Before the character Mighty Mouse was a mildly disguised spoof of Superman, he was an outright blatant spoof of Superman. Here is one of the earliest Mighty Mouse appearances--perhaps the earliest appearance ever--in his original name of Super Mouse (before DC Comics' lawyers got a hold of Terry Toons). It's the standard Mighty Mouse formula: cute mice frolicing in a meadow, a threat comes along to ruin the festivities (almost always a cat), and Super/Mighty Mouse "saves the day." Man, the hours I spent as a kid watching these cartoons over and over.
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But this early work gets points for cleverness that I don't remember so much from the later cartoons...and for not being an operetta...thanks.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the opera stuff never took with me. Just say the dialogue!
ReplyDeleteI should look up the editions with archvillain Oil Can Harry. Those were my favorites.