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Topic: The Golden Oranges

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Matilda
I just re-read "The Golden Oranges"
http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D++4356
or "All That Glitters" in U$ 225. Writing credited to Edele Kenner, which according to INDUCKS actually means her husband Jim Kenner wrote it, and art by Vicar. Scrooge and Donald mold gold into the shape of oranges to get it past the Beagles.
Here's the question: in the script in the USA, by Geoffrey Blum, there are two panels where explicit reference is made to Barks's stories as earlier episodes the characters remember. You who have access to the story in other languages: Were these references in Kenner's original script, or were they added by Blum? The first is in the second panel of p. 2, where Scrooge says, "It worked once before! Why shouldn't I disguise the gold and carry it out right under their greedy noses?"--presumably a reference to "All at Sea". The second is in the last panel of p. 4, where the Beagles recall both "All at Sea" ("Remember the gold bars old Scrooge tried to disguise as corn?") and "The Status Seekers" ("And the ruby he hid in a crate of peppermints?"). What's striking about this is that "The Status Seekers" is one of the few Barks stories where the characters refer back to an earlier story's events, when a nephew reminds Scrooge of what happened in "All at Sea": "You tried the same trick before, and the Beagle Boys solved it! Remember?" (p. 17, panel 3). (Interestingly, the deception in "All at Sea" is here recalled as a failure, because the BBs saw through it, while in "The Golden Oranges" Scrooge seems to remember it as a success, because the BBs didn't get the gold in the end. But only thanks to the rats!) So it's particularly cool for a third story to make reference to both of these two stories, continuing the chain of association begun by Barks himself. I'm just curious as to who had the bright idea to do this.
Lars Jensen
Quote from user: MatildaI'm just curious as to who had the bright idea to do this.
I'm guessing it was Geoffrey Blum who came up with those references. Apart from Don Rosa's stories and a small handful of other exceptions, there's no tradition at Egmont for making references to old stories. Certainly not in 1978.
Roger North
I have that story in Uncle Scrooge #225 Except that's it's titled as All That Glitters.
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