Tugboat Mickey (1940)

Mickey is performing routine maintenance on his tugboat (with interference from a pelican) when a call comes on the radio that there's a sinking ship needing assistance. Sadly, Mickey's ... See full summary »

Director:

Clyde Geronimi

Stars:

Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash

Cast

Credited cast:
Pinto Colvig	...	Goofy (voice)
Walt Disney	...	Mickey Mouse (voice)
Clarence Nash	...	Donald Duck (voice)

Storyline

Mickey is performing routine maintenance on his tugboat (with interference from a pelican) when a call comes on the radio that there's a sinking ship needing assistance. Sadly, Mickey's crew consists of Donald and Goofy, so getting underway to help is not easy. Goofy has to fight a boiler's door to get it stoked with coal (and when he succeeds, he overfills it) and Donald gets tangled up in the machinery. Not to mention that nobody casts off, so they drag half the dock along with them. The overworked boiler soon explodes.

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Plot Keywords:

tugboat | pelican | drunkenness | exploding ship | cartoon pelican | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 1940 (USA)

Also Known As:

Le remorqueur de Mickey

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Disney Goes to the Oscars (1986)

User Reviews

Mindless Mickey.

A significant portion of this animated short shows Goofy trying to load up some coal to be burned in order to get Mickey's tugboat moving. Meanwhile, Donald struggles with a piece of machinery and Mickey stands around until the boat gets moving. Wow...the comic genius involved is downright mind-blowing!

I know I'm being a bit of a downer, but it is disappointing that Mickey and his gang were always trying to cull laughter from idiocy instead of cleverness. "Tugboat Mickey" continued to employ that strategy. It used broad, uninvolving humor and the "surprise" ending was obvious from the get-go. 1/10