Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #79 No Reservations 2016 6 out of 10

No Reservations 2016

In the latest Minnie Mouse Cartoon we go deep into the subject of discrimination.  Minnie and the gals have reservations for a fancy Space Needle Restaurant.   This is a high class joint and apparently Daisy, Minnie and Clara Belle aren't welcome.  Deep stuff for a Minnie Mouse cartoon.  The  Maitre D takes on look at the gals and their simple farm style outfits and completely ignores the fact that Minnie actually does have reservation.  The gals spend the rest of the cartoon trying to sneak into the restaurant which leads to some silly and weird moments including Clara Belle being stuck in the roof and spraying milk all over the customers.   It was an okay cartoon with several gags, but not one of the better of the series.   If one looks deep enough into the plot it has a stronger message about class struggle and could represent revolution of the struggling masses against the elitist rich. 

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #78 Entombed 2016 9 out of 10

Entombed  2016   9 out of 10

Mickey and Minnie go on an adventure in the one of the latest cartoon in the new Mickey Mouse cartoon series.  This cartoon is an action packed Indiana Jones style fun house ride.  Minnie ends up stumbling into the Treasure Room right off the bat like Daphne in Scooby Doo. She then proceeds to set off a bunch of booby traps that Mickey must negotiate in his search to find her and the treasure.   It is a fun action packed cartoon from start to finish.  The visuals inside the tomb brought me back to Raiders of the Lost Ark and the traps Mickey had to deal with were great.  At times it felt like the game Dragon's Lair with Mickey barely avoiding each trap.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #77 Ku'u Lei Melody 2016 9 out of 10

 Ku'u Lei Melody 2016  9 out of 10

I absolutely loved this cartoon.   Mickey is trying to compose the perfect melody on a Uke and has been inspired by on island spirit in the form of Minnie Mouse.  The animation is superb.  It is the perfect mix of Tiki and Mickey.   Surfer Goofy and Donald interrupt Mickey.   They all end up searching for his melody in an ancient Tiki area that brings forth some cool Tiki Room references.  Mickey eventually finds Minnie and his tune.

Here is a picture for Mickey, Goofy and Donald walking past some Tiki room Totems. 

One of the only things I like as much as Disney is Tiki Stuff so this episode grabbed my attention on so many levels.

Mickey ends up connnecting with Minnie and the end of the episode and finding the mystery melody he was searching for.
This episode captured everything I love about the current Mickey cartoon series.  It featured the big 3 and had some adventures humor and fun.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #75 Sock Burglar 2016 7 out of 10

                                Sock  Burglar  2016  7 out of 10

In the latest cartoon in the Mickey Mouse cartoon series -there is someone in town that is stealing everybody's socks.   Minnie Mouse is the star of this cartoon.  She decides to investigate and shows off her detective skills.   She questions some known criminals which gives the cartoon a chance to throw in some cool cartoon cameos including the Phantom Blot and the Big Bad Wolf to name a couple.   Then Minnie gets into the action with some Ninja moves to take down the criminal using some animated sock yarn as a trap.   It was a short cartoon that packed in some good action and a few laughs.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #74 Dancevidaniya 2016 8 out of 10

DanceVidaniya 2016 8 out of 10

In the latest Mickey Mouse cartoon we head to Russia for some Russian Folk dancing.  Peg Leg Pete co-stars as a Russian dancer that as usual tries to steal Minnie away from Mickey Mouse.  This of course leads to a dance battle.  The Russian music and dancing work well together in this nearly wordless episode.  The dance battle was  visually entertaining as Mickey fights his way through the Russian dancers to save Minnie.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #71 No 2016 6 out of 10

NO 2016  6 out of 10

Mickey Mouse is always so nice and polite.  He just can't say no to anything or anyone's request for help.   After being taken advantage of one too many times he finally learns to say "NO" with Donald's help.   This new found word is at first freeing to Mickey---but then everything goes wrong.  It is a simple cartoon -- some of the gags are entertaining like Goofy borrowing Mickey's chair for "Charity"  Mickey learns the lesson that he shouldn't be a total pushover, but that it still pays to be a nice guy in the end.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #70 Road Hogs 2015 5 out of 10

