55 Nash Commercial (Mickey & Pluto)

Here's a little seen commercial featuring Pluto and his owner, Mickey Mouse. The most interesting thing about the ad is the bizarre, modernist style Mickey is rendered. He looks positively cubist!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• pluto
• mickey
• mouse
• disney
• nash
• vintage
• fifties
• animation

[ramblergarage]

the put the headlights in the grille in the style of the Nash-Healey sports car not to be different from the Hudson.

[ramblergarage]

those were beautiful cars and way ahead of thier time. unitized bodies with crumple zones, air conditioning, mcphersen type suspension, fantastic heaters, reclining seats that made into a bed.

[popbabyface22]

i forgot mickey used to look like dat

[elenarobert]

why are the beatles at he end of this vidio???

[takoma5]

Yes Pluto..The 55 Nash sure is a beauty..LoL

[pokemanmaster03]

@Mesterius1 But Mickey's original design was so basic that the only appeal that came from it was how round it was. Not to mention it was very symmetrical, which made it look mechanical. This UPA-esque Mickey makes him look much more slick, cute and distinct, although i think Mickey looked his best in the short "The Little Whirlwind" when Fred Moore altered his design to make him look more organic looking. I wish it had stuck...

[zukomatico]

very ugli car in this times one house was cheaper than car , now the car is suck

[Mesterius1]

Yikes, Mickey and Pluto UPA-style! My first thought was that Pluto didn't look too good... but the stylized, square appearance of Mickey is just pretty terrible in my eyes! Such re-designing of classic characters can of course work well, but it has to be done with an understanding of what makes the character in the first place. In this case, all the appeal from the classic, round design of Mickey is lost... a truly ill-conceived modernization.

[jennytablina]

Interesting! Though Pluto looks really well animated save for a few moments where he looks kind of angular too. Methinks a new kid at the time got this assignment. The UPA style would not never gone down well with Walt otherwise

[1947Desoto]

School of Visual Arts. Traditional animation of course! When it comes to cartoons I like Popeye and Woody Woodpecker from the 1940's. Don't get me wrong, I love Disney features, but Popeye's zainey nautical wartime antics can be very funny.