query: when was mickey mouse created by walt disney

pos: Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character and the mascot of The Walt Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928. An anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves, Mickey is one of the world's most recognizable characters. Created as a replacement for a prior Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey first appeared in the short "Plane Crazy", debuting publicly in the short film "Steamboat Willie" (1928), one of the first sound cartoons. He went on to appear in over

pos: Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character and the mascot of The Walt Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928. An anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves, Mickey is one of the world's most recognizable characters. Created as a replacement for a prior Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey first appeared in the short "Plane Crazy", debuting publicly in the short film "Steamboat Willie" (1928), one of the first sound cartoons. He went on to appear in over

pos: Mickey Mouse universe extensively – "Disney's House of Mouse" (2001–2003). The term "Mickey Mouse universe" is not officially used by The Walt Disney Company, but it has been used by Disney comics author and animation historian David Gerstein. The Walt Disney Company typically uses terms such as Mickey & Friends or Mickey & the Gang to refer to the character franchise. The Mickey Mouse universe essentially originated with the debut of Mickey himself in 1928. Although Mickey's stories included the character Pete, who was created in 1925, the world in which Mickey lives holds a continuity largely independent from earlier films. An exception

pos: Hazel Sewell working at the Walt Disney Studio at the time. Sewell was one of the few employees who stayed after the loss of Oswald. After losing Oswald, Disney created the idea for a cartoon character known as Mickey Mouse. The first Mickey Mouse cartoon was created by a small group of Disney employees. Sewell, Bounds, and Edna Disney were responsible for inking and painting the cels used for the first Mickey Mouse cartoon ever created. The cartoon was titled "Plane Crazy" and it was released in 1928. While "Plane Crazy" struggled to achieve success, the creation of Mickey Mouse led to

pos: Pete (Disney) Pete (Disney) Pete (also called Peg-Leg Pete, Pistol Pete and Black Pete, among other names) is an anthropomorphic cartoon character created in 1925 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. He is a character of The Walt Disney Company and often appears as a nemesis and the main antagonist in Mickey Mouse universe stories. He was originally an anthropomorphic bear but with the advent of Mickey Mouse in 1928, he was defined as a cat. Pete is the oldest continuing Disney character, having debuted three years before Mickey Mouse in the cartoon "Alice Solves the Puzzle" (1925). Pete appeared in 67

pos: Walt Disney remain with him. To replace Oswald, Disney and Iwerks developed Mickey Mouse, possibly inspired by a pet mouse that Disney had adopted while working in his Laugh-O-Gram studio, although the origins of the character are unclear. Disney's original choice of name was Mortimer Mouse, but Lillian thought it too pompous, and suggested Mickey instead. Iwerks revised Disney's provisional sketches to make the character easier to animate, and Disney provided Mickey's voice until 1947. In the words of one Disney employee, "Ub designed Mickey's physical appearance, but Walt gave him his soul." Mickey Mouse first appeared in May 1928 as a

pos: Roaring Twenties decade by unveiling, in 1929, the first all-color, all-talking feature film, "On with the Show". Cartoon shorts were popular in movie theaters during this time. In the late 1920s, Walt Disney emerged. Mickey Mouse made his debut in "Steamboat Willie" on November 18, 1928, at the Colony Theater in New York City. Mickey would go on to star in more than 120 cartoon shorts, the Mickey Mouse Club, and other specials. This would jump-start Disney and lead to creation of other characters going into the 1930s. Oswald, a character created by Disney, before Mickey, in 1927, was contracted by Universal

pos: Disney Music Group used for their cartoons. With neither Walt Disney nor Roy O. Disney having any music industry experience, the studio had to rely on outside music publishers. In 1928, Walt Disney produced the third animated Mickey Mouse short, "Steamboat Willie", which had a soundtrack while previous efforts were silent films. Thus soundtracks are added to the previously two produced Mickey Mouse short films. In 1929, Walt Disney and Carl Stalling wrote "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo", the first song from The Walt Disney Studios, for "Mickey's Follies". On December 16, 1929, the Disney Film Recording Company, Limited was incorporated as a subsidiary of Walt

