Ye Olden Days (1933)

In this a somewhat mediocre and less funny cartoon that is set in medieval times, where the King offers his daughter, Minnie, to wed Goofy, a dippy prince. When Minnie refuses, the King locks her up in the tower. Afterward, Mickey, a wandering minstrel, sees this and comes to her rescue.It's kind of odd seeing Goofy as the villain in this cartoon - quite out of character for him. But, that is actually the most interesting part of the cartoon. The battle between Mickey and Goofy toward the end was also unique to see, I mean, Mickey and Goofy on opposing sides doing battle? The rest is just the usual Minnie saves Minnie cliché with lesser excitement.Grade C-

This is an early Mickey Mouse cartoon produced by the Disney studio. There will be spoilers ahead:This is a very good short, with Mickey playing a wandering minstrel, Minnie a princess and Goofy (here named Dippy Dawg) as a prince, of all things.The king announces Minnie's impending wedding to Goofy, to which she objects strenuously by slapping him repeatedly. He should have run after the first slap. Minnie is banished to the attic by the king. Mickey sees this and goes outside the attic window to vow (in "song") that he'll rescue her, then floats up to her window and into the attic, asking her if she has a rope! If she had a rope, she wouldn't need rescuing.While king and court are pigging out at the banquet (at which the guillotine is put to a creative use) Mickey and Minnie are escaping out the window on an improvised rope made from Clarabelle Cow's clothing (don't ask!). They get caught because the short needs a stirring ending, so Mickey gets introduced to the guillotine in its traditional form of usage. Minnie pleads that she loves this complete stranger and the king suggests a duel, in the form of a joust. This takes up most of the last two minutes and is hilarious. The outcome is obvious and the ending is cute.This short is available on several DVDs and is well worth tracking down.

"Ye Olden Days" marks the first major role for 'Dippy Dawg'--a character who soon became known as Goofy. However, Dippy is not one of the good guys in this cartoon. And soon it's Dippy versus Mickey--something that wouldn't happen later--once they became goof friends in later cartoons.This one is set in the Middle Ages--making it a nice change up from the usual time and place. Minnie is a princess and her father, the king, has decided she must marry Prince Dippy. However, she is horrified of the idea of marrying him and he locks her in the tower when she refuses. There, she and Clarabelle cry their eyes out--and are overheard by a wandering minstrel (Mickey). Mickey is caught trying to rescue them and the crowd insists that Mickey must fight a duel with Prince Dippy--the winner take all.The animation is great and the story quite charming---what more could you want?!

I saw this short on the Disney Channel a while back and it's pretty good. In the short, Mickey Mouse is a medieval minstral riding his donkey. He comes to a castle and sings to princess Minnie who is being forced to marry Prince Goofy. Goofy looked a lot differnt than he does today. He had a little bit of a beard on his chin and he would laugh like he was autistic or something instead of his normal "Yuh-Huck" type of laugh. He had a doglike tail (of course Goofy is a dog, but a human-like dog not a dog like Pluto) As Mickey helps Princess Minnie escape, the king notices and orders the guards to behead Mickey in a guillotine. Minnie stops the guards and after a "goofy" battle, Minnie chooses to marry Mickey.