Another short where Donald tries to get to sleep only this
time it’s in the great outdoors.
The music and sound of the opening remind me of Psycho and I would say this opening was homage
to it if that film hadn’t come out thirteen years after this short did. It’s a weird coincidence anyways.
So this short is basically ‘Early to Bed’ 2.0 as Donald tries
to get to sleep on an inflated mattress out in the woods after being kicked out
of the Holdup Motel for not wanting to pay sixteen dollars to sleep on the cot
on the porch. I love the sound effects
as Donald first pumps up the mattress.
It just a great example of how something so simple can be made very
funny with sound alone and I really need to start giving Jimmy McDonald and the
rest of the sound effects department their due.
Some of the other gags like Donald’s car getting smashed by
a boulder and turning into a jalopy and him lying down on the rock the set the
boulder off in the first place are great.
Unlike ‘Early to Bed’ Donald actually falls asleep at several points here
he just can’t stay asleep, I miss the nightgown and cap outfit though. The only things I’d say i don’t like are the
gag of Donald falling into the lake, the movement and breathing just looks awkward
and forced to me. Not do I like that as
Donald goes sailing back to the motel on the deflating mattress we see his
feathers lift up to show skin. It only
lasts for a moment, but it bothers me because I expect that kind of gag more
from Warner Brothers not Disney.
On a final note I have to say that I do like that this short
has real ending with Donald ending up back at the motel on the cot. It brings everything full circle with Donald
returning to where he started, and ending up paying more than if he had just
slept there to begin with. Then getting
kicked off the porch and going right back to sleep nestled by a cactus, all
that time trying to be comfortable and he just sleeps right there.
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