Walt Disney released Mickey Mouse's 97th cartoon in October 1937's "Clock Cleaners." Featuring the same trio, Mickey, Donald Duck and Goofy, the three are janitors tasked with cleaning a clock high above inside a city tower. The three again split to spiff up the gigantic clock, and experience all sorts of adventures while doing their cleaning chores. So engrossing is the action of "Clock Cleaners" the eight-minute cartoon is ranked 27th in 'The 50 Greatest Cartoons.'
"Clock Cleaners" is well known today for the controversy it created after the cartoon as released on VHS. A fundamentalist Christian group petitioned Wal-Mart in the 1990s to pull the tape from its shelves. Its main concern was the scene showing Donald swearing at a clock's mainspring as he was repairing it. When the spring hits Mr. Duck, he first says "Says who," with the spring responding "Says I." Donald then calls the offending spring a "snake in the grass." Because of actor Clarence Nash's sometimes incomprehensible spitting voice as Donald, some viewers misinterpreted Donald as saying "f- you," and yelling "son of a b..." Wal Mart pulled the offending videotape. Spurring the Disney studio to re-record the lines clarifying the questionable offending lines.
"Clock Cleaners" is well known today for the controversy it created after the cartoon as released on VHS. A fundamentalist Christian group petitioned Wal-Mart in the 1990s to pull the tape from its shelves. Its main concern was the scene showing Donald swearing at a clock's mainspring as he was repairing it. When the spring hits Mr. Duck, he first says "Says who," with the spring responding "Says I." Donald then calls the offending spring a "snake in the grass." Because of actor Clarence Nash's sometimes incomprehensible spitting voice as Donald, some viewers misinterpreted Donald as saying "f- you," and yelling "son of a b..." Wal Mart pulled the offending videotape. Spurring the Disney studio to re-record the lines clarifying the questionable offending lines.