Happy 50th Birthday Donald Duck | Dick Van Dyke | Happy Birthday Donald Duck | It’s Donald’s Birthday | 1984 | Clarence Ducky Nash

According to our host, Dick Van Dyke, during this 1-hour special we will see how the world is celebrating the 50^th Birthday of the American Hero.   Donald Duck’s 50^th Birthday aired on CBS during the Magical World of Disney on November 13, 1984.  To celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Donald Duck who first appeared in the Walt Disney Short The Wise Little Hen in 1934.

We get to see Donald in both animated and live form with Dick Van Dyke along with Ed Asner, C3Po and R2D2, Bruce Jenner, Cloris Leachman, John Ritter, Kenny Rodgers, Donna Summer, Andy Warhol, and Henry Winkler.  We also get to see Donald’s international tour from 1984, fishing with a parade in Donald’s honor at Disneyland.  This special was the last time Clarence “Ducky” Nash voiced Donald Duck.

Original uncut version (46.04 Long)