Totally Minnie

*Totally Minnie*
Totally Minnie
Genre	Family; Musical
Written by	Joie Albrecht
Directed by	Scott Garen
Starring	Russi Taylor; Robert Carradine; Patricia Parris; Suzanne Somers; Elton John; Wayne Allwine
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Scott Garen; Joie Albrecht
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Walt Disney Television; FilmFair Communications; Garen/Albrecht Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	February 25, 1988

Totally Minnie is a musical television special hosted by Suzanne Somers and starring Minnie Mouse. It first aired February 25, 1988 on NBC. It was the first film to feature Minnie Mouse in the lead role and up until the premiere of Mickey Mouse Works in 1999, this was the only time Minnie had any starring role.^[1] Russi Taylor, the original voice of Minnie at the time, actually met her future husband, Wayne Allwine, then voicing Mickey, while recording this special.

Plot

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 socially, 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. After seeing Elton John sing a duet with Minnie in "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Maxwell feels he has it figured out and displays his new hip personality with clothes akin to Elton's, but the Director stops him saying that it is just not him and that hipness doesn't equal emulation of another's style. Minnie decides to take Maxwell on a shopping spree. Then the Director, impressed by a newly made-over Maxwell Dweeb, decides to date him.

The film is intershot with various musical numbers including the duet "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" with Elton John (lip syncing to the original 1976 version) and Minnie (replacing Kiki Dee) and excerpts from early Disney shorts, including a D-TV The Pointer Sisters’ Neutron Dance & number of Janet Jackson's "Nasty" with a montage of male Disney villains such as Black Pete and Captain Hook shown.

Main cast

Voices

Russi Taylor - Minnie Mouse (voice)
Wayne Allwine - Mickey Mouse (voice)
Tony Anselmo - Donald Duck (voice)
Will Ryan - Goofy/Pete (voice)
Don Pardo - Announcer (voice)

Actors

Robert Carradine - Maxwell Dweeb
Suzanne Somers - The Director
Elton John - Himself
Vanna White - Herself
Philip Michael Thomas - Himself

References

^ Solomon, Charles (1988-03-25). "Television Reviews 'Disney's Totally Minnie': Live Action, Animation". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-02-10.

External links

[1] Solomon, Charles (1988-03-25). "Television Reviews 'Disney's Totally Minnie': Live Action, Animation". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-02-10.

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