"A Mickey Mouse Cartoon"

Release Date September 9, 1938

Running Time 7:36

Synopsis

A talking parrot wanders through Mickey's house while Mickey and Pluto think they're tracking an escaped criminal.

Characters

Mickey Mouse

Pluto

Bianca

Credits

Director : Bill Roberts

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Mickey

Italy

Topolino e Soci

Paperino e i Racconti Misteriosi

Paperino e la Sua Banda di Paperi

Laserdiscs

Japan

I Love Mickey

Mickey's Family Album

Mickey : Limited Gold Edition

Scary Tales

DVD

Disney Treasures : Mickey Mouse in Living Color

Region 1 : United States

Region 2 : France

Region 2 : Germany

Region 2 : Italy

Region 2 : Sweden

Region 2 : United Kingdom

Region 1 : United States

Walt Disney's Funny Factory with Mickey

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #21 : Goin' to the Birds

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 61

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode 15

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Jerry Edwards : Gun and shooting scenes have been censored. The mistaken identity of the parrot thought to be an escaped convict is quite a stretch and ruins most of the interest for me.

From Ryan : Here's another short that features a parrot. For some reason, Disney used parrots in a lot of their shorts. Perhaps parrots were one of Walt Disney's favorite animals. It's a nice (okay so maybe it's downpouring outside) and peaceful in Mickey's house where he and Pluto listen to a radio show. Just then, a news bulleten comes on saying that Machine-Gun Butch has escaped from prison. I liked the part where the parrot, after getting out of Mickey's basement, went into a cabinet and started messing around with a can of fish food. He starts talking to it saying things like "I'll bust ya open!" Pluto hears this and thinks it's the fish who's bowl is on top of that cabinet. Mickey sure was releived after he found out that the "escaped convict" was actually a parrot.

From Baruch Weiss : This is a great cartoon! I loved the music score during the title and end presentations and I enjoyed the funny parrot. In fact, my brother and I used to laugh at the part where Pluto is about to eat the turkey (might I add it wasan't cooked yet!) but the parrot who was hiding inside the turkey squawks "Ah ah ah please!" That line used to crack us up. I wonder if that parrot was the inspiration for Iago?

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