Fishin' Around

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Fishin' Around
Directed by Burt Gillett
Produced by Walt Disney
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 1, 1931 (1931-09-01) [1]
Running time
7:19
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Fishin' Around is a 1931 American animated short film directed by Burt Gillett, produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. [1] It was the thirty-second short in the Mickey Mouse film series, and the eighth produced that year. [2]

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Plot

Mickey Mouse takes his dog Pluto on a fishing trip, rowing out onto a lake. Mickey sees a "No Fishing" sign, but he breaks it and throws it into the water. Mickey drops his line in the water, and Pluto attaches a fishing line to the end of his tail as well. One fish expertly eats the worm from Mickey's hook, then sticks out his tongue at the fisherman. The fish also tease Pluto, getting him mixed up in a corset and luring him down into the water, where he's tickled by an eel. In another gag, a group of fish dance around Mickey's bait can, feasting on the worms while Mickey's not looking. Under the water, Pluto chases a fish into a cave; an enormous fish chases him out of the cave and across the lake bottom. An old goat gamekeeper tries to arrest Mickey for fishing in a prohibited area, but with Pluto using his tail as an outboard motor, the pair easily get away. Mickey closes the cartoon by sticking out his tongue at the official.

Production

The cartoon recycles some animation from previous Mickey Mouse shorts, including Norm Ferguson's animation of Pluto sniffing along the ground from The Chain Gang . [1]

Reception

In a contemporary review, Motion Picture Herald said that "the fish that are not caught do some delightful tap dancing and a classical music score becomes infectious with merriment". [3]

In Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse, Gijs Grob writes: "Like Traffic Troubles , The Moose Hunt , and The Beach Party from the same year, Fishin' Around is a genuine gag cartoon. It is the weakest of the lot, however, and can hardly be called a classic". That said, Grob acknowledges that the short demonstrates how the Disney studio improved the quality of its animation, particularly the reflections of Mickey and Pluto on the water at the beginning of the film. [2]

Animated Short Films: A Critical Index to Theatrical Cartoons called it "a very pleasant cartoon, featuring underwater chases and some clever gags". [4]

Home media

The short was released on December 7, 2004 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two: 1929-1935 . [5]

Television

Fishin' Around was included in the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club (season 1, episode 29). [6]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. p. 68. ISBN   978-3-8365-5284-4.
  2. 1 2 Grob, Gijs (2018). "Fishin' Around". Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse. Theme Park Press. ISBN   978-1683901235.
  3. ↑ "Selection of Selections in Pictures". Motion Picture Herald. 105 (2): 33. October 10, 1931. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  4. ↑ Boroweic, Piotr (1998). Animated Short Films: A Critical Index to Theatrical Cartons. Scarecrow Press. p. 67. ISBN   0-8108-3503-7 . Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Mickey Mouse in Black & White Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Fishin' Around". Internet Animation Database. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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