pos: The Mickey Mouse Club New Mickey Mouse Club, then from 1989–1996 as The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (also known to fans as MMC from 1993–1996) airing exclusively on cable television's The Disney Channel, and again in 2017 with the moniker Club Mickey Mouse airing exclusively on internet social media. Mickey Mouse himself appeared in every show not only in vintage cartoons originally made for theatrical release but in opening, interstitial, and closing segments made especially for the show. In both the vintage cartoons and new animated segments, Mickey was voiced by his creator Walt Disney. (Disney had previously voiced the character theatrically from 1928

pos: Minnie Mouse her grandparents Marshal Mouse and Matilda Mouse. Her best-known relatives, however, remain her uncle Mortimer Mouse and her twin nieces, Millie and Melody Mouse, though most often a single niece, Melody, appears. In many appearances, Minnie is presented as the girlfriend of Mickey Mouse, a close friend of Daisy Duck, and a friend to Clarabelle Cow. On January 22, 2018, she joined the ranks of other animated celebrities (including Mickey Mouse) by receiving her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1928, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created Mickey Mouse to act as a replacement to his previous

pos: The Walt Disney Company and starred in several Disney produced films. Ub Iwerks refined Disney's initial design of Mickey Mouse. Disney's first sound film "Steamboat Willie", a cartoon starring Mickey, was released on November 18, 1928 through Pat Powers' distribution company. It was the first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon released, but the third to be created, behind "Plane Crazy" and "The Gallopin' Gaucho". "Steamboat Willie" was an immediate smash hit, and its initial success was attributed not just to Mickey's appeal as a character, but to the fact that it was the first cartoon to feature synchronized sound. Disney used Pat Powers' Cinephone system,

pos: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit November 1928, as a replacement to compete with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created Mickey Mouse for the Walt Disney Studio. In 2003, Buena Vista Games pitched a concept for an Oswald-themed video game to Disney President and COO Bob Iger, who then became committed to bringing Oswald back to Disney. In 2006, nearly 80 years after the Disney studio broke away from Universal, The Walt Disney Company managed to acquire the intellectual property of Oswald and the catalog of Disney-produced Oswald films (with NBCUniversal effectively trading Oswald for the services of Al Michaels as play-by-play

pos: The Walt Disney Company Disney Media Networks, and Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, A&E Networks, and Freeform; publishing, merchandising, music, and theater divisions; and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a group of 14 theme parks around the world. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1991. Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 and is the signature mascot and emblem for Disney and one of the world's most recognizable characters. On December 14, 2017, Disney announced an agreement to acquire 21st Century

pos: Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse and performed some of the Disney songs to impress Mickey. The show took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and was produced and directed by Don Mischer on November 4, 2018. A large part of Mickey's screen persona is his famously shy, falsetto voice. From 1928 onward, Mickey was voiced by Walt Disney himself, a task in which Disney took great personal pride. However, by 1946, Disney was becoming too busy with running the studio to do regular voice work which meant he could not do Mickey's voice on a regular basis anymore. It is also

pos: Steamboat Willie logo. This cartoon was featured in "Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse" (2002). The Australian Perth Mint releases a 1 kg Gold coin in honour of "Steamboat Willie". The AU$5,000 coin can sell for AU$69,700 as an official Disney licensed product. "Steamboat Willie" was inducted to the National Film Registry in 1998. Steamboat Willie Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black-and-white by Walt Disney Studios and was released by Celebrity Productions. The cartoon is considered the debut of Mickey Mouse and his girlfriend Minnie, although both

pos: Building a Building Building a Building Building a Building is a 1933 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Production and released by United Artists. A remake of the 1928 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film "Sky Scrappers", the cartoon depicts Mickey Mouse working at a construction site under the supervision of Peg-Leg Pete while Minnie Mouse is selling box lunches to the workers. It was directed by David Hand, his first directorial assignment at Disney, and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey, Marcellite Garner as Minnie, and Billy Bletcher as Pete. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for

pos: Building a Building about their decision, but he said that the students did have a point. Building a Building Building a Building is a 1933 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Production and released by United Artists. A remake of the 1928 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film "Sky Scrappers", the cartoon depicts Mickey Mouse working at a construction site under the supervision of Peg-Leg Pete while Minnie Mouse is selling box lunches to the workers. It was directed by David Hand, his first directorial assignment at Disney, and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey, Marcellite Garner as Minnie, and

