1967 American film
Scrooge McDuck and Money
is an American
animated
short film
produced by
Walt Disney Productions
, directed by
Hamilton Luske
, and featuring the characters
Scrooge McDuck
and
Huey, Dewey, and Louie
. The short was released on March 23, 1967.
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It is notable for being the animated debut of Scrooge McDuck.
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The cartoon begins as
Huey, Dewey, and Louie
visit their wealthy Uncle
Scrooge McDuck
in his bank vault and explain that they want to deposit their money, which totals a considerable $1.95. Scrooge discusses the history of money, explaining that ancient Roman soldiers were paid in salt that was called "salarium", which led to the phrase "worth his salt" and where the word "salary" came from. He then adds that a Spanish
piece of eight
is made up of smaller "bits", and that ancient Greek
obols
were tiny enough to be carried in the mouth. Scrooge also shows his nephews a large stone
wheel
from the
Island of Yap
.
Going even further back in time, he explains that earliest cavemen attempted to trade goods with one another but soon realized that they "needed money" or a stable standard of value at which to price different items. Many different objects of
silver
,
copper
,
bronze
and
gold
were used as currency until eventually
coins
and
paper bills
were invented, and
cheques
and
credit cards
came along when it became impractical to carry one's cash around at all times.
When the nephews suggest simply printing "a few billion more dollars", Scrooge explains that a billion is actually far more than they think and that making more money would lead to dangerous
inflation
. He describes that it is what people can buy with what they've got is what counts, and that it is a question of
economics
, and how one must balance one's
budget
like the pieces of a pie to live comfortable, adding that
income tax
pays for everything from schools to roads and must be factored in as well. He clarifies that his enormous vault holds only "
petty cash
" and that money must circulate "like ocean currents" to keep the world moving, and advises his nephews to
invest
their money very wisely to make it grow. He then agrees to deposit it for them?for a 3¢ fee. Scrooge concludes that investing wisely is an art.
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History
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Scrooge McDuck and Money
is Scrooge McDuck's first animated appearance (apart from a brief cameo appearance on the
Mickey Mouse Club
television series), and the only time he would appear with Huey, Dewey, and Louie until
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
and
DuckTales
twenty years later. It was also one of the first cartoons that the studio released after Walt Disney's death.
This short had been long rumored to have been attached to theatrical screenings of
The Jungle Book
, but the animation historian
Jerry Beck
has since disputed this due to that film's October release date (
Scrooge McDuck and Money
was released in March 1967), instead suggesting that the short was likely attached and released theatrically with either
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
or
The Gnome-Mobile
earlier that year.
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