JohnHowardReid Donald Duck (voiced by Clarence Nash).Director: JACK KING. Story: Harry Reeves, Rex Cox. Animators: Don Towsley, Josh Meador, Judge Whitaker, Bill Justice. Lay-outs: Ernest Nordli. Backgrounds: Howard Dunn. Music: Oliver Wallace. Color by Technicolor. RCA Sound System. Executive producer: Walt Disney.Copyright 2 November 1944 by Walt Disney Productions. Released through RKO Radio Pictures. A Walt Disney "Donald Duck" cartoon. 1 reel. (The Buena Vista DVD rates 10/10).SYNOPSIS: Donald is employed in the gift-wrapping department of the Royal Bros. Department Store. As the only employee in this section, he is literally showered with gifts. Some, he finds comparatively easy to wrap. Others, such as a Jack-in-the-box, predictably prove more difficult. COMMENT: A quick-paced, mildly amusing entry in this series, attractively colored and animated. Off-beat in that Donald is the only "live" character on screen, though he does do battle with a lively speaking tube that carries hurry-up messages from his boss.

TheLittleSongbird This classic Donald Duck cartoon featured on a video I had that also had Once Upon a Wintertime and Pluto's Christmas Tree, as well as excerpts from films such as Bambi, Peter Pan and Cinderella that I watched every single Christmas. I loved it then, and at 17 I still love it now. The Clock Watcher hasn't got the best story in the world, but it is a fun one, with some good gags such as the speaker that won't shut up and the jack-in-the-box that won't stay closed. Donald is funny here, and even loses his temper once or twice. Also assisting him are some excellent animation and some very good music. The title of the cartoon may be a little misleading to those not familiar with it, but regardless this is really something. 10/10 Bethany Cox

ExplorerDS6789 Donald Duck works at the Royal Bros. Department Store in the gift wrapping department, and on this morning he was late to work. But, using a magnet he set the punch clock back so no one would notice he was tardy. Donald races downstairs to the gift wrapping department and is greeted by his boss on the bullhorn, who then recites the Royal Bros. motto, which included that the employees did not watch the clock. Donald however could not wait for 5:00 to roll around. In the meantime, a ton of items to be gift wrapped came pouring down the chute. The first item was a goldfish bowl. Donald did a fine job wrapping it, until he stamped it "Fragile" which broke it. He next picked a very small box for an inflated football. To make it fit, he deflated it. Next, he filled a six-shooter with ink and marked one package a "rush". The boss on the bullhorn listened to Donald's every move so when Donald wanted to pause and read a comic book, he rustled paper and shook boxes at the bullhorn to fool his boss. Next Donald is sent a rocking chair to wrap, and he wraps it with himself sitting in the seat.Just then the boss announced that productivity in all departments would increase. Donald sat back happily thinking about the extra money he'd be making, until it was announced that Donald's department wasn't included. Next, Donald struggles to wrap a jack-in-the-box that wouldn't stay closed. He tried everything from clamping it down, to tying it down. Finally, he had to wrestle with it, switching clothes in the process. Finally, 5:00 came. Quitting time. But before Donald could run upstairs he was asked to stay and wrap a few more items. The boss knew Donald wouldn't mind, but Mr. Duck decided to express his feelings by racing upstairs and beating up his boss.The Clock Watcher. Another classic Donald Duck cartoon. This time he works in a department store as a gift wrapper, and we can pretty much assume that he is not very good at it. But by the end of this cartoon, he becomes a hero to the workers by racing upstairs and beating up his boss, so it's a safe bet he has been fired. This cartoon is celebrating its 60th anniversary. It's also available on a brand new Donald Duck DVD chronicling all his hits from 1942 to 1946! So, from 1945, The Clock Watcher. I recommend it to all the Donald fans out there!

Ron Oliver A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon.As the unappreciated gift wrapper for a large department store, Donald can hardly wait for five o'clock to roll around so he can go home.While the animation is routine, THE CLOCK WATCHER is still an enjoyable little film, with the focus on Donald's growing frustration. His interaction with his peppy manager's speaking tube is very humorous. Clarence "Ducky" Nash supplies Donald's voice.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.