Alternate Titles

"Mickey Fait la Cuisine" - France

"Mickys Kochkunst" - Germany

Release Date First television showing : October 2, 1999 (most markets)

Synopsis

When Mickey discovers Minnie has fallen for a guy who can cook, he tries to make a fancy dinner to win her back.

Characters

Mickey Mouse (Voice : Wayne Allwine)

Minnie Mouse (Voice : Russi Taylor)

Pluto (Voice : Bill Farmer)

Jose Carioca (Voice : ?)

Television

Mickey Mouse Works : Season 2 : Episode 4

Mickey Mouse Works : Season 2 : Episode 9a

House of Mouse : "Goofy's Menu Magic"

DVD

United Kingdom

Walt Disney's Laugh Factory with Mickey

France

Walt Disney's Rigolons avec Mickey

Germany

Walt Disney's Mickey's Spassfabrik

Comments

From Patrick Malone : Jose Carioca gets to return in this short, but you have to wonder exactly what he's doing here. He never had a reputation as a gourmet cook before, so there's not really anything to reference that new aspect of his personality to. He's also not given too much to do here, and is completely subdued if you compare this to his previous scenes in "Three Caballeros." Given some of Monty Python's contribution to the voices in MMW, I halfway expected to begin hearing "spam, spam, spam, spam, spam" when Mickey begain telling about his "ham, ham, tomato, cheese, ham, and tomato" sandwiches. Stiil it was an enjoyable enough average short.

From J. D. Weil : In the world of gourmet cooking, Julia Child has nothing to fear from Mickey Mouse. It's all because of Minnie growing tired of Mickey's ham, cheese and tomato club sandwiches and then asking for some fancier fare especially when she seems to fall for Jose` Carioca who claims he can cook (which is something I've yet to see). Well, Mickey's attmpts at gourmet cooking turn into a predictable disaster but some how everything turns out all right at the end.

Carioca doen't come off as well as he did in this cartoon as he did in in his previous appearances, perhaps it's the lack of a good musical score that's needed here. But I did like the twist at the end of the short.

From Davey-kins : Once again, Mickey attempts to make something above his Dagwood-style sandwitches (with cheese) and once again, the kitchen takes a pounding! Something tells me that putting all that stuff in the microwave would've sent his house into orbit when you put into account the stuff he threw in there, and no, I won't spoil you with the entire list! Mickey should be glad the room wasn't covered with cookie dough this time.

From Juan F. Lara : I liked the setup of this short. Mickey's sandwiches and Minnie's frustration with them was a sendup of the "bland" image people have of Mickey Mouse. I laughed a lot at the supermarket scene. I had been wanting to see Jose Carioca in a new cartoon as he's a personal favorite character. His flirting with Minnie was endearing, as was Mickey's distress at seeing that.

But Mickey's scene in the kitchen, the main part of the short, was just mindless slapstick. In having the cookbook pages get mixed up the makers used a cliched means of making Mickey mess up. The gags were arbitrary. No real reason for the oven to blow up for instance.

The short got better with Mickey's argument with Minnie after the explosion. I liked the continuity they set up here, with Mickey and Minnie not meeting Jose until now. (DYN: Neither Mouse pronounced Jose's first name right.) But the last gag was a contrived attempt at irony. Still, Mickey's reaction to Jose's meal was funny because it was so in character.

From Lee Suggs : This short has a good premise, and it was good to see Jose Carioca again. (My Brazilain exchange students tell me that Jose is based on an actual Brazilian folk character.) That said this short seems a little forced. Mickey seemed to be more of an airhead, than he normally is, and I can't believe he'd have so much trouble cooking. (After all he's lived by himself for almost 72 years.) However, the short does have some nice scenes, (Mickey's house blowing off the earth) and I thought the ending was funny.

From Eric Lehmann : One of the funniest episodes I've ever seen. First up, there was a guy who serves ham and cheese club sandwiches. Minnie is tired of them, so she has Mickey cook. First up, the fan blows off the pages, with Mickey following the misinterpretations. Then, he combines everything in a casserole. Then BAMMO! The house is rocketed sky high. At the end, there was this guy again. It's extremely humorous. I give it two thumbs up!

From Aaron : A fun cartoon about the perils of cooking. I was very suprised to see Jose in this cartoon! I also never knew that he could cook. I liked the plot a whole lot. It was HILARIOUS to see Minnie's reaction to Mickey's sandwich. The kitchen part was also funny, but not as funny as the ending. And is it just me or did Mickey seem more pushy than usual?

From Mick Mouse : Loved this short! Oh, and Rob Paulsen does Jose's voice.

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