La remorque de Mickey

I was obsessed with this cartoon when I was a child, and now that I have the new DVD box set "Mickey Mouse in Living Color," I can watch it every day! This is just filled to the brim with some of the funniest jokes Disney ever created. The animation is simply gorgeous, as it always was in this era of Disney Studios. 10/10.

This is one of my favorite Disney cartoons, featuring stars Mickey, Donald and Goofy. Here, they are going on a camp-out in their hi-tech trailer. Goofy takes the driver's seat, Mickey is cooking in the kitchen and Donald is in bed, trying hard to wake up.

This cartoon is filled with hilarious scenes that will send an audience laughing their hearts out, including parts where Mickey tries to wake Donald up, Goofy trying hard to get some food in his mouth while the trailer is rolling up and down on bumpy roads, and the part where Donald gets down on his knees and pray as their trailer came close to colliding with an incoming train. My favorite part is where the trailer tumbles down the hill, in a comedic way.

Filled with laughter, adventure and some camp-time music, this cartoon short is surely a timeless classic for all ages to enjoy.

Grade A

'Mickey's Trailer (1938)' is a short film in which Mickey, Donald and Goofy get into a spot of bother when their trailer begins to careen uncontrolled down a mountain trail. It's an enjoyable experience filled with inventive sight gags, most of which come from the unconventional mobile home that the trio live in (it features transforming rooms and, even, its very own yard). There are several chuckles throughout and the animation is pleasing to watch. Plus, the characters are as charming as ever. The first two thirds of the piece does lack a proper sense of narrative propulsion; it's more like a series of small set-pieces. However, this isn't really an issue. The final act introduces some proper conflict and wraps itself up with an expected but satisfying gag. It perhaps finishes a little too quickly, but - again - that isn't a big deal. Overall, this is an entertaining time throughout. 7/10.

1938 had brought about everyone's favorite Disney color short, "Mickey's Trailer." Now, I won't spoil the story for you, kids, but at least I can say that...it has Mickey Mouse in it and.....he's got a car...with a trailer!!!!!

5 things I liked the best about this short:

1. It's original!!!!! I can't think of any other cartoon short series out there that had crazy trailer driving!

2. It's animated!!!!! Mickey and his friends all are here in this short, having fun!

3. It's Disney!!!!! Ditto!

4. It's short!!!!! A great way to laugh and smile in just 7 to 10 minutes!!!!!

5. It's a classic!!!!!

Yep, they have convinced me to like "Mickey's Trailer" very, very much!

10/10

Disney in the late 1930s did animated shorts like no one else did them. Warner Brothers was after the visual gag and creating continuing characters, while MGM was interested in making visually pretty cartoons and mostly one-shots, with few recurring characters. For Walt Disney, shorts served a couple of primary purposes: one, they kept the Disney name and his principal characters before the public and two, most importantly to Disney, they were a good testing and training ground for new animation techniques, so he could make the feature films as close to perfect as possible. In this short (a fantastic cartoon in its own right), the visual gags are great, but the timing on everything has to be perfect or it won't work. You can see the seeds of things Disney did later in features like Dumbo and Bambi in shorts like Mickey's Trailer, which serve as dry-runs while being great works in and of themselves. Some of the best bits ever done were done for these shorts just to see what worked and what didn't. Magnificently animated. Well worth watching. Most highly recommended.