Tag Archives: Mickey Mouse

Cartoon of the Day: Building A Building

Building A Building

Eighty years ago today saw the release of Mickey Mouse in Build­ing A Build­ing. This was not the same Mickey Mouse from Steam­boat Willie. Mickey had done a lot of grow­ing up– matur­ing– in five years, and passed a lot of his bad habits to Don­ald. And the artists at Dis­ney had shown a dras­tic improve­ment in their skills.

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Cartoon of the Day: Pioneer Days

Pioneer Days

Let’s go way back in time for today’s CotD… on this date in 1930, Dis­ney released the Mickey Mouse car­toon Pio­neer Days. Directed by Burt Gillett, it was one of the ear­li­est “cos­tume dra­mas” fea­tur­ing Mickey and his gang.

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The Karnival Kid (1929) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series

The Karnival Kid

#CotD: The ninth released Mickey Mouse film„ “The Kar­ni­val Kid” was the first in which the rodent speaks.

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Plane Crazy (1928) — Mickey Mouse Cartoon Series


Plane Crazy

#CotD: Actu­ally pro­duced before Steam­boat Willie, “Plane Crazy” was the third Mickey Mouse car­toon released.

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Mickey’s Trailer (1938) — Mickey Mouse Cartoon Series

Mickey's Trailer

#CotD: A Dis­ney ver­sion of a Road film, “Mickey’s Trailer” fea­tures Goofy tak­ing pals Mickey and Don­ald on a vacation.

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Mickey’s Amateurs (1937) — Mickey Mouse Cartoon Series

Mickey's Amateurs

CotD: Pok­ing fun at “ama­teur hour” radio shows which were pop­u­lar enter­tain­ment in the 1930s and ‘40s, “Mickey’s Ama­teurs” was directed by the man who orig­i­nally voiced Goofy.

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Mickey’s Service Station (1935) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series


Mickey's Service Station

CotD: Peg-Leg Pete’s peg leg switches sides in “Mickey’s Ser­vice Sta­tion” Watch for that, and two appearing/disappearing fin­gers on the video.

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Second Mickey Mouse lawsuit falls on deaf ears

Bearded Mickey

The sec­ond of two law­suits against Chris­t­ian media mogul Naguib Sawaris over a car­toon of Mickey and Min­nie Mouse in con­ser­v­a­tive Mus­lim guise was dis­missed Sat­ur­day by a Cairo court, Egypt­ian state media reported.

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The Band Concert (1935) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series


The Band Concert (1935) - Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series

CotD: This is a land­mark film “The Band Con­cert” was the first Mickey Mouse car­toon shot and exhib­ited in color.

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Magician Mickey (1937) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series


Magician Mickey (1937) - Mickey Mouse Theatrical

CotD: David Hand directed Mickey Mouse in 1937’s “Magi­cian Mickey ” with his friends Don­ald Duck and Goofy. Watch it today for a laugh!

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Lonesome Ghosts (1937) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series


Lonesome Ghosts (1937) - Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series
CotD: Not exactly a Christ­mas car­toon, but “Lone­some Ghosts” is a won­der­ful and fun car­toon in it’s own right.
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Pioneer Days (1930) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series


Pioneer Days (1930) - Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: One of the ear­li­est “cos­tume dra­mas” fea­tur­ing Mickey and his gang, “Pio­neer Days” takes us back in time to the “Wild” West.

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Clock Cleaners (1937) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series

Clock Cleaners (1937) - Mickey Mouse

CotD: For what it’s worth, “Clock Clean­ers” is my per­sonal all-time favorite Mickey Mouse car­toon. Have you seen this one?

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On Ice (1935) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series

On Ice (1935) - Mickey Mouse
CotD: Mickey and the gang enjoy some win­ter­time fun in 1935’s “On Ice”…

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Steamboat Willie (1928) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series


Steamboat Willie  (1928) - Mickey Mouse

CotD: Gen­er­ally cred­ited to have released Novem­ber 18,1928, ““Steam­boat Willie”” had a prior lim­ited, silent release on this date in 1928… thus mak­ing today the REAL release date for this short… and the real Mickey Mouse birth­day!
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