Road Hogs 2015  5 out of 10

Mickey and Minnie are taking a pleasant scooter ride up the coast and decide to stop at what turns out to be a biker bar for milkshakes.   This wasn't one of my favorites in the series.   Mickey's scooter does the biker bar trope of knocking over all of the biker gangs bikes.  The bikers which area bunch of dirty looking pigs "Road Hogs". They are showing plumbers cracks which seemed a little inappropriate  for a Mickey cartoon.  They also kidnap Minnie while Mickey is trying to make up the bike incident with Milkshakes, which was a little odd.  This episode just wasn't as funny as most of the episodes in the series.  Mickey has to ride off to save Minnie from the bikers and ends up saving the main "Road Hog" as well and they all ride off into the sunset.   It was just a dull entry in the Mickey Mouse cartoon series.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #72 Couple's Sweater 2016 9 out of 10

Couple's Sweater   2016  9 out of 10

This one should be called Mickey Mouse and the Sweater of Doom.  Minnie wants Mickey to wear this couple's sweater that look like a cactus.  The sweater is so itchy that Mickey starts to look like an episode of Ren and Stimpy.  He is so uncomfortable that all he can think about is getting out of the terrible thing.  
He wants to eat fast since he just has to get out of this awful sweater.  The waiter at the fine dining restaurant brings them both a plate of food that is fit for Shaggy and Scooby Doo.    Mickey engulfs it like vacuum.  The cartoon has some great sight gags including itchy sweater dancing where he uses Minnie like a log to itch his back.  The best part is when he goes on the Ferris Wheel and has a nightmare sequence that is a nod to the scene in Fantasia where he battles the brooms.    

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #66 Movie Time 2015 6 out of 10

Movie Time 2015   6 out of 10

In the latest Mickey Mouse cartoon --Mickey Mouse braves the storm of the century in search of snacks for movie time.  This wasn't one of the better cartoons in the series.  Mickey basically ignores the storm warning -because movie time without snacks is unthinkable.  The storm rages on as he blindly wanders through the streets with the wind blowing other animals past him.  The cartoon relies on the man focused on his task unaware of the wacky things happening around him concept.  He gets to the store and is trying to pick out a bag of chips as the storm rages on.  Finally he realizes how bad the storm is as it levels the building he is in his the shop owner and then he tries to rescue Minnie --getting electrocuted several times in the attempt.  It was a decent cartoon with several okay sight gags --but it just didn't rise to the level of many of the cartoons in the series.  

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #59 A Flower for Minnie 2015 9 out of 10

A Flower for Minnie  2015   9 out of 10

I haven't seen Mickey take this bad of a beating ever. 
This latest Mickey Mouse Cartoon finds Mickey in search of a simple flower to give to his love Minnie.  His first flower gets ruined and his search for a replacement leaves him beaten to a pulp. Mickey takes a whopping that revivals an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon.. and here is some of the ways he is comically brutalized:

1.  He is pummelled by bees 

2.  Gets into a brutal tug of war with Goofy who mistakes him for a garden mole

3.  Booted from a funeral

4.  Rammed by a goat 

5.  Eaten by a man eating plant 

6 . Kicked by a muscle bound beach guy

All of this is worth it to Mickey in the end because his persistence pays off and he finally gets a flower and a kiss from Minnie.   This was a very violent cartoon --(but hey so was every Tom and Jerry cartoon --ever  --which inspired the Itchy and Scratchy cartoons I compared this too)   This was a funny one and I'm sure the kids will enjoy it as well.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #52 Clogged 2015 6 out of 10

                Clogged   2015   6 out of 10

This cartoon is all about Minnie Mouse.   The cartoons in this series that center around the different cultures of the world have in general been my less favorites of the series.  In this cartoon Minnie Mouse is in Holland and is desperately trying to save one of her flowers that is dying by giving it water from an uncooperative windmill. The cartoon centers on Minnie's efforts to get the windmill going to provide the flower with much needed water.  It had a couple of good sight gags as Minnie tries everything under the sun to save her flower.  

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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.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #46 Cable Car Chaos 2014 8+ out of 10

Cable Car Chaos  2014  8+ out of 10

Cable Car Chaos is one of the recent Mickey Mouse cartoons and is packed full of action and laughs.  Mickey and Minnie go and a trolley car in San Francisco to see the sights.  Mickey gets off in Chinatown and Minnie gets stuck on a runaway trolley which leads to a chase all over town as Mickey tries to catch up to the trolley to save her.  The action is thrilling and the gags are quality making for a fun Mickey and Minnie adventure.   Quote of the cartoon  "Dim sum ...Love Some"

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #45 Sailor Donald 2014 9 out of 10

