Mickey's Service Station
| Mickey's Service Station | |
|---|---|
| Mickey Mouse series | |
| Directed by | Ben Sharpsteen |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Voices by |
Walt Disney Clarence Nash Pinto Colvig Billy Bletcher |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Animation by |
Paul Allen Art Babbitt Milt Kahl Eric Larson Dick Lundy Wolfgang Reitherman Bill Tytla |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) |
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| Color process |
Black-and-white Later colorized |
| Running time | 7:22 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Band Concert |
| Followed by | Mickey's Kangaroo |
Mickey's Service Station is a 1935 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The film, which stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy as car mechanics, is notable as the first to feature the three characters as a comedy trio. The film was also the final black-and-white appearance of Donald, Goofy, and Pete, and the penultimate animated black-and-white film produced by Disney after Mickey's Kangaroo which was released later the same year. Mickey's Service Station was directed by Ben Sharpsteen, who at the time, had directed only Silly Symphony shorts, and starred the voices of Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, and Billy Bletcher.
The cartoon has been colorized and is available in color on YouTube and on DVD versions of Disney's House of Mouse.
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy are working at a car service station, working together to fix a broken car. Soon Peg-Leg Pete comes by, and angrily demands that they fix a squeak in his tire. He tells them that if they don't get the job done in ten minutes, they'll have their heads cut off. Scared by the thought, they quickly get to work. Slight gags show them to be inept at car repairing, including scenes where Goofy and Donald pull each other through the car's lights, Mickey getting stuck in a tire several times, and Goofy smashing pieces of the car's engine.
Finally Mickey is able to squeeze a tire and pop out what was making the noise: a grasshopper. The trio smash several pieces of the car with hammers before Mickey is able to drive away the grasshopper. They then get to the job of repairing the car, noticing that their ten minutes are almost up. They are better at repairing the car, though Donald gets accidentally injured a few times and Mickey gets himself stuck in the tire again. When they finally finish the job, Mickey gets in the driver's seat and tests the engine, but Goofy accidentally hits a lever making the stand the car is on go up. Goofy saves the car and Mickey from crashing by making the stand's base land in Goofy's shirt.
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