The Picnic
About The Picnic
Mickey arrives to take Minnie on a picnic. She brings her dog Rover, a bloodhound as big as Mickey. They tie him to the car. Rover sees rabbits, chases them, and drags the car. At the picnic Mickey starts a portable gramophone and the two dance to "In the Good Old Summer Time" while birds and squirrels take the food. A storm breaks. On the way home Rover's tail works as a windshield wiper.
Cast & crew
More about The Picnic
Burt Gillett directed the Mickey Mouse short for Walt Disney. Columbia Pictures distributed it. Wikipedia dates the release 9 October 1930 and calls it the 23rd Mickey Mouse film. The voices listed there are Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, and Lee Millar. Rover is Minnie's dog. The same character, redesigned, is named Pluto in The Moose Hunt (1931).
Themes
In film history
Rover in this short is the first appearance of the dog later called Pluto.
Music
Mickey and Minnie dance to "In the Good Old Summer Time."
Preservation
The short entered the public domain in the United States on 1 January 2026.
Notes
- The Internet Animation Database dates the release 23 October 1930, not 9 October.
- Because of the 1930 copyright date, the short entered the public domain on 1 January 2026.
- Disney Wiki lists a later home-video release on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume 2.
- Wikipedia's plot stops as the rain starts. Later descriptions add Rover wiping the windshield with his tail.
Scenes
- Rover, tied to the car, drags it after a pair of rabbits.
- Animals carry off the picnic while Mickey and Minnie dance.
Influenced
- The Moose Hunt
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Picnic (1930).webm)
