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| 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 (1988-02-25) |
Totally Minnie is a musical television special hosted bySuzanne Somers and starringMinnie Mouse. It first aired February 25, 1988 onNBC. It was the first film to featureMinnie Mouse in the lead role and up until the premiere ofMickey 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.[2]
The film centers onnerd Maxwell Dweeb (Robert Carradine), who is a loner with no friends. While watching television, he sees an advertisement for theMinnie 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 otherDisney characters run various courses:Goofy is afitness instructor,Donald Duck is a wardrobe manager andPluto is a messenger boy. After finally meetingMinnie 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 justnot 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" withElton John (lip syncing to the original 1976 version) and Minnie (replacingKiki Dee) and excerpts from early Disney shorts, including aD-TVThe Pointer Sisters’Neutron Dance & number ofJanet Jackson's "Nasty" with a montage of male Disney villains such as Black Pete and Captain Hook shown.
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