{"id":16323,"date":"2017-06-09T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=16323"},"modified":"2017-06-08T17:31:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T00:31:41","slug":"blustery-angry-duck-born-happy-birthday-donald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2017\/06\/blustery-angry-duck-born-happy-birthday-donald.html","title":{"rendered":"The Blustery, Angry Duck is Born. Happy birthday, Donald!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\nIt was on this day, the 9th of June, in 1934 that Donald Duck<\/a> made his premiere with the toon the Wise Little Hen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I understand we don\u2019t get the more fully developed short tempered duck until later in the year with Orphan\u2019s Benefit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mental Floss offers some tidbits, including the assertion of an alternative birthday<\/a>. I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m sticking with today.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been unable to find the actual origin, I\u2019m sure it must be a marketing scheme by the Disney cartel, but there is a general consensus today is Donald Duck Day. And it is observed in any number of ways. That first and foremost is a visit to a Disney theme park takes us back to the Disney cartel plot, but, there are other fun things, as well. Such as learning a little of the odd and true facts about the Duck. For instance, Weird Holiday<\/a> offers some interesting \u201cfacts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donald Duck has appeared in seven animated features (more than Mickey Mouse).<\/p>\n

Donald Duck starred in a World War II propaganda cartoon called Der Feuhrer\u2019s Face (originally titled Donald Duck in Nutzi Land) which won an Academy Award in 1943.<\/p>\n

Donald Duck has his webbed feet prints in the forecourt of Mann\u2019s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA. On the same theme,\u00a0Donald Duck has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n

Donald Duck is the official mascot of the University of Oregon.<\/p>\n

It is rumored that Mickey Mouse was created to represent who we should be, while Donald Duck was created to represent who we are.<\/p>\n

From 1934 to 1983, Clarence Nash was the voice of Donald Duck.<\/p>\n

Donald Duck\u2019s license plate number on his red vehicle is 313 (an unlucky number).<\/p>\n

Donald Duck lives in a town called Duckburg.<\/p>\n

Me, I\u2019m pretty sure it is just a coincidence that Johnny Depp was born on the same day twenty-nine years later. Hints of a conspiracy aside, a happy 83rd birthday to the blustery, angry duck.<\/p>\n

So, may each of us, in our own way, celebrate this holiday.<\/p>\n