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Mickey's Polo Team is a Mickey Mouse cartoon that was released in 1936.

Synopsis[]

The Mickey Mousers take on the Movie Stars in a manic polo tournament.

Characters[]

Referee[]

Team: Mickey Mousers[]

Team: Movie Stars[]

Cameos[]

Characters[]

Celebrities[]

Trivia[]

  • Ironically, the character with the least amount of screen time in this short is Mickey himself.
  • Tanglefoot, Mickey's horse from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, appears on the poster for this short, despite that he does not actually appear in the film itself.
  • This is one of six cartoons that plays at the Main Street Cinema at Disneyland, albeit without sound or color (like a silent movie).
  • Donald Duck is the only speaking character who only says "polo" all the time.
  • Will Rogers was originally going to be one of the celebrities on the polo team, but he tragically died in a plane crash, and was replaced by Charlie Chaplin.
  • Most of the celebrities' horses are also caricatures of themselves.
  • As surviving animation drafts show, there was going to be an extra audience scene with a caricature of Mae West sitting with Hop the Grasshopper from The Grasshopper and the Ants (complete with a snippet of "The World Owes Me a Living" playing in the background).[1]
  • The golf ball stuck in Donald is probably still stuck inside him to this day, this might be one of the reasons why he is still angry today.

Goofs[]

  • Some scenes of Laurel and Hardy playing polo are interspersed with Laurel struggling to get Hardy on his horse.

Releases[]

Television[]

Home video[]

VHS

DVD

Have a Laugh! changes[]

The following scenes were deleted from the short release due to time constraints:

  • The scoreboard showing the two teams playing each other.
  • Goofy's arrival.
  • The Big Bad Wolf and Donald Duck's arrivals are shortened.
  • The celebrities in the audience cheering the arrival of the Movie Stars.
  • The scenes of Max Hare and Edna May Oliver, Clarabelle Cow and Clark Gable seated together.
  • The Big Bad Wolf pulling ahead of the players and hitting the ball a few times.
  • Laurel trying to put Hardy in his saddle is shortened.
  • The entire second half of Laurel getting Hardy on his horse and Hardy trying to get his horse to move.
  • The Wolf's mallet breaking, so he uses his windy breath to hit the ball, followed by him blowing the Three Little Pigs and Shirley Temple over when they razz him.
  • Donald and Harpo Marx getting into a fight.
  • Donald teeing up the ball to hit, only for it to get hit away, followed by him struggling to make his donkey move.
  • The ball landing on Donald's exposed tail like a tee, and him getting trampled by the other players' horses, resulting him getting covered in horseshoes.
  • Donald having accidentally swallowed the ball, he gets whacked by the Wolf into Harpo's ostrich's tailfeathers, followed by Harpo using the ostrich's head to knock Donald off.
  • Donald burrowing underground and up through a pole to avoid getting hit again.

Gallery[]


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1920s
Plane CrazyThe Gallopin' GauchoSteamboat WillieThe Barn DanceThe Opry HouseWhen the Cat's AwayThe Barnyard BattleThe PlowboyThe Karnival KidMickey's FolliesMickey's Choo-ChooThe Jazz FoolJungle RhythmThe Haunted HouseWild Waves
1930s
Fiddling AroundThe Barnyard ConcertThe Cactus KidThe Fire FightersThe ShindigThe Chain GangThe Gorilla MysteryThe PicnicPioneer DaysThe Birthday PartyTraffic TroublesThe CastawayThe Moose HuntThe Delivery BoyMickey Steps OutBlue RhythmFishin' AroundThe Barnyard BroadcastThe Beach PartyMickey Cuts UpMickey's OrphansThe Duck HuntThe Grocery BoyThe Mad DogBarnyard OlympicsMickey's RevueMusical FarmerMickey in ArabiaMickey's NightmareTrader MickeyThe Whoopee PartyTouchdown MickeyThe Wayward CanaryParade of the Award NomineesThe Klondike KidMickey's Good DeedBuilding a BuildingThe Mad DoctorMickey's Pal PlutoMickey's MellerdrammerYe Olden DaysThe Mail PilotMickey's Mechanical ManMickey's Gala PremierPuppy LoveThe Steeple-ChaseThe Pet StoreGiantlandShanghaiedCamping OutPlayful PlutoGulliver MickeyMickey's Steam-RollerOrphan's BenefitMickey Plays PapaThe DognapperTwo-Gun MickeyMickey's Man FridayThe Band ConcertMickey's Service StationMickey's KangarooMickey's GardenMickey's Fire BrigadePluto's Judgement DayOn IceMickey's Polo TeamOrphans' PicnicMickey's Grand OperaThru the MirrorMickey's RivalMoving DayAlpine ClimbersMickey's CircusMickey's ElephantThe Worm TurnsMagician MickeyMoose HuntersMickey's AmateursHawaiian HolidayClock CleanersLonesome GhostsBoat BuildersMickey's TrailerThe WhalersMickey's ParrotBrave Little TailorSociety Dog ShowMickey's Surprise PartyThe PointerThe Standard Parade
1940s
Tugboat MickeyPluto's Dream HouseMr. Mouse Takes a TripThe Sorcerer's ApprenticeThe Little WhirlwindThe Nifty NinetiesOrphan's BenefitA Gentleman's GentlemanCanine CaddyLend a PawAll TogetherMickey's Birthday PartySymphony HourPluto and the ArmadilloSquatter's RightsMickey and the BeanstalkMickey's Delayed DateMickey Down UnderMickey and the Seal
1950s
R'Coon DawgPluto's PartyPluto's Christmas TreeThe Simple Things
1980s-Present
Mickey's Christmas CarolThe Prince and the PauperRunaway BrainGet a Horse!Mickey in a MinuteOnce Upon a Studio
See Also
The Mickey Mouse ClubThe Mouse FactoryGood Morning, MickeyMickey's Mouse TracksMickey Mouse and Friends (TV Series)Disney's The Twelve Days of ChristmasMickey's Fun SongsMickey's Once Upon a ChristmasHouse of MouseMickey Mouse WorksMickey's Magical ChristmasMickey's House of VillainsMickey's Twice Upon a ChristmasMickey Mouse ClubhouseMickey MousekersizeMickey Mouse (TV series)Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up AdventuresMickey's 90th SpectacularThe Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
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