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It was the first cartoon with synchronized sound (sound that matched the pictures) and is widely recognized as the premiere of Mickey Mouse (he had appeared twice before, but it's the first short to get noticed and is incorrectly believed to be his first appearance). It pretty much put Walt Disney and his studio on the map.
It was the third Mickey Mouse cartoon (widely thought to be the first), and the first cartoon with synchronized sound.
Steamboat Willie was "born" on the drawing boards at the newly opened Walt Disney Studios, in 1928.
Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
about 14,400 pictures had to be drawn.
"mickey mouse, steam boat willy " Actually Disney did not produce the first sound cartoon. The fleischer animation studio had been producing sound films for several years. Steamboat Willie was the first sound cartoon to achieve broad public notoriety, although Walt Disney never claimed to have originated the technology, that is entirely apocryphal. Although Edison may have experimented with sound and paper cut out animation in the very early days of film, 'My Old Kentucky Home' a Fleischer cartoon, is generally thought to be the first sound cartoon as we would understand it today.
Ricky Steamboat. undertaker Rob Van Dam AnswerRicky" The Dragon" Steamboat Answer: Actually it was Ricky Steamboat who first used it in the mid 80's Rob Van Dam depending on what tights he wore with the whole yin/ying symbolism as well but ultimately it was Steamboat
Willie Upshaw's birth name is Willie Clay Upshaw.
No, Willie Nelson does not go by Almost Willie. Almost Willie is an impersonator, named Tom Bradshaw, now living in Apache Junction, AZ, or at least he was the last time I talked to him