Dinner Time

We see the usual Terry animals conniving food out of each other via clever antics. A bird causes a cat to fall from a tall building, gradually losing each of its nine lives. As the cat hits the ground, a drunkard smashes his bottle of "XXX" when he sees the cat come back to life.

Later, we find Farmer Al in front of his butcher shop, trying unsuccessfully to chop a tough cut of meat. Stray dogs overrun the shop and the dogcatcher is called. In the chaos, the dogs escape the wagon and instead put a dazed Al in it. When that mishap is cleared up and Al returns to the shop, he finds the dogs have simply lifted it from its foundation and run off with it. The usual Terry end chase scene ensues.

Farmer Al, Animals

The first cartoon produced and released as a sound cartoon. (Note: "Steamboat Willie" was originally conceived and produced as a silent cartoon, with sound added just before release.)

Premiered at the Mark Strand Theater in New York. This cartoon used the RCA Photophone sound system. Walt Disney called the cartoon "a lot of racket and nothing else."

This cartoon was produced before (though released after) Disney's Steamboat Willie. It played a small but pivotal part in Walt Disney's creation of his first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon. It was this film, shown to Walt in New York on the cusp of recording his track for Steamboat Willie, that gave him the confidence to press on with his plans.