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Mickey's 60th Birthday Features

Awards

AWARD: 1988 Young Artists Awards
NOMINEE: Soleil Moon Frye
CATEGORY: Best Young Actress Guest Starring in a Syndicated Family Comedy, Drama or Special
RESULT: Nominated
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BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Mickey's 60th Birthday Party is about to get underway, though Mickey can't quite fathom that people will want to see him as himself. After rummaging in his old prop trunk, he comes across the sorcerer's hat he doffed in 'Fantasia.' However, the wizard of the hat warns Mickey that he doesn't need someone else's' magic when he has his own.

Mickey tries to get on with the show. however, the newest member to the Disney family, Roger Rabbit, causes a bit of his own madcap destruction, destroying half the stage and blowing up Mickey's cake in the process.

All seems lost, until Mickey goes against the magician's wishes, and throws on the sorcerer's hat, cleaning up the mess, and has the crowd chanting for more. All goes well, until suddenly: the mouse vanishes! The wizard is none to pleased, and after leafing through his spell book, hits on a fitting punishment: he'll make Mickey unrecognizable to others, until Mickey can find his 'own magic.'

Mickey is then returned to the normal realm, but no one recognizes him anymore. And so begins his journey, as he treks his way through several sitcom locales, such as the 'Family ties' family, and even winds up in the 'Cheers' bar, where he talks up conversation with Sam Malone and the crew.

Meanwhile, the world goes into overdrive at the loss of Mickey, as media services go into all-out panic mode looking all over, doing commentaries on him from friends, and more. And as one reporter chimes, "The stock market continues to go down, Michael Eisner's blood pressure continues to go up."

The 60th Birthday special for Mickey aired in the fall of 1988, after the summer when 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' started the renaissance of animation the world over.

Synopsis by uruseiranma for the IMDB.com


GENERAL INFORMATION
GENRE
: Animation/Live-Action
STATION: Uncertain; probably NBC
AIR DATE: November 13, 1988

CREW AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DIRECTOR
: Joie Albrecht, Scott Garen
WRITERS: Joie Albrecht, Scott Garen

PRODUCER
: Joie Albrecht, Scott Garen
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Denny Salvaryn
EDITOR: Brent Carpenter, Mark Cole, Tim Powell
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Walt Disney Productions
DISTRIBUTOR
: Uncertain; probably NBC

CAST :: CHARACTER NAME...ACTOR NAME
Herself...Kirstie Alley
Mickey Mouse...Wayne Allwine (voice)
Wizard...Peter Cullen (voice)
Reporter...Jill Eikenberry
Soleil Moon Frye
Roger Rabbit...Charles Fleischer (voice)
Alex P. Keaton...Michael J. Fox
Cheech Marin
Phylicia Rashad
Carl Reiner
Reporter...John Ritter
Jennifer Keaton...Tina Yothers
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