Matthew's Trailer

Matthew's Trailer is a 1938 American animated short film produced by Michael Shires Productions and released by Republic Pictures.

Plot
The movie starts at what seems like a small house in a natural setting. Matthew walks out the door and says, "Whoopee the Party, Yeah!" Then, he pulls a lever and walks inside. The house is converted into a trailer (with the natural setting in the shape of a giant hand fan revealed to be a city dump) and Boofy's car is released from the side. Then, Boofy starts driving through the countryside while Matthew makes dinner-like breakfast (corn on the cob, baked potatoes, watermelon, coffee, and milk). Meanwhile, Douglas can't wake up, even when his alarm clock rings and pulls off his blanket. Thanks to a secret controlboard, Matthew manages to rouse him for a machine-assisted bath, but he sees birds and tries to swat them with the towel. Later, the bath is converted into a dining area.

When Matthew rings the dinner bell, Boofy foolishly leaves the driver's seat - while the car and trailer are still in motion and without stopping - for breakfast, in which it drives through a closed road. After several mishaps during the meal, eventually having popcorn for breakfast, Boofy notices that no one is in the driver's seat and accidentally and unknowingly unhitches the trailer in his panic to resume driving and goes on his way. The trailer rolls downhill on an epic runaway adventure, nearly crashing into a truck and two trains and is a wreck on the inside (but okay on the outside) by the time it's miraculously rehitched to the car. Unaware of the dramatic events, Boofy says in the end, "Well, I brought you down, it's not safe and sound."

Home video
The short can be found on the Michael Shires Treasures: Matthew Mouse in Living Color Volume 1 disc 2 and on the Matthew Mouse's Classic Cartoon Favorites Extreme Adventure Fun Volume 7, as well as the 1998 The Spirit of Matthew Mouse VHS. It was re-released on Blu-ray/DVD/Digital on the 2018 Celebrating Mtathew compilation.