document_title: Israeli Declaration of Independence

question_text: who was the first signatory of the israeli declaration of independence

text: Israeli Declaration of Independence

text: Background

text: The possibility of a Jewish homeland in Palestine had been a goal of Zionist organizations since the late 19th century. The British Foreign Secretary stated in the Balfour Declaration of 1917:

text: His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.[7]

text: After World War I, the United Kingdom was given a mandate for Palestine, which it had conquered from the Ottomans during the war. In 1937 the Peel Commission suggested partitioning Mandate Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state, though the proposal was rejected as unworkable by the government and was at least partially to blame for the renewal of the 1936–39 Arab revolt.

text: In the face of increasing violence after World War II, the British handed the issue over to the recently established United Nations. The result was Resolution 181(II), a plan to partition Palestine into Independent Arab and Jewish States and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem. The Jewish state was to receive around 56% of the land area of Mandate Palestine, encompassing 82% of the Jewish population, though it would be separated from Jerusalem. The plan was accepted by most of the Jewish population, but rejected by much of the Arab populace. On 29 November 1947, the resolution to recommend to the United Kingdom, as the mandatory Power for Palestine, and to all other Members of the United Nations the adoption and implementation, with regard to the future government of Palestine, of the Plan of Partition with Economic Union was put to a vote in the United Nations General Assembly.[8]

text: The result was 33 to 13 in favour of the resolution, with 10 abstentions. Resolution 181(II): PART I: Future constitution and government of Palestine: A. TERMINATION OF MANDATE, PARTITION AND INDEPENDENCE: Clause 3 provides:

text: Independent Arab and Jewish States and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem, ... shall come into existence in Palestine two months after the evacuation of the armed forces of the mandatory Power has been completed but in any case not later than 1 October 1948.

text: The Arab countries (all of which had opposed the plan) proposed to query the International Court of Justice on the competence of the General Assembly to partition a country, but the resolution was rejected.

text: Drafting the text

text: The first draft of the declaration was made by Zvi Berenson, the Histadrut trade union's legal advisor and later a justice of the Supreme Court, at the request of Pinchas Rosen. A revised second draft was made by three lawyers, A. Beham, A. Hintzheimer and Z.E. Baker, and was framed by a committee including David Remez, Pinchas Rosen, Haim-Moshe Shapira, Moshe Sharett and Aharon Zisling.[9] A second committee meeting, which included David Ben-Gurion, Yehuda Leib Maimon, Sharett and Zisling produced the final text.[10]

text: Minhelet HaAm Vote

text: On 12 May 1948, the Minhelet HaAm (Hebrew: מנהלת העם, lit. People's Administration) was convened to vote on declaring independence.[11][12] Three of the thirteen members were missing, with Yehuda Leib Maimon and Yitzhak Gruenbaum being blocked in besieged Jerusalem, while Yitzhak-Meir Levin was in the United States.

text: The meeting started at 1:45 in the afternoon and ended after midnight. The decision was between accepting the American proposal for a truce, or declaring independence. The latter option was put to a vote, with six of the ten members present supporting it:

text:
For: David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett (Mapai); Peretz Bernstein (General Zionists); Haim-Moshe Shapira (Hapoel HaMizrachi); Mordechai Bentov, Aharon Zisling (Mapam).
Against: Eliezer Kaplan, David Remez (Mapai); Pinchas Rosen (New Aliyah Party); Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit (Sephardim and Oriental Communities).

text: Chaim Weizmann, chairman of the World Zionist Organization[2] and soon to be the first President of Israel, endorsed the decision, after reportedly asking "What are they waiting for, the idiots?"[9]

text: Final wording

text: The draft text was submitted for approval to a meeting of Moetzet HaAm (Hebrew: מועצת העם, lit. People's Council) at the JNF building in Tel Aviv on 14 May. The meeting started at 13:50 and ended at 15:00, an hour before the declaration was due to be made, and despite ongoing disagreements, with a unanimous vote in favour of the final text. During the process, there were two major debates, centering on the issues of borders and religion.

text: Borders

text: On the border issue, the original draft had declared that the borders would be that decided by the UN partition plan. While this was supported by Rosen and Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, it was opposed by Ben-Gurion and Zisling, with Ben-Gurion stating, "We accepted the UN Resolution, but the Arabs did not. They are preparing to make war on us. If we defeat them and capture western Galilee or territory on both sides of the road to Jerusalem, these areas will become part of the state. Why should we obligate ourselves to accept boundaries that in any case the Arabs don't accept?"[9] The inclusion of the designation of borders in the text was dropped after the provisional government of Israel, the Minhelet HaAm, voted 5–4 against it.[10] The Revisionists, committed to a Jewish state on both sides of the Jordan River (that is, including Transjordan), wanted the phrase "within its historic borders" included but were unsuccessful.

