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One reviewer for this show clearly hated it. They describe it as 'despicable, detestable, deplorable desecration of Walt Disney's early works'. I can certainly understand WHY they felt that way, as the animation style is NOTHING like the classic Disney characters and it seems pretty cheap at first. And, I can certainly understand WHY they felt this way because the characters were doing many things that would make Walt spin in his grave like a rotisserie. Imagine having episodes with a zombie Goofy, Mickey and Donald trying to hide their nudity, dogs urinating, bites being bitten off Mickey's ear and a lot of very un-Disney-like violence!! It IS shocking and I could see how a purist would blanch at such things. However, I am NOT a Disney purist. Sure, I love the old cartoons but will quickly admit that Mickey's old cartoons were awfully sanitized--a bit too sanitized if you ask me. Rarely did Mickey have any sort of edge--that was left to Donald and, sometimes, Goofy. But here, Mickey is a rather impish character--more like you'd see in the very, very early Mickey cartoons and not the sweet and 100% wholesome guy you'd see in the 1930s to today! While the art style takes some getting used to, I can look past the cheap look. More importantly, as I sat and watched these cartoons during a recent Disney cruise (where they pipe them into the rooms), I found myself laughing louder than I ever have before with a cartoon. Imagine blending a bit of "Ren & Stimpy" with Mickey--that is what you'll find in "Mickey Mouse" (2013). I love them and want more!

My sister and I have been a fan of Mickey Mouse ever since we were young. When this first aired , I used to have very little interest in it. And after watching a few of the Mickey Mouse Shorts, I started to be interested in it.

At times, the humor is funny, but sometimes not. The storyline for each episode is interesting and cool. And the characters are likable.

From what we have today such as the stupid "I didn't do it" show, Mickey Mouse Shorts is one of the best shows/shorts in 2010-2015.

(P.S: My sister's favorite episode is "New York Weenie", while I like "No Service")

A few months ago my class went to Disney World for our senior trip and this program was nonstop rotating on one of the local channels. It took a few episodes for my friends and I to realize that this show is unlike anything that we have ever seen from the Disney company. Once we came to this understanding, we were laughing hysterically through every episode. This contains outlandish bizarre, humor that greatly differs from the feeble silliness of most other modern children's programs. The faces that characters make (an example being when Goofy removes the blindfold in "Potatoland", my favorite episode) are straight out of dementedly animated online videos such as the Hellbenders. These obscure, freakish faces in combination with the characters' brilliantly random lines gave me and my friends one of the most unexpected hilarious experiences ever. It might just be that we have a warped sense of humor and no one else finds it funny for the same reasons as us. I understand that this greatly strays from the classic Mickey cartoons and that may upset people. But when this show stands on its own, it is an excellent piece of art. The art design is fantastic and enjoyable in its simplicity. Like I said, the small moments are "brilliantly" random, for no one can just create a perfect idea for one off the top of their head. There is a expertise required to craft these sort of nonsensical lines or actions from characters, and this show has it on point. I deducted 3 stars because as a writer I feel that there is nothing exceptionally creative about the actual plots of the episodes. Spongebob Squarepants is the greatest cartoon of all time in my opinion(during seasons 1-3) and almost every episode in the first 3 seasons I believe is centered around a creative concept (such as a race for snails in which Patrick enters his pet rock). Many of the plots of the Mickey Mouse episodes are one-dimensional and probably took little effort to craft. Of course, all of the episodes are 5 minutes long and have almost no room to tell an actual story, but the writers could work around this limitation. "Potatoland" was one of the few episodes I can think of off the top of my head that had any potential to satisfy viewers who seek "intelligent" stories. So the show resorts to what many could call "stupid comedy", but it is one of the best at doing so. I'll end on a positive note, saying that this is simply one of the funniest shows I've seen in a long time.

I'm not a kid. But I totally imagine being a kid and getting greatly amused by this new version of Mickey Mouse, when my kids watch it.

I'm not kidding, the new 'Mickey' series is like a tribute to arguably the most recognizable icons of animation, the mouse himself, Mickey! While some may believe that the modernized humor strays far from Mickey Mouse's original charm, but I think it's all the same.

The originals were known for their unusual, humorous situations, and tongue-in-cheek, purely slapstick, humor. It made a kid revel in the character of Mickey Mouse, the energetic, genuinely funny cartoon mouse.

