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This is a well-known Mickey Mouse/Halloween short, and it was hard to believe that it premiered on Christmas Eve of 1937. I remember clips of this short on the TV special "Disney's Halloween Treat," but I was usually too scared to watch them or the whole cartoon. But as an animation-loving adult, I had watched the whole short on my Mickey Mouse DVD box-set and it was OK; I wasn't scared anymore.

You all probably know what the short's about: four bored green phantoms want to have some fun. So, after seeing their ad in the paper, the ghoulies lured Ghostbusters Mickey, Donald, and Goofy over to their haunted home, the old McShiver Mansion, with a fake phone call. As I've said before, I don't have a favorite scene. I just love the ending quote Donald gives out: "So you can't take it? You big sissies!"

So anyway, it's a wonderful cartoon for Halloween and my favorite Mickey/Donald/Goofy cartoon.

Lonesome Ghosts (1937)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Highly entertaining short from Walt Disney has four ghosts haunting a house when they see a newspaper ad claiming a certain group can catch any ghost. In order to have some fun, the ghosts call the number and pretty soon Mickey, Donald Duck and Goofy show up but get more than what they thought they would. LONESOME GHOSTS is a darn good short from the boys at Disney, which offers up three of their most loved characters as well as the typical wonderful animation that you come to expect from the studio. I thought the animation was certainly the highlight of the film and especially the beautiful detail in every aspect of the picture. The highlight of the film would have be the sequence where Goofy is looking in a mirror and at first doesn't realize he's seeing a ghost.

This one features Donald, Mickey and Goofy in one of the more famous and memorable shorts. The trio come to a haunted house, as they are ghost exterminators—but the ghosts have other plans themselves! They plan on scaring the three and putting an end to their business. While this looks very possible, a little mixup at the end involving flour turns the day in favor of our heroes.

This is a gorgeously animated cartoon—with some of the very best color animation you'll find in a Disney short—with vibrant colors and amazingly beautiful backgrounds. It's simply one of the best looking shorts Disney made. As for the story, it's wildly creative, full of nice gags and fun. What's not to like about this film?!

Lonesome Ghosts is a classic cartoon, with great visual gags and a good story this has the whole package. It mayn't be the absolute best of the Disney cartoon canon, but it is like a real pleasure of mine. The animation is very well done, with spooky enough backgrounds and nice dark colours. The music is pleasant also, with some nice macabre motifs and quirky ones for the ghosts and their antics. Mickey, Goofy and Donald are on top form, as are the four lonely ghosts who want some fun(who wouldn't?). Making sure that is possible is the spirited voices of Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash and Billy Bletcher(who I know as the original voice of Pete). Also excellent are the quips between the ghosts and the ending.

Overall, a classic of a Halloween cartoon, and if you love Lonesome Ghosts I highly recommend Trick or Treat. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Wonderful Disney short starring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Donald Duck as ghost hunters (decades before the idea became so commonplace in popular culture). The trio are hired to rid a haunted house of its spirits. The funny thing is the spirits are the ones doing the hiring, because they're bored and want some people to scare. Terrific voice work from Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Billy Bletcher, and Walt Disney himself. The animation is gorgeous with rich colors and well-drawn characters and backgrounds. The music is whimsical and quirky. It's a really fun cartoon from start to finish. Even if you aren't a big fan of these characters and their usual exploits, this one should please you. One of the all-time great Halloween cartoons. A real classic. Goofy's line "I ain't scared of no ghosts!" predates the famous similar line from Ray Parker's Ghostbusters song by almost half a century.