pos: Universal Pictures losing money. Universal owned the rights to the "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" character, although Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks had created Oswald, and their films had enjoyed a successful theatrical run. After Charles Mintz had unsuccessfully demanded that Disney accept a lower fee for producing the property, Mintz produced the films with his own group of animators. Instead, Disney and Iwerks created Mickey Mouse, who in 1928 starred in the first "sync" sound animated short, "Steamboat Willie". This moment effectively launched Walt Disney Studios' foothold, while Universal became a minor player in film animation. Universal subsequently severed its link to

neg: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (also The Floyd Gottfredson Library) is a series of books collecting the span of work by Floyd Gottfredson on the daily Mickey Mouse comic strip. The strips are reproduced from Disney proof sheets and artwork from private collections. The strip debuted on January 13, 1930, and was initially written by Walt Disney and drawn first by Ub Iwerks, then by Win Smith. Gottfredson took over the strip when Disney and Smith found themselves too busy, and he continued with it until 1975. These volumes start with Gottfredson's work from April 1, 1930,

neg: Mickey Mouse replaced by the adventures of "Tuffolino", a new human character created by Federico Pedrocchi (script) and Pier Lorenzo De Vita (art). After the downfall of Italy's fascist government in 1945, the ban was removed. Mickey has been announced to star in two films. One is a live-action/CGI hybrid film based on the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort, while the other is a film idea pitched by Walt Disney Animation Studios veteran Burny Mattinson centering on Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character and the mascot of The Walt

neg: Ub Iwerks Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story", was released in 1999, followed by a book written by Leslie Iwerks and John Kenworthy in 2001. The documentary, created by Iwerks' granddaughter Leslie Iwerks, was released as part of (disc two of The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit collection). A feature film released in 2014 "Walt Before Mickey", showed how Ub Iwerks, portrayed by Armando Gutierrez, and Walt Disney portrayed by Thomas Ian Nicholas co-created Mickey Mouse. The sixth episode from the second season of "Drunk History" ("Hollywood"), tells about Ub's work relationship with Disney, with stress on the creation of Mickey Mouse.

neg: Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media Experiences and Consumer Products, but instead was transferred to Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International. Disney Consumer Products, Inc. was a subsidiary and segment of the Walt Disney Company dealing with retailing and licensing Disney IP. DCPI's origins trace back to 1929, when Walt Disney licensed the image of Mickey Mouse for use on a children's writing tablet. On December 16 of that year, Walt Disney Productions formed the Walt Disney Enterprises (WDE) division to handle merchandising. The Mickey Mouse doll production by Charlotte Clark started shortly after in January 1930. The WDE division also hired George Borgfeldt & Company of New

neg: The Mickey Mouse Club The Mickey Mouse Club The Mickey Mouse Club is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned in 2017 to social media. Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first televised for four seasons, from 1955 to 1959, by ABC. This original run featured a regular but ever-changing cast of mostly teen performers. ABC broadcast reruns weekday afternoons during the 1958–1959 season, airing right after "American Bandstand". The show was revived three times after its initial 1955–1959 run on ABC, first from 1977–1979 for first-run syndication as The

neg: Mickey Mouse universe to operate on Pluto by attaching his body to that of a chicken; this entire sequence turned out to be a dream. Many years later, he served as a major antagonist in both "Epic Mickey" games. Duffy the Disney Bear is a character that can be found at the Disney Parks and Resorts. As the story goes, Minnie Mouse created Duffy for Mickey Mouse as he was packing for a long voyage at sea. Duffy is available for purchase and at "meet and greets." Although originally created for and briefly sold at Walt Disney World's Once Upon a Toy shop

neg: Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers is an American direct-to-video animated family musical action comedy based on original characters of "Mickey Mouse universe" from Mickey Mouse by Walt Disney and film adaptations of the novel "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas, père. As the title suggests, it features Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy as the three musketeers. This film was directed by Donovan Cook, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and the Australian office of DisneyToon Studios. It was released directly to VHS and DVD on August 17, 2004 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment,

neg: The Mickey Mouse Club could not be aired on any major network. This left "Walt Disney Presents" (initially titled "Disneyland", later retitled the "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" when it moved to NBC) as the only Disney series left on prime time until 1972 when "The Mouse Factory" went on the air. The prohibition against major U.S. broadcast network play of the original "Mickey Mouse Club" (or any later version) became moot when Disney acquired ABC in 1996, but no plans have been announced for an ABC airing of any version of "The Mickey Mouse Club" produced between 1955 and 1996 or for

