Donald Duck Presents was a television series on the Disney Channel

Disney Channel

Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

 beginning in 1983, which featured classic Disney shorts. Although Donald Duck

Donald Duck

Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...

 shorts were the primary programming, additional cartoons featuring Goofy

Goofy

Goofy is a cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck...

, Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...

, Chip 'n Dale

Chip 'n Dale

Chip and Dale are two chipmunk cartoon characters created in 1943 at Walt Disney Productions. Their names are a pun based on the name "Chippendale"...

, Pluto

Pluto (Disney)

Pluto, also called Pluto the Pup, is a cartoon character created in 1930 by Walt Disney Productions. He is a light brown , medium-sized, short-haired dog. Unlike Goofy, Pluto is not anthropomorphic beyond some characteristics such as facial expression...

 and others were also shown. It was first aired on September 1, 1983, a few months after Disney Channel was launched. Its timeslot for its early run was at 7:30 AM Eastern Time, making it the second program of the Disney Channel's 16 (later 18) hour programming day.

The opening of the show featured a cavalcade of scenes from classic Disney shorts, and a theme song. Unlike the opening of Good Morning, Mickey!, which features all of the characters in the theme, the opening of Donald Duck Presents features only Donald (and the nephews

Huey, Dewey and Louie

Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck are a trio of fictional, anthropomorphic ducks who appear in animated cartoons and comic books published by the Walt Disney Company. Identical triplets, the three are Donald Duck's nephews. Huey, Dewey, and Louie were created by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro, and first...

).

It was replaced by Donald's Quack Attack

Donald's Quack Attack

Donald's Quack Attack was a television series on the Disney Channel which featured Disney animated short films, especially those with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy...

in 1992.

VHS release

This show was released only on VHS PAL in the UK as part of a six-volume set which also each featured an episode of Good Morning, Mickey!

Good Morning, Mickey!

Good Morning, Mickey! was a television series on Disney Channel beginning in 1983, which featured classic Disney shorts. Although Mickey Mouse shorts, without surprise, were the primary programming, additional cartoons featuring Goofy, Donald Duck, Chip 'n' Dale, Pluto, and others were also shown...

, Welcome to Pooh Corner

Welcome to Pooh Corner

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, The Mouse Factory

The Mouse Factory

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and Mousercise

Mousercise

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. Unlike the stateside version of Donald Duck Presents, however, there were no cartoon shorts released; that position was filled by Good Morning, Mickey. Instead, it contained different Disney featurettes.

• Volume One contains "Adventures of J. Thaddeus Toad"
• Volume Two contains "A Day at Disneyland"
• Volume Three contains "Donald in Mathmagic Land
  Donald in Mathmagic Land
  Donald in Mathmagic Land is a 27-minute Donald Duck featurette released on June 26, 1959. It was directed by Hamilton Luske. Contributors included Disney artists John Hench and Art Riley, voice talent Paul Frees, and scientific expert Heinz Haber, who had worked on the Disney space shows. It was...
  
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• Volume Four contains "Bear Country
  Bear Country (film)
  Bear Country is a 1953 short documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award at the 26th Academy Awards in 1954 for Best Short Subject . The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries....
  
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• Volume Five contains "Magic and Music" and "Peter and the Wolf
  Peter and the Wolf (1946 film)
  An animated dramatization of the 1936 musical composition by Sergei Prokofiev, produced by Walt Disney, with Sterling Holloway providing the voice of the narrator. It was originally released theatrically in 1946 as a segment in Make Mine Music...
  
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• Volume Six contains "Nature's Half Acre
  Nature's Half Acre
  Nature's Half Acre is a 1951 short documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award in 1952 for Best Short Subject . The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries....
  
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