August 10, 1951 – The Mickey Mouse Short Film R’Coon Dawg is Released to Theaters
“Now, some hunters say that a dog sees with his nose. Well, sir, it’s a fact. And when he starts sniffin’ and a-snortin’, his old nose is a-pickin’ up a television picture that’s just a spittin’ image of old Mr. Coon.”
On August 10, 1951, the Mickey Mouse short film R’Coon Dawg was released to theaters. It was directed by Charles Nichols, with story by Ralph Wright and Al Bertino.
In a farm out in the country, a raccoon is seen traipsing about, but flees when he hears footsteps. Mickey then appears with a shotgun, searching for raccoons, with Pluto sleepily sniffing out the creature. Picking up the scent, Pluto pursues that direction, and Mickey quickly follows. The raccoon hears Pluto’s howling, and sets up some tricks to throw the dog from his path. Pluto falls for the first trick, and the second, but continues his chase through the woods. The raccoon quickly tries another plan to get the dog off his trail, but Pluto refuses to let the scent go. After chasing the raccoon into the water, his collar catches on part of a log, and Pluto starts to drown. The raccoon saves his life, but not before setting up another trick to throw the dog off the scent.
Pluto is momentarily thrown off by the trick the raccoon left for him
As Pluto reaches the bank, he is thrown off by prints from a fish, a frog, and a horse, among the raccoon prints. He spots the raccoon laughing at him from the tree, and the raccoon, seeing Mickey with his gun n the other side of the brush, realizes that he’s trapped. Thinking quickly, he steals Mickey’s coonskin cap, using it to pretend that it is a baby. As Mickey attempts to shoot the raccoon, Pluto grabs the gun with his teeth and pulls it away. Sheepishly seeing the raccoon “with child,” the two slink away, while the raccoon relishes in its victory.
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