neg: Mickey Mouse a Christmas". Many television series have centered on Mickey, such as the ABC shows "Mickey Mouse Works" (1999–2000), "Disney's House of Mouse" (2001–2003), Disney Channel's "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" (2006–2016), and "Mickey and the Roadster Racers" (2017–). Prior to all these, Mickey was also featured as an unseen character in the "Bonkers" episode "You Oughta Be In Toons". Mickey has recently been announced to star in two films. One is being based on the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort, while the other is a film idea pitched by Walt Disney Animation Studios veteran Burny Mattinson centering

neg: Mickey Mouse "Mickey's Orphans" (1931). Walt Disney also received an honorary Academy Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse. Despite being eclipsed by the Silly Symphonies short the "Three Little Pigs" in 1933, Mickey still maintained great popularity among theater audiences too, until 1935, when polls showed that Popeye was more popular than Mickey. By 1934, Mickey merchandise had earned $600,000.00 a year. In 1935, Disney began to phase out the Mickey Mouse Clubs, due to administration problems. About this time, story artists at Disney were finding it increasingly difficult to write material for Mickey. As he had developed into a role

neg: Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse cartoons credited them as "A Walt Disney Comic, drawn by Ub Iwerks". Later Disney Company reissues of the early cartoons tend to credit Walt Disney alone. Disney and his remaining staff continued the production of the Mickey series, and he was able to eventually find a number of animators to replace Iwerks. As the Great Depression progressed and Felix the Cat faded from the movie screen, Mickey's popularity would rise, and by 1932 The Mickey Mouse Club would have one million members. At the 5th Academy Awards in 1932, Mickey received his first Academy Award nomination, received for

neg: The Little Whirlwind the duration of World War II. The short can be found on the "Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Color" Volume 2 and on "Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites Starring Mickey" Volume 1. It was included in the 2018 Blu-ray/DVD/Digital "Celebrating Mickey" compilation. The Little Whirlwind The Little Whirlwind is a 1941 animated short subject, part of the "Mickey Mouse" series, produced by Walt Disney for Walt Disney Productions. The short was released by RKO Radio Pictures on February 14, 1941. The film was directed by Riley Thomson, and animated by Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Ken Muse, Jim Armstrong,

neg: Mickey Mouse Weekly Mickey Mouse Weekly Mickey Mouse Weekly was a weekly British tabloid comic, the first with full colour photogravure printing. 920 issues were published by Willbank Publications and then Odhams Press between 8 February 1936 and 28 December 1957. The comics were said to be "drawn in a slick, smooth style which was clearly influenced by American comics". On 21 July 1951, Enid Blyton's "The Secret Seven" began appearing in the "Mickey Mouse Weekly". It ceased production after Odhams lost the rights to the Disney characters. Non-Disney content was continued in the "Zip" comics, and Walt Disney then published "Walt Disney's

neg: Mickey Mouse universe was originally going to be named Mortimer. Lillian Disney, Walt's wife, suggested the name Mickey instead. The first Mortimer was created by Walt Disney and Floyd Gottfredson for the comics. He was Minnie Mouse's ranch-owning cattleman uncle. He first appeared in the serial "Mickey Mouse in Death Valley" (1930). After that, he appeared or was referenced in many other Mickey Mouse comic strip adventures in the 1930s. He has occasionally appeared in more modern comics. In the 1936 cartoon short "Mickey's Rival", the second Mortimer was introduced as Mickey's competitor for Minnie's affections. In the comics, this Mortimer was briefly

neg: Mickey Mouse came to be. The actor Mickey Rooney claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him. This claim, however, has been debunked by Disney historian Jim Korkis, since at the time of Mickey Mouse's development, Disney Studios had been located on Hyperion Avenue for several years, and Walt Disney never kept an office or other working space at Warner Brothers, having no professional relationship with Warner Brothers, as the Alice Comedies and Oswald cartoons were distributed by Universal. Throughout the earlier

