This era was not just the dawn of sound in cartoons, but of a cartoon character which would go down in history as the world's most famous mouse. Yes, Mickey makes his debut here, in this cheery tale of life on board a steamboat. The animation is good for it's time, and the plot - though a little simple - is quite jolly. A true classic, and if you ever manage to get it on video, you won't regret it.

• Is actually *not* the first synchronized sound cartoon. Walt Disney's rival Max Fleischer had produced a series of sound Bouncing Ball "Song Car-Tunes", which featured synchronized dialogue and music, starting in 1924, the first of which to be released was Come Take a Trip in My Airship (1924) (although _My Old Kentucky Home (1926/I)_ was the first produced in the series).
• The second Mickey Mouse cartoon to be released, and the first in the series to be made with a synchronized soundtrack.
• One scene that was planned but never animated was at the loading dock. After Mickey loaded the cow onto the boat, he was to have loaded the sow and her piglets as well.