In the cartoon short Mickey’s Circus, released on this day in 1936, Captain Donald, his trained seals and ringmaster Mickey Mouse find that it’s no circus when you perform for orphans. The orphans shoot Donald out of a cannon, and both Mickey and Donald find themselves unwillingly teetering on a tightrope that has been oiled up by the naughty little mice. Perhaps in the 1934 Mickey Mouse cartoon short Orphans Benefit, Mickey and Donald should have learned that putting on a performance for young orphans may be a noble cause, but it just might not be worth it.
