| Crazy Over Daisy | |
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| Directed by | Jack Hannah |
| Story by | Jack Hannah |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Clarence Nash Gloria Blondell Helen Silbert Dessie Miller |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
| Animation by | Bill Justice Volus Jones Bob Carlson |
| Layouts by | Yale Gracey |
| Backgrounds by | Thelma Witmer |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 6:20 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Crazy Over Daisy is aDonald Duckanimatedshort film which was originally released on March 18, 1950. Produced inTechnicolor byWalt Disney Productions andRKO Radio Pictures, the short featuredDonald Duck,Daisy Duck, andChip 'n' Dale.[1]Mickey Mouse,Minnie Mouse, andGoofy also made a brief cameo at the beginning of the film. The story takes place in the 1890s. Donald is on his way to visit Daisy, when Chip n' Dale come along and spoil the date.
In the 1890s,Donald Duck is riding hispenny-farthing bicycle, humming a love tune (the theme song "Crazy Over Daisy") and on his way toDaisy Duck. He passes and waves to townspeople, includingMickey Mouse withMinnie Mouse driving an old vehicle andGoofy asIceman.Chip 'n' Dale find Donald's look and mannerisms amusing, and proceed to mock and antagonize him. Donald initially shoos them up into a nearby tree, but they continue their mockery of him along a tree branch. The feud escalates until Chip 'n' Dale ultimately destroy Donald's bicycle with acannon ball.
Drenched from landing in a fountain and enraged at his destroyed bicycle, Donald chases and ultimately catches the chipmunks. He drags them into his workshop, where he hastily assembles a new bicycle. This new model includes wheels wide enough to serve as treadmills, in which he traps the chipmunks to power the bike. He rides his new chipmunk powered bike to Daisy's house.
Donald stands on Daisy's sidewalk expecting her to kiss him in greeting, but is instead met with a slap across his face. Daisy, sympathetic towards the chipmunks who had been pressed into slave labor, takes them into her home while bidding a harsh farewell to Donald. A final insult is dealt to Donald when Dale emerges from the house to take the candy Donald had brought as a gift. Embittered, Donald walks back home.
The short introduced Daisy's theme song "Daisy Mae", and in later appearances, Donald can be heard whistling or quacking the tune, such as inDude Duck,Out on a Limb andChips Ahoy. The music was also reused for the song "Meet Me Down on Main Street" recorded bythe Mellomen.
Daisy, Daisy you're the one that's got me captivated,
Every time you look at me I get soaddlepated,
And when I'm driving along the street
Everybody that I meet
Says "there goes the guy
that's crazy over sweet Daisy Mae".
The short was released on December 11, 2007, onWalt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950.[2]
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