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Toy Tinkers

Toy Tinkersis an Americananimatedshort filmproduced inTechnicolorbyWalt Disney Productionsand released to theaters on December 16, 1949 byRKO Radio Pictures.[1]Set duringChristmas time,the film showsChip 'n' Daletrying to steal nuts fromDonald Duck'shome using toy weapons. The film was nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Animated Short Filmin 1950,[2]but ultimately lost toWarner Bros'.For Scent-imental Reasons,aPepé Le PewLooney Tunesfilm directed byChuck Jones.

Toy Tinkers
Title card
Directed byJack Hannah
Story byHarry Reeves
Milt Banta
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringClarence Nash
Dessie Flynn
Jimmy MacDonald
Music byPaul J. Smith
Animation byBob Carlson
Volus Jones
Bill Justice
Jack Boyd(effects)
Layouts byYale Gracey
Backgrounds byThelma Witmer
Color processTechnicolor
Production
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Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • December 16, 1949(1949-12-16)
(US)
Running time
7:30
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Toy Tinkerswas directed byJack Hannahand features original and adapted music byPaul J. Smithwhich includes the song "Jingle Bells"andSchubert'sMarche Militaire.The voice cast includesClarence Nashas Donald andJimmy MacDonaldand Dessie Flynn as Chip and Dale respectively.[3][4][5]

It was later reissued asChristmas Capers,and 16mm prints of this version still exist.

Plot

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Chip and Dale's curiosity leads them into Donald's house after they see him chop down a tree near their log home to use as a Christmas tree. The chipmunks follow Donald to his house and see nuts and candy through a window, deciding to try to take them. They slip in through the mail slot and load the nuts into a toy truck. During the theft, Dale pretends to be in a make-believe neighborhood, before Chip beats him up for playing around.

Donald sees Chip and Dale stealing the nuts and uses the toys to foil them. When the chipmunks catch on, Donald disguises himself as Santa Claus and gives Chip a much larger present than Dale, making him jealous and start fighting with Chip. Seeing the chipmunks busy arguing, Donald hold them at gunpoint with a handgun inside the big nut, crashes them in a toy police car, and fires nuts from a pop gun at them. The chipmunks retaliate with a toy cannon when Donald encroaches on them.

Angered, Donald sets up a fort of presents on one side of the living room and returns fire with Chip and Dale doing likewise. Dale covertly sneaks a candlestick telephone into Donald's fort which Chip uses to distract Donald to transmit direct cannon fire. A frustrated Donald loads the phone with a stick of dynamite, but it doesn't explode. When the chipmunks call him again, he answers and the dynamite explodes. Having incapacitated Donald, the chipmunks march back home, and in a scene reminiscent ofThe Spirit of '76,employ the help of the mechanical toys to transport the hoard of nuts.

Voice cast

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Adaptations

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A comic book adaptation of the short was published inWalt Disney's Christmas Parade#2, printed byDell Comicsin 1950. This adaptation was titled "Christmas Fray" and "Such a Clatter" in reprints.[6]

Releases

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Home media

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The short was released on December 11, 2007 onWalt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950.[7]

Additional releases include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^Lenburg, Jeff (1999).The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons.Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76.ISBN0-8160-3831-7.Retrieved6 June2020.
  2. ^Crump, William D. (2019).Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film.McFarland & Co. p. 320.ISBN9781476672939.
  3. ^Toy Tinkersat theInternet Movie Database
  4. ^Toy Tinkersat theBig Cartoon DataBase
  5. ^Toy TinkersArchived2010-09-01 at theWayback Machineat The Encyclopedia of Animated Disney Shorts
  6. ^Such a ClatteratInducks
  7. ^"The Chronological Donald Volume 3 DVD Review".DVD Dizzy.Retrieved13 February2021.
  8. ^8mm Forum
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