Since our Disneyland vacation (this past November), my daughter (and to a lesser extent my son) have been wanting to watch some of the old Disney cartoons.

So, first, I googled “Donald Duck”, then click on the video tab.  It was pretty cool, we instantly got to watch a classic Disney cartoon called ‘Apple Core” (Chip and Dale was in it too).  Next I googled “Steamboat Willie”, believing this was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon.  The kids loved it!  Then I found an even earlier Mickey Mouse cartoon call “Plane Crazy”.  Notice how pencil thin Mickey’s legs are in the “Plane Crazy” video!  Did you also notice how mischievous Mickey is in this particular cartoon.  This is definitely not the Mickey Mouse I grew up knowing!  When he was forcing Minnie to kiss him…, well no wonder Walt Disney didn’t want this representation of Mickey Mouse to be Disney’s first rendition of Mickey Mouse…

You might ask what started this sudden interesting in the classic Disney (by their timeframe) cartoons?

Well first, this past November, we stayed at the “New Orleans Riverside” resort.  While we were waiting in the lobby, there was a television with a bunch of little chairs around it for the kids.  Both of my kids went over and watch it for at least 15 minutes while my wife and I stood in line.  Next, the Disney merchandise has a lot of picture of the cartoons in their earlier classic version.  I actually prefer the older version of Donald Duck (just by a little bit though) vs. the newer ones.  And finally, we stopped at a Disney restaurant (a sport themed one), where they played old black and white cartoons (with no sound) on a huge TV.

As an alertnative to watching the videos on YouTube, try borrowing Disney videos from your local library (Looney Tunes too for that matter, but that a different topic all together).