Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #50 Mickey Monkey 2014 8 out of 10

Mickey Monkey 2014  8 out of 10

Mickey Mouse is in for some Monkey Misadventures in his latest of the new cartoon shorts.  The Cartoon opens with what looks like the Swiss Family Treehouse and kicks off with Mickey and the gang getting ready to take a Jungle Cruise.  Problem is a Monkey steals Mickey's clothes and identity and Mickey has to spend the entire cartoon trying to get his identity back.  This cartoon features some great lines from Goofy and some cool animation as the gang treks down the jungle river in a boat straight out of Adventureland.  The cartoon also has a great throwback to Steamboat Willie with the Mickey Monkey at the helm. The animators of this cartoon series really know what they are doing with these fun cartoons at this point.  Goofy is slowly looking a little more like the Goofy I know and love and less (or maybe I'm just getting used to the animation). 

  I'm also personally love the Mickey Tikis from Mickey's Treehouse home after having just bought a Mickey Tiki necklace about a week ago.

The cartoons can be found on the Disney Channel and Disney Online

Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #48 Feast 2014 9+ out of 10

  Feast 2014   9+ out of 10

The Disney animated short cartoon Feast was featured before Big Hero 6 and all I can say about it is that it was adorable.  How can you not instantly fall in love with this cute little hungry puppy.  The animation style stylishly cool.   The story is very super simple.  The dog likes to eat and is befriended by a guy that feeds him under the table.  The whole cartoon is at the dog's point of view of what he eats with his owner.  He shares great eating moments with his new owner until the owner gets a girlfriend and tries to get the guy to eat healthy.  The little dog isn't to happy with this new situation and is happy when the guy breaks up with the girl, until he sees how it negatively effects his owner.   So he sacrifices his happiness of getting to eat all the yummy food that is bad for you in order to bring the relationship back together so his owner is happy.   I dare any dog lover not to love this little cartoon.

Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #22 Toyko Go 6 out of 10

Toyko Go  2013    6 out of 10

In the latest of the new Mickey Mouse cartoons Mickey has some trouble with the traffic in Toyko---which leads to a bunch of stereotypical Japanese scenes.   Crowded trains and sumo wrestling are the highlights as Mickey trains to catch the right train.  This action packed cartoon was probably my least favorite of the new Mickey cartoons so far, but still had its moments which include Mickey riding atop a train like in a video game.

The cartoon can currently be found airing on the Disney Channel and Disney Online

Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #21 The Art of Skiing 1941 10 out of 10

The Art of Skiing  1941   10 out of 10 

Goofy + Sports =  Perfection.    In this Goofy cartoon Goofy tries to master the Art of Skiing in his perfectly delightful Goofy way.   It is a simple concept in the How To Goofy series and works wonderfully.   Tall and lanky and very uncoordinated,  Goofy fumbles with even the simplest of instructions in stark contrast to the narration.  It is a truly wonderful little Goofy cartoon that sets the stage for many other great Goofy Sports related cartoons.  

A great example of why Goofy is my personal favorite Disney character.   All hail the Goof the master of being a clumsy buffoon.

This cartoon can be found on the Walt Disney Treasures  DVD  The Complete Goofy.   (which collects all of the Goofy starring cartoons)

Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #20 Baggage Buster 1941 9 out of 10

Baggage Buster 1941   9 out of 10

I absolutely loved this Goofy short.  It has a story concept that someone at Pixar would come up with.  Goofy works for the railroad and has instructions to make sure that a magician's trunk makes it on the 5:30  train.  This turns out to be harder than it looks as the trunk pops open and a bunch of silly magical fun happens.  Goofy's struggles include trying to get a rabbit back into a hat and battling a kangaroo with boxing gloves.   Classic fun Goofy

This cartoon can be found on the Walt Disney Treasures  DVD  The Complete Goofy.   (which collects all of the Goofy starring cartoons)

Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #18 Goofy's Glider 1940 8 out of 10

Goofy's Glider  1940   8 out of 10

This 1940 Goofy's cartoon was the first of the famous How To Goofy cartoons.   In this one my favorite Disney cartoon character tries to take flight in a glider with many failed  attempts in typical Goofy fashion.   I absolutely love Goofy's spirit and determination  and his well  Goofiness.    My favorite moment in this cartoon has got to be Goofy counting to 10 before opening this parachute.  He hits the ground at 8 finishes counting then opens his shoot.   Goofy is so delightfully simple and lovable.  This format for Goofy's  cartoons would eventually lead into my favorite series of Goofy cartoons which would focus on sports.

This cartoon can be found on the Walt Disney Treasures  DVD  The Complete Goofy.   (which collects all of the Goofy starring cartoons)