The Band Concert

The Band Concert Background information Director: Wilfred Jackson Writer: Song writer: Leigh Harline Animator(s): Release date(s): February 23, 1935 November 4, 2005 (reissued with Chicken Little) Running time: 9 minutes Budget: Gross revenue: Country:

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The Band Concert is a 1935 color Mickey Mouse short cartoon, the first ever produced in Technicolor. It is one of the most highly acclaimed of the Disney shorts. In 2005, the short was theatrical re-released in the 3D version with Chicken Little in theaters.

Plot

Mickey Mouse's concert band is performing a concert in a park. As the film opens, they are being applauded for having just played music from Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold's Zampa. They next begin Gioacchino Rossini's William Tell overture.

Mickey's performance is first disrupted by Peter Pig's vibrato trumpet andPaddy Pig's tuba playing Prelude: Dawn. Meanwhile, Donald Duck rolls a vendor cart through the audience selling lemonade, popcorn, and ice cream, which further distracts Mickey.

While the band is playing the "Finale" segment, Donald plays "Turkey in the Straw" at the same tempo as the band. Overhearing Donald, the entire band absent-mindedly find themselves playing Donald's song. Realizing that he accidentally switched genres, Mickey loses his temper over his performance being disrupted in this manner. Mickey destroys Donald's flute in two, only for Donald to get another one out. They play the song again and Mickey destroys the flute once more. The band resumes the segment, but when Donald plays "Turkey in the Straw" again, trombonist Daniel Dog pulls out several of Donald's flutes by the neck and forces him offstage, knocking him back into the vendor.

Then, while Donald tries to play the song again, a bee harasses him. When the bee lands on Mickey's hat, Donald throws ice cream at the bee, which sends it into Peter Pig's trumpet and he hits it at Mickey, thinking that Mickey threw the ice cream at him. Mickey has the band play Ranz des Vaches and loses his temper when the bee interrupts the performance. Percussionist Horace Horsecollar tries to kill the bee with a hammer but accidentally hits clarinetist Goofy's head instead, driving his head down into his jacket, but he continues playing his clarinet from inside it.

Finally, the band comes to the "Storm" segment of the overture which summons an actual tornado, prompting the audience, the seats, and Donald to run away. The tornado sucks up everything in its path, even the pavilion on which the band is playing. But the band is so used to the distractions by this point that they continue to play from inside the tornado (in which Mickey floats past the remains of a wrecked house). Peter Pig is spanked by a fence, and Clarabelle gets attacked by some undergarments and an umbrella which turns her flute inside-out. As the storm passes, the band (except Horace, Peter Pig and Mickey) is thrown into a tree and they finish the overture. Peter Pig gets hung on a branch, yanking his coat off, and then ends up on another branch, yanking his undergarments off, causing him to fall naked into a barrel, yet continues to play despite his situation. Paddy Pig then lands inside Peter Pig's empty undergarments causing them to inflate. Yet by this time the only remaining audience member is Donald Duck who applauds enthusiastically. Witnessing Donald playing "Turkey in the Straw" as an encore, the band members express disapproval by throwing their instruments at him from off camera.

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Trolley Troubles, Oh Teacher, All Wet, Steamboat Willie, The Gallopin' Gaucho, Plane Crazy, The Karnival Kid, Mickey's Follies, Mickey's Choo-Choo, The Haunted House, The Chain Gang, The Birthday Party, The Hunter, Mickey's Orphans, Mickey's Revue, Just Dogs, Mickey's Good Deed, The Mad Doctor, Ye Olden Days, The Mail Pilot, The Wise Little Hen, Mickey's Steamroller, Orphan's Benefit, The Band Concert, Mickey's Service Station, Mickey's Fire Brigade, Pluto's Judgment Day, On Ice, Orphan's Picnic, Mickey's Grand Opera, Thru the Mirror, Mickey's Rival, Donald and Pluto, Mother Pluto, The Worm Turns, Don Donald, Magician Mickey, Moose Hunters, Hawaiian Holiday, Clock Cleaners, Pluto's Quin-Puplets, Lonesome Ghosts, Donald's Nephews, Good Scouts, The Whalers, Brave Little Tailor, Donald's Golf Game, Society Dog Show, Goofy and Wilbur, The Hockey Champ, Donald's Cousin Gus, The Pointer, The Autograph Hound, The Riveter, Tugboat Mickey, Mr. Duck Steps Out, Bone Trouble, Put-Put Troubles, Pluto's Dream House, Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip, The Little Whirlwind, A Good Time for a Dime, How to Ride a Horse, Canine Caddy, The Nifty Nineties, The Art of Skiing, The Art of Self Defense, The Sleepwalker, How to Play Baseball, The Olympic Champ, How to Swim, Pluto at the Zoo, How to Fish, Donald's Tire Trouble, The Flying Jalopy, Private Pluto, How to Play Golf, How to Play Football, First Aiders, Tiger Trouble, The Clock Watcher, Duck Pimples, The Legend of Coyote Rock, Cured Duck, Pluto's Kid Brother, In Dutch, Donald's Double Trouble, Dumbell of the Yukon, Lighthouse Keeping, Bath Day, Double Dribble, Sleepy Time Donald, Figaro and Frankie, Donald's Dilemma, Mickey's Delayed Date, Foul Hunting, Chip an' Dale, Pluto's Blue Note, Drip Dippy Donald, Donald's Dream Voice, Pluto's Fledgling, Soup's On, Three for Breakfast, Mickey and the Seal, Donald's Happy Birthday, Winter Storage, Pluto's Sweater, Bubble Bee, Goofy Gymnastics, Toy Tinkers, Pluto's Heart Throb, Pluto and the Gopher, Crazy Over Daisy, Motor Mania, Hook, Lion and Sinker, Camp Dog, Chicken in the Rough, Dude Duck, Lucky Number, Fathers Are People, Father's Lion, Donald Applecore, Two Chips and a Miss, Two Gun Goofy, Trick or Treat, Two Weeks Vacation, Pluto's Christmas Tree, The Simple Things, Don's Fountain of Youth, Father's Week-End, The New Neighbor, Rugged Bear, Canvas Back Duck, Donald's Diary, The Lone Chipmunks, Dragon Around, Beezy Bear, Up a Tree, Chips Ahoy, Hooked Bear, In the Bag, Donald in Mathmagic Land, Aquamania, Scrooge McDuck and Money, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Sport Goofy in Soccermania, The Prince and the Pauper, Runaway Brain, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater, Get a Horse!