"A Mickey Mouse Cartoon"
Release Date December 3, 1948
Running Time 6:35
Synopsis
- A zoo escapee finds refuge in Mickey's bath, despite Pluto's protests.
Characters
- Mickey Mouse
- Pluto
Credits
- Director : Charles Nichols
- Animation
- Phil Duncan
- Hugh Fraser
- George Nicholas
- Dan MacManus
- Story
- Nick George
- Milt Schaffer
- Music : Oliver Wallace
- Layout : Karl Karpe
- Background : Ralph Hulett
Awards
- Nominated for an Academy Award (Short Subjects - Cartoons)
Videos
- United States
- Cartoon Classics : First Series : Volume 5 : Disney's Best of 1931 - 1948
- Cartoon Classics : Second Series : Special Edition
- The Spirit of Mickey
- Germany
- Heir ist Mickey
- Micky's Lustige Abenteuer
- Mickys Sommerspaß
- Italy
- Topolino Superstar
- France
-
Les Folles Vacances de Mickey
Laserdiscs
- United States
- Cartoon Classics : First Series : Volume 5 : Disney's Best of 1931 - 1948
- At Home with Donald Duck
- The Spirit of Mickey
- Japan
- Mickey's Summer Madness
- Hello! Mickey
- Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show
DVD
- United States
-
Disney Treasures : Mickey
Mouse in Living Color : Volume 2
- Walt Disney's Funny Factory with Mickey
Television
- Walt Disney Presents : At Home with Donald Duck
- Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #45
- Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #36
- House of Mouse : "King Larry Swings In"
Technical Specifications
- Color Type : Techicolor
- Animation type : Standard
- Sound mix : Mono
- Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1
- Negative format : 35mm
- Print format : 35mm
- Cinematograhic process : Spherical
- Original language : English
Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Comments
- From Ryan : I first saw this short when I
was about six years old. It was one of my favorites back then. I still enjoy
it quite a bit today. Mickey is feeding fish to seals at the local zoo. A
baby seal stows away in his basket looking for more fish when Mickey is on
his way home. Pluto, however, discovers the baby seal and doesn't take too
kindly to him. After Pluto ends up chasing the seal around the kitchen, Mickey
comes in and sees the basket with all the stuff in it knocked over and sends
Pluto outside, thinking he made the mess. One of my favorite parts is where
Mickey is taking a bath. While he is scrubbing his back, the seal (who has
snuck into the tub) lies beside Mickey's back and enjoys having himself scrubbed.
When Mickey picks up the soap, the seal, who is underwater, picks up Mickey's
scrubbrush and Mickey wonders what's going on. Mickey soon discovers the
seal after draining the bathtub and takes him back to the zoo. The ending
of this short, however, was perhaps the funniest of all. After Pluto and
Mickey get home from the zoo, they discover the older seals jumping into
their tub and using an ironing board as a diving board. The cartoon ends
with the baby seal waving from inside the shower. The animation of this short
is excellent, especially the background art.
- From Lee Suggs : The Seal of the title is
a very cute little fellow who sneaks out of a zoo in Mickey's picnic basket.
When Mickey gets home Pluto immediately discovers the stowaway. What follows
is Pluto's desperate attempts to tell Mickey about the Seal and Mickey's
hilarious discovery of the little fellow. (In the bathtub, where Mickey is
seen NUDE!) This is an amusing short with great sight gags and a fun ending.
You just can't go wrong with the classics.
- From Baruch Weiss : Here is another cartoon
where Pluto encounters another small animal but this time instead of befriending
it he does not like it at all throught out the short. Like other shorts(e.g.
'Lend a Paw') the opening titles feature
Mickey but play Pluto's theme and the dog takes center stage in the cartoons.
- From Grace : I really found this short amusing. The seal escapes from the zoo and ended up in Mickey's house, Pluto knows the stowaway and tries to convince Mickey that there was a seal in the house, and then in the ending a group of seals inside Mickey's bathroom. This is a funny short and there is this one funny scene where Mickey is in the bathtub seen NAKED! Hey Mickey show the girls your birthday suit!
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