Truant Officer Donald

Truant Officer Donald1941

Truant Officer Donald is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on August 1, 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1942 but… more »



[having captured his nephews playing hooky, Donald locks them in the back of his paddy wagon and drives them to school]

Donald Duck:
Now, you boys are young. You got the best part of your life ahead of you. If you go to school and study hard, someday you'll grow up to be a man in a man's world. It's the highway or the road.

[all the while, Huey, Dewey and Louie are covering their ears to block out Donald's lecture, then take out Swiss army knives and use them to cut out holes in the truck and escape; Donald barely notices as he continues lecturing]

Donald Duck:
Life is no bed of roses. No sir, boys, you might as well realize it: education is absolutely essential.

[to emphasize his next point, he then looks into the prison where they supposedly are, but is empty and riddled with holes besides]

Donald Duck:
Crime does not pay!

[looks away]

Donald Duck:
Uh-uh, crime does not...

[suddenly, his voice trails off as he looks into the prison again to realize that the nephews are in fact gone]

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