Whereas I do have some affection for Mickey Mouse as a personality, he’s virtually by no means made me chortle. Whereas almost each Looney Tunes brief has laugh-out-loud moments which are nonetheless humorous at the moment, Mickey, at his greatest, is often cute and adventurous however by no means fairly humorous. In reality, at his worst, he’s downright uninteresting.
Now and again, nonetheless, Mickey has been very humorous. Listed here are 4 such examples…
The 2013 ‘Mickey Mouse’ TV Present
On this 2013 cartoon collection — merely named Mickey Mouse — Mickey continues to be adventurous and a spunky optimist, but it surely’s turned as much as 11 in a hilarious, virtually SpongeBob-esque manner. His heroics prolong to him being gung-ho about every part and infrequently dragging his buddies — and himself — into hazard. He’s a bit extra impatient as nicely, which properly compliments his relentless power. The shorts themselves even have a darkly comedic vibe to them that’s stunning for Disney.
In virtually something with the core Disney characters, Donald and Goofy present the funniest moments, however on this present, they’re outshined by the joyful, absent-minded and deeply bizarre Mickey.
‘Runaway Mind’
For 4 complete a long time, Disney performed it so secure with Mickey that they barely put him in something. However that modified in 1995 with the horror-themed Runaway Mind, Disney’s first theatrical Mickey brief since 1953. In it, Mickey is a younger grownup slacker who must shortly elevate cash to purchase Minnie an anniversary reward, which is why he permits himself to be experimented on for science and swaps his mind with that of an enormous monster.
Runaway Mind was edgy, wacky and violent, and it appeared to scare Disney off of taking any extra probabilities with Mickey. Reviews of it being “banned” are exaggerated, however it’s actually controversial.
‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’
Mickey’s cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit is unbelievable. As personal eye Eddie Valiant falls off a skyscraper, he runs into Bugs and Mickey skydiving collectively. Valiant asks them if they’ve a spare parachute, however he solely asks for “a spare.” Mickey tells him “Bugs does,” however Bugs warns him, “I don’t suppose you need it.” Valiant insists, and Bugs proceeds handy him a very ineffective spare tire as Valiant continues to plummet to the bottom.
Bugs, after all, is as snarky as ever, however Mickey is subtly mischievous right here, too. In spite of everything, he’s the one to supply up Bugs’ spare, in addition to telling Bugs to “let (Valiant) have it.”
‘Steamboat Willie’
I not too long ago watched Mickey’s first brief, “Steamboat Willie” from 1928, for the primary time. I used to be shocked to search out myself laughing out loud all through a lot of it. Versus the lovable, bouncy, personality-less Mickey I used to be anticipating, Mickey was an obnoxious mischief-maker who was solely involved together with his personal amusement. Particularly humorous had been all of the horrible methods he made music with varied animals, like swinging round a cat by its tail and choking a goose to make use of it as a bagpipe.
Simply as with the 2013 shorts, irrespective of how a lot Disney won’t need it to be true, it’s exhausting to disclaim the truth that jerk Mickey is by far the funniest Mickey.