neg: The Mickey Mouse Club band Super Junior. The show ended on December 17, 2015. On May 4, 2017, it was announced that "Club Mickey Mouse" will be created in Malaysia. The format will include musical performances, games and comedy sketches. The series is hosted by YouTube personality, Charis Ow, and premiered on Disney Channel Asia on September 15, 2017. The series was renewed for the second season, which premiered on July 6, 2018. The Mickey Mouse Club The Mickey Mouse Club is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned in 2017 to social media. Created by Walt

neg: Partners (statue) Partners (statue) Partners is a 1993 copper statue by Blaine Gibson depicting Walt Disney holding the hand of the most popular character he created, Mickey Mouse. The statue is 6’ 5”, seven inches taller than Disney himself. It is the central point of attention as people walk past it to enter a few of the Disney parks. Gibson took a year to sculpt this piece. He used a bust of Walt Disney, created in 1960, as his model for Disney’s half of the sculpture. Gibson, however, had to be a little more creative when sculpting Disney and Mickey’s conjoined hands.

neg: Mickey Mouse The Walt Disney Company and of the United States itself. For this reason, Mickey has been used frequently in anti-American satire, such as the infamous underground cartoon ""Mickey Mouse in Vietnam"" (1969). There have been numerous parodies of Mickey Mouse, such as the 2-page parody ""Mickey Rodent"" by Will Elder (published in "Mad" #19, 1955) in which the mouse walks around unshaven and jails Donald Duck out of jealousy over the duck's larger popularity. The grotesque Rat Fink character was created by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth over his hatred of Mickey Mouse. In "The Simpsons Movie", Bart Simpson puts a

neg: Pluto (Disney) Pluto (Disney) Pluto, also called Pluto the Pup, is a cartoon dog created in 1930 at Walt Disney Productions. He is a yellow-orange color, medium-sized, short-haired dog with black ears. Unlike most Disney characters, Pluto is not anthropomorphic beyond some characteristics such as facial expression. He is Mickey Mouse's pet. Officially a mixed-breed dog, he made his debut as a bloodhound in the Mickey Mouse cartoon "The Chain Gang". Together with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and Goofy, Pluto is one of the "Sensational Six"—the biggest stars in the Disney universe. Though all six are non-human animals,

neg: The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song The Mouseketeers 12. I'm No Fool: "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1956) - Cliff Edwards 13. You, The Human Animal: "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1956) - Cliff Edwards 14. Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater: "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955) - The Mouseketeers/Jimmie Dodd 15. Wonderful World Of Color (Main Title): Walt Disney anthology television series (1961) - The Wellingtons 16. The Spectrum Song: Walt Disney anthology television series (1961) - Paul Frees 17. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett: "Davy Crockett" (1955) - The Mellomen 18. The Swamp Fox: "The Swamp Fox" (1959) - Leslie Nielsen 19. The Wonderful World Of Disney

neg: Get a Horse! Get a Horse! Get a Horse! is a 2013 American 3D animated slapstick comedy short film, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Combining black-and-white hand-drawn animation and color CGI animation, the short features the characters of the late 1920s "Mickey Mouse" cartoons, and features archival recordings of Walt Disney in his posthumous role as Mickey Mouse. It is the first original Mickey Mouse theatrical animated short since "Runaway Brain" (1995), and the first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in a Disney animated production in 85 years. Mickey Mouse walks from his house and spots Horace Horsecollar pulling a hay

neg: The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons. Broadcast from the Disney Little Theater on the RKO lot from January 2 to May 15, 1938, the program was created to promote the February 1938 release of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". In addition to "Snow White" (January 9, 1938), other shows in the series included "Mother Goose Land," "Cinderella," "King Neptune," "The Pied Piper," "The Old Woman in the Shoe" and "Old MacDonald." Walt Disney did

neg: Mickey's Polo Team Mickey's Polo Team Mickey's Polo Team is a 1936 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon features a game of polo played between four Disney characters, led by Mickey Mouse, and four cartoon versions of real-life movie stars. It was directed by David Hand and was first released on January 4, 1936. The film was inspired by Walt Disney's personal love of polo. The cartoon features cameos of many Disney characters from the "Mickey Mouse" and "Silly Symphony" film series, as well as several real-world 1930s entertainment figures. Mickey Mouse is

