Donald Duck Presents

Donald Duck Presents was a television series that aired on Disney Channel in the 1980s and showed Disney's classic cartoons. A similar show called Good Morning, Mickey! aired on the channel around the same time. Although Donald Duck shorts were the primary programming, as suggested by the name, additional cartoons featuring Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Chip and Dale, Pluto, as well as Silly Symphonies, Disney featurettes, educational cartoons, clips of Disney animated features, and others Disney-based shorts were shown. Some Max Fleischer cartoons were shown as well, courtesy of Kit Parker Films, under the title of "The Fabulous Fleischer Folio".
The show first aired on September 1, 1983, a few months after the Disney Channel was launched. Its timeslot for its early run was at 8 a.m. Eastern/Pacific Time, making it the third program of the Disney Channel's initial 16-hour programming day.
Brief clips and segues featuring Donald Duck typically were placed between each short. The shorts oftentimes were edited down, removing the opening and closing credits, and in some cases, edited for length.
The intro featured a cavalcade of scenes from classic Disney shorts, and a theme song. Unlike that of Good Morning, Mickey!, which features all of the characters in the theme, it featured only Donald (and his nephews).
The credits for the show didn't name anyone. Instead, it stated "The cartoons in this program are the work of animators from WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS over the past 50 years."
It was replaced by Donald's Quack Attack in 1992.
==Episode list (incomplete)==
# 	Short 1 	Short 2 	Short 3 	Short 4 	Short 5
001	How to Dance 	Mickey's Revue 	What Should I Do?: The Project 	Crazy with the Heat 	
002	Donald's Lucky Day 	Brave Little Tailor 	Mickey's Polo Team 	Up a Tree 	
003	Donald's Crime 	Camp Dog 	Bee at the Beach 	Hooked Bear 	
004	Bearly Asleep 	The Little Stranger (Fleischer) 	The Moth and the Flame 	 	
005	More Kittens 	Monstro the Whale (scene from Pinocchio) 	Farmyard Symphony 	 	
006	The Flying Squirrel 	Two Gun Goofy 	Officer Duck 	 	
007	Grin and Bear It 	Cold Turkey 	Lion Down 	The Ugly Duckling 	
008	Self Control 	Thru the Mirror 	The Litterbug 	The Pointer 	
009	Donald's Dream Voice 	Moving Day 	Sleepy Time Donald 	No Smoking 	
010	Birds in the Spring 	Cinderella's Surprise Dress (scene from Cinderella) 	Golden Eggs 	 	
011	Father Noah's Ark 	Snubbed by a Snob (Fleischer) 	Aquamania 	 	
012	The Village Smithy 	The Sorcerer's Apprentice (scene from Fantasia) 	Window Cleaners 	 	
013	Crazy Over Daisy 	Mickey's Garden 	Trailer Horn 	Motor Mania 	
014	The Army Mascot 	All's Fair at the Fair (Fleischer) 	How to Ride a Horse 	 	
015	Donald's Diary 	Pluto and the Armadillo 	Californy 'er Bust 	Canvas Back Duck 	
016	Canine Casanova 	Once Upon a Dream (scene from Sleeping Beauty) 	Donald's Crime 	 	
017	Beezy Bear 	Father's Week-End 	Clown of the Jungle 	How to Swim 	Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
