Mickey Mouse comically attempts suicide

What???!

This to me is truly bizarre, but somehow fascinating. I find it odd that this was supposed to be humorous and (I guess) a cultural accepted monthlong series, whereas today I envision way too many over-zealous right wing groups freaking out over something like this.

In any case, this was before Nirvana (60 years before nirvana), so maybe Walt Disney originally came up with the idea of suicide being cool.