Forty years ago, the first Disney cartoon shorts were released on home video, in a series of videotapes straightforwardly titled "The Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collection". It was a series of three videotapes, each containing six cartoons, for a total of eighteen cartoons in all.
In honor of its fortieth anniversary, I thought, just for fun, to see, as of November 2021, which of the eighteen cartoons in the video series can be found on Disney+ and those which aren't on the streaming service.
The first volume contains the following six shorts:
Thru the Mirror (Mickey; 1936)
The Sleepwalker (Pluto; 1942)
Donald's Golf Game (Donald; 1938)
The Whalers (Mickey, Donald and Goofy; 1938)
Pluto and the Gopher (Pluto; 1950)
Dragon Around (Donald; 1954)
The second volume contains the following six shorts:
Society Dog Show (Mickey and Pluto; 1939)
Pluto's Sweater (Pluto; 1949)
Donald Applecore (Donald; 1952)
The Little Whirlwind (Mickey; 1941)
Pluto's Blue Note (Pluto; 1947)
Donald's Diary (Donald; 1954)
The third volume contains the following six shorts:
Boat Builders (Mickey, Donald and Goofy; 1938)
Pluto's Quin-Puplets (Pluto; 1937)
Chef Donald (Donald; 1941)
Moose Hunters (Mickey, Donald and Goofy; 1937)
Lend a Paw (Mickey and Pluto; 1941)
Working For Peanuts (Donald; 1953)
As of late, of the eighteen shorts listed above, the following are available on Disney Plus:
As you can see, that's ten out of eighteen in all. The ones not on the service are:
The Sleepwalker
The Whalers
Donald Applecore
Pluto's Blue Note
Donald's Diary
Pluto's Quin-Puplets
Moose Hunters
Working For Peanuts
Surprisingly, two of the missing shorts can be found on the Japanese version of Disney Plus:
My guess is that cartoons involving hunting animals are no longer appropriate for the image-conscious Disney, which is a shame, though not surprising. But anything is possible. Unlike some other shorts, just because they aren't on the service now, that doesn't mean they will never be. They are innocuous enough as to be relatively safe to show. Anything is possible.