018	Fall Out-Fall In 	Play Safe (Fleischer) 	I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian 	 	
019	Truant Officer Donald 	The Simple Things 	Teachers are People 	Donald's Better Self 	
020	Dragon Around 	Two Weeks Vacation 	Donald's Cousin Gus 	You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste	
021	Lighthouse Keeping 	Daddy Duck 	Peter and the Wolf 	 	
022	Old Sequoia 	Bone Bandit 	The Plastics Inventor 	How to Play Golf 	
023	Let's Stick Together 	Donald and the Wheel 	Boat Builders 	 	
024	Fire Chief 	On Ice 	Modern Inventions 	Two Chips and a Miss (second half) 	
025	Babes in the Woods 	I'm No Fool with Fire (revised) 	Symphony Hour 	 	
026	The Wise Little Hen 	A Kick in Time (Fleischer) 	Self Control 	 	
027	Funny Little Bunnies 	Hawaiian Birds (Fleischer) 	Contrary Condor 	 	
028	How to Be a Detective 	Hunky and Spunky (Fleischer) 	The Flying Jalopy 	 	
029	Chicken Little 	Whistle While You Work (scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)	Cock o' the Walk 	 	
030	Donald and Pluto 	Mickey and the Seal 	Don's Fountain of Youth 	Goofy Gymnastics 	
031	Wide Open Spaces 	Cat Nap Pluto 	The Big Wash 	The Fox Hunt (1938) 	
032	Out on a Limb 	Bubble Bee 	Donald Applecore 	The Art of Skiing 	
033	Cured Duck 	A Knight for a Day 	Bootle Beetle 	Double Dribble 	
034	Donald's Garden 	Hold That Pose 	Working for Peanuts 	How to Sleep 	
035	Morris, the Midget Moose 	Peter Pan Meets Captain Hook (scene from Peter Pan) 	Chef Donald 	 	
036	Donald's Tire Trouble 	The Worm Turns 	Lambert the Sheepish Lion 	Mickey Down Under 	
037	Lion Around 	Pluto's Kid Brother 	Trombone Trouble 	Tomorrow We Diet! 	
038	Donald's Dilemma 	Mickey's Birthday Party 	The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A. 	The Sleep Walker 	
039	The Flying Jalopy 	Cold Storage 	Straight Shooters 	How to Ride a Horse 	
040	Good Scouts 	Pluto's Blue Note 	Out of Scale 	The Olympic Champ 	
041	Donald's Double Trouble 	Pluto's Surprise Package 	Symphony Hour 	They're Off 	
042	No Sail 	What Should I Do?: The Game 	 	 	
043	The Big Wash 	Whistle While You Work (scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)	 	 	
044	Donald's Camera 	The Big Bad Wolf 	The Art of Self Defense 	Brave Little Tailor 	
045	Fathers Are People 	I'm No Fool with Fire (revised) 	 	 	
046	Father Noah's Ark 	The Beach Party (Computer Colorized) 	 	 	
047	All in a Nutshell 	Mickey's Trailer 	 	 	
048	Bellboy Donald 	Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons 	Lend a Paw 	 	
049	Thru the Mirror 	Alice and the White Rabbit (scene from Alice in Wonderland) 	 	 	
050	Inferior Decorator 	Dog Watch 	Fathers Are People 	How to Have an Accident at Work 	
051	Lonesome Ghosts 	Puss Café 	 	 	
052	Sea Scouts 	Hawaiian Holiday 	 	 	
053	Donald's Dog Laundry 	Orphan's Benefit (1941) 	 	 	
054	Donald's Lucky Day 	Brave Little Tailor 	Mickey's Polo Team 	 	
055	Corn Chips 	Mickey's Parrot 	Father's Day Off 	No Hunting 	
056	Scrooge McDuck and Money 	Donald's Dog Laundry 	 	 	
057	Chip an' Dale 	Food for Feudin' 	Father's Lion 	The Legend of Coyote Rock 	
058	Donald's Off Day 	You and Your Ears 	Let's Stick Together 	 	
059	Grand Canyonscope 	A Cowboy Needs a Horse 	Pecos Bill 	 	
060	Don Donald 	The Country Cousin 	Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom 	 	
061	Polar Trappers 	Alpine Climbers 	You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste	Canine Caddy 	
062	Beach Picnic 	Paul Bunyan 	Mickey's Grand Opera 	 	
063	Donald's Vacation 	Moose Hunters 	Donald in Mathmagic Land 	Camp Dog 	
064	Soup's On 	Pluto's Party 	Freewayphobia 	 	
065	Clock Cleaners 	Boat Builders 	Little Toot 	Pluto's Sweater 	
066	Bee on Guard 	Pueblo Pluto 	Donald's Gold Mine 	Susie the Little Blue Coupe 	
067	Honey Harvester 	Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip 	Up a Tree 	You and Your Food 	
068	Mail Dog 	Greedy Humpty Dumpty (Fleischer) 	Modern Inventions 	 	
069	A Good Time for a Dime 	Cinderella's Fairy Godmother (scene from Cinderella) 	Susie the Little Blue Coupe 	 	
070	Three Orphan Kittens 	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Fleischer) 	 	 	
071	Canvas Back Duck 	What Should I Do?: The Fight 	Mickey's Revue 	 	
072	Two for the Record 	Lady and the Tramp 	The Autograph Hound 	 	
073	Goofy's Freeway Troubles 	What Should I Do? 	Hooked Bear 	 	
074	The Brave Engineer 	Somewhere in Dreamland (Fleischer) 	Dog Watch 	 	
075	The Trial of Donald Duck 	Peeping Penguins (Fleischer) 	Two Weeks Vacation 	Rugged Bear 	
076	Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet	Song of the Birds (Fleischer) 	The Worm Turns 	 	
077	Goofy Gymnastics 	The Golden State (Fleischer) 	Little Hiawatha 	 	
078	Dude Duck 	Mickey Down Under 	Winter Storage 	Aquamania 	
079	Contrary Condor 	Cock o' the Walk 	Lend a Paw 	Mail Dog 	
==VHS release==
The show was released only on VHS PAL in the UK as part of a six-volume set which also each featured an episode of Good Morning, Mickey, Welcome to Pooh Corner, The Mouse Factory, and Mousercise. Unlike the stateside version of the show, however, there were no cartoon shorts released, likely so as to avoid confusion with Good Morning, Mickey. Instead, it contained different Disney featurettes.
*Volume One contains "Adventures of J. Thaddeus Toad"
*Volume Two contains "A Day at Disneyland"
*Volume Three contains "Donald in Mathmagic Land"
*Volume Four contains "Bear Country"
*Volume Five contains "Magic and Music" and "Peter and the Wolf"
*Volume Six contains "Nature's Half Acre"
In Australia, six more VHS tapes (for a total of twelve) were released containing additional featurettes. Along with them, one Christmas-themed one was also released:
*Volume Seven contains "Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet" and "The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At the Met"
*Volume Eight contains "It's Tough to Be a Bird"
*Volume Twelve contains "In Shape with Von Drake"
*The Christmas Volume contains "The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol"
==Gallery==
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==External links==
*Donald Duck Presents at the Big Cartoon Database
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