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Spirit of Mickey [VHS]

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This is a great collection of Mickey cartoons. The titles include, "Band Concert" (the first color cartoon), "Thru the Mirror," Oscar winner "Lend a Paw," "Orphan's Picnic," "The Worm Turns," "Mickey's Surprise Party," "Mickey and the Seal," "Mickey's Trailer," "Canine Caddy," "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip," and the original: "Steamboat Willie."

I enjoy this collection; it's great to see so many of the studios best work collected in one place. The title is a little misleading, because Donald and Pluto star is a couple of these. I especially enjoy "Band Concert," because it's so funny to watch, "Thru the Mirror," and "Steamboat Willie." One thing that's interesting to me is that so many of the early cartoons had a music soundtrack with little dialogue. The sound could have been cleaned up a bit on a couple of these, especially "Thru the Mirror." And I would have really liked to have had dates included with the titles at the beginning. Still, it's a solid collection of some of Disney's classic short subjects.

I bought this for my two year old nephew who loves Mickey Mouse & friends. However, after viewing it, I found it to be mostly older Mickey cartoons with ("un-pc") images too scary for a toddler. This video may be great for adults who are looking for a blast from the past, but I ended up not giving it to my nephew and regret buying it at all (it's expensive!)

I can't believe I'm saying this, but this video, in a strange way, isn't really for kids - some of the shorts are so politically incorrect that they would never be made now, and you might want to view it before you hand it over to the kids.. But what a treat for adults who grew up with Mickey!

Everyone will have their favorite, but I remember in particular watching "Mickey's Trailer" when Disney shorts ran on days off from school on minor holidays. Another highlight is "The Band Concert", which opens the tape - a classic of toon mayhem.

One warning - I was looking forward to seeing "Steamboat Willie" for the first time and found to my shock that it is rather violent at points, especially the damage that Mickey inflicts on an unlucky cat. Adults who have had gardens ruined by other people's cats may appreciate the vicarious satisfaction - those with both impressionable kids and feline friends in the house may have other ideas.

First of all, I would just like to say this is a great video. There are many excellent cartoons on here. They are as follows: "The Band Concert", "Thru The mirror", "Lend A Paw","Orphan's Picnic", "The Worm Turns", "Mickey's surprise party","Mickey and the Seal", "Mickey's Trailer", "Canine Caddy", "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip". And last, but certainly not least, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon ever,"STEAMBOAT WILLIE"!!!! This is a great video for any Disney fan. Young or old, it dosen't matter at all.

All the shorts on this tape are great. They feature classics like "Mickey's Trailer", "Mickey Takes a trip", and "The Band Concert" which is Mickey's first color short. But, the absolute best one short on this tape has got to be "Steamboat Willie" (1928), which is my absolute favorite short of all time! It is digitally restored from the original prints and it sounds great. That was Mickey's very first appearance on film, and it almost takes you back to the days of silent shorts... the roaring 20's. This is a great tape to remember all the fun that those old Disney and "Three Stooges" shorts consisted of. Get it and you defenetly will not be dissapointed with both the quality and resoration of all of the films, but the good old cartoon comedys that now can grace your television with the highest quality availible on home video.

This is a great collection of some of the best Mickey Mouse color cartoons. It starts off with "The Band Concert" which incidentally was Mickey's first cartoon in color as related by Minnie. It is very funny and is full of good music, both classical (William Tell Overture) and tin pan alley (Turkey in the Straw). "Thru the Mirror" is a fun-but-dated take-off on Lewis Carroll's classics "Through The Looking Glass" and "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". 1941's "Lend A Paw" won an Academy Award for Short Subject with its classic "Good Pluto"/"Bad Pluto" storyline. Next, Donald Duck stars in the "Orphan's Picnic" with scores of naughty little mice who are truly out for a good time. This is followed by "The Worm Turns" featuring a pre-Sorceror's Apprentice Mickey Mouse up to some familiar tricks, mixing a strength potion to be used only on the underdogs. "Mickey's Surprise Party" is a cute little vignette starring Mickey and Minnie, their respective pooches, and some cookies with bite. "Mickey and the Seal" features the ever-irascible Pluto and an adorable little seal pup. "Mickey's Trailer" stars the unbeatable trio of Mickey, Donald, and Goofy out on the open road for a very wild ride. "Canine Caddy" teams Pluto and Mickey with a goofy gopher for a not-so-relaxing round of golf. "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip" again pits Mickey and Pluto against a pet-peeved train conductor in the form of Pegleg Pete and is the last color cartoon on the video. The collection closes with "Steamboat Willie", the first synchronized-sound cartoon ever made which showcases Mickey in his original impish glory.

Even though this is only available on VHS, I find that the picture and sound quality are quite good and that the variety of the selections and the intrinsic value of the cartoons themselves are well worth the price of purchase.

This is a wonderful example of Disney at its best. My two-year old and three-year old love this movie beginning to end. It is one of the videos I actually enjoying watching over and over again. I would recommend it for people age 1 to 99.

This video is wonderful. It reminds me of my childhood. It is the real Mickey Mouse cartoons that we watched as kids. I was very satisfied with this product. My daughter(5) also loves this video.

Once again Mickey Mouse shows us lots of the most popular Mickey Mouse cartoons of all time (Including a big suprise!) I'm not gonna tell you the cartoons but i really enjoy them. These cartoons are the funniest, jokers of all cartoons ("Ed, Ed, 'n' Eddy" is dumb, and not a good cartoon.) If you get this movie, get a couch, pop some popcorn, then get ready for the cartoon of your life!

This is a great collection of cartoon shorts to introduce your young kids to Disney. These feature all the original Disney characters such as Mickey (of course!), Minnie, Pluto, Donald, Pete and Goofy.
This video is not really for adult Disney collectors because credits are missing and there are no dates given for each short. The only real plus for collectors is the addition of "Steamboat Willie", Mickey's very first cartoon. This is really meant for the newer generations to see some of the old cartoons and discover Disney animation, though adults will enjoy watching this with or without the kids.
If you are a real Disney collector or want to start being one, then I suggest you get a dvd player or dvd drive for your computer and buy a copy of Walt Disney Treasures "Mickey Mouse in Living Color" and "Silly Symphonies". The only drawback to the dvd, no "Steamboat Willie", which is in black and white.