neg: Just Mickey Just Mickey Just Mickey (alternately titled Fiddlin' Around) is a 1930 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The film is a one-person show with Mickey Mouse playing a violin on stage as a; as indicated by the title, Mickey is the only character to appear in the film. It was directed by Walt Disney and is the first Mickey cartoon not animated by Ub Iwerks. Curtains part, and Mickey Mouse enters a stage, with his violin, to a more or less receptive audience. Mickey plays Traumerei and an Hungarian Dance no. 5 and

neg: Mickey Mouse would later turn up as Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar. A male frog was also rejected. It would later show up in Iwerks' own "Flip the Frog" series. Walt Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from a tame mouse at his desk at Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1925, Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. These inspired Ub Iwerks to create a new mouse character for Disney. "Mortimer Mouse" had been Disney's original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse

neg: Donald Duck US and "Superduck" in the UK) were created. The origins of Donald Duck's name may have been inspired by Australian cricket legend Donald Bradman. In 1932 Bradman and the Australian team were touring North America and he made the news after being dismissed for a duck against New York West Indians. Walt Disney was in the process of creating a friend for Mickey Mouse when he possibly read about Bradman's dismissal in the papers and decided to name the new character "Donald Duck". Voice performer Clarence Nash auditioned for Walt Disney Studios when he learned that Disney was looking for

neg: Mickey's Surprise Party Mickey's Surprise Party Mickey's Surprise Party is a 1939 Walt Disney commercial cartoon that promotes Nabisco products. It stars Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and Fifi. This is the first cartoon of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse with their current designs. This is notable for being the first Disney commercial short sponsored by a company, and one of a few Disney cartoons to be in the public domain. Walt Disney hated the idea of public commercials, and swore he would not do one until then. The cartoon was shown at the 1939 New York World's Fair. This cartoon was included

neg: Mickey's Surprise Party fades to the Nabisco logo. Mickey's Surprise Party Mickey's Surprise Party is a 1939 Walt Disney commercial cartoon that promotes Nabisco products. It stars Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and Fifi. This is the first cartoon of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse with their current designs. This is notable for being the first Disney commercial short sponsored by a company, and one of a few Disney cartoons to be in the public domain. Walt Disney hated the idea of public commercials, and swore he would not do one until then. The cartoon was shown at the 1939 New York World's

neg: Mickey Mouse Works Mickey Mouse Works Mickey Mouse Works (also known as Disney's Mickey MouseWorks) is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation featuring the Disney cartoon character Mickey Mouse and his friends in a series of animated shorts. It is the first Disney television animated series to be broadcast in HD. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Pluto and Ludwig Von Drake all star in their own segments while Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Chip 'n Dale, Scrooge McDuck, Pete, Humphrey the Bear, J. Audubon Woodlore, Dinah the Dachshund, Butch the Bulldog,

neg: Mickey Mouse (comic book) printed with a single cover design. The original title "Mickey Mouse" replaced "Mickey Mouse & Friends" beginning with issue #304. In 2011, the Boom! Studios titles changed to Kaboom! However, by October of that year all Disney comics, including Mickey Mouse, ceased publication. Kaboom's final Mickey Mouse single issue was #309. In 2015, IDW Publishing in San Diego began publishing new Disney comics. The first new "Mickey Mouse" comic was numbered "#1 (310)" and was released on June 3, 2015. IDW also launched "Donald Duck", "Uncle Scrooge" and "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" at the time. IDW issues of "Mickey

neg: Mickey Mouse (TV series) digital purchase. On July 15, 2017, it was announced that a Mickey-themed attraction, "Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway", will be coming to the Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park at Walt Disney World, replacing The Great Movie Ride. The new ride will be based on the series and will involve guests watching the premiere of a new Mickey Mouse cartoon and then entering the cartoon itself. The show's creative team, including Paul Rudish, Joseph Holt and composer Christopher Willis, is working with Walt Disney Imagineering to create the attraction. Mickey Mouse (TV series) Mickey Mouse is an American animated television series

neg: Partners (statue) December 5, 2001. The final statue is located in Disneyland Paris in Walt Disney Studios Park on March 16, 2002. Partners (statue) Partners is a 1993 copper statue by Blaine Gibson depicting Walt Disney holding the hand of the most popular character he created, Mickey Mouse. The statue is 6’ 5”, seven inches taller than Disney himself. It is the central point of attention as people walk past it to enter a few of the Disney parks. Gibson took a year to sculpt this piece. He used a bust of Walt Disney, created in 1960, as his model for Disney’s

