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I've been slowly making my way through the short films on Disney Plus. A recent rejig within that section has moved and added some of them, one of which was this 1932 classic Mickey Mouse Cartoon "Barnyard Olympics".

To coincide with the Los Angeles Olympics, Mickey Mouse and the Disney characters undertake their own games including Boxing, Wrestling and Diving. Mickey though, plans to impress Minnie, by winning the triathlon, which includes cycling, running and rowing a boat. Mickey though has competition from a larger unscrupulous competitor, who also has his eyes on Minnie and will stop at nothing to win.

Some of these shorts have been a little underwhelming, particularly as we've approached the sixties and seventies, but this is another one I'd describe as a classic. It's perfectly set to music again, as was "Steamboat Willy" from just four years earlier. The animation has some obvious loops to it but is nice work and is utterly charming. The beats of the story, just the typical physical slapstick moments that you see a lot with these films, are excellent.

There's a lot of stuff upcoming that I'm less excited about, a number of "Cars" shorts for example, but this was great.