Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Exploding Mickey Mouse

David Gerstein in his Ramapaith blog reports on an interesting main title variant that was actually used on a number of United Artists Mickey Mouse releases. The big sunbeam-backed head of Mickey Mouse explodes!

Warner Bros. fans should weigh this statement of Gerstein's regarding this title variant. "Somewhere, 'Exploding Mickey' sits on a therapist's couch alongside the 'Lumber-Jack Rabbit' [sic] Warner Bros shield, asking their mutual shrink how they can apologize to the many kids they've scared." EDIT: Reason for sic: