Motor Mania is a cartoon released by Walt Disney Productions on June 30, 1950.[1] In this short, Goofy is a Mr. Hyde-type split personality, who gets behind the wheel and shows the dangers of not driving safely.[2]
| Motor Mania | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Jack Kinney |
| Story by | Dick Kinney Milt Schaffer |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Bob Jackman John McLeish |
| Music by | Paul J. Smith |
| Animation by | John Sibley Charles Nichols Ed Aardal Jack Boyd |
| Layouts by | Al Zinnen |
| Backgrounds by | Claude Coats |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes (one reel) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editThe cartoon shows how the character, as the pleasant, friendly, and good-natured "Mr. Walker" who "wouldn't hurt a fly nor step on an ant", undergoes a Jekyll-and-Hyde-like change in personality to the violent "Mr. Wheeler, motorist" when he gets behind the wheel of his yellow car. As Mr. Walker, pedestrian, he's polite, safe, and good-natured while as Mr. Wheeler; he is very mean, reckless, and predatory. Upon reaching his destination in town (he apparently only wanted to buy a newspaper) and leaving his automobile, he reverts to the mild-mannered Mr. Walker, whereupon he is the victim of other motorists' unsafe (and sometimes even predatory) driving habits. However, once he returns to his car, he becomes Mr. Wheeler, motorist, again, seeking to impose his own will upon traffic, to the point of blaming the tow truck which hauls him away for his slow pace after his own auto accident, and breaks the fourth wall by telling the narrator, "Ah, shut up!"
Home media
editThe short was released on December 2, 2002, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy.[3]
Voice cast
edit- Goofy: Bob Jackman
- Narrator: John McLeish
References
edit- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (1984). The Disney Films (2nd ed.). Crown Publishers. p. 312. ISBN 0-517-55407-0. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "The Complete Goofy DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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