mike48128 Available on disc as a "collection's edition" with other Christmas cartoons including "Pluto's Christmas Tree". Mickey's Christmas Carol is a wonderful blend of classic Disney Magic, with many of the "supporting cast members" from other beloved Disney cartoons. The "baby" versions of The wolf and the 3 little pigs chase each other in the background with a "pop" gun. Everyone has a logical part from Mickey and Minnie, Donald and Daisy, Willie the Giant to Jiminy Cricket. See how many other characters you can identify. "Goofy" is the absent-minded ghost of Marley and falls down the stairs. "Uncle Scrooge McDuck" naturally plays Scrooge (Alan Young). "Big Pete" plays the Ghost of Christmas Future, is not that scary at all, and smokes a cigar! May be "edited for time" by speeding up the "film", but still uncut. The reviews said that the new Blu-Ray version has been "scrubbed" or cleaned up, and some of the fine detail suffers. As, I own the older DVD version, I cannot compare the two. Still worth owning as little kids thoroughly love it. "G" rated, as it should be!

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) The result is a thing of beauty and I have absolutely no idea how this one lost the animated short film category to "Sundae in New York" 30 years ago. It features all the famous characters, from Scrooge over Donald to Micky and Goofy and some of the lesser known ones too like Grandma Duck. They're all turned into characters from the famous Dickens story and of course the final result brings all the heart you had hoped for. The Christmas past scenes with Isabelle (Daisy who for once is not Donald's but Scrooge's sweetheart) and, especially, Tiny Tim with his crutches (and the teddy in the end) were truly moving. The scene at his house was a perfect display of how you really don't need much financially if you're surrounded by the ones you love. But also the humor doesn't come too short. You can always count on Goofy when it comes to that. I laughed so hard when Scrooge told the ghost of his old partner how he had class by doing such horrible things and Goofy at first laughs flattered, but then realizes what's going on and goes like "NO!". The voice acting is top-notch. Alan Young makes a good scrooge, but the highlight is definitely the supporting cast. Wayne Allwine's Mickey has always been a thing of beauty. Always has been, always will be. And the film has historic value as well as this was Clarence Nash's very last performance as everybody's favorite Duck (shut up, Daffy) almost 50 years after Nash voiced Donald the very first time.So all in all, this one delivers everything you can hope for (including the sweetest ending) in an animated short-film. It's having its 30th anniversary this year and is still a much better watch than most of the Christmas-related stuff they're releasing these days, especially during the holidays. Show it to your children and you will not regret it.

ApeLieUproar I agree with Roger Ebert, that MICKEY's Christmas CAROL felt like a "forced march" through the famous Dickens novella. Watching it with the running time (26 min.) in mind, the viewer might wonder how the story will be told. Somehow it is, but it's a rush job. The animation was fine but the adaptation is too short and misses out on too many key developments and nuances in the story.This was before animation experienced a renaissance in the late 80's so perhaps there wasn't much of a budget to do a full-length feature, but still, it's disappointing. I wish Disney had waited to do it proper, with Scrooge McDuck or without (and I don't count the Zemeckis-directed version).

Michael_Elliott Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) **** (out of 4) Disney kept Mickey Mouse off the big screen for nearly three decades but they certainly picked the right story to bring him back in. This wonderful adaptation of the classic story has Mickey playing Bob Cratchit, the poor worker whose boss Scrooge is about to get a lesson on treating people the right way. In my opinion this is Disney greatest moment and also one of the greatest shorts ever made. Even though the film only runs 20-minutes, there's enough heart and spirit to carry a dozen feature films. I've loved this movie since first seeing it as a child and I'm pretty sure I could watch this once a day and not tire of it. What amazes me most and always has is that the animators got all the right characters in the story being played by the right Disney character. Goofy as Marley, Willie the Giant and Jiminy Cricket as a couple of the ghosts, Donald Duck as the nephew and of course Mickey and Minnie. The entire story is a very familiar one but it's given so much life by these Disney characters that one really could argue that this is the very best version of the story, which has had several good adaptations over the past hundred years. I loved all the animation, the music and of course the ending is incredibly touching and funny.