fans of the Donald Duck shorts will certainly enjoy this one as the typical high quality animation is on full display and there are several funny gags. Needless to say, the stuff dealing with the shark are the highlights including a scene where Donald is frantically trying to climb a rope to avoid being eaten.

When this cartoon isn't busy with those really old 'bum' jokes that were only funny in 1903 it's actually quite fun with an untypical ending. Donald, fancying himself as an old-fashioned Navy Captain, takes his nephews out on the sea in a pretty big sailboat. But, being Donald he has no idea how to hoist the anchor safely or even how to properly cast off the ropes.Pretty soon he's flying around in the sky attached to the mast which has broken off and turned into a kite. And then he battles a hungry shark and, you know what, he actually wins by punching it out. Strange to think that Donald actually succeeds at something.

'Sea Scouts' is an animated short movie from Disney starring Donald Duck as a captain of a ship. His nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie are his sailors. Of course things do not go as planned and when they want to sail away the ship falls apart. Donald has an encounter with a big shark. Now his nephews must save him.The short is pretty funny. Especially the moments before the ship falls apart, one with some flags in particular, are great. The animation is quite good and makes sure this is a real cartoon. Sometimes very inventive, always pretty funny, this is another fine animated short from Disney.