''Totally Minnie'' is a 1988 musical television special on NBC hosted by

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and starring

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. It was the first film to feature

in the lead role, and, until the premiere of '' Mickey Mouse Works'' in 1999, this was the only time Minnie had any starring role.

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, the voice of Minnie at the time, actually met her future husband,

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, 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,

. Dweeb, in an effort to improve himself socially, decides to attend. After being welcomed by the Director (

), Dweeb is taken on a tour of the centre, where other

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characters run various courses:

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is a

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is a wardrobe manager, and Pluto (Disney), Pluto is a messenger boy. After finally meeting

, 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 does not equal emulation of another's style. Minnie takes Maxwell on a shopping spree; then the Director, impressed by a newly madeover Maxwell Dweeb, decides to date him. The film is intershot with various musical numbers (including the duet "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by

and Elton John) and excerpts from early Disney shorts, including a D-TV number of Janet Jackson's "Nasty (Janet Jackson song), Nasty" with a montage of male Disney villains such as Black Pete and Captain Hook shown.

Main cast

Voices

(voice) *

- Mickey Mouse (voice) *Tony Anselmo -

(voice) *Will Ryan -

/Pete (Disney), Pete (voice) *Patricia Parris - Lady and the Tramp, Lady (voice) *Don Pardo - Announcer (voice)

Actors

* Robert Carradine - Maxwell Dweeb *

- The Director *Elton John - Himself *Vanna White - Herself *Philip Michael Thomas - Himself

References

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External links

''Totally Minnie'' at the Internet Movie Data Base
1988 television films 1988 films 1980s American television specials American films with live action and animation 1988 television specials Disney television specials 1980s English-language films Mickey Mouse films