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The first color [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon, and still one of his most popular of the [[Classic Disney Shorts]], '' |
The first color [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon, and still one of his most popular of the [[Classic Disney Shorts]], ''[[The Band Concert]]'' is a [[The Golden Age of Animation|1935]] cartoon in which Mickey attempts to conduct Giacomo Rossini's ''William Tell'' Overture at a outdoor picnic, but is frequently interrupted by [[Donald Duck]], who attempts to play "[[Standard Snippet|Turkey in the Straw]]" [[Hammerspace|with his infinite arsenal of fifes.]] [[Hilarity Ensues]]. |
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The short currently holds #3 on Jerry Beck's "[[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]]" list, the highest ranking Disney short on it. |
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Latest revision as of 14:29, 13 July 2021
The first color Mickey Mouse cartoon, and still one of his most popular of the Classic Disney Shorts, The Band Concert is a 1935 cartoon in which Mickey attempts to conduct Giacomo Rossini's William Tell Overture at a outdoor picnic, but is frequently interrupted by Donald Duck, who attempts to play "Turkey in the Straw" with his infinite arsenal of fifes. Hilarity Ensues.
The short currently holds #3 on Jerry Beck's "The 50 Greatest Cartoons" list, the highest ranking Disney short on it.
Tropes used in The Band Concert include:
- Amusing Injuries: Horace Horsecollar hits a colleague instrumentalist with his cymbals and a hammer in an attempt to kill an annoying bee.
- Call Back: The Sega CD version of Mickey Mania has a level based on this cartoon included as a bonus.
- House of Mouse in one episode had Mickey briefly don his band concert uniform for a second when he was shifting through his many designs over the years to prove he was really Mickey in that episode.
- When Mickey meets Horace Horsecollar in Epic Mickey, Horace tries to entice Mickey's memory of him with this cartoon among others. (The provided photo had Horace almost out of frame.)
- Cartoon Conductor
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Near the end the entire orchestra hangs from a large tree, resembling a Christmas tree.
- Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud
- Early Installment Weirdness: Mostly with Donald's long-billed appearance. Donald also seems to be almost a toned-down Screwy Squirrel here, and is much shorter than Mickey.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: It's a band concert.
- Mickey Mousing Despite a lot of the music coming from on-screen instruments, there is still a lot of this going on.
- Nice Hat: Mickey and several of the band players wear them.
- Ice Cream In My Pants
- Running Gag:
- Mickey's sleeves are too long and keep falling over his hands and baton.
- Donald playing Turkey in the Straw on his fifes.