text: Religion

text: The second major issue was over the inclusion of God in the last section of the document, with the draft using the phrase "and placing our trust in the Almighty". The two rabbis, Shapira and Yehuda Leib Maimon, argued for its inclusion, saying that it could not be omitted, with Shapira supporting the wording "God of Israel" or "the Almighty and Redeemer of Israel".[9] It was strongly opposed by Zisling, a member of the secularist Mapam. In the end the phrase "Rock of Israel" was used, which could be interpreted as either referring to God, or the land of Eretz Israel, Ben-Gurion saying "Each of us, in his own way, believes in the 'Rock of Israel' as he conceives it. I should like to make one request: Don't let me put this phrase to a vote." Although its use was still opposed by Zisling, the phrase was accepted without a vote.

text: Name

text: The writers also had to decide on the name for the new state. Eretz Israel, Ever (from the name Eber), Judea, and Zion were all suggested, as were Ziona, Ivriya and Herzliya.[13] Judea and Zion were rejected because, according to the partition plan, Jerusalem (Zion) and most of the Judean mountains would be outside the new state.[14] Ben-Gurion put forward "Israel" and it passed by a vote of 6–3.[15] Official documents released in April 2013 by the State Archive of Israel show that days before the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948, officials were still debating about what the new country would be called in Arabic: Palestine (Filastin), Zion (Sayoun) or Israel (Eesra’il). Two assumptions were made: "That an Arab state was about to be established alongside the Jewish one in keeping with the UN’s partition resolution the year before, and that the Jewish state would include a large Arab minority whose feelings needed to be taken into account". In the end, the officials rejected the name Palestine because they thought that would be the name of the new Arab state and could cause confusion so they opted for the most straightforward option: Israel.[16]

text: Other items

text: At the meeting on 14 May, several other members of Moetzet HaAm suggested additions to the document. Meir Vilner wanted it to denounce the British Mandate and military but Sharett said it was out of place. Meir Argov pushed to mention the Displaced Persons camps in Europe and to guarantee freedom of language. Ben-Gurion agreed with the latter but noted that Hebrew should be the main language of the state.

text: The debate over wording did not end completely even after the Declaration had been made. Declaration signer Meir David Loewenstein later claimed, "It ignored our sole right to Eretz Israel, which is based on the covenant of the Lord with Abraham, our father, and repeated promises in the Tanach. It ignored the aliya of the Ramban and the students of the Vilna Gaon and the Ba'al Shem Tov, and the [rights of] Jews who lived in the 'Old Yishuv'."[17]

text: Declaration ceremony

text: The ceremony was held in the Tel Aviv Museum (today known as Independence Hall) but was not widely publicised as it was feared that the British Authorities might attempt to prevent it or that the Arab armies might invade earlier than expected. An invitation was sent out by messenger on the morning of 14 May telling recipients to arrive at 15:30 and to keep the event a secret. The event started at 16:00 (a time chosen so as not to breach the sabbath) and was broadcast live as the first transmission of the new radio station Kol Yisrael.

text: The final draft of the declaration was typed at the Jewish National Fund building following its approval earlier in the day. Ze'ev Sherf, who stayed at the building in order to deliver the text, had forgotten to arrange transport for himself. Ultimately, he had to flag down a passing car and ask the driver (who was driving a borrowed car without a license) to take him to the ceremony. Sherf's request was initially refused but he managed to persuade the driver to take him.[9] The car was stopped by a policeman for speeding while driving across the city though a ticket was not issued after it was explained that he was delaying the declaration of independence.[15] Sherf arrived at the museum at 15:59.

text: At 16:00, Ben-Gurion opened the ceremony by banging his gavel on the table, prompting a spontaneous rendition of Hatikvah, soon to be Israel's national anthem, from the 250 guests.[15] On the wall behind the podium hung a picture of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, and two flags, later to become the official flag of Israel.

text: After telling the audience "I shall now read to you the scroll of the Establishment of the State, which has passed its first reading by the National Council", Ben-Gurion proceeded to read out the declaration, taking 16 minutes, ending with the words "Let us accept the Foundation Scroll of the Jewish State by rising" and calling on Rabbi Fishman to recite the Shehecheyanu blessing.[15]

text: The entire declaration ceremony was recorded and broadcast live on Kol Yisrael (Voice of Israel) radio station.

