Daisy Dukes: ‘The Chain Gang’ (1930)
Mickey does hard time. (I presume for stealing Minnie’s heart.)
Daisy Dukes: ‘The Shindig’ (1930)
In which Disney does something new: gets kinky.
Daisy Dukes: ‘The Fire Fighters’ (1930)
My heart will always go out to Horace Horsecollar.
Daisy Dukes: The Cactus Kid (1930)
Who the hell is Marcellite Garner and why are we talking about her?
Daisy Dukes: Fiddling Around (1930)
Referred to, occasionally, as ‘Just Mickey’, Fiddling Around is Disney’s 1st short produced post-Ub Iwerks. Which, I think, explains Fiddling’s failures.
Daisy Dukes: The Music Box (1932)
Before steering Daisy Dukes back towards a post-Iwerks Disney, let’s take the weekend to watch the FIRST EVER Academy Award winning live-action short: The Music Box!!!
Daisy Dukes: Superman: Terror on the Midway (1942)
In their 21 years together, Max and Dave Fleischer saw tons of transition: from silent to sound; from black & white to color; from Inkwell to Fleischer Studios; from New York to Miami headquarters. But, despite both producing Popeye -a property that once rivaled Mickey Mouse- and amassing critical credit, the Fleischers were broke.
Daisy Dukes: Superman: Volcano (1942)
It’s official: Fleischer’s Lois Lane is stupid for an investigative reporter.
Daisy Dukes: Superman: The Electric Earthquake (1942)
What does it say when Earthquake’s triumph is its “positive” portrayal of its Native American terrorist?
Daisy Dukes: Superman: The Magnetic Telescope (1942)
After a few stale shorts of Superman running through the motions (evil scientist, Clark playing chicken, Lois trapped beneath beams), The Magnetic Telescope offers a few new moments in the Fleischer canon.
