Mail Dog

Synopsis[]

Pluto is pressed into duty to deliver a sack of mail to a remote arctic outpost, only to be disturbed (and helped along) by a playful Arctic rabbit.

Characters[]

• Pluto (voiced by Jimmy MacDonald)
• Outpost (voiced by Erdman Penner)
• Flutterfoot the Rabbit

Releases[]

Television[]

• The Mickey Mouse Club, December 3, 1957
• The New Mickey Mouse Club, April 27, 1977
• Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, episode #23
• Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, episode #65
• Good Morning, Mickey, episode #11
• Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #28
• Donald's Quack Attack, episode #57
• Sing Me a Story with Belle: "Stick To It (Don't Give Up)"
• Have a Laugh!, episode #38

Home video[]

• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Here's Pluto! (VHS)
• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Here's Mickey! / Here's Pluto! (Laserdisc)
• Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume 2 (DVD)

Streaming[]

• Disney+, November 12, 2019

Have a Laugh! changes[]

The following scenes were deleted from the short release due to time constraints:

• The mail plane unable to fly through the storm, and thus instructed to dispense the mail and have it carried through by dogsled instead.
• Pluto's sled catching up with him as he goes down the hill with the mail.
• Pluto's run-in with a totem pole that somehow caught hold of the mail pouch.
• Pluto's listening to the sound of thumping (coming from the rabbit) is reduced.
• The rabbit attempting to snuggle up to Pluto to get warm and Pluto irritably pushing it away.
• The downhill chase is partially edited, cutting Pluto losing the sled, getting rolled up in the blanket and falling off a snowy cliff, but landing on the still-moving sled at the bottom of the cliff.
• At the bottom of the hill, Pluto growling and snapping at the rabbit, who has to clamp the dog's mouth to get his attention, that the mail has already been received at the airport.
• Pluto gratefully licking the rabbit after the plane takes off.

Trivia[]

• In the Buena Vista reissue titles for this short, Jack Hannah's unit is credited with working on the short instead of Charles Nichols' unit. This is because the opening credits have been erroneously replaced with those of Morris the Midget Moose (and vice versa).

Gallery[]

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1930s Just Dogs • Mother Pluto • Pluto's Quin-puplets 1940s Bone Trouble • Pluto's Dream House • Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip Pantry Pirate • Pluto's Playmate • Pluto Junior • The Army Mascot • Lend a Paw • The Sleep Walker • Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line • T-Bone for Two • Pluto at the Zoo • Pluto and the Armadillo • Private Pluto • Springtime for Pluto • First Aiders • Dog Watch • Canine Casanova • The Legend of Coyote Rock • Canine Patrol • Pluto's Kid Brother • In Dutch • The Purloined Pup • A Feather in His Collar • Pluto's Housewarming • Squatter's Rights • Rescue Dog • Mail Dog • Pluto's Blue Note • Bone Bandit • Pluto's Purchase • Cat Nap Pluto • Pluto's Fledgling • Pueblo Pluto • Pluto's Surprise Package • Pluto's Sweater • Bubble Bee • Sheep Dog 1950s Pluto's Heart Throb • Pluto and the Gopher • Wonder Dog • Primitive Pluto • Puss Café • Pests of the West • Food for Feudin' • Camp Dog • Cold Storage • Plutopia • Cold Turkey