text: Signatories

text: As leader of the Yishuv, David Ben-Gurion was the first person to sign. The declaration was due to be signed by all 37 members of Moetzet HaAm. However, twelve members could not attend, eleven of them trapped in besieged Jerusalem and one abroad. The remaining 25 signatories present were called up in alphabetical order to sign, leaving spaces for those absent. Although a space was left for him between the signatures of Eliyahu Dobkin and Meir Vilner, Zerach Warhaftig signed at the top of the next column, leading to speculation that Vilner's name had been left alone to isolate him, or to stress that even a communist agreed with the declaration.[15] However, Warhaftig later denied this, stating that a space had been left for him (as he was one of the signatories trapped in Jerusalem) where a Hebraicised form of his name would have fitted alphabetically, but he insisted on signing under his actual name so as to honour his father's memory and so moved down two spaces. He and Vilner would be the last surviving signatories, and remained close for the rest of their lives. Of the signatories, two were women (Golda Meir (Meyerson/Myerson) and Rachel Cohen-Kagan).[18]

text: When Herzl Rosenblum, a journalist, was called up to sign, Ben-Gurion instructed him to sign under the name Herzl Vardi, his pen name, as he wanted more Hebrew names on the document. Although Rosenblum acquiesced to Ben-Gurion's request and legally changed his name to Vardi, he later admitted to regretting not signing as Rosenblum.[15] Several other signatories later Hebraised their names, including Meir Argov (Grabovsky), Peretz Bernstein (then Fritz Bernstein), Avraham Granot (Granovsky), Avraham Nissan (Katznelson), Moshe Kol (Kolodny), Yehuda Leib Maimon (Fishman), Golda Meir (Meyerson/Myerson), Pinchas Rosen (Felix Rosenblueth) and Moshe Sharett (Shertok). Other signatories added their own touches, including Saadia Kobashi who added the phrase "HaLevy", referring to the tribe of Levi.[19]

text: After Sharett, the last of the signatories, had put his name to paper, the audience again stood and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra played "Hatikvah". Ben-Gurion concluded the event with the words "The State of Israel is established! This meeting is adjourned!"[15]

text: Context and aftermath

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text: The declaration was signed in a context of civil war between the Arab and Jewish populations of the Mandate that had started the day after the partition vote at the UN six months earlier. Neighbouring Arab states and the Arab League were opposed to the vote and had declared they would intervene to prevent its implementation. In a cablegram on 15 May 1948 to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States claimed that "the Arab states find themselves compelled to intervene in order to restore law and order and to check further bloodshed".[20]

text: Over the next few days after the declaration, armies of Egypt, Trans-Jordan, Iraq, and Syria engaged Israeli troops inside the area of what had just ceased to be Mandatory Palestine, thereby starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. A truce began on 11 June, but fighting resumed on 8 July and stopped again on 18 July, before restarting in mid-October and finally ending on 24 July 1949 with the signing of the armistice agreement with Syria. By then Israel had retained its independence and increased its land area by almost 50% compared to the 1947 UN Partition Plan.

text: Following the declaration, Moetzet HaAm became the Provisional State Council, which acted as the legislative body for the new state until the first elections in January 1949.

text: Many of the signatories would play a prominent role in Israeli politics following independence; Moshe Sharett and Golda Meir both served as Prime Minister, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi became the country's second president in 1952, and several others served as ministers. David Remez was the first signatory to pass away, dying in May 1951, while Meir Vilner, the youngest signatory at just 29, was the longest living, serving in the Knesset until 1990 and dying in June 2003. Eliyahu Berligne, the oldest signatory at 82, died in 1959.

text: Eleven minutes after midnight, the United States de facto recognized the State of Israel.[21] This was followed by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's Iran (which had voted against the UN partition plan), Guatemala, Iceland, Nicaragua, Romania, and Uruguay. The Soviet Union was the first nation to fully recognize Israel de jure on 17 May 1948,[22] followed by Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Ireland, and South Africa.[citation needed] The United States extended official recognition after the first Israeli election, as Truman had promised on 31 January 1949.[23] By virtue of General Assembly Resolution 273 (III), Israel was admitted to membership in the United Nations on 11 May 1949.[24]

text: In the three years following the 1948 Palestine war, about 700,000 Jews immigrated to Israel, residing mainly along the borders and in former Arab lands.[25] Around 136,000 were some of the 250,000 displaced Jews of World War II.[26] And from the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until the early 1970s, 800,000–1,000,000 Jews left, fled, or were expelled from their homes in Arab countries; 260,000 of them reached Israel between 1948 and 1951; and 600,000 by 1972.[27][28][29]

text: At the same time, a large number of Arabs left, fled or were expelled from, what became Israel. In the Report of the Technical Committee on Refugees (Submitted to the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine in Lausanne on 7 September 1949)- (A/1367/Rev.1), in paragraph 15,[30] the estimate of the statistical expert, which the Committee believed to be as accurate as circumstances permitted, indicated that the refugees from Israel- controlled territory amounted to approximately 711,000.

text: Status in Israeli law

text: Paragraph 13 of the Declaration provides that the State of Israel would be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex;. However, the Knesset maintains that the declaration is neither a law nor an ordinary legal document.[31] The Supreme Court has ruled that the guarantees were merely guiding principles, and that the declaration is not a constitutional law making a practical ruling on the upholding or nullification of various ordinances and statutes.[32]

text: In 1994 the Knesset amended two basic laws, Human Dignity and Liberty and Freedom of Occupation, introducing (among other changes) a statement saying "the fundamental human rights in Israel will be honored (...) in the spirit of the principles included in the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel."

