Air Date March 17, 2001

Synopsis

Mickey accidentally spends the House of Mouse's rent money on cheese - now he must act quickly to raise enough money to pay landlord Pete before the end of the show.

Credits

Writer

Henry Gilroy

Directors

Robert Gannaway

Tony Craig

Storyboard Supervisor : Rick Schneider

Storyboard

Sean Bishop

Rossen Varbanov

Gary Graham

Cynthia Petrovic

Kurt Anderson

Robert McKnight

Thomas Bernardo

Additional Storyboard

Calvin Suggs

Robert Griffith

Jason So

Todd Kurosawa

Gregory Peters

Shorts Shown

Mickey's Mountain

Maestro Minnie : Circus Symphony

Big House Mickey

Comments

From Juan F. Lara : Not much of a plot in this episode, but I didn't mind this time.

The set-up, well, that's lame. Mickey did a mistake similar to his errors in "Mickey's Mistake" and "Mickey's Piano Lesson", and he went to the same attempts to avoid getting caught that was shown in those two shorts. That premise is too silly and too preachy to be appealing. (I also couldn't get past the rent being only $50.00.) A lot more interesting was Daisy having an act she really wanted to perform. After the first commercial the makers wisely focused attention on that instead of the rent. Daisy's acts were very funny references to certain Magic Kingdom acts. I really liked the enthusiasm she had for her acts. That made me feel positive overall to this ep. (It was also cool to see Donald have a valid reason to gloat over Mickey. Personally, I didn't think he had anything to say sorry about.) They also used the rent as a jump-off point for a clever scene of Mickey hitting up various guests for stuff. They came up with some good ways to connect the characters. I also liked the selection of characters, mostly pre-Mermaid ones. Especially the last character. OTOH we had a couple of lists read off by Goofy. Believe me, lists are never funny. Not ever, as best as I can remember. (Speaking of one of those scenes, I don't think Johnny Appleseed is supposed to be violent...)

Who played Cinderella in this episode? I thought that Ilene Woods was still alive. I really hoped Ilene could reprise her role if Cindy ever talked in this show. Brother, O'Malley and the Alley Cats are sure getting a bum deal from the club. It ain't right to screw around Disney furries like that. I'd like to see an ep where Thomas et al do get to perform. That would be a good ending to this running gag.

From Lee Suggs : The way the animators are using the House of Mouse format just gets more and more interesting. This episode has Mickey spending the rent money on cheese. (Purchased from a cheese headed weasel, no less.) This, of course, results in no money for the rent, and in Pete trying to close the club. Mickey must try to come up with the money and ends up making a series of deals with the audience. (This is a great set of sight gags, the best being Mickey asking Yensid for a book, followed closely by him asking the Headless Horseman for his sword.) Mickey finally ends up borrowing the money from Donald, for a price. Daisy gets to do an act instead of Thomas O'Mallery and the Alley Cats. (These guys are always getting pre-empted.) Daisy's act turns out (or on) to be a "tribute" to the Main Street Electrical Parade. As aways there are many more sight gags I haven't mentioned. (Including some great stuff with Goofy serving Johnny Appleseed and Pete.) I'll leave describing those to the experts.