The Clock Watcher (1945)

Clarence Nash: Donald Duck

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Quotes 

• Speaker Pipe : Attention, Royal Workers, I have some good news!

  Donald Duck : Wow!

  [a thought appears over his head with the word BONUS and a sack filling with money] 

  Speaker Pipe : Production has increased in every single department.

  Donald Duck : Oh!

  [smiles and rubs his hands together] 

  Speaker Pipe : Except one.

  Donald Duck : [the sack in his thought stops filling]  Huh?

  Speaker Pipe : The gift wrapping department.

  Donald Duck : [the sack of money in his thought empties and the thought disappears as he looks to the speaking pipe angrily]  Is that so?

  Speaker Pipe : Something will have to be done...

  [Donald moves his finger up and down on the pipe end] 

  Speaker Pipe : Royal buh-buh-bee-buh-buh-buh-bee-buh-boo.

  [Donald holds the corners of the pipe end like a mouth and turns the corners up] 

  Speaker Pipe : [singing]  Royal brothers aren't ha-a-appy.

  [He turns the corners down] 

  Speaker Pipe : [singing in a different voice]  Ye-e-es, sir. And there's gonna do somethin' 'bo-o-out it.

• Donald Duck : One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Four, that's it four.

  [Donald Duck grabs the card and puts it in the slot, he uses the magnet to pull back the long clock hand, then he clocks in early, and puts the time card away] 

• Donald Duck : Pant, pant, whew.

  [Donald Duck uses the clamp to close Jack in his box and then rests on the clamp] 

  Speaker Pipe : Ahh. Happy Royal family, haven't we had a lovely day?

  Donald Duck : Shut up!

  [Donald Duck shoves a rubber ball into the speaking pipe] 

  Speaker Pipe : Sport who's trying to get this thing jammed.

  [the speaker pipe shoots out the rubber ball. Donald Duck dodges the ball. But the rubber ball hits the clamp, causing Jacks head in the box to spring out to hit Donald Duck in the head, right into his pie piece, he is seen wearing a pie hat] 

  Donald Duck : Wak! Why don't you be more careful!

• Donald Duck : What's the matter with this horn?

  [Donald Duck takes the trombone to the clamp and shapes it to a french horn. He then blows the french horn and puts it into the box. He puts the ring in the football box but the football won't fit in the ring box] 

  Donald Duck : Ahh that's easy. Nothing to it. What the?

  [Donald Duck deflates the football and it fits in the ring box] 

  Speaker Pipe : See how the minutes slip by when we keep our mind on our work?

  Donald Duck : Oh yeah.

  [Donald Duck plays with the pendulum and the clock ticks faster] 

  Donald Duck : Uh-oh!

  [Donald shakes the pendulum and the clock spins and he laughs. Then the spinning stops] 

  Donald Duck : Okay!

  [Donald Duck reads his book] 

  Speaker Pipe : We don't sound very busy down there do we Mr. Duck.

  [Donald Duck whacks the box on the table, shakes the wrapping paper, hits the table with his foot, and clips the scissors] 

  Speaker Pipe : Ahh, that's better much better, now let's mark this one rush please.

  [the box slides down to Donald. Donald Duck gets his squirt gun, gets the ink and shoots the cursive word 'Rush' on it. He puts the gun away and then pulls out his lunch on the table. He pours a cup of coffee in his cup and the smell goes into the speaker pipe] 

  Speaker Pipe : Achoo!

  [the speaker sneezes the drink in Donald Ducks face and Donald Duck throws a temper tantrum] 

  Speaker Pipe : Why, Mr. Duck, aren't you ashamed?

  [the speaker horn goes right up to Donald Ducks face] 

  Donald Duck : Y-y-y-y-yes, sir.

  [Donald Duck laughs and is embarrassed] 

  Speaker Pipe : Say you're sorry. Go ahead.

  Donald Duck : I'm sorry.

  [Donald Duck makes faces at the speaker pipe] 

  Speaker Pipe : That's a good boy. Back to our work now. Wrap this one quickly.

  [Donald Duck quickly wraps the gift very sloppy and throws it. Then the perfume box comes up to Donald Duck] 

  Donald Duck : Well, well.

  [Donald Duck sprays perfume on himself and the fumes go into the speaker pipe] 

  Speaker Pipe : Hmm. What's that? Night blooming narcissus?

  [Donald Duck continues to spray into the speaker pipe] 

  Speaker Pipe : Oh no, It's 'Come Hither #5'.

• Donald Duck : That'll hold ya!

  [Donald Duck hammers the Jack-in-the-box to the ground with stake pegs. But then the head goes right through the floor. Donald looks out the window and at the lower window surprised to see Jacks Head go through the floor. He runs downstairs and pulls the head trying to get it out of the floor. The box comes out and pulls Donald in and gets trapped inside the box. The box falls on the floor and he wrestles in the box] 

  Donald Duck : I am stuck!

  [He finally bounces out of the box wearing Jacks clown accordion costume with the neck ruff and nightcap while Jack-in-the-box is wearing Donald's blue shirt and hat that he stole from Donald Duck] 

  Donald Duck : I will get somebody...

  Speaker Pipe : Alright Royal workers! Cleaning time!

  Donald Duck : Yippee!

  [Donald Duck runs up the stairs still wearing the Jack-in-the-box costume while the Jack in the box with Donald's shirt and hat disappears and is about to leave but stops] 

  Speaker Pipe : But not for you, Mr. Duck. I'm sure you won't mind staying to wrap a few more packages.

  [Then the toys pile up on the floor] 

  Speaker Pipe : Remember the Royal spirit. Give me everything you've got.

  Donald Duck : Oh yeah!

  [Donald Duck gets angry and runs upstairs and beats up his boss] 

  Speaker Pipe : Mr. Duck? Ow, be careful! Stop it please! Oh! Help! Please!

  [Then the speaker pipe falls apart on the table] 

• Speaker Pipe : Now hurry up. Hurry up.

  [Donald Duck wraps the rocking chair with him in it rocking. Then the Jack-in-the-box comes down] 

  Speaker Pipe : Here's a rush order Mr. Duck.

  [Donald Duck breaks out of the rocking chair ripping the paper and runs to the Jack-in-the-box. He then gets wrapping paper. He sets the box down and the box is trying to get open. Donald Duck takes out the pin and out comes Jack springing up surprising Donald. Donald laughs and then tries to push the head in the box, but it springs out again with Donald Duck hugging it] 

  Speaker Pipe : Now Mr. Duck we mustn't play with the toys.

  [Donald Duck gets angry and quickly closes the box and wraps it up, tying it down. He then sits down on the box and tries to eat his pie] 

  Donald Duck : Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.

  [Then the Jack-in-the-box pushes up on Donald Duck and it bursts open sending Donald sliding across the table through his lunch and through the boxes until Donald's beak hits the sand dumper toy and the sand piles up all over Donald's beak]