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Disney Shorts 1940

The Riveter March 15, 1940 available in The Chronological Donald Duck Volume 1 Donald answers a wanted ad for a riveter and is thrust into the job on the top floor of a sky scraper. This short is the spiritual successor of Building a Building, in which Pete yells at Mickey for many of the…

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Disney Shorts 1939

Donald’s Lucky Day January 13, 1939 available in The Chronological Donald Duck Volume 1 We open in a shadowy room as two criminals devised to send a bomb to a competing criminal, set to go off at midnight. And, to deliver this instrument of death on Friday the 13th, the unluckiest of all days, they’ve…

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Disney Shorts -1938

Self Control February 11, 1938 available in The Chronological Donald Duck Volume 1 I usually love the Donald Duck shorts that focus on his personality, since that is Donald’s Achilles’ heel . This short is about Donald trying to rein in his temper with the help of a radio personality. Naturally this means a series…

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Disney Shorts 1937

The Worm Turns January 2, 1937 available in Mickey Mouse In Living Color This is a wonderfully classic Mickey Mouse short. Mickey plays a mad scientist who develops a serum to increase strength and bravery, which he then uses to wreak havoc in the natural world, turning fly against spider, mouse against cat, and so…

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    Disney Shorts 1936

    Mickey’s Polo Team January 4, 1936 available in Mickey Mouse In Living Color It’s funny that I like this one. Generally, I dislike the old cartoons that reference ancient movie stars. There are a couple Looney Tunes that do these caricatures that drive me crazy because I can’t figure out who is who because the…

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    Disney Shorts 1935

    Mickey’s Man Friday January 5, 1935 available in Mickey Mouse In Black and White Volume 2 Mickey is a cast-away who comes upon a group of cannibals about to cook up dinner. He saves the victim who becomes his “man Friday” a la Robinson Crusoe. They forge a friendship and build a fort together to…

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    Disney Shorts 1934

    Shanghaied January 13, 1934 available in Mickey Mouse In Black and White Volume 2 Mickey and Minnie have been (spoiler alert) shanghaied. Peg Leg Pete is the captain of a ship that is almost certainly up not to modern health codes and, having kidnapped our favorite mouse pair, he tries to get Mickey to join…

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    Disney Shorts 1933

    Building a Building January 7, 1933 available in Mickey Mouse in Black and White Oh man, I remember this from my grandfather’s old VHS tapes. It’s great. Mickey is a steam shovel operator working on a building who becomes distracted when Minnie shows up with box lunches for the workers. This has so many great…

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