Tea for Two Hundred (1948)

Donald is preparing a little picnic when he sees some ants passing by. He decides to tease one, ultimately by piling lots of food onto it. The ant eventually stumbles, but realizes Donald ... See full summary »

Director:

Jack Hannah

Writers:

Nick George (story), Bill Berg (story)

Stars:

Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Pinto Colvig	...	Ants (voice) (uncredited)
Clarence Nash	...	Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Storyline

Donald is preparing a little picnic when he sees some ants passing by. He decides to tease one, ultimately by piling lots of food onto it. The ant eventually stumbles, but realizes Donald is sitting on a veritable gold mine. He rallies his fellow ants, and while Donald is napping, they cart him to a cliff and drop him into the river. When he returns to the raid in progress, he finds himself powerless to stop it. He dynamites the ant hill, but that only separates the ledge he's standing on, and he finds himself in the river again as the ants finish off a cupcake.

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Plot Keywords:

ant | ant hill | picnic | dynamite | cartoon ant | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Short

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 December 1948 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aku Ankka ja muurahaiset

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title is based on the song "Tea for Two" from the 1925 musical "No, No, Nanette" with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving Caesar.

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Goofs

The ants in this short are shown with two "arms" and two "legs" when in fact ants have six legs.

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Quotes

Donald Duck: [Donald has accidentally lit up a fuse that leads to his car's gas tank] Heh, heh... bye-bye.

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Connections

Featured in Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Disney Goes to the Oscars (1986)

User Reviews

Donald enjoys outdoor picnic until the bees show up...

A better than usual DONALD DUCK short, TEA FOR TWO HUNDRED was nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar back in '48, and it's full of clever plot ideas and good animation.

An army of bees resides near Donald's picnic tent and are soon in evidence when he spots them marching along toward their hives. He decides to play a prank on them and the battle of the bees begins.

They not only invade his picnic basket, but an army of them manage to carry him while he naps and toss him off a high ledge to the water below. He awakens, anxious to get his revenge.

Clever and fast moving, the bees are ingenious and Donald only gets more and more vexation from having to deal with them. His final decision to use dynamite on one of the hives only backfires with him landing in the water again.

Typical Donald cartoon makes clever use of images and Oliver Wallace's native music for the bees is an original touch.