Mickey and Minnie turn of the century style
I saw this cartoon on the Disney Channel last summer and taped it along
with 25 other Mickey Mouse cartoons. It shows Mickey as the owner of a brand new (ancient by today's standards)automobile in the gay (which in those days meant happy) nineties. He and Minnie go to a vaudeville show. I first saw this cartoon on a video that I rented back when I was in 1st grade. When this short came on and moved to the scene with Minnie and Mickey entering the vaudeville theatre,the two mice sit down and a slide show comes on. The slide show was entiteld "Father Dear Father" and was about a woman who had a drunken husband that refused to come home from the bar. Minnie began crying and Mickey comforts her saying, "It's okay, Minnie. It's just a show!" When I saw this same short on TV, however, the "Father Dear Father" scene had been cut. I think it's kind of stupid how they cut out scenes like this. I can understand why they would edit out ethnical stereotypes though.. Cute, charming and humorous take on the 1890s
This short is a delightful look at the 1890s-a time not so far removed
chronologically from 1941-and the use of Mickey and Minnie as a courting couple is a perfect fit for the whole concept. Enjoyable now, back then, large segments of the audience back then probably could recall the timeframe from personal experience. Well animated, as is generally the case with Disney at the time, it\'s good to see this in print. Well worth watching. Recommended.. |
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