Motor Mania
| Motor Mania | |
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| 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 |
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]
Plot
[edit | edit source]The 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 collision, and breaks the fourth wall by telling the narrator, "Ah, shut up!"
Home media
[edit | edit source]The short was released on December 2, 2002, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy.[3]
Voice cast
[edit | edit source]- Mr. Walker/Mr. Wheeler: Bob Jackman
- Narrator: John McLeish
References
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- 1950 films
- 1950s Disney animated short films
- Goofy (Disney) short films
- Films directed by Jack Kinney
- Films produced by Walt Disney
- Films scored by Paul Smith (composer)
- Animated films about automobiles
- 1950s English-language films
- English-language short films
- 1950 animated short films
- Disney animated film stubs