And if you look at the new interpretation, it's pretty much the same. Same funny situations, same funny outcomes, and most importantly, same funny character. Just look at Mickey, derping around. Mickey's all about having a good time, and that's what this show shows perfectly.

I can't compare this with the originals, because of the modernized sense of humor, but still, this is the show for the generation. My kids love this show, and I do too, and for darn good reasons.

You don't expect a mega-monopoly company like Disney to do anything even a little bit far out, and they usually don't, but this excellent animation series dares to be silly and utilize a unique and beautiful (funny) art style. Actually it goes back to the roots of Disney animation because it's funny and not prudish and uptight like most Disney stuff quite soon turned into! (Ironically the creator of the series is named P.Rudish).

In my opinion this is the best thing they've done in a long time, it's so good it almost redeems Disney slightly for shutting down their traditional animation feature department. There's about ten episodes available on Youtube where I live and I laughed out loud several times in every episode and was amazed by the beautiful backgrounds and funny drawn characters. (I wonder when they will make the full series available in the Nordic countries).

This is probably the show that made me laugh the most. Its setting in different places on the earth with improbably silly situations visualised in great slapstick humor is a whole lot of fun for all ages.

It is a stylised rendition which aims to look like the old cartoons and I found it welcome in our present day as a way to honour the roots of animation. The series still uses elements of CGI, but not in a way that sticks awkwardly out.

Some of Disney's well known characters frequently make cameos in the series, too. See it and you will experience cleverly made comedic situations with other beloved characters.

I find this series hilarious, and if you like great slapstick humor, it is a must see.

I have to disagree with the negative critics here - if you know the personalities and zany spirit of the animators at Disney early on - these feel dead on. I can especially see Ward Kimball loving these.

This is *not* the Mickey and friends from the era where Mickey had been softened and made completely safe because he needed to be a protected corporate asset - these are the guys who were completely bonkers and stole people's hearts in the first place.

If you enjoy the *spirit* of the early cartoons, and can handle something classic being updated to fit with current times, then these are entirely delightful.

Mickey Mouse is one of those shows that just makes you want to say wow that was a great great short. I really don't like shorts but this was the best short I ever ever saw. It is really a short that if you hated it then there is really something wrong with you that is how good Mickey Mouse really really is.I just really really like this one of a kind show it is really good I never saw anything like this in my life before. I really hope that you enjoy this wonderful short that is really a must see short. I never saw anything this good before I mean it was really really really good. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. It REALLY IS A MUST SEE SHOW. Thank You for reading

I like the animation and the storytelling, the humor is decent and I've seen people saying it's disturbing but I haven't seen anything disturbing from this cartoon and I've watched the zombie Goofy one but... It's a completely normal short in my opinion.

My favorite is probably Ku'u Mei Melody, it's an 8/10, not the best thing ever in a modern cartoon but this show is just really balanced. The worst short is probably a 5 or 6/10 but I'm not sure, I haven't watched all of them but I've watched enough to say this is a good show.

The voices are spot on, better than who ever has been voicing Mickey, Donald and Mickey in recent times. I think whoever isn't liking these probably likes the bland, corporate, super PC, middle of the road crap Disney had been pushing from the 90's. The backgrounds are beautifully designed and the stories are wonderfully twisted.

The show is irreverent and classic. My kids love it as I do and we watch it with joy whenever a new episode comes out. Can wait for a DVD collection of the series comes out because I'm buying it! It is very reminiscent of the 1930's to 1960 era and often recalls back to it, I love how its multicultural showcasing Indian, Mexican, French ETC. cultures, locales and languages.

Our favorite episodes in order are:

1.Ghoul Friend 2.Mumbai Madness 3.Feliz Cumpleaños! 4.Ku'u Lei Melody

I'm a big fan of Disney, all this years Disney has been one of the best things ever. But this show is in my opinion silly. The humor is constantly and absolutely disgusting, the design characters are so goofy and to me is kinda embarrassing to the Disney tone. If he replaces this series with a key dummy, no one will understand the difference.

I'm old enough to remember classic cartoons (Disney and others) which were great, but these new ones are as good as the old ones were and maybe even better in some ways. I'm at Disney World right now at Pop Century watching them for the first time ever on their Disney Classic Cartoons channel and laughing hysterically. They remind me of Ren & Stimpy a little. I truly don't understand the person who said these cartoons aren't creative - huh? In my opinion these are some of the most creative cartoons I have ever seen - really over the top creative. People who are Disney purists who aren't open to anything new are the ones bashing this. I happen to love it (and can't wait for Star Wars land either)!

