'MICKEY'S HOUSE' ISN'T VERY STURDY.Byline: Chris J. Parker Correspondent The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co. is famous for its heroes and heroines, from Snow White and her Seven Dwarfs to Lilo 1. (operating system) lilo - Linux Loader. 2. lilo - first-in first-out. and Stitch. But for every yin there's been a yang or, more accurately, for every Peter Pan there's been a Captain Hook. These villains may not be on as many backpacks and cups as their goody-two-shoes counterparts, but they're every bit as popular. In some movies, they've even stolen the show (Ursula in ``The Little Mermaid,'' for example, or Cruella de Vil in ``101 Dalmatians''). The bad guys get their due in Disney's latest direct-to-home video, ``Mickey's House of Villains,'' which was released Tuesday. Of course, this is Disney. So the villains' ``due'' is 15 minutes of success before Mickey Mouse regains control and relegates them back to the losing side. The movie picks up from the weekly ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. series, ``House of Mouse.'' In the television series, the audience of Disney characters watch short cartoons introduced by Mickey Mouse. The same goes for ``House of Villains,'' which is set on Halloween night. The audience this night is composed of approximately 100 of the most famous - and not so famous - villains and ne'er-do-wells in Disney lore. And the cartoon shorts - while still mostly decades old - are all Halloween themed. Eventually, the villainous guests kick Mickey and his friends - including Minnie Mouse, Goofy, and Donald and Daisy Duck - out of the mouse's club, turning it into the ``House of Villains.'' There's even a new song for the movie - ``It's Our House Now!'' - sung by the gang as they take over. Of course, by the end of the movie everything is right as rain, from the dinner club audience of Disney do-gooders to the kiss that Minnie plants on Mickey's cheek. This is basically a collection of old Disney animated shorts This is a listing of the animated theatrical shorts produced by Disney, from 1927 to the present. 1920s 1927
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It's too bad the villains' time is so limited, because it'd be fun to see what kind of evilness could be cooked up between Jafar of ``Aladdin'' and Captain Hook, or Cruella and the Queen of Hearts Queen of Hearts constantly orders beheadings. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland] See : Decapitation Queen of Hearts “first the sentence, and then the evidence!” [Br. Lit. from ``Alice in Wonderland.'' The ease with which these do-badders lose to Mickey will disappoint all but the youngest viewers. And the cartoons that break up the action are mostly forgettable for·get·ta·ble adj. Fit or apt to be forgotten: a movie with very forgettable characters. Adj. 1. forgettable - easily forgotten unforgettable - impossible to forget . Disney hasn't historically displayed its best work at Halloween, and this certainly continues the tradition. MICKEY'S HOUSE OF VILLAINS - Two stars (G) Running time: 1 hr. 10 min. Suggested price: $22.99 for VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. , $29.99 for DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The direct-to-video ``Mickey's House of Villains'' is built around Halloween-themed Disney cartoons. |
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