text: The scroll

text: Although Ben-Gurion had told the audience that he was reading from the scroll of independence, he was actually reading from handwritten notes because only the bottom part of the scroll had been finished by artist and calligrapher Otte Wallish by the time of the declaration (he did not complete the entire document until June).[17] The scroll, which is bound together in three parts, is generally kept in the country's National Archives, though it is currently[when?] on display at the Israel Museum.

text: Official translation

text: Translation of the Declaration by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

text: The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and gave to the world the eternal Book of Books.

text: After being forcibly exiled from their land, the people kept faith with it throughout their Dispersion and never ceased to pray and hope for their return to it and for the restoration in it of their political freedom.

text: Impelled by this historic and traditional attachment, Jews strove in every successive generation to re-establish themselves in their ancient homeland. In recent decades they returned in their masses. Pioneers, ma'pilim [(Hebrew) - immigrants coming to Eretz-Israel in defiance of restrictive legislation] and defenders, they made deserts bloom, revived the Hebrew language, built villages and towns, and created a thriving community controlling its own economy and culture, loving peace but knowing how to defend itself, bringing the blessings of progress to all the country's inhabitants, and aspiring towards independent nationhood.

text: In the year 5657 (1897), at the summons of the spiritual father of the Jewish State, Theodore Herzl, the First Zionist Congress convened and proclaimed the right of the Jewish people to national rebirth in its own country.

text: This right was recognized in the Balfour Declaration of the 2nd November, 1917, and re-affirmed in the Mandate of the League of Nations which, in particular, gave international sanction to the historic connection between the Jewish people and Eretz-Israel and to the right of the Jewish people to rebuild its National Home.

text: The catastrophe which recently befell the Jewish people - the massacre of millions of Jews in Europe - was another clear demonstration of the urgency of solving the problem of its homelessness by re-establishing in Eretz-Israel the Jewish State, which would open the gates of the homeland wide to every Jew and confer upon the Jewish people the status of a fully privileged member of the comity of nations.

text: Survivors of the Nazi holocaust in Europe, as well as Jews from other parts of the world, continued to migrate to Eretz-Israel, undaunted by difficulties, restrictions and dangers, and never ceased to assert their right to a life of dignity, freedom and honest toil in their national homeland.

text: In the Second World War, the Jewish community of this country contributed its full share to the struggle of the freedom- and peace-loving nations against the forces of Nazi wickedness and, by the blood of its soldiers and its war effort, gained the right to be reckoned among the peoples who founded the United Nations.

text: On the 29th November, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel; the General Assembly required the inhabitants of Eretz-Israel to take such steps as were necessary on their part for the implementation of that resolution. This recognition by the United Nations of the right of the Jewish people to establish their State is irrevocable.

text: This right is the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate, like all other nations, in their own sovereign State.

text: ACCORDINGLY WE, MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ERETZ-ISRAEL AND OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT, ARE HERE ASSEMBLED ON THE DAY OF THE TERMINATION OF THE BRITISH MANDATE OVER ERETZ-ISRAEL AND, BY VIRTUE OF OUR NATURAL AND HISTORIC RIGHT AND ON THE BASIS OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HEREBY DECLARE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JEWISH STATE IN ERETZ-ISRAEL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

text: WE DECLARE that, with effect from the moment of the termination of the Mandate being tonight, the eve of Sabbath, the 6th Iyar, 5708 (15th May, 1948), until the establishment of the elected, regular authorities of the State in accordance with the Constitution which shall be adopted by the Elected Constituent Assembly not later than the 1st October 1948, the People's Council shall act as a Provisional Council of State, and its executive organ, the People's Administration, shall be the Provisional Government of the Jewish State, to be called "Israel".

text: THE STATE OF ISRAEL will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

text: THE STATE OF ISRAEL is prepared to cooperate with the agencies and representatives of the United Nations in implementing the resolution of the General Assembly of the 29th November, 1947, and will take steps to bring about the economic union of the whole of Eretz-Israel.

text: WE APPEAL to the United Nations to assist the Jewish people in the building-up of its State and to receive the State of Israel into the comity of nations.

text: WE APPEAL - in the very midst of the onslaught launched against us now for months - to the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to preserve peace and participate in the upbuilding of the State on the basis of full and equal citizenship and due representation in all its provisional and permanent institutions.

text: WE EXTEND our hand to all neighbouring states and their peoples in an offer of peace and good neighbourliness, and appeal to them to establish bonds of cooperation and mutual help with the sovereign Jewish people settled in its own land. The State of Israel is prepared to do its share in a common effort for the advancement of the entire Middle East.

