Mickey's 60th Birthday
Mickey's 60th Birthday | |
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Written by | Joie Albrecht Scott Garen |
Directed by | Scott Garen |
Starring | |
Voices of | |
Theme music composer | Christopher L. Stone |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Production companies | Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Garen/Albrecht Productions Inc. |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | November 13, 1988 |
Related | |
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday |
Mickey's 60th Birthday is an American
As an NBC spectacular, the special features the cast of several contemporary NBC television shows, including
Plot
Mickey Mouse's 60th Birthday special is being taped and as his appearance in the show draws to a close, Mickey finds himself trying to decide how he should present himself to his audience. Rummaging through an old trunk, he finds the magic hat from
The sorcerer, annoyed that Mickey disobeyed his warning and also seeing that he did not understand what he meant, decides to teach the Mouse how to find his own kind of magic, by casting a spell on him in which anyone he runs into fails to recognize him as Mickey Mouse; the spell can only be broken once Mickey finds his own magic. The Mouse is then returned to the real world, where he is found by Andy Keaton of Family Ties, who mistakenly believes him to be a good impression of the real thing. Andy shows Mickey off to Mallory and Jennifer, but when they are not convinced, and even Andy turns him down, to Mickey's dismay. He later goes to the bar from Cheers, only to realize he has no money to buy himself a drink. He then sings the "Happy Birthday" song to Rebecca Howe, cheering her up so much that she takes him out to dinner and a movie.
Meanwhile,
As the special nears its end, Mickey returns to Disneyland, where a custodian mopes over the fact that he cannot see any point in his profession if the guest of honor is not going to show up for his own birthday party. A fellow custodian then sings a song called "It's Magic" to cheer him up, with Mickey accompanying the ensuing song-and-dance number. At this point, the sorcerer reappears and congratulates Mickey now that he has finally found his own magic inside him and thus breaks the spell. Just as the sorcerer exits, Roger rushes up to Mickey and instantly recognizes him. The news of Roger having "found" Mickey is brought to the news and the innocent Donald is released from jail just in time to join Mickey's birthday celebration. Soon, a parade appears, taking Mickey to Sleeping Beauty Castle, where Minnie is. People in the parade throw him up to the balcony of Sleeping Beauty Castle where Minnie is standing. Finally, Mickey and Minnie are reunited.
Also making cameo appearances are several reporters for NBC stations, including
Cast
- Carl Reiner as Mel Fellini
- Charles Fleischer as Charlie the Stage Manager and the voice of Roger Rabbit
- John Ritter as Dudley Goode
- Jill Eikenberry as Mia Loud
- Michael Eisner as Himself
- Brian Bonsall as Andy Keaton
- Justine Bateman as Mallory Keaton
- Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton
(flashback clip) - Tina Yothers as Jennifer Keaton
- Ed McMahon as Himself
- Fred Dryer as Sergeant Rick Hunter
- Stuart Markowitz
- Victor Sifuentes
- Alan Rachins as Douglas Brackman, Jr.
- Richard A. Dysartas Leland Mackenzie
- Arnie Becker
- Jonathan Rollins
- Michael Kuzak
- George Wendt as Norm Peterson
- Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd
- Ted Danson as Sam Malone
- Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane
- Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli
- John Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin
- Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe
- Cheech Marin as the Disneyland custodian
- Phylicia Rashad as the Disneyland dancer
- Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak
- Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo
- Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux
- Betty White as Rose Nylund
- Burt Reynolds as Himself
- Dyan Cannon as Herself
- Phil Collins as Himself
- Annette Funicello as Herself
- Bette Midler as Herself
- Barbara Hershey as Herself
Voice cast
- Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
- Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
- Peter Cullen as the Wizard
- Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
See also
- Mickey's 50, a 1978 special honoring Mickey Mouse's 50th birthday.
- Mickey's 90th Spectacular, a 2018 special honoring Mickey Mouse's 90th birthday.
References
- ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
- Mickey's 60th Birthday at IMDb