Remember the days before computers, when those who got a virus meant they had a cold? That’s what Goofy’s alter-ego George Geef has to battle in Cold War, released on this day in 1951. Despite the fact that the virus infecting George is quite cute, George is miserable and leaves work early. Soon Mrs. Geef …
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This short subject follows some of nature’s most astonishing engineers—beavers living in remote regions of Minnesota and Montana. This, the second of seven featurettes made as part of the True-Life Adventures series, was narrated by frequent collaborator and Disney Legend Winston Hibler and gave viewers an up-close-and-personal look at the way beavers live and transform …
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Watching our favorite duck stride blithely and optimistically into the next quackmire to befall him still remains one of life’s great pleasures, and rarely has Donald looked more hilariously unprepared for what’s about to befall him than in Dude Duck, released 50 years ago today. After arriving at the Bar None Dude Ranch by bus—the …
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It was a shivering cold winter day when a freezing stork sought shelter in the Pluto cartoon short Cold Storage, which blew into theaters on this day in 1951. Unable to escape the sub-zero conditions, the stork spots a warm and inviting doghouse and decides to make it his home. However when Pluto comes home …
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It was high-rise fun on this day in 1951, when Goofy decided he needed a hammock atop his sky high apartment building in the cartoon short Lion Down. He is soon in search of a second tree to support his hammock, but the tree he brings home belongs to a lion. Upon seeing the hammock, …
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In 1950, Walt Disney gave a Christmas present to viewers across the nation in the form of his first television show ever, One Hour in Wonderland. Ventriloquist Edger Bergen and his lovable dummy creations, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, head to Walt’s Studio for a party with Walt and young Kathryn Beaumont, the voice of …
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In the Goofy cartoon short Hold That Pose, released on this day in 1950, Goofy takes a shot at photography. After heading to a bear exhibit at the local zoo to attempt to capture the critter on film, hairy—and hilarious—situations ensue. Goofy manages to anger the bruin and spends the remainder of the featurette trying …
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All Donald Duck wants to do is enjoy a pleasant day at the beach, but inadvertently he annoys a little bee who has the same plans, in the hilarious cartoon short Bee at the Beach, which flew into theaters on this day in 1950. The small-but-mighty bee seeks revenge on Donald and manages to do …
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On this day in 1950, that ravenous coyote Bent-Tail returned to the big screen in the Pluto cartoon short Camp Dog. While campers are away, Pluto has his hands, or paws, full trying to protect a campsite and thwart the food-stealing plans of the father/son coyote team. Bent-Tail, who appeared in a total of four …
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Who’s your favorite Disney cartoon character? Mickey Mouse? Jiminy Cricket? Ariel? Tiana? Bent-Tail? You do know Bent-Tail, don’t you? Perpetually hungry Bent-Tail and his son, Junior, tried to steal the hens that Pluto is guarding in the Pluto cartoon short Pests of the West, which first had audiences howling on this day in 1950. Bent-Tail, …
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