neg: Lillian Disney she was very proud to have suggested the name "Mickey Mouse" instead of Mortimer. At the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, Walt Disney named his 1:8-scale live steam locomotive the "Lilly Belle" in his wife's honor. Additionally, Walt named one of the Disneyland Railroad cars the "Lilly Belle" in her honor, and the Walt Disney World Railroad has a locomotive also named "Lilly Belle", where each locomotive is named for someone who greatly contributed to the Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Imagineering created "The Empress Lilly", a paddle steamer replica, at Walt Disney World in Disney Springs and Lillian christened it on

neg: The Walt Disney Company created by Powers using Lee de Forest's Phonofilm system. "Steamboat Willie" premiered at B. S. Moss's Colony Theater in New York City, now The Broadway Theatre. Disney's "Plane Crazy" and "The Gallopin' Gaucho" were then retrofitted with synchronized sound tracks and re-released successfully in 1929. Disney continued to produce cartoons with Mickey Mouse and other characters, and began the Silly Symphony series with Columbia Pictures signing on as Symphonies distributor in August 1929. In September 1929, theater manager Harry Woodin requested permission to start a Mickey Mouse Club which Walt approved. In November, test comics strips were sent to King

neg: Just Mickey common title and it was shown on the recreated title card seen the Walt Disney Treasures DVD release "Mickey Mouse In Black And White: Volume 2", as no original release print with the title had yet surfaced. In 2009, David Gerstein uncovered an original 1930 release print which shows the title as "Fiddling Around", implying that "Just Mickey" was a working title. Just Mickey Just Mickey (alternately titled Fiddlin' Around) is a 1930 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The film is a one-person show with Mickey Mouse playing a violin on stage

neg: Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media Disney Stores, Walt Disney Records and Disney Interactive. In March 1998, Walt Disney Records and Walt Disney Music Publishing were transferred out of DCP to Buena Vista Music Group in the Disney studio division. By 1998, Pooh outsold Mickey Mouse $316 million to $114 million through November of that year in just-licensed-toy sales. By replacing Sears with 100 licensees including Mattel, Hallmark, Timex, Tupperware and Royal Daulton, DCP has since increased Pooh product lines from $390 million to $3.3 billion. With Mickey Mouse and other characters on products everywhere and a general retail decline in 2000, DCP had registered operating

neg: Mickey's Delayed Date Mickey's Delayed Date Mickey's Delayed Date is a cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released on October 3, 1947. The film was directed by Charles Nichols and was animated by Jerry Hathcock, George Kreisl, George Nicholas, Harry Holt, Bob Youngquist, Marvin Woodward, and Max Cox with effects animation by Jack Boyd and Andy Engman. It was the last Mickey Mouse cartoon featuring Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse. Minnie Mouse is calling Mickey to remind him about their date, which he has totally forgotten about while sleeping on the couch. With the help of Pluto,

neg: Mickey Mouse has been licensed by Disney to appear on many different kinds of merchandise. Mickey was produced as plush toys and figurines, and Mickey's image has graced almost everything from T-shirts to lunchboxes. Largely responsible for Disney merchandising in the 1930s was Kay Kamen (1892–1949) who was called a "stickler for quality." Kamen was recognized by The Walt Disney Company as having a significant part in Mickey's rise to stardom and was named a Disney Legend in 1998. At the time of his 80th-anniversary celebration in 2008, "Time" declared Mickey Mouse one of the world's most recognized characters, even when compared

neg: Mickey's Amateurs Mickey's Amateurs Mickey's Amateurs is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Originally entitled Mickey's Amateur Concert during production, the cartoon depicts an amateur talent show hosted by Mickey Mouse. It was co-directed by Pinto Colvig, Erdman Penner, and Walt Pfeiffer, and features original and adapted music by Oliver Wallace. The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald Duck, Florence Gill as Clara Cluck, and Pinto Colvig as Pete and Goofy. Mickey Mouse is hosting an amateur talent show in front of a live audience for radio,

