In honor of his 90th birthday, Donald Duck We stopped by to appear on the popular YouTube series. HotDonald Duck first appeared on June 9, 1934, and is a Disney icon second only to Mickey Mouse, at one point even surpassing the company's mascot in popularity. Disney celebrated Donald Duck's 90th anniversary, including the release of a special edition, what if…?Marvel Comics cover featuring the character, which some fans were able to obtain at D23.
Now Donald Duck has appeared in the famous series Hot On the Disney show, Donald sits down with host Shawn Evans to try a series of five Disney-inspired hot sauces. Donald avoids any controversy by eating broccoli wings instead of chicken wings. Donald, who is known for his temper, went on the show at the suggestion of his girlfriend, Daisy Duck, and his best friend Mickey Mouse is on set to keep Donald calm. Evans points out that Donald is the longest-serving guest on the show and asks him a series of tough questions that Donald avoids answering, such as his relationship with the superhero Darkwing Duck and whether the rumors about him cutting his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie out of his will, which Donald managed to get out of due to his recent hot sauce, are true. In typical Donald Duck fashion, he loses his cool with the final hot sauce. You can watch the video below:
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Hot One of the most popular shows on YouTube, host Sean Evans has developed a reputation for asking deep, thoughtful questions while guests enjoy (and often suffer) the pain of eating wings covered in hot sauce. The videos tend to go viral, and Disney has already marketed the show Deadpool and Wolverine on Hot With Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman involved in the series, the idea of having Hot Creating an animated film with Disney characters seemed like the perfect pairing. Tim Pennoyer, director of brand marketing at The Walt Disney Company, told Animation Magazine:
“Mickey Mouse and his friends, including Donald Duck, have always been a part of popular culture, so it made sense that Donald and Mickey would appear on one of the most popular shows on the internet with celebrity guests.
Walt Disney Animation Company was pushing the boundaries of 2D characters interacting with real people, as Walt Disney experimented with in his early films. Alice's Wonderland Shorts in 1923, and helped the company perfect them in 1988 through its role in Who set Roger Rabbit up?Legendary Disney animator Eric Goldberg, known for his work on Aladdin and wreck it ralphHe worked on the animation for the episode, while Tony Anselmo provided the voice of Donald Duck and Brett Evan provided the voice of Mickey Mouse. A full list of the talented animators who worked on the project can be found on the Instagram account of Jillian (Carney) Howell, Production Coordinator at Walt Disney Studios.
