This one is kinda ambiguous, Donald and Pluto appeared in this cartoon "Beach Picnic", But the pair of them isn't get along there, though the both had appeared in Donald and Pluto (1936), how in the world that they had to get together again?Humph! Donald was in a picnic at the beach, he spotted Pluto there and have fun teasing him (Pluto didn't do anything to him), ugh, how bad Donald were, also seen in the poster of the film. Then Donald spread the infinte flypaper and try to stick the ants, which happened to caused the curious Pluto to get stuck on it, and the moves like the film "Playful Pluto", and what's more, Donald laughed more hysterically, that could be hateful enough, and when Pluto unintentionally stuck Donald's buttock with him, Donald ranted at him to left him alone, spit out lots of abusive salivas and profanity, Pluto, understandably had enough, swung Donald away with the flypaper with one fierce blow, caused Donald to get completely stuck by the flypapers, and Pluto started to lick Donald like in Donald and Pluto (1936) too, and Donald get his comeuppance. This cartoon isn't really funny, but anyway, it's rather good.

Kudos to Turner Classics for offering up three early Disney cartoon shorts that many of us probably would never get a chance to see. "Beach Picnic" was the middle one of the trio, sandwiched in between 'Hawaiian Holiday' and 'It's the Simple Things'. In this one, Donald Duck becomes increasingly frustrated by an inflatable sea horse that behaves very characteristically like one of those over-sized inflatables we've all had trouble getting on and off of. He hands things off to Pluto who also has his share of misadventures with the darn thing. Then a horde of red ants plays havoc with Donald's picnic lunch, and with current movie fave "Ant-Man" currently in theaters, we're once again reminded that ants can lift and carry many times their own weight. I'm not sure what the motivation would have been to have the ants mimic Native American Indians, but this was an era way before the age of political correctness, and I doubt even today if many would be offended other than those who find fault with just about everything. The cartoon short closes out with Pluto battling an uncooperative sheet of flypaper, all of which Donald finds absolutely hilarious.

So-so Donald Duck short has Donald at the beach being his usual charming self picking on Pluto, who just wanted to sleep, by sending an inflatable horse over and messing with the poor dog. He stands there laughing like a jerk while Pluto fights with the horse. Pluto's struggles here are worth a chuckle or two but the start of the short is the weakest part. Then comes the 'picnic' part. Ants, dressing and acting like movie Indians, raid Donald's picnic lunch. Not sure why Donald needed so much food but it actually made me hungry just looking at it. Some really nice animation in this. Anyway, Donald sees the ants making off with his eats and, of course, goes ballistic. After screaming and carrying on, he sets up some sticky fly paper hoping to trap the ants. It doesn't take a psychic to guess that things don't go according to plan. I'm not a huge Donald Duck fan and shorts like this are why. The guy was just an angry jerk most of the time. Sometimes it is funny to see him get his comeuppance but here most of the humor falls flat. The animation is lovely and colorful. The music is very nice. It's worth a peek but not one of my favorites.