One thing I love about MGM and Warner Brothers classic films is that they almost always include a few theatrical shorts on the DVD--making it sort of like going to the movies way back when. However, "Donkey Baseball" is a first--the only MGM/Warner film with such shorts where the short did not debut the same year the feature film did. In this case, the film is included on "Angels in the Outfield" (1951)--but "Donkey Baseball" was made in 1935. But, considering they're both about baseball (of sorts) I can understand them breaking this unwritten rule.
This is another Pete Smith-narrated short film from MGM. It's also among the weirdest I have seen. You see a bunch of nuts playing baseball while riding on donkeys--or at least they must mount a donkey after the ball is hit by the batter. The fielders (except for the pitcher) always ride on donkeys! The film is pretty much what you'd expect--Smith making lame comments and the donkeys. It's certainly not a film I'd want to watch all the time, but as a curiosity, it's worth your time. Odd but watchable.
