Before Aladdin graced the Big Screen, it looked like his magic lamp or a distant genie cousin made his way in this cartoon short. Here, Mickey decides to build Pluto a new house and while he breaks ground, Pluto digs out a magic lamp. In it is a jive-talking and swinging unseen genie, who follows Mickey's command in building a grand of a dog house for Pluto. However, when Mickey's radio goes haywire, the genie follows every command it hears on the radio, creating chaos for Pluto.
It's a funny little cartoon that lets both Mickey and Pluto have equal screen time. I enjoyed seeing Pluto's reactions when he first sees his old, beat-up doghouse and then seeing the genie create his new house piece by piece. The funny-talking genie was definitely something unique in these Disney cartoons and was pretty entertaining to watch.
Some fun stuff here; got a few laughs out of it.
Grade B