Totally Minnie

Totally Minnie (1988)

The film centers on nerd Maxwell Dweeb (Robert Carradine), who is a loner with no friends. While watching television, he sees an advertisement for the Minnie Mouse Center for the Totally Unhip, named after its owner, Minnie Mouse. Dweeb, in an effort to improve himself, decides to attend. After being welcomed by the director (Suzanne Somers), Dweeb is taken on a tour of the centre, where other Disney characters run various courses: Goofy is a fitness instructor, Donald Duck is a wardrobe manager, and Pluto is a messenger boy. After finally meeting Minnie Mouse, Dweeb is taken on by the director, whom he eventually falls in love with, and dates once he has passed his training. The film is intershot with various musical numbers (including the duet "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Minnie Mouse and Elton John) and excerpts from early Disney shorts.

Date of release
1988-02-25
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (13)
Runtime
47m
Genres
Animation, Family, Comedy, TV Movie
Director
Scott Garen

Casting

Interesting facts

Totally Minnie is a musical television special hosted by Suzanne Somers and starring Minnie Mouse. It first aired on February 25, 1988, on NBC.

Production

It was the first production to feature Minnie Mouse in the lead role and, until the premiere of Mickey Mouse Works in 1999, in which she starred in several shorts. Russi Taylor, the original voice of Minnie at the time, actually met her future husband, Wayne Allwine, then voicing Mickey, while recording this special.

The animation for the special was provided by FilmFair Communications in Los Angeles.

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