Steamboat Willie.

 

                                           Steamboat Willie.

The thing that started me on animation was this Disney short, I watched 

it when I was two years old and I remember it to this day. I got to watch 

it a few times and I knew that animation and creative stories were what 

I wanted to do. My one dream in life is to have one of my ideas turned 

into an animated movie by Disney or another animation company, I have 

been trying for over 20 years to get my stories seen by all these 

wonderful companies but alas I can't seem to get my foot in the door but 

I will keep trying, I will never give up cause if you do why are you a 

writer or author if you simply just throw in the towel? I still watch this 

short every now and them cause when I see it, it motivates me to keep 

trying and be creative so that one day my ideas will finally get into the 

hands of someone from these companies. Just the magic of this little 

movie is what started it all for Walt Disney. 

                                    Walt Disney quote:

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” “I only hope that we never 

lose sight of one thing—that it was all started by a mouse.” 

And with those words the biggest animation company was formed and to 

this day they are still going strong. They never give up just like I will 

never give up. So, with that, lets get to the story that started it all shall 

we:

Mickey Mouse pilots a steam river sidewheeler, suggesting that he is the 

captain. He cheerfully whistles "Steamboat Bill" and sounds the boat's 

three whistles. Soon the real captain, Pete, appears and orders Mickey 

off the bridge. Mickey blows a raspberry at Pete. Pete attempts to kick 

him, but Mickey rushes away in time and Pete accidentally kicks himself 

in the rear. Mickey rushes down the stairs, slips on a bar of soap on the 

boat's deck and lands in a bucket of water. A parrot laughs at him, and 

Mickey throws the bucket at it.

Pete, who has been watching the whole thing, pilots the steamboat 

himself. He bites off some chewing tobacco and spits into the wind. The 

spit flies backward and rings the boat's bell. Amused by this, Pete spits 

again, but this time the spit hits him in the face, making him fuss.

The steamboat makes a stop at "Podunk Landing" to pick up a cargo of 

various livestock. Just as they set off again, Minnie appears, running to 

catch the boat before it leaves. Mickey does not see her in time, but she 

runs after the boat along the shore and Mickey takes her on board by 

hooking the cargo crane to her underwear.

Landing on deck, Minnie accidentally drops a ukulele and some sheet 

music for the song "Turkey in the Straw", which are eaten by a goat. The 

two mice use the goat's body as a phonograph, which they play by 

turning its tail like a crank. Mickey uses various objects on the boat as 

percussion accompaniment and "plays" the animals like musical 

instruments. This ends with Mickey using a cow's teeth and tongue to 

play the song as a xylophone.

Captain Pete is unamused by the musical act and puts Mickey to work 

peeling potatoes. In the potato bin, the same parrot that laughed at him 

earlier appears in the port hole and laughs at him again. Fed up with the 

bird's heckling, the mouse throws a half-peeled potato at it, knocking it 

back into the river below. The film ends with Mickey laughing as he sits 

next to the potatoes.