Before I thought Mickey Mouse was just ok and that he was for babies. Disney doesn't like to show their old cartoons for some reason. Do I grew up with crap like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. But after watching these I think wow Mickey Mouse is absolutely hilarious. These are some of the funniest cartoons ever. When ever I tell people Mickey is funny they say. Mickey he's for babies oh you mean the cartoony one that is funny.

I LOVE these. Everytime I watch them, it seems as if it gets the early, wacky cartoon feel just right. I suggest you watch it if you're into cartoons!

These are the funniest Mickey Mouse cartoons ever made. They are so creative and so funny. When ever I tell people I love Mickey Mouse. They say he is for babies but then I say I like the cartoony version people say oh yeah that's awesome.

Mickey Mouse has been around with us for over eighty years in numerous shorts, films, parks, and merchandise. On June 28, 2013, a new series of Mickey Mouse shorts begun on Disney Channel starting off with 'No Service', a short starring Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, and Daisy.

In this series, Mickey and the gang, as well as the surroundings around them, have all been redesigned to feel a bit more modern, but yet still classic. The series maintains a pretty good ratings overall (example: IMBd 8.3/10) and has become main stream within the Disney fan base. The central theming of the D23 2015 Expo revolved around the newly designed characters of these shorts too!

The Mickey Mouse series has been running for about two years with three MickeyIconseasons. The cast includes:

Mickey Mouse - Chris Diamantopoulos Minnie Mouse - Russi Taylor Goofy - Bill Farmer Pluto - Bill Farmer Donald Duck - Tony Anselmo Daisy Duck - Tress MacNeille

In some episodes, they parody Disney films such as Snow White in the episode 'Wish Upon A Coin.' There are also many cameos within the series such as Gyro from 'DuckTales' and from the movie, 'Cinderella.'

Overall, the series has been greatly adored for its humor and charm, but has received some criticism especially for Goofy's redesign.

I personally love this series and I hope that you give it a try if you haven't already, its pretty. That said, Kingdom Hearts series and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse preserves the Mickey House history better then this series with better plots.

I am 24 years old and I have to say this show is funny and I love the art and how they added other cultures into the shorts. I thought it was going to be lame because Cartoon Network ruined loony toons and I thought Disney was going to ruin Mickey mouse but I was wrong and I'm glad I gave this show a chance because I can not stop re watching these shorts with my two year old. I hope Disney continue with these shorts because they are bringing my love back for Mickey Mouse.

Last time I wrote a review on this, I realized I was not critical enough and that I was too emotional. But, my statement still stands: I do not like this new "Mickey Mouse" series for a number of reasons.

1. It's rushed. The stories are contrived as they often have to rely on horrifying imagery and hammered-in gross-out jokes. Because, time is money. In fact, a lot of jokes and story elements make no sense at all! Some of them are just there to make what little there is of a plot to work. (Sort of like what Roger Ebert would call an "idiot plot," in which all the characters would have to be idiots in order to make a film's plot work.)

2. The characters are unsightly and scary. I'm surprised nobody has said any of this, because I honestly felt uncomfortable when I saw these new character designs, especially Goofy. When I see different facial expressions (like when Minnie takes a bit out of a hot dog), something just came over me -- like I was watching MAD on Cartoon Network, when I wanted to watch a Disney cartoon. In other words, a feeling of uncleanliness. Not to mention some other characters look totally out of place. For example, in "New York Weenie," the lion at the very end looked like it came from a totally different cartoon or picture; it's like a different artist drew that lion and not even the animators did anything to fix it to fit their style. Even worse was when I saw Mickey in that same short: he looked very unnerving when he took on all the different savage-looking and stalker-ish expressions. Not once did I laugh. Which, somehow, brings me to my next point.

3. The characters are out of character. The people responsible for these cartoons obviously put a bare minimum amount of effort in doing their research on classic Disney characters. Heck, some of them don't appear until later shorts! It's like they were trying to hide their laziness in adding characters who would have fit roles better than the ones they used did. "No Service" is one such short where I saw a lot of out-of-character moments. Goofy, who runs a pier-side burger shack, acts like a bossy jerk. Donald is way too crude. Mickey is an idiot.

But, let's be more specific here. First off, who is Goofy? He's a humble, lovable dimwit with a sense of decency. Here, he's bossy, inconsiderate and scratches his belly button when he talks about class. Not to mention cross-dressing in Central Park. A million laughs.

