Nearly always down on his luck, Donald Duck, who is working at a service station, doesn’t hear his number announced when he wins a brand-new Zoom V-8 automobile on the radio in Lucky Number, released on this day in 1951. When nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie learn that their Uncle Donald has just won, they go town to the radio station to pick up the prize. After playing tricks on their poor uncle, he doesn’t believe the car is legitimate and destroys it. Perhaps Donald’s lucky number was actually 101, as this was the 101st Donald Duck cartoon short out of a total of 128.
