Disney cartoon shorts, set 1
This is a list of all the Disney cartoon shorts I have had recorded on tape over the years (including some in a potential list I would throw in myself). This is for the first set.
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- DirectorJames AlgarWilfred JacksonRiley ThomsonStarsThelma BoardmanWalt DisneyMickey wants some of the cake Minnie has just baked, so he offers to clean up her yard. As he's working, a tiny tornado (smaller than him) with a mind of its own comes along and causes trouble. After Mickey finally chases the little twister off, it gets its big brother, which makes a grand mess of the yard. Most of the cartoon, except for the opening and closing, has no dialogue.
- DirectorJack KingStarsClarence NashDonald is golfing, and his nephews are along to "help." Between their noise and their practical jokes, Donald isn't having a lot of fun or success with his game.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsPinto ColvigGoofy goes duck hunting hoping to catch one for a duck dinner. However, he mixes up a real duck with his duck decoy, gets his pants filled with water, gets water in his gun, and has various other mishaps before finally catching a duck for dinner...the decoy.
- DirectorJack HannahNorman FergusonClyde GeronimiStarsJames MacDonaldClarence NashWhile traveling with his nephews, Donald stops at the "fountain of youth" and tricks the kids into thinking he is a baby again. However, he gets tangled up with an aggressive mother alligator and her babies.
- DirectorCharles NicholsStarsRuth CliffordPinto ColvigMarcellite GarnerMinnie's learning first aid; she asks Pluto and Figaro for help. Pluto keeps throwing Figaro into buckets and otherwise getting him into trouble. Then, when Minnie has Pluto all trussed up in splints, Figaro taunts him.
- DirectorDavid HandDick HuemerStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyRichard EdwardsMickey, Donald, and Goofy are crewing a whaling ship. Their mishaps include Donald fighting off some hungry birds, Mickey and a bucket of water that keeps doing a boomerang impression, and Goofy firing the cannon and getting stuck high in the air, and ultimately inside a whale. And when he lands the whale well, let's just say they're gonna need a bigger boat...
- DirectorCharles NicholsStarsRuth CliffordPinto ColvigLeone Le DouxMinnie Mouse knits a sweater for Pluto. When she puts it on him, Pluto does whatever he can to try to get it off, eventually shrinking it to the perfect size for Figaro.
- DirectorDavid HandStarsPinto ColvigClarence NashPurv PullenMickey has been reading Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There", and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive. He eats a walnut, which makes him briefly larger, then small. He dances around a lot, ultimately doing a major number with a deck of cards. He dances with the queen, making the king jealous. He comes after Mickey with swords, and Mickey defends himself with a sewing needle. Mickey gets the upper hand, and the king calls for reinforcements. Mickey finds himself chased by several decks, which throw their spots at him. He turns on a fan and blows them away, back through the mirror, where his alarm is ringing.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsJack HannahJames MacDonaldBill ThompsonHumphrey the bear isn't having much luck with his fishing; every time he catches some nice fish, he gets distracted and drops them. So he goes after the catches of the local anglers instead. But ranger Woodlore frowns on this, insisting the bear fish like one.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsXavier AtencioAl BertinoPinto ColvigAfter several long days at work, Goofy finally takes a much needed vacation. However, his trip never quite gets off the ground mainly because he spends most of it stuck behind a slow moving trailer. When he gets a flat tire, the mechanic inspects every part of his car except the tire. The only motel he can find is a little shack too close to a railroad track. On the road once more, he gets stuck behind said trailer again only to pass it and discover no one is driving it.
- DirectorJack CuttingClyde GeronimiStarsFlorence GillFrank GrahamDorothy LloydA bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale of the not-so-bright little chicken's encounter with an acorn and gravity. Crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into an eye-catching surprise.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsClarence NashA birthday present of cigars goes awry when Donald thinks his nephews are planning to take up smoking.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiStarsRuth CliffordPinto ColvigPluto has a tussle over a bone with a female dachshund named Dinah unaware that he is actually giving her the bone whenever he walks in his sleep and presents it to her. However, each time he awakens, he angrily demands it back until he discovers Dinah's puppies at which point he feels bad and offers up his entire collection of bones to Dinah's family as well as his doghouse.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsFred ShieldsPinto ColvigA cowboy from the United States is transported to the Pampas where he is instructed in the ways of his counterpart, the gaucho. First a change of outfits, then he meets his horse. There are misadventures with a lasso and a saddle. Traditional activities include the asado, or barbecue, using bolas to hunt ostrich, and singing and dancing traditional music around the campfire. After the narrator completes the instructive summary, our cowboy returns home to the Midwest.
- DirectorCharles NicholsStarsRuth CliffordJames MacDonaldPluto digs up Minnie's garden and destroys her house in order to catch a pesky gopher-in spite of Minnie's scoldings.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsDorothy ComptonPinto ColvigWhen a lazy grasshopper prefers to sing and dance rather than forage like his friends the ants, he learns to regret it when winter approaches. The ants save his life and in return he entertains them with his music.
- DirectorJack KingClyde GeronimiStarsCandy CandidoJames MacDonaldClarence NashA snowy scene; Daisy would like a fur coat, so Donald filches a baby bear from its sleeping mother. But the mother awakens and tracks Donald (and her baby) down. Donald uses his own fur coat to disguise himself as a bear cub. The real cub returns, and Donald looks like he might be in trouble, but a jar of honey turns him into the bear's best friend instead.
- DirectorJack KingStarsClarence NashDonald shows his nephews the moves that won him his hockey trophy. But the boys have a few moves of their own.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigJimmie CushmanLester DorrPluto's cage-mate helps him escape from the pound and find a bone to eat. But Pluto is not especially grateful.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigLee MillarClarence NashPlumber Donald is using a large magnet in his work. When he drops it, it causes trouble for Pluto, especially after Pluto swallows it. Things begin clinging to him, especially his metal dog dish.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsLee MillarClarence NashDonald is courting Daisy (called Donna, here in her first appearance) Duck in Mexico. He arrives on a burro, which doesn't get along at all well with her; she convinces him to buy a car. They head through the desert, but the car breaks down, and throws Donald out, then takes off on its own with Daisy trapped inside the rumble seat. The car hits a rock, throwing Daisy into a mud puddle, to Donald's excessive amusement. Daisy pulls a unicycle from her purse, and rides off.
- DirectorCharles NicholsStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigBeatrice HagenPluto wants to sing along with the birds, bee and cricket, but he is tone deaf.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsDessie FlynnJames MacDonaldClarence NashChip and Dale ready themselves for battle just like the knights of old when Donald moves his hulking steam shovel into position, intent on clearing a path right through their tree. Who will prevail in the medieval battle for the junkyard?
- DirectorJack KinneyBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigMilt KahlJames MacDonaldBig game hunter Goofy is riding his trusty elephant in search of a tiger. Unfortunately, while they are stopped for lunch, the tiger finds them, and soon enough, Goofy is separated from his rifle. The tiger toys with the goof for a while, then peels off the sole of one shoe and heads for the foot. Meanwhile, Goofy's been preparing a hotfoot for his tormentor, which gets him a small head start on the chase that follows. After a fair bit of chasing, Goofy's elephant comes to the rescue.
- DirectorBill RobertsStarsBilly BletcherJohn McLeishWalt DisneyRather out of place at a swanky dog show, Pluto flirts with Fifi, a dainty Pekingese. The judge orders Mickey and Pluto to leave, but when a fire breaks out Pluto rescues Fifi and is proclaimed a hero.