 Scrooge McDuck, the family's elderly uncle and "richest duck in the world", was created in 1947 by Carl Barks for the comic book "Christmas on Bear Mountain".Scrooge McDuck appeared in the 1960 Disneyland Records LP, "Donald Duck and His Friends", in a plot that involved Donald and the Beagle Boys.With the exception of Scrooge's brief cameo in "The Mickey Mouse Club" opening theme, this marked the first appearance of a Barks-created character in a medium other than the comics and story books.