Commando Duck (film #8 on Disc #1 of Walt Disney on the Front Lines DVD (Disney, 2004)). [Category: Military & Propaganda]

For some reason, cowardly Donald Duck is sent on a commando mission to single-handedly wipe out a Japanese air base. Hi-jinx ensue, of course, but, amazingly enough, he is eventually successful. This is one of the liveliest and funniest Disney toons I’ve seen, though it does have more racist Japanese stereotypes than Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips. I want the pocket-sized “Emergency Boat” for the Film Ephemera Museum of Quirky Devices (they should make condoms out of that kind of rubber!).

Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: *****. Weirdness: ****. Historical Interest: *****. Overall Rating: *****.