text: WE APPEAL to the Jewish people throughout the Diaspora to rally round the Jews of Eretz-Israel in the tasks of immigration and upbuilding and to stand by them in the great struggle for the realization of the age-old dream - the redemption of Israel.

text: PLACING OUR TRUST IN THE "ROCK OF ISRAEL", WE AFFIX OUR SIGNATURES TO THIS PROCLAMATION AT THIS SESSION OF THE PROVISIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE, ON THE SOIL OF THE HOMELAND, IN THE CITY OF TEL-AVIV, ON THIS SABBATH EVE, THE 5TH DAY OF IYAR, 5708 (14TH MAY,1948).[33]


document_title: DuckTales (2017 TV series)

question_text: who plays scrooge mcduck in the new ducktales

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text: DuckTales (2017 TV series)

text: Premise[edit]

text: After not speaking to each other for ten years, Scrooge McDuck is reunited with Donald Duck after he asks Scrooge to watch his three nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie for the day. The presence of the newcomers rekindles Scrooge's spirit of adventure, leading the group to go on many new treasure-hunting expeditions, while the nephews and their new friend Webby seek the truth behind their uncles' broken relationship and the mysterious disappearance of Huey, Dewey, and Louie's mother and Donald's sister Della Duck.

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text: Voice cast[edit]

text: The show's main voice cast include:[5]

text:
David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck
Danny Pudi as Huey Duck
Ben Schwartz as Dewey Duck
Bobby Moynihan as Louie Duck
Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack
Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack
Toks Olagundoye as Mrs. Beakley
Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck

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text: Production[edit]

text: Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones grew up watching the original series and had always wanted to develop an updated version for a newer generation. Youngberg said, "We're hoping that in thirty years, the kids who watch our show will then be bringing back the next version of DuckTales because they loved what we did so much."[6]

text: In May 2015, Terry McGovern, the original voice of Launchpad McQuack, stated in an interview that the entire voice cast from the original series would not be returning for the reboot, which made him "heartsick" at the news.[7] The new voice cast for the series was revealed on December 16, 2016 in a video where they sing an a cappella version of the original theme song in promotion of the news.[8][9][10] The following May, Lin-Manuel Miranda was announced as the voice of Fenton Crackshell / Gizmoduck.[11] The character was changed to being Latino due to Lin-Manuel's heritage and because Angones felt that there were not enough positive Latino superheroes.[6] In June, more cast members, including Tony Anselmo reprising his role as Donald Duck, were announced,[12] and during the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Disney announced that Darkwing Duck would also make an appearance in the TV series.[13]

text: The art style of the show is heavily influenced not just by Carl Barks' original Uncle Scrooge comics, but also some of Barks' paintings.[14][1] The theme song, written by Mark Mueller for the 1987 series, was re-recorded for the 2017 reboot.[15] It was arranged by Michael "Smidi" Smithand and TJ Stafford and sung by Felicia Barton.[16]

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Storyboard by
Original air date
Prod.
code [17]
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
"Woo-oo!"[a]
Dana Terrace
John Aoshima
Story by : Francisco Angones, Colleen Evanson,
Noelle Stevenson, Madison Bateman, Nate Federman, Matt Youngberg
Teleplay by : Francisco Angones
Emmy Cicierega, Ben Holm, Jason Reicher
David Baker, Matthew Humphreys, Tanner Johnson
August 12, 2017 (2017-08-12)
101–102
0.28[19][b]

Donald Duck reluctantly leaves his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie with his estranged uncle Scrooge McDuck, while he goes on a job interview. After Scrooge locks the boys into a room for making fun of him, the triplets come across Webby Vanderquack who befriends them and shows off a collection of relics and artifacts that Scrooge and Donald found during their previous adventures, only to accidentally release various ancients evils housed in them. After the kids help him to contain them back, Scrooge finds his thirst for adventure rekindled and decides to take all, along with his pilot Launchpad McQuack, to find the Lost Jewel of Atlantis. However, the group are unaware that Scrooge's rival, Flintheart Glomgold (Keith Ferguson), seeks the jewel as well and has hired Donald as his sailor, leading to a race against time to claim the relic. During their quest in Atlantis, Dewey argues with Scrooge about locking them up and not wanting them around, but in the end they reconcile. In the end, Scrooge is the one to get the Jewel, and Donald and the boys move into the McDuck Manor after an accident loses them their houseboat. Visiting Scrooge’s collection, Dewey discovers a painting of Scrooge, Donald, and the triplets' long lost mother, Della.

