Tune in next year when I'll upload 12 more Mickey shorts from 1929. In the meantime: #001 - Plane Crazy (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kaMBaBct040.html) #003 - Steamboat Willie (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kaMBaBct040.html) #052 - The Mad Doctor (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OcOIu5f97tE.html)
@@TheStormMageNo, back in the day, animation in the late 1910s-late 50s/mid 60s are pretty aimed towards adults, but most of them are pretty tame compared to South Park and Family Guy and Fritz The Cat. But somewhere in the 60s/70s, animation is somehow viewed as something that’s only for kids (which I find utter BS; it’s like saying old black and white movies should only be viewed by old people) and some people unfortunately still held that outdated view to this day even though this is the 21st century.
This is loads better than Steamboat Willie! Here we see Mickey... • smoking cigars. • drinking beer, then casually throwing the mug aside. • ogling at Minnie when she does a sultry dance. • being a rogueish ladies man, without being a creep (unlike Plane Crazy). • swordfighting an unambiguously villanous Pete, with a vastly improved design. • riding a drunk ostrich. • throwing a chamber pot at someone's face. • rescuing Minnie from kinky bondage.
Mickey used to be a bit of a trickster, always thinking ahead against bigger and stronger foes. He could easily get arrogant and distracted but prove with his skills in the end. Basic but that is what Mickey started as.
My headcanon: 1 - Mickey met Minnie in Plane Crazy. He tried to impress her with his flying skills but it was a failure because in the end he was dumped by her. Minnie didn't even know him well, she must only have thought he was handsome and went to wish him luck (symbolized by the horseshoe) 2 - Mickey meet Minnie again in Galopping Gaucho, here he sees a new opportunity to win her over. As Mickey is still single (and these old shorts weren't exactly for children) we can see better what he was like when he was single. 3 - Steamboat Willie Mickey and Minnie are a couple at the beginning of their relationship. 4 - In Barn Dance Mickey goes to a partir with Mickey... but he dances badly and Minnie dumps him again. At that time they break up and come back constantly. Walt Disney once said that he imagined that Mickey and Minnie were married off the movie screen, in their "private lives".
This is my favorite of the original Mickey trilogy; but since Plane Crazy was the first one produced and Steamboat Willie was the first one released, this one unfortunately suffers from Middle Child Syndrome in terms of online discussion.
Never heard of Middle Child Syndrome Edit: ok, I googled the definition. It means that Plane Crazy was neglected from online discussion in favour of the other two cartoons.
It's not a trilogy there's four of them. Barn Dance has a 1928 copyright date, which is what matters for copyright. I've chosen to spread this realization only in the most crackpot ways possible but check, it's true
every mickey from the 20's is free now man remember, when steak boat willy became free, this means that this version of Mickey became free, along with all of his toons idk why ppl think Disney was trying to protect the movie, they're trying to protect the character
@@tawagotoCage Incorrect. Only ones from 1928 is free. Those made in 1929 won't be available until 2025. Edit: A good example of this is the sound version of "Plane Crazy". The silent version is public domain but the sound version released in 1929.
This is the better of the original three, in my opinon. Always had a soft spot for the fairbanks style of swashbucking action. Glad that this is in the pd too now.
Can we just appreciate how good the animation of the ostrich at 2:34 is? It’s super fluid for the 20s, it’s probably the best piece of character animation from the three public domain Mickey shorts!
It's not 3, there's 4. Barn Dance should be public domain like these, maybe without its sound. Its copyright notice says 1928. I've been evangelizing this gospel in only the least efficent ways, but the truth is out there.
Seeing Mickey, drinking, smoking, without gloves, on a short inspired on my country's culture (Argentina(🇦🇷) with stuff being written all over the place in broken spanish is just something else And the fact that it aint even bad is even funnier
It was actually a law that made it illegal to show in cartoons stuff like abure, violence with animals and nudity as nipples and such... so Willie ( Mickey ) had to change in order to keep being transmissible in TV. It didn't change because anything else besides the fact that children were to attracted to cartoons that were actually made to entertain adults and made by them... just to be clear it's not even the humor of the generation or something, Popeye was always nice with Olive and fought punks... it was just funny for Disney animators to make Willie do this stuffs... and well... it is obviously, but as i said kids were slowly becoming fans of the media and they had to change what was acceptable for them... so a few generations later people still can't change the idea that cartoons are only for children because of how the law adjusted was was reasonable to air during day time with them Oh and just so people don't get sued by Disney, just a year later of Steam boat Willy Mickey changed his design to include gloves, so if you are dumb enough to pjt an animation of him in that design they can actually still copyright the shit out of you and maybe sue you if you try to make profit and products with that... so be smart and only use the 1.0 design, pretty much Disney changed the law so this was dragged from being public domain from the 80's to almost halfway through the 2020's (now) so they are well aware of how to mingle trough this wave of people trying to use this early animations... That's it, have a nice year everyone and be smart out there 😊👌
Just wanted to inform you that only the silent version of this short has entered the public domain, disney might take this down 😬 You're gonna have to wait till 2025 to release that one. Edit: Oh, maybe I am wrong, the short premiered on December 30th 1928 but it was registered in 1929. The copyright starts from the release of the film so I guess it's in the public domain !
