The animated short starts with the circus parade, then goes to the circus master, who blows his whistle and points to a horse rider who looks a lot like Minnie Mouse. After her performance, she goes backstage, where she is greeted by her boyfriend, a circus clown who looks a lot like Mickey Mouse. The clown performs his act, and it is then the circus master's turn. He attempts to tame a lion by dancing with it, but the lion beats up the circus master, and the clown laughs at him. The circus master, enraged at this humiliation, decides to screw up the clown's next act by putting an entire barrel's worth of gunpowder into the cannon, and lighting it right when the clown enters. The clown is then hurled into the sky, and the circus master and the horse rider go to a private room, where the horse rider caresses the circus master. The circus clown falls into the room, and is heartbroken to see the incident. He then goes outside the room and sings "Laugh Clown Laugh." While he sings the song, the horse rider runs away from the circus master. She comes back to the clown, who blows her a raspberry
1:39
betty boop needs to lay off the donuts
SNB222 4 weeks ago
@dmeiff It looks like the horses' penis.
avalanchesuperstar 4 months ago
6:15 they're going to have sex!
7:01 I thought he was going to commit suicide
8:30 he could get saliva on her tongue!
8:35 holy shit that creeped the shit out of me he is watching me he's evil!
8:43 is this from another cartoon or something?
avalanchesuperstar 4 months ago
That horse has a weird looking tail
dmeiff 6 months ago
I LOVE OLD CARTOONS :)
Safijah 6 months ago
Holy shit that Mickey clone's voice creeps me out.
avalanchesuperstar 7 months ago
Something tells me the names of the mice aren't Milton and Rita as said in some sources. If those are indeed their names, why aren't they mentioned in the cartoon?
RetroRabFan 8 months ago
Rather than dismissing and remembering this short as a cheap imitation, Maybe Disney can acquire and reissue it. As of today, Van Beuren Studios no longer exists.
TiCar85 9 months ago
The resemblance between the mice in this cartoon and Mickey and Minnie is staggering. The Van Beuren Studio got in a bit of trouble with Walt Disney over that...and the case actually went to court. Disney won the case. After this, Disney made sure that no one ever made a Mickey-and-Minnie clone.
31operafan 9 months ago
8:36. His head zooms in towards the screen.
RetroVideoFan 10 months ago