2
"Daytrip of Doom!"
Dana Terrace
Story by : Francisco Angones, Colleen Evanson,
Bob Snow, Matt Youngberg, Madison Bateman, Christian Magalhaes, Rachel Vine
Teleplay by : Rachel Vine
Emmy Cicierega, Ben Holm, Jason Reicher
September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
103
0.34[21]

Huey, Dewey and Louie decide to take Webby to Funso's Fun Zone. However, due to the fact that she was locked in the Manor for almost all her life, Webby has trouble having fun and leads the boys into trouble as well. Even worse, all four get captured by the Beagle Boys (Eric Bauza) in an attempt to ransoming them off to Scrooge, much to the disapproval of Ma Beagle (Margo Martindale). In the meantime, Donald and Mrs. Beakley (Webby's grandma) argue, but after they recive the ransom, they work together to go and rescue the kids. Webby proves the boys how resourceful and skilled she is, as she manages to capture the Beagle Boys and Ma Beagle all on her own, much to everyone's surprise.

3
"The Great Dime Chase!"
John Aoshima
Story by : Francisco Angones, Colleen Evanson,
Bob Snow, Madison Bateman, Christian Magalhaes, Matt Youngberg
Teleplay by : Madison Bateman
David Baker, Matthew Humphreys, Tanner Johnson
September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
105
0.41[21]

After Scrooge decides to take Louie to his Money Bin (to show him the value of work, as he was too lazy), Dewie and Webby start investigating the disappearence of Della, so they come with them as well. There, Louie loses Scrooge's Number One Dime and decides to use Gyro Gearloose's (Jim Rash) robotic lightbulb, Little Bulb, to get it back. However, he causes it to become a giant coin-collecting robot and has to stop him all on his own and retrive the Dime, before Scrooge notices. Meanwhile, Dewey and Webby face the McDuck Archives' dedicated keeper Mrs. Quackfaster (Susanne Blakeslee) in order to gain information on Della. In the end, they find evidence that she might have betrayed Scrooge and Donald, and keep this a secret. By evening, Gyro analyzes the results of Little Bulb and its development of sentience. He concludes that controlling robots are the best guarantee to prevent destruction from happening again, and decides to start a new experiment: Project Blatherskite.

4
"The Beagle Birthday Massacre!"
Dana Terrace
Story by : Francisco Angones, Colleen Evanson,
Bob Snow, Madison Bateman, Christian Magalhaes
Teleplay by : Bob Snow
Emmy Cicierega, Ben Holm, Jason Reicher
September 30, 2017 (2017-09-30)
106
0.38[22]

After crashing Ma Beagle’s birthday party, Webby and cool girl Lena (Kimiko Glenn) become friends. The extended Beagle clan eventually get their hands on Lena, but with the help of Huey, Dewey and Louie, Webby sets her free. Lena is later revealed to be the niece of evil sorceress Magica De Spell who is currently a shadow trapped in Lena's amulet.

5
"Terror of the Terra-firmians!"
Matthew Humphreys
Tom Owens
Story by : Francisco Angones, Madison Bateman, Colleen Evanson, Christian Magalhaes, Bob Snow
Teleplay by : Christian Magalhaes
David Baker, Tom Owens, Vaughn Tada, Brandon Warren
October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)
110
0.39[23]

After seeing a scary movie, Huey, Webby, and Lena explore an abandoned subway line in search of legendary creatures and end up trapped there with the others (Mrs. Beakley, Louie, Dewey and Launchpad). As they struggle to escape, Launchpad becomes more and more paranoid and its up to Dewey to help him come back to his senses. Huey and Webby argue over the creatures being real or not, as Huey believes only in the things written in his book and is afraid to do anything which doesn't follow the book's instructions. However, in the end, the two reconcile and find out that the creatures are actually true. The creatures dig them a way back to the surface, helping them escape. In the meantime, Lena struggles to gain Mrs. Beakley's trust, while secretly receiving instructions from Magica (Catherine Tate). But in the end, after Mrs. Beakley is left uncounscious under a, Lena decides to help her out using her magic amulet, earning her trust (much to Magica's surprise, but happiness as well).

6
"The House of the Lucky Gander!"
Matthew Humphreys
Tom Owens
Story by : Francisco Angones, Madison Bateman, Colleen Evanson, Christian Magalhaes, Bob Snow
Teleplay by : Christian Magalhaes
Dalton E. Grant Jr.
Vaughn Tada
Brandon Warren
October 14, 2017 (2017-10-14)[c]
107
0.34[26]

On their search for The Temple of the Golden Cricket, Scrooge, the nephews, Webby, and Donald make a stop at a casino resort in Macaw to meet Donald's cousin Gladstone Gander (Paul F. Tompkins). Louie starts hanging out with Gladstone, resulting into Donald competing for his nephew's attention. In the meantime, Scrooge and the rest of the kids start looking for the exit, but the owner of the casino, Toad Liu Hai (B. D. Wong), keeps distracting the kids with diffrent gifts. Scrooge hates the casino, as he likes only the money earned from hard work, the casino being all about luck. Liu Haichan is revealed to be an ancient spirit who keeps Gladstone hostage, feeding with his massive amount of good luck. Scrooge makes a deal with Liu, and Donald and Gladstone compete in a race, for everyone's freedom. Donald wins by luck, and Liu frees everyone, but him. However, after he discovers that Donald is full of bad luck, he frees him as well. The group say goodbye to Gladstone and finally reach The Temple of the Golden Cricket. However, they discover it's just an odinary cricket and get bored.

