Toy Tinkers (1949)

the audience applauded

Thanks for the memories!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

"Toy Tinkers" is an American cartoon from 1949, so this one has its 70th anniversary soon and if you take a look at cast and crew here, you will find the names of many prolific and successful artists working for Disney. Their 7.5 minutes here bring us another clash between Donald and Chip and Dale, this one here with many references to the holidays. Fittingly it was released in the month of December too back then. I think it was an okay watch with solid fun overall. The Christmas spirit it never really delivers, but it has enough strengths in other fields, mostly the comedy aspect, the animation too of course, to still be very much worth seeing. What I also liked especially here is that it was not too politically correct, also not scared of slight depictions of violence and seeing how well they work here, you could say it's a pity they were so careful otherwise because it could have elevated the material in other cartoons too. Still, this does not make an impact when it comes to the nonexistent dramatic component, but adds to fun and absurdity. I am generally not a great Chip and Dale fan I guess, but here they are as convincing as everything and everybody else and the latter also refers to the toys because they were so central in the story here that they almost feel like actual characters. No surprise they are mentioned in the title too. It was a good watch and I recommend seeing it, not particularly during the holidays only, but also at any other time of the year.

This is a Christmas-themed Disney short starring Donald Duck, where he is seen decorating his cabin with ornaments and a Christmas tree. However, the chipmunks Chip 'n' Dale spot acorns and nuts inside the cabin and decides to steal some. This results in an all-out war with toy canons and bazookas between the characters as Chip 'n' Dale try to make away with the loot and Donald trying to defend his turf.There were some laugh-out-loud moments, especially during the parts where tomatoes get slapped onto Donald's face and when things blow up in Donald's ear after he answers the phone. But, it's obvious Chip 'n' Dale got away with murder as they got the upper hand with Donald, as usual, and it's unfair to poor Donald because the rodents were the one who snuck into the house and stole his stuff.It's a laughable Christmas cartoon, but I don't like how Donald always end up losing to those conniving rodents! Grade C

Like quite a lot of Looney Tunes episodes and even some Disney Mickey Mouse and Friends episodes, this has quite a lot of slapstick, but luckily a lot of witty humour to top it off. Basically, Chip and Dale are woken up at night-time when Donald Duck chops down a tree for his Christmas tree in their forest. When Chip and Dale see his house (to where he is going) they decide to follow him and come up to his house chock full of toys and sweets. Chip and Dale become very excited and start triggering their "stealing mood"...A cute, well-done cartoon, also very funny, this is a lovely Christmas short that many will like. This is recommended for fans of the cute little chipmunks, people who are excited to find out what happens next (if they have read the eye-catching blurb above) and people who also like Donald Duck having his revenge on Chip and Dale and how he does it/tries.Enjoy "Toy Tinkers"! :-)

A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon.Chip 'n' Dale become TOY TINKERS after discovering the treasures spread out under Donald's Christmas tree.Although enjoyable, this little Oscar nominated Duck versus Chipmunks Holiday film is unremarkable as far as animation & storyline are concerned. Clarence "Ducky" Nash supplies Donald's unique voice; the Chipmunks are largely unintelligible.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.