''The Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections'' was a series of Disney videos compiling cartoon shorts produced between

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

and

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

. It was a Disney attempt at releasing its stable of cartoon shorts to video under their own label, after their DiscoVision experiment. The discs were released in 1981 and 1982, two years before Disney unveiled The Disney Channel and two years also before they released Walt Disney Cartoon Classics. There were three videos released in all, each with six shorts. Each of the six shorts presented included two cartoons each starring

Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large shoes, and white ...

, two each starring

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and two each starring

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit, sailor shirt and cap with ...

. There were no cartoons that starred

Goofy Goofy is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. He is a tall, Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fe ...

(the only time Goofy appeared in a cartoon was if he costarred alongside Mickey and/or Donald). Other patterns seemed to include at least one 1930s Mickey short each and one short each placing Donald opposite Chip 'n' Dale. Many of the presented shorts were reissued on later Disney releases on video and DVD. Outside the United States, a similar line titled ''Cartoon Festival'' was released in Europe, Australia and Japan.

Featured videos

Volume One

The Laserdisc version of Volume 1 also includes the shorts that were on the VHS and beta version of Volume 2. * ''

Thru the Mirror ''Thru the Mirror'' is a 1936 American animated short film directed by David Hand (director), David Hand from a story by William Cottrell and Joe Grant. In this cartoon short, Mickey Mouse has a ''Through the Looking-Glass''-parody-like dream t ...

'' (1936) * '' The Sleepwalker'' (1942) * '' Donald's Golf Game'' (1938) (reissued on " Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: The Goofy World of Sports" in 1992) * ''

The Whalers ''The Whalers'' is a cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions, released by RKO Radio Pictures on August 19, 1938, and featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. The short was directed by Dick Huemer. It featured the voices of Clarence 'D ...

'' (1938) * '' Pluto and the Gopher'' (1950) * '' Dragon Around'' (1954) (reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Chip 'n' Dale" in 1987)

Volume Two (VHS and Beta)

* '' Society Dog Show'' (1939) (reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Pluto and Fifi" in 1987) * '' Pluto's Sweater'' (1949) * '' Donald Applecore'' (1952) (reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Chip 'n' Dale" in 1987) * ''

The Little Whirlwind ''The Little Whirlwind'' is an animated short subject, part of the ''Mickey Mouse'' series, produced by Walt Disney for Walt Disney Productions. The short was released by RKO Radio Pictures on February 14, 1941. The film was directed by Riley T ...

'' (1941) (reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Mickey and Minnie" in 1987) * '' Pluto's Blue Note'' (1947) (reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Pluto and Fifi" in 1987) * ''

Donald's Diary Donald's Diary is a Donald Duck short film which was produced in Technicolor and released March 5, 1954 by RKO Radio Pictures. This marks the final appearances of Daisy Duck and Huey, Dewey and Louie in The Golden Age of Animation. Plot On Febru ...

'' (1954) (reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Donald and Daisy" in 1987)

Volume Two (Laserdisc)

* '' Canine Caddy'' (1941) * '' Bubble Bee'' (1949) * ''

Goofy and Wilbur ''Goofy and Wilbur'' is an animated cartoon short produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures on March 17, 1939. Although the cartoon is billed as a ''Mickey Mouse'' cartoon (as said on the theatrical poster), it was th ...

'' (1939) * '' Dude Duck'' (1951) * ''

Mickey's Trailer ''Mickey's Trailer'' is a 1938 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy on a near disastrous road trip in a travel trailer. It was ...

'' (1938) * '' Hawaiian Holiday'' (1937) * '' Donald's Happy Birthday'' (1949) * '' Good Scouts'' (1938) * '' Donald's Fountain of Youth'' (1953) * '' Soup's On'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1951)

Volume Three

* ''

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*American Skier, A.F. Theriault & Sons Shipyard *American Skier *Andrée & Rosenqvist *Bayliner *Beneteau *Benetti *Blohm + Voss *Boston Wh ...

'' (1938) (Reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Mickey and the Gang" in 1989) * '' Pluto's Quin-puplets'' (1937) (reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Pluto and Fifi" in 1987) * '' Chef Donald'' (1941) * '' Moose Hunters'' (1937) (reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Mickey and the Gang" in 1989) * ''

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'' (1941) * '' Working For Peanuts'' (1953) (reissued on "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Chip 'n' Dale" in 1987)

References

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