Now, what about Donald? I mean, shoving his butt in Mickey's face? Making a butt innuendo joke? ("Look at those hot buns!" while Mickey, nude, is outside the restaurant, in particular.) And laughing at Mickey's misery as he is forced to streak the pier after deciding to take all Mickey's clothes just to get food? That is too crude. Donald Duck would pull pranks on other guys (especially little guys and his nephews), but he wouldn't deliberately embarrass, humiliate or hurt them. Unless he's angry, at least. But here, not once does Donald get ticked off. Right away, he is already rude and crude.

Next, let's focus on Mickey. He's mischievous yet innocent. He has a better conscience than Donald, and he certainly knows better than to cause problems of any kind. But, in these cartoons, he's just a trouble-making imp! I mean, peering into baby carriages? Agreeing to give away his clothes just so Donald can get lunch (stupid idea, in the first place)? And streaking along the pier? I mean, he could have just gone to get some spare clothes. Or he and Donald could have just not lend the other clothes and risk indecent exposure in a public place.

One last problem.

4. These cartoons are NOT funny. They have NO respect for Disney's visions and ideas of entertainment. They show NO consideration for their audience or their intelligence. They do NOT respect or understand the source material. They are offensive, vulgar, grotesque, nauseating and unnerving. It's just another sellout made to give the people responsible for these cartoons a quick buck. In fact, these "Mickey Mouse" cartoons may as well be the equivalent of the production staff's giving a giant middle finger to Walt Disney for his desire to share his visions with the rest of the world, and a giant middle finger to families everywhere for appreciating the actual cartoons and films that shaped their childhoods and helped define their personalities. Worst of all, the very thought of cartoons like this modern "Mickey Mouse" shaping the childhoods of today's young generation and defining their personalities induces as much lingering pain as an IBS attack.

Now, I'm not trying to be a Disney purist and I'm not saying all of Disney's works in the past were perfect. But, when Walt Disney and his Nine Old Men were around, they put a lot of effort into their works. Each past work is cleverly thought out, has a smooth quality of animation with an excellent pacing, provides plenty of laughs in a way that people will remember for years to come and -- most of all -- teaches morals in a timeless and captivating way or just tells clever jokes.

Disney's officials claim these new "Mickey Mouse" cartoons are a throwback to the 1930s cartoons and follow the same formula Disney used in those cartoons. However, I find that to be an utter lie. We have seen many reincarnations of Mickey Mouse and his friends, all done by different people with their own styles and visions. Even video games like Kingdom Hearts still have something that preserves the integrity of Mickey Mouse and his friends. But, do these cartoons on Disney Channel and YouTube manage to preserve that same integrity? The answer to that question is a big, fat NO.

2013 Mickey Mouse: There is a bigger emphasis on good writting and all the shorts have a 3 act structure Classic Mickey Mouse:Only had plots sometimes they were very loose and they made the characters do gags 2013:More fast paced but they have to be they only got 2 minutes and it's incredible the cartoons feel longer. Classic Mickey mouse: Always minutes Personalities: Basically the same as always. Classic Mickey Mouse: There was a lot of singing and dancing 2013 Mickey Mouse: They still sing but it's toned down Classic Mickey Mouse: The classic Disney art style 2013 Mickey Mouse: The art style is a mix of 1930's style with UPA and Hanna Barbara.

Even though Mickey Mouse is now more of a brand than a cartoon character. This short proves Disney has not abandoned its roots all while giving us laugh out loud gags and references.

Not only does this make great use of the classic cartoon styles, it mixes that up with some very funny facial expressions and some grotesque humor being just the right amount of raunchy, morbid and disturbing. There's not a lot of cartoons like this for this generation of kids and this is good. It's not quite on the level of "Ren & Stimpy" but its well balanced and doesn't cross the line into being inappropriate.

This needs more marketing, it would be far more popular

There's really something here, something very special, charming and endlessly hilarious. Another reviewer (in their 1 star review) pointed out that there is a Ren and Stimpy element about the animation, and I was like "yes, that's it, that's the ingredient ". The pacing of the shorts, which are usually under 5 minutes long, really improves the humour, jokes and slapstick happenings come thick and fast. Goofy is sometimes a bit gross, which I like because a clean Goofy never did make sense to me, and Donald Duck is his usual grumpy self. A lot of fun. When am I going to hit this reviews character minimum limit, sheesh!