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Disneyland, episode #4.24: " Four Tales on a Mouse".Flanagin, Coffee-proprietor of the studio coffee shop Mary Flanagin Happy Herb, Undertaker-animator Herb Ryman.Phillipi, Fishing Equipment-layout artist Charles Phillipi Breezy Allan's Haberdashery-animator Paul Allan.Nelson, Fancy Goods-background artist Myron F. Sharpsteen Dentist-animator Ben Sharpsteen.Professor Churchill, Pianos Tuned-composer Frank Churchill.Riley's Livery Stable-director of the short Riley Thomson.Wilfred Jaxon Feed and Fuel-animation director Wilfred Jackson.Clark's Confectionery-animator Leslie J.Walter D's Hats that please- Walt Disney.The advertisements on the curtain at the theater contain numerous references to members of the Disney staff, including:.The "Father, Dear Father" sequence was edited out of the short when it aired on Toon Disney, due to the father being depicted as a doofy alcoholic.This is the only classic Mickey Mouse short in which Daisy, Huey, Dewey, and Louie appear.The two comedians Fred and Ward are animated caricatures of Disney animators Fred Moore and Ward Kimball.With the exception of one song, " The Gay Nineties" (the opening song), this short featured mostly authentic songs from the 1890s, most of which were performed by the vocal quartet The Sportsmen, which featured Thurl Ravenscroft in one of his earliest projects for Disney.
Fred and Ward (voiced by Fred Moore and Ward Kimball).Minnie Mouse (voiced by Thelma Boardman).Mickey and Minnie emerge from the wreckage unhurt, but when they try to kiss each other, the cow pops her head up between them. At last, in a scene reminiscent of Plane Crazy, the car crashes with a cow. Goofy rides by on a penny-farthing bicycle, and Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie ride on a bicycle built for five. Fred and Ward are caricatures of Disney animators Fred Moore and Ward Kimball who also voiced the characters.Īfter the show is over, Mickey and Minnie cruise the roads of the countryside in a Brass Era car. The next act is "Fred & Ward, Two Clever Boys From Illinois" which features two song and dance men. Mickey tries to comfort her, telling her "Don't take it so hard. With mother home watching since tea and her son very sick in her arms, there can only be hope that the father comes home. In the fourth picture in the slideshow, we see the clock tower, which reads 1:00 am. In the show, a daughter attempts to get her father to leave a local tavern because he hadn't come right home from work as promised and got drunk at the tavern. They attend a vaudeville show where they first see a slideshow presentation called "Father, Dear, Father", which features the song "Come Home, Father" by Henry Clay Work. Minnie attracts Mickey by intentionally dropping her handkerchief so Mickey will return it to her.
Set in the springtime, sometime in the 1890s, Mickey and Minnie Mouse happen to meet each other in a public park one day.