Fiddlesticks (1930 film)

Flip is seen dancing on lilypads until he reaches land and dries himself off. He walks to a party, where he performs a dance for the audience, accidentally climbing to a spider web. He also performs a duet, playing piano alongside a mouse playing the violin. They perform two songs. In the first song, the mouse starts crying, and so do Flip and the piano. The second song makes Flip start hugging the piano, which then kicks Flip. The cartoon ends with Flip beating on the piano; he kicks all the piano keys into the air, and they drop onto him. ==Significance==

Fiddlesticks was the first in the Flip the Frog series. The sound system was Powers Cinephone, the same system used for Disney's Mickey Mouse shorts starting with Steamboat Willie in 1928 up to 1932, which Ub Iwerks previously worked on from 1928 to 1929. The unnamed mouse in the cartoon bears a striking resemblance to Mortimer Mouse, the original concept behind Mickey Mouse, both of whom were first animated by Ub Iwerks. ==In popular culture==

The cartoon appeared on a television set in the music video for Eminem's song "The Real Slim Shady", which a viewer laughs at. ==References==