Subject Matter
Genres:
anthropomorphic
Character(s):
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; raffle drawing officials; Raffles (a turkey); runner of the Southside Good Joes' Turkey Shoot; Southside Good Joes' turkey; Donald's neighbor (not Neighbor Jones)
First Line:
Gloom! Gloom! Gloom!
Synopsis:
The nephews win a Thanksgiving turkey in a raffle, but refuse to let Donald kill it, so Donald enters a crooked turkey shoot. With the sly assistance of the boys, Donald wins the rigged turkey shoot and wins a turkey of his own... which fights him to a standstill. Who will eat what on Thanksgiving Day?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
10
Notes:
Barks Self-Reference: A can in Donald's pantry reads "Barks Dog Soup" page 4, panel 2.
Future Don Rosa Reference?: A can in Donald's pantry reads "Oolated Squiggs" page 4, panel 4, possibly influenced Don Rosa's story "Oolated Luck" in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 Series) #528 (April 1988). https://www.comics.org/issue/44266/#246086
Since Carl Barks would not create the ultra-lucky Gladstone Gander until Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 Series) #88 (January 1948), thirteen issues from this issue, Huey, Dewey, and Louie find a winning raffle ticket... and actually get to keep it! https://www.comics.org/issue/6465/#64439
GOOD BIT: Donald is a really bad shot. He asks the nephews if he hit one of the dummy targets:
DONALD: "Did one of the dummies fall over?"
HUEY: "No, but several people"
DEWEY: "On that golf course"
LOUIE: "Dove into a sand trap!"