Magician Mickey is a Mickey Mouse short that was released in 1937.
Synopsis[]
When Donald Duck heckles Mickey's magic act, he ends up becoming the victim of many of his magic tricks.
Characters[]
- Mickey Mouse (voiced by Walt Disney)
- Donald Duck (voiced by Clarence Nash)
- Goofy (voiced by Pinto Colvig)
Trivia[]
- The short served as the inspiration for the Town Square Theater meet and greet for Mickey at the Magic Kingdom's Main Street, U.S.A. at Walt Disney World.
- This was one of the cartoons where Donald shows his jealousy of Mickey being the star.
- Magician Mickey has become a playable character in Disney Crossy Road.
- Clips from this short were used in Down and Out with Donald Duck, with some of Mickey's lines redubbed by Les Perkins.
- Clips from this short were also used in The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue, Backstage Disney: The Main Street Electrical Parade, and Great Moments in Disney Animation.
Releases[]
Television[]
- Disneyland, episode #3.15: "All About Magic"
- The New Mickey Mouse Club, episodes C-046 (March 21, 1977) and D-71 (April 24, 1978)
- Good Morning, Mickey, episode #38
- Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #18
- Donald's Quack Attack, episode #28
- Have a Laugh!, episode #25
- Treasures from the Disney Vault, October 15, 2018 (Have a Laugh! version)
Home video[]
- Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Mickey's Crazy Careers (VHS)
- Mickey's Magical World (VHS)
- Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color (DVD)
- Walt Disney's Funny Factory with Mickey (DVD)
Streaming[]
- Disney+, November 12, 2019 (removed in March 2023)
Have a Laugh! changes[]
The following scenes were deleted from the short release due to time constraints:
- Goofy, after raising the curtain, setting up the lighting for the stage and saying, "On with the show."
- Donald blowing bubbles in his soda as a razz at Mickey.
- Mickey creating pink bubbles, one of which is turned into a lobster that attacks Donald.
- The entire scene with Goofy and the burnt-out spotlight bulb, which lights while he holds it in his hand and sticks his other finger in the empty socket.
- The entire second act of the short is cut: after Donald first spews cards from his beak, it cuts to Donald jumping through Mickey's magic hoop, thus excising the following:
- Donald getting squirted by his own bottle of soda when Mickey uses it against him.
- Donald falling in his box seat, which splashes with water.
- Donald grabbing Mickey's wand and inadvertently creates an ice cream cone which blasts him in the face.
- Mickey shrinking Donald down and forming multiples of him before shooting him into an egg, which he then breaks open in his hat, returning Donald to full size again.
- Donald grabbing the wand again and breaking it, causing it to turn into a boxing cactus plant that punches him offstage.
- Donald threatening Mickey with the latter's pistol and Mickey warning him that it's loaded.
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