Out of the InkHell

A team of redoubtable goons
Who seem to come out on full moons
With fang, claw, and bolt
This gang sends a jolt
Don't scream! These three louts are cartoons.

In Mickey's Gala Premiere (Burt Gillett; 1933), Bela Lugosi (dressed as Count Dracula), Fredric March (as Mr. Hyde) and Boris Karloff (as Frankenstein's monster) attend the premiere of a Mickey Mouse cartoon at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Title out of  Donald B. Benson.

Doghouse of Frankenstein

He's noxiously evil and clever
Sends shocks with one squeeze of a lever
He's mad -- lost his grip -- 
Your shadow he'll snip!
It's this doctor's most fiendish endeavor.

The Mad Doctor (David Hand; 1933) is a classic Mickey Mouse cartoon co-starring Pluto. Due to its unusually scary content, at one time it was banned in the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany. Title by dog-eared Donald B. Benson.

A Pullet With His Name on It

 

Full of dread, Pluto's heart starts to quicken
Will his head become part of a chicken?
Will he nest and lay eggs?
Will his breasts, thighs and legs
Be breaded, then served "finger lickin'"?



Pluto is one half of a bizarre experiment in the memorably macabre Mickey Mouse short, The Mad Doctor (David Hand; 1933). Title by name-dropping Donald B. Benson.

Disneyland of Lost Souls

This madman's a medical nut
A baddie who's ready to cut
This sicko's a pest
With chickens obsessed
The cad tries de-heading your mutt!

Pluto is threatened by The Mad Doctor (David Hand; 1933), a very scary and eerily atmospheric Mickey Mouse cartoon. The doc's experiment: transplanting Pluto's head onto the body of a chicken.

Mouse of Horrors

As the skull on the railing post glares,
Little Mickey keeps climbing the stairs
At the landing he stops
And then back down he drops
The guy just doesn't get anywheres.

Mickey Mouse in the memorably moody short, The Mad Doctor (David Hand; 1933). Title by mousey Donald B. Benson.