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Mickey's Surprise Party

  • 1939
  • 5m
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6.2/10
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Mickey's Surprise Party (1939)
AnimationComedyFamilyShort

Minnie is baking cookies. When she leaves for a short while, her dog Fifi accidentally drops popcorn kernels in the dough. Mickey and Pluto come over and visit with Minnie and Fifi. When Mic... Read allMinnie is baking cookies. When she leaves for a short while, her dog Fifi accidentally drops popcorn kernels in the dough. Mickey and Pluto come over and visit with Minnie and Fifi. When Mickey notices that something is burning, Minnie remembers the cookies, which are popping pop... Read allMinnie is baking cookies. When she leaves for a short while, her dog Fifi accidentally drops popcorn kernels in the dough. Mickey and Pluto come over and visit with Minnie and Fifi. When Mickey notices that something is burning, Minnie remembers the cookies, which are popping popcorn out of them. Minnie is upset and lies on her sofa crying. Mickey goes out and buys a ... Read all

  • Director
    • Hamilton Luske
  • Stars
    • Walt Disney
    • Marcellite Garner
    • Clarence Nash
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    400
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hamilton Luske
    • Stars
      • Walt Disney
      • Marcellite Garner
      • Clarence Nash
    • 4User reviews
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    Walt Disney
    Walt Disney
    • Mickey Mouse
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Marcellite Garner
    • Minnie Mouse
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Clarence Nash
    Clarence Nash
    • Pluto
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Hamilton Luske
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    5OllieSuave-007

    A commercial pitch in a cartoon short.

    So, this cartoon short was shorter than usual, running at just over five minutes. Turns out it is a commercial pitch for the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) at the 1939 World's Fair. It shows Minnie trying to surprise Mickey by baking cookies that his mother used to make. But, Minnie's dog Fifi accidentally knocks a box of kernel onto the cookie mix and Minnie unknowingly puts that entire batch in the oven. After Mickey and Pluto shows up, the cookies burn and pops around like popcorn, leaving Minnie and Fifi in grief. To lighten things up, Mickey goes to the store and returns with boxes of Nabisco snacks.

    It's a pretty nice commercial pitch, but the cartoon itself wasn't very funny or entertaining and it was pretty non-substantive. Not much of a story here, and the characters were pretty bland.

    Grade D
    9TheLittleSongbird

    A commercial short with our favourite mice.

    Despite the fact, it is just a commercial short, this is a sweet and very enjoyable one at that. The animation was great, perhaps not quite as good in quality as some of the Silly Symphonies. I had no problem at all with the music either.

    Mickey and Minnie are easily the stars of the short, and it was lovely to hear Mickey being voiced by Walt Disney himself. You do feel sorry for Minnie, when she starts crying about the burning cake. Pluto also appears, and he has a very pretty lady friend this time. He isn't the main focus, but he is funny when you see him.

    All in all, well meaning and very sweet. 9/10 Bethany Cox

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    • Trivia
      Produced for the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) to show at the 1939 World's Fair.
    • Quotes

      Minnie Mouse: I wanted to make them the way your mother did.

      Mickey: Aw, my mother used to burn the whole batch all the time!

    • Alternate versions
      The version of this short that was released on the "Spirit of Mickey" video digitally removes the Nabisco brand name from the cookie boxes. In addition, Mickey and Minnie's voices were dubbed to fit the change.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Spirit of Mickey (1998)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 18, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Musses party
    • Production companies
      • Nabisco
      • Nabisco
      • National Biscuit Company
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    • Runtime
      5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 1.37 : 1

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