Original release date: March 21, 1951

Rating: TV-G and “may contain outdated cultural depictions”

Length: six minutes

Background:

As the 1950s kept on rolling, so did the Disney shorts. Following the debuts of Chip and Dale in the 1940s, they quickly became featured stars in Disney shorts.

“Corn Chips” was directed by Jack Hannah, an animator who was NOT the zoo keeper Jack Hanna (much to my confusion reading the name).

Review:

Following the Donald Duck title card (yes, it’s officially a “Donald Duck” short), we see the title screen firmly focusing on our chipmunk friends.

As Donald shovels snow in his driveway, two little pesky chipmunks shovel snow off of a tree limb above and into his space. Without even being noticed, he moves them down to shovel it for him… and they do.

Donald laughs, having been discovered, and goes inside with a clean walkway. Chip and Dale immediately plot revenge, spying him popping popcorn inside. They get in as Donald checks the door and immediately make a mess, spilling his box of popcorn kernels. Back in the day, children, there were no microwaves.

As Donald pops, the two little chipmunks find their way into his bowl of popcorn. Donald reads and eats popcorn, looking down to see Chip headed out the door with the bowl. He chases them outside to a tree, where he steals the bowl back… or the popcorn, at least.

The two sides, duck and chipmunk, continue going until we get a victor. Can you guess who?

Extras:

No extras for you.

Should you watch it?

Hardly essential, this one is worth a skip it recommendation. It’s cute and funny, but you’re not missing much by skipping it.