Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

OllieSuave-007 In this Disney cartoon, Mickey takes Pluto to a dog society show, where he has to compete with dozens of dogs (and their owners) with their noses up in the air. Pluto makes contact with future girlfriend Fifi, and later ends up saving her from a fire carelessly started by a photographer.There's some funny chemistry between Pluto and Fifi and I like the way how Mickey tries to fit in with all the high-society people. There's not too much slapstick comedy or humor in this cartoon short, but there's a nice superhero scene when Pluto goes on to save Fifi from the fire (it has always bothered me how the photographer who started the fire was the first who cowardly runs away without helping anybody after the fire started to spread).It's a predictable cartoon, but it's still pretty funny to watch.Grade B

Foreverisacastironmess I'm not sure if I ever really loved Pluto all that much as a Disney character even as a kid, but I probably liked him. I'm not too keen on him nowadays. He doesn't really look anything like a dog, he looks more like a sad grizzled old man! And he's so nasty and always barking at cute little animals and everything. It makes me laugh when Mickey or someone'll ask if he's hungry and he'll kinda pant/say "yeah, yeah!" I also find really funny the big yowl he makes when something will bite his tale! Anyway the point is, for me this is the best Pluto cartoon and I really like him in it, and I've always loved it. The structure and formula of this one is so classic Disney y'know? Like their classic template formula. You really feel sorry for Pluto in the first half when he and Mickey look all scruffy compared to the other dogs and owners, Pluto's unrequited love for the snobby girl dog, and the embarrassing way Pluto acts and gets them thrown out. But then Pluto saves the day and gets the girl, so it's the classic from the worst of places to the best of places kind of tale. I like the design of Mickey Mouse the best as he appears in this. This is the last ever short he appeared in with little black dots for eyes 'ya know. To me I found the cartoon a little slow for most of the first part, but then it takes off spectacularly when the fire bursts out Pluto's riding a flaming unexpected makeshift roller-coaster on skates! I just love all the action and momentum of that part, it's just exiting and brilliant! Not to mention the animation of the fire and everything looks amazing. That's what I love in my Disney cartoon shorts, something that'll grab you like that or tug at heartstrings. I love this one a lot, it starts out slow, but by the end it rocks! Pluto gets to be a real hero... Thank you.

TheLittleSongbird As I have said, the basic premise of Society Dog Show is very predictable. However putting that minor quibble aside, it is a hugely enjoyable silly symphony that fully reminds me of why I love Disney so much. Mickey is voiced by the master Walt Disney, and you have Pluto as energetic as ever, and voiced by the one and only Pinto Colvig. Another character that I loved was Fifi, who is not only really cute, but is at her most playful. The short is filled with clever and well timed gags, the best being the examination of Pluto by a disgruntled judge. Other elements that stood out were the gorgeous Technicolour animation and the music that is not only lively but quite lyrical as well. Overall, predictable, but nevertheless hugely enjoyable, where Pluto steals the show. I recommend it! 10/10 Bethany Cox

soymilk Okay, so the basic story here is predictable as heck, but who on Earth cares? 'Society Dog Show' is a beautiful Disney short which takes the familiar underdog formula and structures it into one of the most joyous and heart-warming products this studio has ever put together. It's one of the select Disney shorts which I saw way back, and which has really stayed with me over the years. And, every so often, I'll feel compelled to go hunt out my old videotape with it on just to relive those precious moments. What can I say - I've been a fan of these classic Walt Disney shorts since as long as I can remember watching TV, and I love the Pluto ones in particular to death; he's one seriously endearing cartoon dog, and 'Society Dog Show' contains what may well have been his finest hour (or at least 6 minutes at that).Mickey Mouse, ever the eternal optimist (in the days when he still had those creepy, all-black eyes), has summoned the confidence to enter Pluto in a high class dog show. Naturally the poor funny-looking orange mutt doesn't stand a chance against all those highly-pampered, heavily-groomed pedigrees – but he instantly wins the heart of Fifi, a female King Charles spaniel entering in the 'trick dogs' competition, which leads to…well, I would hate to reveal any more than I have to. Like I said, the basic story is formulaic, but it's just plain pleasurable to watch this chain of events unfolding, right up to the very last few moments, which have my impressionable heart fluttering every time.This cartoon also provides one of the most quirky contrasts between Disney's line of 'regular dogs' and separate line of 'humanoid dogs' which really tends to throw so many of their viewers (a la the "Pluto's a dog, so what the hell is Goofy?" discussion in 'Stand by Me'). Other than Mickey, every character in this short is a canine of sorts - entries, owners and judges alike! It's that kind of offbeat little in-joke that always lures me to the Disney province. There are also some great sight gags, in particular when Pluto is undergoing his examination with the disgruntled judge. Not to mention that the classic animation style is just gorgeous, and that Fifi is a real cutie.It's a winner, no doubt about it. I've been in love with this one all my life.Grade: A+