{"id":1593,"date":"2013-08-17T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T05:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2013-08-20T00:17:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T07:17:46","slug":"a-donald-duck-squeaker-and-the-wise-old-hen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/a-donald-duck-squeaker-and-the-wise-old-hen\/","title":{"rendered":"A Donald Duck Squeaker and &#8220;The Wise Little Hen&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a week since I last posted a &#8220;real&#8221; post on this blog actually having to do with post cards&#8230;so tonight I wanted to take a moment to remedy that situation!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1597\" alt=\"Disney_biography\" src=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Disney_biography.jpg\" width=\"169\" height=\"260\" \/>I have recently been reading an interesting biography, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0095H9QEK\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0095H9QEK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sundrycollec-20\">Walt Disney The Triumph Of The American Imagination<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sundrycollec-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0095H9QEK\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Neal Gabler. \u00a0So far, it&#8217;s been a great read with lots of detail on how Walt built the studio, and the various characters that were created there. \u00a0This afternoon, while spending a couple hours on an airplane, I was reading about the genesis of Donald Duck. \u00a0By 1934, Mickey Mouse had grown a little straight laced as a result of the studios forging headlong into realism. \u00a0Mickey was realized prior to sound and the &#8220;humanization&#8221; of the cartoons&#8230;and as he grew up he suffered a bit of an identity crisis. \u00a0Was he the hero like Douglas Fairbanks? \u00a0Or was he the cad like Charlie Chaplin? \u00a0As time went on, he had become more of the hero and had lost his edge that was on full display in <em>Steamboat Willie<\/em> and <em>Plane Crazy<\/em>. \u00a0So the studio came up with another character, Donald Duck, that could fill that need&#8230;a cantankerous, often temperamental and self serving type&#8230;a character to off-set the now squeaky clean Mickey Mouse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A5dowCyaP7I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His debut in <em>The Wise Little Hen<\/em> was an instant hit. \u00a0Fans all over the country loved him&#8230;perhaps because they saw themselves in him. \u00a0He was more gritty and real, expressing an attitude that was easy to identify with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/cards\/card_detail.php?id=885\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1595\" alt=\"NT0553\" src=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NT0553-188x300.jpg\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NT0553-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/NT0553.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s no secret that Donald has gone on to be as popular (or more so?) as Mickey Mouse in the Disney pantheon of characters. \u00a0And he is well represented in this (rather rare) squeaker, <a href=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/cards\/card_detail.php?id=885\">NT0553<\/a>. \u00a0It&#8217;s not an easy card to find, but you do see it pop up on eBay now and then. \u00a0Expect to pay around $50 for it though&#8230;maybe a little more, maybe a little less, if you are lucky.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your patience with the site migration to the new domain name this week. \u00a0Everything seems to be working fine. \u00a0And the checklist database is up to over 1700 records! \u00a0I am nearing the end of the Nickel Tour entries&#8230;so stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>Until next time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a week since I last posted a &#8220;real&#8221; post on this blog actually having to do with post cards&#8230;so tonight I wanted to take a moment to remedy that situation! 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