Bletcher would continue voicing Pete until 1960 when the Disney studio closed down the short films department.Ĭomic strip adaptation Main article: The Mail Pilot (comic)Īt around the same time the short was originally released, the Mickey Mouse comic strip published a storyline based on the cartoon, which ran from February 27 through June 10. That daring pilot, Mickey Mouse, stars in The Mail Pilot, which was released on this day in 1933, telling the chilling tale of his journey to fly the mail across the land.

Bletcher defined Pete’s character as a whole, infusing the villain's voice with a speech pattern inspired by 1920s and 1930s gangsters, using such phrases as 'See?!', 'Tough guy, eh?', and referring to law enforcement as 'Coppers'. In depth information about The Mail Pilot (Mickey Saves The Airmail (Home Distribution)), produced by Walt Disney Studios. This is the first cartoon where Billy Bletcher voices Pete, after having made a strong impression on the Disney studio when he voiced the Big Bad Wolf in Walt Disney’s The Three Little Pigs released the same year. Walt Disneys the Perils of Mickey Mouse the Mail Pilot (Golden Books) by Disney Staff and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles.Minnie Mouse (voiced by Marcellite Garner).Mickey delivers the money to Minnie and brings Pete to the authorities. At this point, Pete harpoons him, and Mickey drags Pete through a bell tower, demolishing Pete's plane. Mickey's plane quickly loses its wings and propeller to Pete's armaments, but he improvises a helicopter blade with a clothes-drying rack, then, when that gives way, a replacement prop from a windmill. He battles rain and snow, but his biggest battle is against Pete, who has a plane equipped with a machine gun and a harpoon cannon. Mickey the mail pilot is entrusted with a chest of money.