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It does not happen too often that Mickey, Goofy and Donald show up in the same cartoon, but this one here is among the exceptions. Same goes for the fact that Disney scored Oscar nominations for pretty much everything back in the 1930s and 1940 in the animated short category, but not for this one. Still, 75 years later, it's among the company's more known cartoons. Goofy's riding the van singing a hilarious version of "Comin' round the mountains", Mickey's chilling and enjoying the view and Donald is, of course, sleeping. It quickly turns into an entertaining animated road-movie (there can't be too many of these) and my favorite scene is probably the three at the table eating melons, corn and more.As a whole, I recommend this short film. It's not among my favorite cartoons from the era, but the fact how big Disney was in quality and quantity back then shouldn't diminish those films that weren't among the very best. It's still absolutely worth a watch, not only to animation enthusiasts.
Seth Nelson
1938 had brought about everyone's favorite Disney color short, "Mickey's Trailer." Now, I won't spoil the story for you, kids, but at least I can say that...it has Mickey Mouse in it and.....he's got a car...with a trailer!!!!!5 things I liked the best about this short:1. It's original!!!!! I can't think of any other cartoon short series out there that had crazy trailer driving!2. It's animated!!!!! Mickey and his friends all are here in this short, having fun!3. It's Disney!!!!! Ditto!4. It's short!!!!! A great way to laugh and smile in just 7 to 10 minutes!!!!!5. It's a classic!!!!!Yep, they have convinced me to like "Mickey's Trailer" very, very much!10/10
Shawn Watson
In this short Mickey, Donald and Goofy are living a sort of Gypsy lifestyle, moving from place to place in their caravan. Goofy is the driver and when breakfast is served he leaves the car driving on it's own and goes back into the caravan to eat. Well, you pretty much know what's going to happen now huh? That's right...disaster.Disaster seems to follow these characters everywhere and their cartoons only ever seem to be made up of it. However, some of the contraptions and near-misses in this one are quite imaginative and bring a tiny bit of something new to something old and increasingly boring. Expect only a few mild laughs.
Robert Reynolds
Disney in the late 1930s did animated shorts like no one else did them. Warner Brothers was after the visual gag and creating continuing characters, while MGM was interested in making visually pretty cartoons and mostly one-shots, with few recurring characters. For Walt Disney, shorts served a couple of primary purposes: one, they kept the Disney name and his principal characters before the public and two, most importantly to Disney, they were a good testing and training ground for new animation techniques, so he could make the feature films as close to perfect as possible. In this short (a fantastic cartoon in its own right), the visual gags are great, but the timing on everything has to be perfect or it won't work. You can see the seeds of things Disney did later in features like Dumbo and Bambi in shorts like Mickey's Trailer, which serve as dry-runs while being great works in and of themselves. Some of the best bits ever done were done for these shorts just to see what worked and what didn't. Magnificently animated. Well worth watching. Most highly recommended.
