welcome to the public domain. I cant wait to see what people are going to do creatively with mickey.

Jan 1st 2024. Happy new year!

Captain Pete, the "bad guy", just wants Mickey to do his job. Meanwhile Minnie is a stowaway, and Mickey abuses every animal on the ship. And I think he might have killed that bird! Different times!

Steamboat Willie is a hand-drawn animated short film directed by Walt Disney. This cartoon is considered to be the debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, but this is incorrect. Both Minnie and Mickey appeared in Plane Crazy. Steamboat Willie is especially notable for being the first Disney cartoon with synchronized sound. My favourite scene was when Mickey gets shot in the face with milk by a Cow.. The music here was great and the way that Mickey turned the other animals into instruments was both traumatising and interesting at the same time. The historical value of this short is undeniable, but I just didn't enjoy it that much.

The animation holds up, if you're into that kind of really old cartoon style (which I am), and it's pretty fun. However, I feel like it overstayed its welcome, and probably could have been a couple of minutes shorter... maybe cutting out half of the animal abuse music-making would have worked in its favour. But hey, the '20s were a different time, so I won't entirely fault Disney for that. When all is said and done, it's a fun short.