Steamboat Willie and included the songs "Steamboat Bill", a composition popularized by baritone Arthur Collins during the 1910s, and "Turkey in the Straw," a composition popularized within minstrelsy during the 19th century. The title of the film is a parody of the Buster Keaton film "Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928), itself a reference to the song by Collins. Walt Disney performed all of the voices in the film, although there is little intelligible dialogue. While the film has received some criticism, it has also received wide critical acclaim, not only for introducing one of the world's most popular cartoon characters, but for its
Steamboat Bill, Jr. Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" (1928), which was released six months later and is considered the debut of Mickey Mouse. The famous falling house stunt has been re-created several times on film and television (although with lighter materials and more contemporary safety measures in place) including the 1991 "MacGyver" episode "Deadly Silents"; the 2004 "Arrested Development" episode "The One Where They Build a House" (performed by the show's character named Buster); and episode 7 in the first season of "Lucha Underground", with a ladder. "Deadpan", a 1997 work by English film artist and director Steve McQueen, was also inspired by "Steamboat