![]() In Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse, Gijs Grob observes: " The Karnival Kid shows that lip synchronization was far more difficult to master than synchronized sound itself. Walt Disney was thrilled by the progress, but Pat Powers of Celebrity Pictures wasn't, he worried that Mickey speaking English would affect overseas sales of the cartoons. This was the first cartoon in which Mickey speaks. Peg-Leg Pete later appears in a post-credits scene. During the moonlight serenade segment, Mickey and the cats perform a rendition of the barbershop standard Sweet Adeline. During the "Shimmy Dance" sequence, a monkey, performing as a one-man band, plays the Snake Charmer song, the common name for The Streets of Cairo. Stalling's score for The Karnival Kid features two notable themes. The short ends as Mickey is hit with an entire bed and knocked dizzy. Nipp starts throwing things at the three annoyances in an attempt to silence them. The sound delights Minnie but awakens an irate Kat Nipp, who had been resting in a nearby trailer. In the second segment, Mickey attempts to draw Minnie's attention by playing a guitar outside her window and singing "Sweet Adeline", joined by two alley cats who imitate the monotone delivery of vaudeville comedy team Shaw and Lee. Much of the humor in this segment comes from the interaction between Mickey and his hot dogs, with the latter tending to act like actual dogs in relation to their owner/trainer. Mickey catches it and spanks it, concluding the first segment. When she bites into the hot dog, it screams and runs away. She takes a coin out of her stocking to pay, but Mickey, who is clearly attracted to her, refuses to accept the coin and gives it to her for free. However, Minnie soon notices Mickey and calls him over to order a hot dog. As the audience watches the off-screen dance, Mickey calls out "Hot dogs! Hot dogs!", his first spoken line. Nipp briefly gets into a dispute with Mickey over a dancing doll scam. After a few initial sight gags, the action quickly focuses on Kat Nipp, a barker at the carnival who is enticing a crowd to see Minnie, "the Shimmy Dancer." Mickey stands nearby, selling hot dogs and taunting Nipp. The short opens to the scene of a bustling carnival. The second segment is set later that night and features Mickey, accompanied by two cats, in a moonlight serenade. The first segment features Mickey selling hot dogs at a carnival. The Karnival Kid is broken into two distinct segments. The second is a carnival barker - "a direct forerunner, in both looks and behavior, of the later comics character Kat Nipp." The third is Mickey's recurring love interest, Minnie Mouse. Three other recurring characters of the series also appear. ![]() This would later serve as a basis for Mickey's later catchphrase "Hot dog!" (During his first eight appearances Mickey whistled, laughed, cried and otherwise vocally expressed himself.) Mickey's first spoken line is "Hot dogs! Hot dogs!", the voice being provided by composer Carl W. It is the ninth film in the Mickey Mouse film series, and the first in which Mickey speaks. ![]() The short was produced in black and white by The Walt Disney Studio and released to theaters by Celebrity Productions. It was the ninth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the sixth of that year. It was directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks, with music by Carl W. The Karnival Kid is a 1929 Mickey Mouse short animated film released by Celebrity Productions, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series.
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