How to Have an Accident in the Home

How to Have an Accident in the Home is a 1956 animated short film featuring Donald Duck. It was released by Walt Disney Productions. Directed by C. August Nichols. Produced by Walt Disney (uncredited). Written by Jack Kinney and Bill Berg. J.J. Fate [first lines] Howdy. I'm J.J. Fate, fall guy. My middle name is Jonah, and Jinx is in there, too. Hoodoo fits me like a glove, but Fate's my name to you. Do you realize that nearly five million people suffered in home accidents last year? And everybody blames me, daggnabit! You know, accidents don't just happen by themselves. [sinister looks] They must be carelessly planned in advance. So step right up and have an accident. [Scenes showing loose toys, long cords and miscellaneous around the staircase, some in the living room, leftover burning smokes on the side table, a running hot iron burning through a shirt and ironing board and leaking gas from a heater] The average home is a complicated piece of machinery, equipped with all modern conveniences... ..for having an accident... [Donald sits in his chair, light a match to puff his smoking pipe] If you insist. [BOOM!; shows a blackened Donald Duck and the ruined den from the explosion] He did. Dialogue Donald Duck: Everything happens to me! It's fate! That's what it is: fate! J.J. Fate: Listen to him blame me for his carelessness. [scoffs] Voice cast Clarence Nash as Donald Duck (uncredited) Bill Thompson as J.J. Fate (uncredited) External links 0049341 Category:Donald Duck films Category:1956 American animated films Category:1956 English-language films Category:American children's animated adventure films Category:American animated short films Category:Traditionally animated short films Category:Children's animated comedy short films Category:Children's animated fantasy short films Category:The Walt Disney Company Category:Films directed by Charles August Nichols Category:Walt Disney films