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The first color [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon, and still one of his most popular of the [[Classic Disney Shorts]], ''[[The Band Concert]]'' is a [[The Golden Age of Animation|1935]] cartoon in which Mickey attempts to conduct Giacomo Rossini's ''William Tell'' Overture at a outdoor picnic, but is frequently interrupted by [[Donald Duck]], who attempts to play "[[Standard Snippet|Turkey in the Straw]]" [[Hammerspace|with his infinite arsenal of fifes.]] [[Hilarity Ensues]].

The short currently holds #3 on Jerry Beck's "[[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]]" list, the highest ranking Disney short on it.

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* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Horace Horsecollar hits a colleague instrumentalist with his cymbals and a hammer in an attempt to kill an annoying bee. 
* [[Call Back]]: The Sega CD version of ''[[Mickey Mania]]'' has a level based on this cartoon included as a bonus.
** ''[[House of Mouse]]'' in one episode had Mickey briefly don his band concert uniform for a second when he was shifting through his many designs over the years to prove he was really Mickey in that episode.
** When Mickey meets Horace Horsecollar in ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', Horace tries to entice Mickey's memory of him with this cartoon among others. (The provided photo had Horace [[Rule of Funny|almost out of frame]].)
* [[Cartoon Conductor]]
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Near the end the entire orchestra hangs from a large tree, resembling a Christmas tree. 
* [[Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud]]
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Mostly with Donald's long-billed appearance. Donald also seems to be almost a toned-down [[Screwy Squirrel]] here, and is much shorter than Mickey.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: It's a band concert.
* [[Mickey Mousing]] Despite a lot of the music coming from on-screen instruments, there is still a lot of this going on.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Mickey and several of the band players wear them.
* [[Squirrels in My Pants|Ice Cream In My Pants]]
* [[Running Gag]]:
** Mickey's sleeves are too long and keep falling over his hands and baton. 
** Donald playing ''Turkey in the Straw'' on his fifes.

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