7
"The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!"
John Aoshima
Story by : Francisco Angones, Madison Bateman, Colleen Evanson, Christian Magalhaes, Bob Snow
Teleplay by : Colleen Evanson
Mark Garcia
Matthew Humphreys
Tanner Johnson
October 21, 2017 (2017-10-21)[c]
108
0.32[27]

Huey and Dewey compete against each other to get the coveted internship of Duckburg's tech mogul and up-and-coming billionaire Mark Beaks (Josh Brener). Meanwhile, Scrooge reluctantly teams up with Glomgold to stop Beaks, and industrial spy Falcon Graves (Robin Atkin Downes) arrives to gain control of Beak's top secret Project Ta-Dah.

8
"The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra!"
Dana Terrace
Story by : Francisco Angones, Madison Bateman, Colleen Evanson, Christian Magalhaes, Bob Snow
Teleplay by : Madison Bateman
Emmy Cicierega
Ben Holm
Jason Reicher
October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)
109
0.29[28]

Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby and Launchpad enter an Egyptian pyramid, in search for the treasures of mummified pharaoh Toth-Ra, but becomes separated. Louie and Webby are imprisoned by Toth-Ra (Bassem Youssef), and the rest of the group try to gain the support of the leader of pharaoh's servants, Amunet (Cree Summer).

9
"The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!"
Tom Owens
Matt Youngberg
Story by : Francisco Angones, Madison Bateman, Colleen Evanson, Christian Magalhaes, Bob Snow, Noelle Stevenson, Matt Youngberg
Teleplay by : Francisco Angones & Noelle Stevenson
Mark Garcia
Dalton E. Grant Jr.
Kalvin Lee
Calvin Suggs
December 2, 2017 (2017-12-02)
104
0.40[29]

Scrooge, the nephews, Webby, and Launchpad spend their Christmas attempting to climb the "unclimbable" Mt. Neverrest, a task Scrooge failed 75 years prior, due to his traitorous guide George Mallardy. Launchpad gets convinced by a salesman (Carlos Alazraqui) that he's dying of "ice-fever", and Webby tries to accomplish the perfect sledding, Huey discover Neverrest's secret: wormholes.

10
"The Spear of Selene!"[30]
TBA
TBA
TBA
May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)[d][30]
112[30]
TBD

11
"Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!"[30]
TBA
TBA
TBA
May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11)[30]
114[30]
TBD

Guest star: Lin-Manuel Miranda as Gizmoduck[31]

12
"The Missing Links of Moorshire!"[30]
Matthew Humphreys
Story by : Francisco Angones, Madison Bateman, Colleen Evanson, Ben Joseph, Christian Magalhaes, Bob Snow
Teleplay by : Ben Joseph
Vaughn Tada
Brandon Warren
Jason Zurek
May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)[30][e]
113[30]
TBD

Scrooge and Glomgold face off in the "Duckburg Millionaires' Club Golf Invitation" in the Scottish Highlands, assisted by Huey, Dewey, Louie, Launchpad and Webby. The game is however hijacked by the spirits of ancient druids and turns lethal, with petrifying mists and a couple of kelpies (Tara Strong and Andrea Libman) attempting to have them drowned.

13
"McMystery at McDuck McManor!"[30]
John Aoshima
Story by : Francisco Angones, Madison Bateman, Colleen Evanson, Christian Magalhaes, Bob Snow
Teleplay by : Colleen Evanson
Mark Garcia
Matthew Humphreys
Tanner Johnson
May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25)[30][f]
111[30]
TBD

Huey decides to throw a birthday party for Scrooge, despite everyone warning him that Scrooge hates celebrating his birthday. When Scrooge goes missing and the guests turn out to be his worst enemies, Huey decides to solve the mystery, unaware that the ghost of Scrooge's faithful butler, the long deceased Duckworth (David Kaye), is involved.

text: Release[edit]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The 44 minute pilot, titled Woo-oo!, premiered on August 12 at 12:00am EST and was repeated consecutively for the next 24 hours. Two days later on August 14, the pilot was also released on YouTube.[32] The pilot also aired on Disney Channel on September 17, 2017.[33] The series officially premiered on September 23, 2017, coinciding with the original show's 30th anniversary.[34]Starting May 1, 2018, the show will continue to air on Disney Channel, with new episodes on Fridays starting May 4, 2018.[30]

text: In Canada, the pilot premiered on Disney XD on August 12 and the full series started on September 23, 2017.[35][36] In Australia and New Zealand, the show premiered on Disney Channel on October 13, 2017.[37] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the pilot premiered on Disney Channel on November 4, 2017. The full series debuted on March 1, 2018 on Disney XD.[38]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: On March 10, 2017, a trailer for the series aired on Disney Channel during the premiere of Tangled: Before Ever After, and on June 14, 2017, the title sequence for the series, featuring a re-recording of the theme song written by Mark Mueller and performed by Felicia Barton, was released.[39]

text: Home media[edit]

text: A DVD titled Woo-oo! was released on December 19, 2017.[40] The DVD contains the pilot episode and all 6 Welcome to Duckburg shorts.

