Too much of everything

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

"Donald Duck" (voiced by Clarence Nash), "Sergeant Pete" (voiced by Billy Bletcher). Director: JACK KING. Screenplay: Carl Barks, Jack Hannah. Color by Technicolor. Producer: Walt Disney. Copyright 7 September 1943 by Walt Disney Productions. U.S. release through RKO-Radio Pictures: 5 November 1943. 1 reel. 6 minutes.COMMENT: The old army game of course is sneaking out of barracks and sneaking back in again. Donald attempts to fool Sergeant Pete firstly with a phonograph record and then by playing an amusing variant on the old shell game with himself as the pea. At this point, the cartoon then unexpectedly takes a rather grisly turn with a macabre, grotesque sequence of mutilation and attempted suicide that is not only highly unsuitable for children but adults as well.

This is hilarious cartoon where Private Donald Duck has snuck off base for some unauthorized free time. He put a disguised dummy in his bed and a snoring sound effect record to fool Sergeant Pete. But, Pete caught on quickly and is ready to give Donald some disciplinary action. What results are some very funny scenes mixed with clever sound and music effects.Donald hides in one of three boxes and plays the shell game with Pete, until the game ends with Donald being thrown along a top of a sharp fence and both thinks he was sawed in half. Another round of laughs follows afterward.Overall, a rather funny Donald Duck cartoon.Grade B+

This is one short that has to be seen to be believed.It is very outlandish. And not something would could imagine seeing in a cartoon today... well not entirely true... but not a cartoon with such a beloved cartoon icon such as Donald Duck.Donald Duck contemplating suicide has to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Ever. Not just in cartoons, but any medium. It was something I never thought I'd see. Especially in this legitimate Walt Disney adventure. But I'm glad I did. In context... always remember the context of war, people.This is maybe something you would not want to show your kids. It is available of the Walt Disney: On the front Lines collection, released in May 2004, but knowing Disney, is probably out of print by now.

Donald has snuck out of the barracks with the rest of the Privates. But he's the first to return and the first to meet the wrath of Sargent Pete, who is not impressed with his hijinks. A chase around the barracks follows as Donald hides from Pete and a possible thrashing. At one point Pete chucks Donald along a spiked fence and the little duck believes he's been cut in half. Donald and Pete both shed tears over this awful situation and Donald tries to end it all with a bullet to the brain (sure this would never be allowed in a cartoon today).A mild plot revolving around a chase, seems more like the basis for a Tom and Jerry. Kinda funny though Donald has done better.