Donald's Cousin Gus

Donald's Cousin Gus is a 1939 Walt Disney cartoon in which Donald Duck is visited by his gluttonous cousin, Gus Goose, who proceeds to eat Donald out of house and home. It was released May 19, 1939.

This cartoon was also the first cartoon ever to be televised, as it was on W2XBS (now WNBC) on May 19, 1939.

The short was directed by Jack King, and animated by Lee Morehouse, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Don Towsley. The story was created by Jack Hannah and Carl Barks.

Table of contents

1 Video Releases 1.1 VHS 1.2 Laserdisc and DVD 2 Television airings

Video Releases

VHS

• In the United States on Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions: Donald
• In Germany on Donald Duck Geht in die Luft, Drei Caballeros im Sambafieber, Goofy und Pluto Total Verrückt, and Mit Mir Nicht
• In France on Disney Parade 3
• In Italy on Paperino, Sono Io ... Paperino, Cartoons Disney 6

Laserdisc and DVD

The short can be found on the Japanese laserdiscs Hello Donald, Donald: Limited Gold Edition, and Disney Cartoon Festival 3. It will also be found on The Chronological Donald: 1936-1941 DVD, originally intended to be released on December 2, 2003 (now set for May 2004).

Television airings

It was later reaired on television on:

• The Ink and Paint Club, episode 21, Goin' to the Birds
• Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode 77
• Disneyland, episode The Plausible Impossible