The Controversial Mickey Mouse Short That Freaked Out Disney

Plus: 12 Meritorious Bits of Trivia You Have Earned the Right to Sew Onto Your Sash                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 October 22, 2023 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20Cracked%20Newsletter&body=The%20Controversial%20Mickey%20Mouse%20Short%20That%20Freaked%20Out%20Disney%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fcracked.beehiiv.com%2Fp%2Fcontroversial-mickey-mouse-short-freaked-disney) Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about Robin Williams, the oral history of a controversial Mickey Mouse short, funny things that happened at funerals, petty heists, poop-covered things, and much more. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. [The John Belushi Tragedy Was A Wake-Up Call For Robin Williams]( A new installment of VICE TV’s Dark Side of Comedy serves as a grim reminder of [Robin Williams’]( struggles with drug addiction. In the episode, fellow comics like Allan Stephan remember early days in Williams’ stand-up career when he wouldn’t take the stage without chemical assistance. "Know anyone with any blow? I have to go on and I can't go on without any blow." But Williams got clean in the early 1980s after a tragic incident that scared him off drugs for good. The comic had become friendly with [John Belushi]( during his visits to New York, goofing with him on stage at Catch a Rising Star and touring the city’s punk clubs with Belushi as guide, [according to the Williams biography]([Robin](. The experience, said Williams, was “like being on a tour with Dante, if Dante were James Brown. I was like Beaver Cleaver in the underworld.” [READ MORE]( [The Oral History of the Controversial Mickey Mouse Short That Freaked Out Disney]( For most of [Mickey Mouse’s]( history, Disney has played it safe. While Warner Bros. could have [Bugs Bunny]( essentially [commit acts of domestic terrorism](, Mickey’s position as corporate mascot caused Disney to use far more caution. If they weren’t absolutely sure about having [Mickey]( star in something, they’d abandon the project entirely. It’s because of this sensitivity — and, to be fair, a decline in theatrical cartoons thanks to the introduction of television — that Mickey didn’t star in a traditional theatrical short for over 40 years. Although 1983’s Mickey’s Christmas Carol and 1990’s The Prince and the Pauper were released in theaters, both were over 20 minutes long, a far cry from the traditional theatrical shorts that originally made Mickey famous. For decades, the last of those shorts was 1953’s The Simple Things, until a new one was finally created in 1995. However, Disney got so spooked by the darkly funny, horror-themed short that they barely supported the finished product and didn’t have Mickey star in another short until 2013. [READ MORE]( 4 of the Pettiest Heists in History “Whatever! I Do What I Want!”: 54 Trivia Tidbits About Trey Parker for His 54th Birthday 15 Things With More Poop on Them Than A Toilet 32 Funny Things That Have Happened at a Funeral 5 Alien Materials That Exist Naturally Here on Earth 32 Little-Known Paranormal Freakazoids That Should Become Halloween Staples 4 Respected Filmmakers Who Made Dumbass Comedies 21 Funny Things That Have Happened in a Church 12 Meritorious Bits of Trivia You Have Earned the Right to Sew Onto Your Sash TWEET OF THE DAY [ARTICLES | PICTOFACTS | VIDEOS]( [fb]( [tw]( [ig]( [yt]( [tk]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © 2023 COPYRIGHT © 2005-2023 Cracked is published by Literally Media Ltd. 190 West St. Brooklyn, New York 11222, United States of America