"A Mickey Mouse Cartoon"

Release Date November 30, 1931

Running time 7:10

Synopsis

Mickey helps Minnie with her yard work. Eventually a lawnmower runs berserk as Pluto pulls it chaotically around the garden.

Characters

Mickey Mouse

Minnie Mouse

Pluto

Credits

Director : Bert Gillett

Laserdiscs

United States

Mickey Mouse : the Black and White Years : Volume 1

Japan

Mickey's Family Album

Mickey Mouse : the Black and White Years : Volume 1

DVD

Disney Treasures : Mickey Mouse in Black and White

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #28 : Early Mickey

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 30

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Black and White

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.33 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by Columbia Pictures

Comments

From Jerry Edwards : Mickey mows his yard with Pluto pulling the mower. Pluto causes widespread destruction with the mower attached to him when he chases a cat. Although too much of the cartoon is the all-too-typical Mickey and Minnie song and dance routine, the scenes of Pluto chasing the cat are fun. One fun gag for me is when the mower plows through a "cement pond," the water falls back into the pond, and stays in the pond - even though part of the pond's cement wall is now missing.

From Ryan : This was really not one of my favorite shorts, but it wasn't that bad. I liked the scene where Mickey mowing his lawn and Pluto is pulling the' mower. It had some references to previous shorts such as "Mickey Steps Out" where Pluto chases a cat (in fact the cat looked very similar to the one in that short). Mickey is seen using one of those push mowers that doesn't run on gasoline but instead is run by "human" power. I've got a hard enough job mowing my huge lawn with a push mower that runs on gas, much less I have one like Mickey does.

From Bill : This was not one of Mickey's most exciting or gag filled short, but fun anyway. I like the way Mickey and Pluto just get along, even mowing the lawn. Standard storyline, but I like it when there is more action with Mickey, or when he's saving Minnie.

From Gijs Grob : "Mickey Cuts Up" can be summarized as "Mickey Steps Out" set in a garden: the first part of the cartoon consists of a quite tiring sing-and-dance-routine (with Mickey dancing as a turtle as a minor highlight). Only after five minutes, the second part starts. This hilarious sequence is devoted to Pluto chasing a cat and causing havoc. Suddenly the gags come fast and plenty. There's even an early running gag in which Mickey is getting wet in various ways.

Referenced Comments

Mickey Steps Out (1931)