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Donald Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 by Walt Disney Productions. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. Among his most recognizable traits are his blue sailor outfit, short temper, and a semi-intelligible voice (originated by Clarence Nash). Since his debut, he has appeared in over 150 short subjects, sixteen feature films, and over a dozen television series. In 2002, Donald Duck was included in TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all-time alongside Mickey Mouse,[1] and has earned his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

History with the Macy's Parade

Donald Duck’s involvement with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began in 1935 when he, already a star character, was chosen to be one of four new balloons in that year’s parade. The inflatable duck joined a vast lineup of Disney-based balloons produced for the previous year’s parade, such as Mickey Mouse and Horace Horsecollar. For his debut voyage, the balloon was joined by three smaller balloon versions of Donald (sans outfit).

The flight across New York City proved to be difficult, however, as wind and rain swept across the Parade route. The balloons were pushed around by the inclement weather and Donald, despite being an aquatic bird, was hit perhaps hardest of all. Although he suffered no punctures, the balloon’s neck gave way to the rain, causing it and his head to flail wildly throughout the Parade route. Following this Parade, it and every other Disney balloon was retired from the line of march.

Donald would need to wait four years before making his return to the lineup in 1939, this time in the form of a small float depicting the foul-tempered fowl piloting a boat. The float sailed down Broadway that year before being retired from the lineup. Another float version of Donald Duck would be made for the 1946 Parade, fashioned in the likeness of a wooden pull-toy, but that too lasted just one year. In the interim, a walk-around Donald made the trek across New York in 1941.

The dyspeptic duck would need to wait until the 1962 Macy's Parade to return to the lineup. That year, Walt Disney Productions and Macy's teamed up to create a new balloon version of Donald, making him the first fictional character to receive more than one full-size balloon in the Parade. This new Donald was constructed throughout the year at the Goodyear Aircraft Corp. in Phoenix, Arizona, by the same staff that had previously built balloons such as Popeye and Bullwinkle. [2] The finished balloon was twice as tall as the original - 60 feet tall and 30 feet wide - and required 10,000 cubic feet of helium to fill his 440 pound body.

During development, it was planned to have this new balloon followed by three smaller balloons as well - this time, in the shape of Donald’s nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Goodyear engineers, however, came to the conclusion that in order to fly, they would have to be disproportionate in scale to their uncle. Consequently, the idea was scrapped and Donald flew solo.

Parade Day that year proved to be turbulent, much like it had almost thirty years earlier. Despite issues caused by rain and 30 mile-per-hour winds that nearly pushed the monstrous mallard into the street [3], Donald Duck successfully flew down the parade route. In the end, the balloon proved to be a favorite among spectators, and by November 1963 he was ready to set sail for Herald Square once again. That year, however, a Goodyear employee accidentally stepped on his foot during the Parade’s preparation, puncturing it and leaving his leg limp for his flight that year.

By 1971, the rubbernecked veteran had begun to wear out, and with a new Mickey Mouse balloon ready to fly that year, it was decided to have Donald retire after his tenth flight. The night before the parade, however, was fraught with catastrophic weather, with a downpour of rain and winds peaking at 60 miles per hour. The weather made it impossible to inflate the balloons, and Donald’s final flight was held off for the next year. Even 1972 was not without issues, however, as Donald wound up with a deflated wing after crashing into a tree.

The Donald Duck balloon was indeed kept in retirement for over a decade, with walk-around versions of the character appearing on-and-off from 1976 into the mid 1980s. By 1983, however, with Donald’s 50th anniversary on the horizon, it was decided to restore the balloon and bring it back out for one last flight in the 1984 Parade. The restoration proved successful in spite of mildew inside the balloon, and Donald Duck took to the skies for the first time in twelve years Thanksgiving Day that year, leading the parade to Macy’s for the first time. Despite expectations that this would be the balloon’s final flight, he made return appearances at the 1985 and 1986 Macy’s-Egleston Christmas Parades.

Following these appearances, the balloon would be kept inside the Macy’s Parade Studio in Hoboken, New Jersey for almost twenty years, eventually being almost completely cut up in 2005, with swatches of the balloon saved for historical purposes.

The walk-around character of Donald Duck has since returned to the lineup twice to ride on Disney-themed floats; once in 2005 on the Ship of Dreams Float; celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Disneyland Resort, and again in 2021 on the Magic Meets the Sea Float; touting the maiden voyage of Disney Cruise Line's newest ship, the Disney Wish.

Trivia

• Donald was one of only two balloons to have their retirement announced during the NBC telecast, the other being Shrek in 2010.

References

1. ↑ //web.archive.org/web/20120104091642///articles.cnn.com/2002-07-30/entertainment/cartoon.characters.list_1_ren-and-stimpy-tv-guide-space-ghost
2. ↑ //www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2014/09/19/macys-thanksgiving-parade-balloons-made-goodyear/15913043/
3. ↑ //www.newspapers.com/newspage/457168704/

See also

• Donald Duck/Gallery
• Mickey Mouse
• Horace Horsecollar
• Pluto
• Santa Goofy
• JoJo's Circus
• Chicken Little

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