Sailor Donald 2014 9 out of 10

After a few odd entries in the new Mickey Mouse cartoon series we get another gem.   Sailor Donald features Mickey, Minnie, Daisy and Donald.   Daisy wants Donald to take them all sailing after all everyone knows that Donald wears a sailor suit.  Well they set sail and Donald reveals to Mickey that he doesn’t know how to sail a boat (Classic).  The entire cartoon as Mickey and Donald try desperately to keep them all afloat.  This was a fast paced and gag filled short adventure that was near perfect and had my step daughter laughing out loud.   I hadn’t laughed this much in the series since Potatoland.  This one is definitely worth checking out.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #43 Eau de Minnie 2014 5 out of 10

One of the latest Mickey Mouse cartoons actually focused on Minnie  and is a take on the Love Potion number 9.  Minnie is getting ready for a big date with Mickey and uses a strong perfume that gets the whole city all hot and bothered for her –including the building.  Frankly it was a little creepy and one of my least favorite in the series.   In an effort to  get everyone to leave her alone she ends up rubbing trash all over herself to get rid of the perfumes effects.   I really didn’t like this episode at all.   It was kind of weird watching all the other characters chasing after Minnie.  It could have just as easily been titled:  Stinky Mouse.   Oh well they can’t all be winners.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #40 Fire Escape 2014 9 out of 10

Fire Escape  2014   9 out of 10

In this Mickey Mouse cartoon --Mickey has to try and save Minnie whose apartment is on fire.  It was a slap stick style fun adventure as Mickey ends up having to save the entire buildings worth of people  leading to some really funny comedic bits.  The best moments were his attempt to save the Shark babies and the Rabbit babies (which there a ton of).  He finally gets to Minnie to find out that she has just been cooking him a nice burnt meal.  The pacing and jokes in this short were excellent and it has a funny ending thanks to Goofy.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #39 Adorable Couple 2014 7 out of 10

Adorable Couple   2014   7 out of 10

 The latest of the new Mickey Mouse Cartoons has Mickey and Minnie having the perfect day because they are so in love with each other.   They encounter Donald and Daisy whose day isn't going as well.  Mickey and Minnie take it upon themselves to try and cheer the duck duo up.  It doesn't go so well until Mickey and Minnie attempt to have a fight.   They don't really know how to fight because everything turns out to be a happy thought.    It was a decent cartoon with an old timey song feel to it , but not one of my favorites in the series due to its simplistic nature. I did enjoy the static background art work of this particular cartoon.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #37 The Third Wheel 9 out of 10

The Third Wheel   9 out of 10

Goofy shines in the latest Valentine's Day themed Mickey Mouse cartoon.  Mickey tries to take Minnie out for a romantic evening--- but Goofy---well Goofy goofs it up.  He doesn't get the hint that it isn't a group thing.   When he finally does get it he tries to over compensate and ends up messing things up even more.  I still don't like Goofy's look in this series of cartoons - but his character is really hitting its stride and like in "Potatoland" really is the star once again in this short.  Goofy's antic spell Valentine's Day disaster.

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Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #32 Get A Horse 2013 10 out of 10

Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #32 Get A Horse  2013 10 out of 10

I absolutely loved the latest Mickey Mouse Cartoon that is currently out in theaters accompanying Frozen.    Mickey Mouse in "Get a Horse" is an instant classic that breaks ground while perfectly throwing back to Mickey's roots.   I should have seen in 3-D , but the available time slot for the family to see Frozen wasn't the 3-D version....Plus the price of admission for 4 to a 3-D  movie these days is insane.    Anyway the cartoon starts out like it is an old Mickey cartoon from the black and white cartoon era where Mickey got his start.  The story is about Peg-Leg Pete trying to basically kidnap Minnie of the back a on old wagon.  They battle back and forth over Minnie which ends up causing Mickey and his horse Horace to be thrown through the movie screen---which sets up the rest of the cartoon perfectly  as 3-D characters that seem to be in the theater in color battle with 2-D black and white characters stuck in the movie screen.   The cartoon was very entertaining and perfectly executed.  The gags in the cartoon were excellent and Pete really takes a beating as a result of Mickey and Horace's  intelligent choices in the situation.   I could totally see  " Get a Horse" as a 3-D in the park feature.  If you get a chance....See "Get a Horse "  in 3-D right away.

Disney/Pixar Animated Short Reviews: #29 O Sole Minnie 2013 8+ out of 10

O Sole Minnie  2013  8+ out of 10

The latest Mickey Mouse short follows Mickey in Venice as a Gondolier trying to woo Minnie.  This was a cute cartoon with Mickey battling to get Minnie's attention while having to overcome obstacles along the way.  Mickey keeps getting thwarted by bad timing and a giant hippo that mistakes his efforts for him trying to woo her instead.  Eventually Mickey wins Minnie's heart in this cute stylish adventure.   A strong effort in the series. Mickey is at his best when he is in hero mode.

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