Fountleroy

[Rob Wilson]

on 12/10/02 6:19 PM, Stefan Persson at reimersholme at hotmail.com wrote:

> From: <sigvald at duckburg.dk>
> To: <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
> Sent: den 11 december 2002 00:01
> Subject: Fountleroy
> 
>> Lately I recieved an e-mail saying taht I should add the
>> name "Fountleroy" as Donald's middle name in my "Who's who
>> in Duckburg" pages.
>> 
>> But do this "Fountleroy" name exist in the Barks/Ros universe
>> or is it just an obscure name from a story by antother artist?
> 
> Isn't this name from some old Taliaferro daily?
> 

No, the name comes from the 1942 Duck cartoon, "Donald Gets Drafted".
Quoting from "Donald Duck - 50 Happy Years of Frustration",

"In "Donald Gets Drafted" (1942) the inevitable happens. Donald Fauntleroy
Duck receives a greeting (number 13) from Uncle Sam on April 1, 1942."

Donald's middle name is about as official as anything about the Ducks is.

Best, 

    Rob Wilson