House of Mouse : Season 2 Episode 1
"Daisy's Debut"

Air Date September 22, 2001

Synopsis

When Mickey decides to give Daisy her big chance to perform at the House of Mouse, Minnie starts to feel left out.(Includes "Mickey, Minnie and Daisy Song" performed by Mickey, Minnie and Daisy)

Credits

Writer

Thomas Hart

Storyboard Supervisor

Rick Schneider

Storyboard

Sean Bishop

Rossen Varbanov

Robert McKnight

Carlos Baeza

Kurt Anderson

Thomas Bernardo

Additional Storyboard

Calvin Suggs

Robert Griffith

Jason So

Directors

Robert Gannaway

Tony Craig

Shorts Shown

Daisy's Big Sale

Topsy Turvy Town

Comments

From Juan F. Lara : "House of Mouse" also had their season premiere last Saturday, but with an undistinguished episode.

I had been wanting to see Daisy actually get to perform. I'm sure Tress MacNeille has a lovely singing voice to go with Daisy's voice. The song Mickey and Daisy sang was cute, though not outstanding. (And Daisy speaks her lines more often than sings them.) Then the plot took a sharp turn and showed Minnie suddenly upset over the duet. (That's hinted at in Act 1 very slightly.) I didn't see what the big deal was, or why Daisy took that drastic step to back out of the duet. Couldn't they just stage a Mickey-Minnie duet next week? The second rendition of the song sounded boring, and Minnie's awkwardness wasn't funny.

I liked the brief dialogue Daisy and Ariel had in Act 1. OTOH, Gaston's running gag wasn't even funny the first time (Very bad voice delivery here.)

From Lee Suggs : They did play the show in the LA and Sacramento markets at the regular time. New York played it at 7:00 am. HOM is often pre-empted by sporting events. (GOLF!) Disney needs to schedule the show when it can be on consistently. This was a fun episode, and I'm sure they'll show it again. We start off with Daisy sharing that she'd like to sing on stage. Minnie over hears her, and sets up Daisy's debut. Meanwhile we're treated to a tape of celebrities auditing for the role of the Genie.

Next we have the best part of the show- a duet with Mickey and Daisy. ("Me is the Mouse, and I am the Duck") This has to be the most creative and the best performed of the HOM acts. It's featured on the new HOM CD so be sure to give it a listen.

We end up with Minnie taking Daisy's place for the duet with Mickey. (Daisy pretends to have a broken leg, so Minnie can be on stage with Mickey.) This is cute, but no where near as good as the Mickey/Daisy duet. I think HOM's creators are trying to soften the harsh image they've given Daisy in the "MouseWorks" cartoons. One more note, Gaston popped up throughout the episode spouting off ridiculous statements. This gave several HOM characters a chance to put him down in very understated and amusing ways. While this wasn't my favorite HOM episode, it was great to see new stuff, and that duet was classic.