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 100% based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 9.0/10.[41] IGN's Chris Hayner gave the series premiere, Woo-oo!, a score of 8.5 out of 10, stating that the reboot "may be aimed at modern young audiences but there's no denying the heart and adventurous spirit it gets from the original series."[42]

text: Comic book[edit]

text: An ongoing comic series based on the show is being published by IDW Publishing, with Joe Caramagna serving as writer.[43] Ducktales #0 was released on July 19, 2017, and #1 of the monthly series followed on September 27.[44]

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ This episode is a one-hour special. When aired as two half-hour episodes, the second half is re-titled "Escape To/From Atlantis!".[18]
Jump up ^ This is the total viewers number only for the first hour of the event (12:00 AM to 1:00 AM). The entire 24-hour premiere event reached 5.4 million total viewers.[20]
^ Jump up to: a b On Disney XD Canada, the episodes "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!" and "The House of the Lucky Gander!" aired in an inverted order, on October 14, 2017[24] and October 21, 2017[25] respectively.
Jump up ^ Beginning with this episode, new episodes of the show will premiere on Disney Channel instead of Disney XD.
Jump up ^ This episode made its broadcast premiere on Disney XD Scandinavia on March 21, 2018.
Jump up ^ This episode made its broadcast premiere on Disney XD Scandinavia on March 28, 2018.

tag: ol


document_title: I'm In the Mood for Dancing

question_text: who wrote i'm in the mood for dancing

question_tokens: who wrote i 'm in the mood for dancing

text: I'm In the Mood for Dancing

text: Song information[edit]

text: The song was originally recorded as part of the Nolan Sisters' first mainstream pop album, simply titled Nolan Sisters in 1979. It was written by Ben Findon, Mike Myers and Bob Puzey,[3] and featured lead vocals by group member Bernie Nolan.

text: The group recorded a promotional video for the song, which featured youngest sister Coleen, even though she was not an official member of the group at the time and was not featured on the recording. Soon after the release of this song, the group changed their name to The Nolans and Coleen became a full-time member, replacing eldest sister Anne.

text: Chart performance[edit]

text: The song became the second single from the album, following the group's first UK top 40 hit, "Spirit, Body and Soul" some weeks earlier. After a slow start in the charts, the single became their first top 10 hit in January 1980, eventually peaking at number 3 during a 15-week chart run. The single was certified Gold by the BPI.[4]

text: "I'm in the Mood for Dancing" charted well elsewhere, particularly so in Japan, where it reached number 1 - a rarity for English-language songs at the time, and began a run of success for the group there. Released as 「ダンシング・シスター」 (literal romanisation: "Dancing Sister(s)"), it remained at no. 1 for two weeks and sold 670,000 copies.[5] Eventually, the group recorded a version of the song in Japanese.

text: The group have re-recorded "I'm in the Mood for Dancing" a number of times, with two further single releases of the song in the UK. Firstly in 1989 and again in 1995 - both times reaching the lower regions of the charts.[6][7] In 2009, The Nolans reunited and embarked on a UK and Ireland tour in honour of the 30th anniversary of "I'm in the Mood for Dancing", with the tour and accompanying album titled I'm in the Mood Again.

text: Track listing[edit]

text: 1979 single

text:
"I'm in the Mood for Dancing" (3:16)
"Let's Make Love" (2:56)

text: Epic Records, produced by Ben Findon

text: 1989 single

text:
"I'm in the Mood for Dancing '89"
"No Question"

text: BCM Records, produced by Barry Upton

text: 1995 single

text:
"I'm in the Mood for Dancing (From Hell Radio Edit)" (3:10)
"I'm in the Mood for Dancing (From Hell Club Mix)" (5:05)
"I'm in the Mood for Dancing (Original Version)" (3:00)
"Somebody Loves You" (3:55)

text: Living Beat Records, produced by Clive Scott and Ray Hedges

text: Charts[edit]

text:
Chart (1980)
Peak position

Australia (ARIA) [8]
43

Ireland (Irish Singles Chart)[9]
2

Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)[5]
1

Netherlands (Dutch Singles Chart)[10]
3

New Zealand (New Zealand Singles Chart)[10]
5

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[1]
3

text:
Preceded by
"Kaze wa Aki Iro / Eighteen" by Seiko Matsuda
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart number-one single
17 – 24 November 1980 (2 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Koibitoyo" by Mayumi Itsuwa