History WesternAnimation / TheBandConcert

** Also Mickey himself. It can be a bit jarring for a viewer used to the mild mannered OnlySaneMan character he later became to see him outright lose his temper and break Donald's fifes.

** Donald playing "Turkey in the Straw" on his fifes.

* ShakeSomeoneObjectsFall: Donald gets caught in a trombone slide and dozens of fifes fall out of his shirt.

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* AmusingInjuries: Horace Horsecollar hits a colleague instrumentalist, Goofy, with his cymbals and a hammer in an attempt to kill an annoying bee.

The first color WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoon, and still one of his most popular of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, "The Band Concert" is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1935]] cartoon in which Mickey attempts to conduct Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell Overture" at an outdoor picnic. But he is frequently interrupted by WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, who keeps distracting the band into playing "[[StandardSnippet Turkey in the Straw]]" [[HammerSpace with his infinite arsenal of flutes.]] HilarityEnsues.

's playing his clarinet in the ''Ranz des Vaches'' part, Clarabelle playfully

* ShipTease: Goofy and Clarabelle look at each other in a flirty manner as they play their respective wind instruments in the ''Ranz des Vaches'' part, and they even bring them together to

* BattleStrip: Horace Horsecollar removes his shirt when the band gets to "The Storm" section of the music.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Downplayed, but Horace looks ashamed when he hits Goofy with his cymbals while trying to smash a bee with them.

** Mickey's sleeves are too long and keep falling over his hands and baton.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Horace looks embarrassed when he hits Goofy with his cymbals while trying to smash a bee with them.

* AmusingInjuries: Horace Horsecollar hits a colleague instrumentalist with his cymbals and a hammer in an attempt to kill an annoying bee.

The first color WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoon, and still one of his most popular of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, "The Band Concert" is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1935]] cartoon in which Mickey attempts to conduct Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell Overture" at an outdoor picnic. But he is frequently interrupted by WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, who keeps distracting the band into playing "[[StandardSnippet Turkey in the Straw]]" [[HammerSpace with his infinite arsenal of fifes.]] HilarityEnsues.

* NiceHat: Mickey and several of the band players wear them.

** The audience when they see the tornado coming.

* ShakeSomeoneObjectsFall: Donald gets caught in a trombone slider and dozens of fifes fall out of his shirt.

** Mickey swatting at a bee during a quiet oboe solo causes the entire band to suddenly play with extremely loud and stacatto notes.

* The50GreatestCartoons: #3, the highest ranking Disney short, and the only non-Creator/WarnerBros cartoon on the top five.

%%* CartoonConductor: Mickey's role in this cartoon.

* ScaryStingingSwarm: Even in the early shorts, Donald has some pretty poor luck with bees.

* BeeAfraid: Even in the early shorts, Donald has some pretty poor luck with bees.

* CartoonConductor: Mickey's role in this cartoon.

** Mostly with Donald's long-billed appearance. Donald also seems to be almost a toned-down ScrewySquirrel here, and is much shorter than Mickey.

* EmpathicEnvironment: Parodied. When Mickey and his band are being carried away by the tornando, he summons the band to stop... and the ''tornado'' stops as well!

The first color WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoon, and still one of his most popular of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, "The Band Concert" is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1935]] cartoon in which Mickey attempts to conduct Gioachino Rossini's ''William Tell'' Overture at an outdoor picnic. But he is frequently interrupted by WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, who keeps distracting the band into playing "[[StandardSnippet Turkey in the Straw]]" [[HammerSpace with his infinite arsenal of fifes.]] HilarityEnsues.

** Mickey's reaction when he turns the next page of the William Tell Overture and sees the extremely complex section called "The Storm".

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Mostly Rossini's ''William Tell Overture'', but also snippets of "Turkey in the Straw" and "The Streets of Cairo".

The first color WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoon, and still one of his most popular of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, ''The Band Concert'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1935]] cartoon in which Mickey attempts to conduct Gioachino Rossini's ''William Tell'' Overture at an outdoor picnic. But he is frequently interrupted by WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, who keeps distracting the band into playing "[[StandardSnippet Turkey in the Straw]]" [[HammerSpace with his infinite arsenal of fifes.]] HilarityEnsues.

!!''The Band Concert'' provides examples of:

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Mostly with Donald's long-billed appearance. Donald also seems to be almost a toned-down ScrewySquirrel here, and is much shorter than Mickey.

* GotMeDoingIt: Some of the band members actually start playing along with Donald's rendition of ''Turkey in the Straw.'' Mickey is not happy.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Mostly Rossini's ''William Tell Overture'', but also snippets of ''Turkey in the Straw'' and ''The Streets of Cairo''.

** Donald playing ''Turkey in the Straw'' on his fifes.

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