If Disney were to remake this they would make him drink ROOT BEER (probably switch all the characters gender and races and the whole short would have nothing from the original story in it)
Wanted to watch this to be absolutely sure Mickey didn't commit more heinous crimes. Good to know he's not all bad all the time... _But he's on thin ice..._
@@RJS2003 also I doubt the ostrich was too happy with the fence, because he immediately escaped to drink away the pain. I think the fence was choking him and he couldn’t scream
Probably the closest we'll ever get to time machines right now, truly fascinating how you can watch things from over centuries ago, surely this is nothing new but still fascinating when you really think about it.
Exactly. Finally after 20 years I can see it in a better quality. Btw I remember some "good" quality back in 2008/2009 but they got cancelled many years ago
The second Mickey cartoon produced, the first being Plane Crazy and the third Steamboat Willie. He still couldn't find a distributor until he added sound. It should be noted that Walt spent his own money making these first three cartoons. What a gamble.
Did you notice all the depictions of alcohol consumption and intoxication? This short was released five years before the repeal of Prohibition. Pretty naughty subject matter for the time.
The fact this was Mickey's very second short weirdly flatters me as an Argentinian, it's so uncomfortable, like a stranger or someone I don't like that much saying something nice to me out of NOWHERE with 0 context
You know what i find funny? Despite taking a "damsel in distress" role here, Minnie was originaly supposed to be something of a "Strong woman" architype
i think we can all agree that Pete was the first Disney villain. back when he tangled with Alice and then Ozwald. this is the first short where he tangles with Mickey. the rest as they say is history.
There are Four public domain mickey shorts now, not three. The Barn Dance has a 1928 copyright date on its title card, marking it as having lost copyright this year. It was at least drawn & filmed in 1928, maybe without sound. But the sound is included on the print, so that's doubtful too. You can find a copy and check this, I'm trying to spread this news in the least efficient way possible. The truth is out there.
Mickey do velho testamento era poucas ideias Tentou agredir a Minnie sexualmente Abusou de animais Fumou Bebeu Lutou de espada pelado Montou em um animal bêbado... Eu amo esse Mickey
As an Argentinian I can confirm this is very accurate to how we live here. The whole country is some sort of undefined rocky desert; we have drunk ostriches; fight with french foils and our cantinas have entrance signs written in English.
yes he does commit multiple crimes here: multiple counts of animal abuse trespassing (4:53) rape (5:39) attempted murder (5:54) (self defence, thus will not be charged) i dont see what you mean
Probably because Disney still had to prove himself. Modern Disney doesn't, since they have so many studios under their belt, almost monopolizing on it.
Still rewatching this 😂 I agree that's the better one among the first three Mickey shorts: it has an actual plot, there's an optimal balance between visual gags and story, direction and storyboarding are quite smart. Finally, the animation is really fine for being a single person's work (I don't know how much time Walt and Ub needed to complete the short, but I don't think it was a lot), with very few visible mistakes (and consider it was shot on film: they had to wait it was developed to see the results, and discard everything if something was noticeably off). I unironically think it's better than the immediately following shorts of the series (I've watched some 1929 ones).
Production order was Plane Crazy, Gallopin Gaucho and Steamboat Willie. Plane Crazy was given a short trial screening in May 1928 as a silent film, but was poorly received. Gallopin Gaucho was then completed in August, but shelved for a while as work on Steamboat Willie started. Steamboat Willie, the first cartoon ever made to feature syncronized sound, was then completed and given a wide, highly successful release in November 1928, making that the first time a substantial audience got to see Mickey. Disney then added sound to Gallopin Gaucho and gave it a release in late December 1928. Plane Crazy would later have sound added to it and get a wide release in 1929. Because of this, Steamboat Willie and Gallopin Gaucho are both fully in public domain, while only the video of Plane Crazy can be freely distributed and worked with, not the 1929 audio.
