How to Take Care of Your Yard
- Episode aired Feb 5, 2000
- TV-Y
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Magic, scouts, love rivalry, seagulls and steel plates
Love animation to bits. It was a big part of my life as a child, especially Disney, Looney Tunes, Hanna Barbera and Tom and Jerry, and still love it as a young adult, whether it's film, television or cartoons. Actually appreciate it even more now, having more knowledge of the different animation styles and directors and what work went into them.
Am most familiar with the 'Mickey Mouse Works' cartoons from them featuring on 'House of Mouse', a show still held a fondness for by me. With the colours and sound effects, that 'Mickey Mouse Works' makes a real effort to retain the spirit of the old/classic/golden age Disney cartoons is to be lauded. The characters' original personalities are admirably stuck true to as well, particularly Goofy and Donald, while also expanding those for a few, Mickey being more interesting here than before. The hyperactive energy present here is one of few things that is different.
Get a lot of enjoyment out of the too short and formulaic but very entertaining and never too repetitive "Donald's Dynamite" series. 'Magic Act' is not an exception, the mix of the bomb, the magic and Donald's frustration is done well.
'Survival of the Woodchucks' is the funniest of the featured cartoons and is classic Donald vs. nephews in a good way. Love them together and it is a scenario that suits the humour and the personalities perfectly.
'Mickey's Rival Returns' is carried by the chemistry/friction between Mickey and Mortimer, the two work so entertainingly together and one does root for Mickey because Mortimer, while very funny, is purposefully annoying. Even more so Minnie, can totally understand her feelings here.
Least favourite is 'Mickey and the Seagull'. Charming and enjoyable enough, if slightly too long and the energy is not there in the pacing.
While not surprising in outcome, the stories are lively and engaging, kept afloat by the character interaction, characters and the atmosphere.
The writing is clever and very funny, even with the deliberately corny moment and pun which made me grin rather than groan.
Really enjoy the spontaneous flow of the episode and Donald's spotlight stealing/accident with the steel plate is very funny indeed, one of the funniest of his stealing the spotlight gags.
Furthermore, the animation is very colourful, smooth in movement and with some meticulous detail. The music is suitably groovy, jaunty and cleverly used.
Voice acting is very good with some of the best voice actors in the business involved. Wayne Allwine and Tony Anselmo are more than worthy successors to Walt Disney/James MacDonald and Clarence "Ducky" Nash. Maurice LaMarche is hilariously obnoxious as Mortimer.
Overall, very enjoyable once again. 8/10 Bethany Cox
Am most familiar with the 'Mickey Mouse Works' cartoons from them featuring on 'House of Mouse', a show still held a fondness for by me. With the colours and sound effects, that 'Mickey Mouse Works' makes a real effort to retain the spirit of the old/classic/golden age Disney cartoons is to be lauded. The characters' original personalities are admirably stuck true to as well, particularly Goofy and Donald, while also expanding those for a few, Mickey being more interesting here than before. The hyperactive energy present here is one of few things that is different.
Get a lot of enjoyment out of the too short and formulaic but very entertaining and never too repetitive "Donald's Dynamite" series. 'Magic Act' is not an exception, the mix of the bomb, the magic and Donald's frustration is done well.
'Survival of the Woodchucks' is the funniest of the featured cartoons and is classic Donald vs. nephews in a good way. Love them together and it is a scenario that suits the humour and the personalities perfectly.
'Mickey's Rival Returns' is carried by the chemistry/friction between Mickey and Mortimer, the two work so entertainingly together and one does root for Mickey because Mortimer, while very funny, is purposefully annoying. Even more so Minnie, can totally understand her feelings here.
Least favourite is 'Mickey and the Seagull'. Charming and enjoyable enough, if slightly too long and the energy is not there in the pacing.
While not surprising in outcome, the stories are lively and engaging, kept afloat by the character interaction, characters and the atmosphere.
The writing is clever and very funny, even with the deliberately corny moment and pun which made me grin rather than groan.
Really enjoy the spontaneous flow of the episode and Donald's spotlight stealing/accident with the steel plate is very funny indeed, one of the funniest of his stealing the spotlight gags.
Furthermore, the animation is very colourful, smooth in movement and with some meticulous detail. The music is suitably groovy, jaunty and cleverly used.
Voice acting is very good with some of the best voice actors in the business involved. Wayne Allwine and Tony Anselmo are more than worthy successors to Walt Disney/James MacDonald and Clarence "Ducky" Nash. Maurice LaMarche is hilariously obnoxious as Mortimer.
Overall, very enjoyable once again. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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