neg: Mickey's House of Villains Mickey's House of Villains Mickey's House of Villains (also known as House of Mouse: The Villains) is a 2002 direct-to-video animated film produced by The Walt Disney Company (Walt Disney Television Animation and Toon City Animation, Inc., Manila, Philippines, with animation coordination by Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida. It is based on the Disney Channel animated television series, "Disney's House of Mouse" and a sequel to the direct-to-video animated film "", starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Daisy Duck and Disney Villains that have appeared in past Disney productions. It was released on both VHS and DVD by

neg: Giantland Giantland Giantland is a 1933 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by United Artists. The film is an adaptation of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" with Mickey Mouse in the title role. Mickey is voiced by Walt Disney and Mickey's nephews are voiced by Marcellite Garner, who at the time usually voiced Minnie Mouse. The film was the artistic predecessor to later Disney films such as "Gulliver Mickey" (1934), "Brave Little Tailor" (1938), and "Fun and Fancy Free" (1947). It also marked the animated debut of Mickey's nephews, although the large number of them

neg: Minnie Mouse a flamethrower in a botched attempt to incinerate their would-be superhuman saviors. After the robot Syndrome is congealed by Frozone, Mickey and Minnie are finally liberated, the Walt Disney World Resort is restored to its former glory, and the Incredibles become Mickey and Minnie's newest friends. Minnie was first voiced by Walt Disney, who was also the original voice of Mickey Mouse. Marjorie Ralston, a Disney inker who joined the animation team as Disney's thirteenth employee, voiced her in the 1929 short "Wild Waves", but did not further pursue the role out of shyness. Then, from 1930 until 1939, she

neg: Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist) James MacDonald did the first test yodeling for the dwarfs in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) before they brought in professional yodelers as well as doing some sounds for Dopey such as his hiccuping and sobbing. By 1947, Walt Disney was getting too busy and too hoarse from smoking to continue voicing Mickey Mouse, so he was replaced by MacDonald after the film "Fun and Fancy Free" (1947). MacDonald voiced Mickey Mouse until 1977, when he was replaced by young Disney sound-effects man Wayne Allwine for "The New Mickey Mouse Club" MacDonald was the original voice actor for

neg: The Magical Music of Walt Disney The Magical Music of Walt Disney The Magical Music of Walt Disney is a 4-volume compilation album of Disney music and songs up through 1978, to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Mickey Mouse. However, it did not put The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Alice in Wonderland, The Aristocats, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks on the records. 1. Mickey Mouse Revue 2. Steamboat Willie 3. Mickey's Early Years (1929 – 1934) 4. Maestro Mickey Conducts (1935 – 1942) 5. Three Little Pigs (1933) 1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 2. Fantasia (1940) 3. Pinocchio (1940) 1. Dumbo

neg: Golden age of American animation has never been clear. Walt Disney said that he came up with the idea on the train ride back to Los Angeles shortly after the confrontation with Mintz, but other records say that he came up with the idea after he returned to the studio. Walt Disney once said that he was inspired by a pet mouse he once had at the old Laugh-O-Grams studio, but more commonly said that he chose a mouse because a mouse had never been the central character of a cartoon series before. Some animation historians claim that Ub Iwerks created Mickey and he should

neg: Orphan's Benefit Orphan's Benefit Orphan's Benefit is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was first released as a black-and-white cartoon in 1934 and was later remade in Technicolor in 1941 under the title Orphans' Benefit. The cartoon features Mickey Mouse and his friends putting on a Vaudeville-style benefit show for a group of unruly orphans. It contains a number of firsts for Disney, including the first time in which Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck appear together. "Orphan's Benefit" features original music by Frank Churchill. The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald, and Florence

neg: Walt Disney Presents: Annette the MMC. A remixed version with special messages from Frankie Avalon, Shelley Fabares, Paul Anka, Tommy Sands and Mickey Mouse was released on the 2-CD boxed set from 1993, "Annette: A Musical Reunion with America's Girl Next Door" The TV show was also adapted into a comic book by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Dell Comics. Walt Disney Presents: Annette Walt Disney Presents: Annette is a television serial that ran on "The Mickey Mouse Club" during the show's third season (1957–1958). It starred Annette Funicello as Annette McCleod (pronounced mik-clowd), a poor, orphaned country girl who moves into town with her

neg: The Karnival Kid The Karnival Kid The Karnival Kid, also known as Carnival Days, is a 1929 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black and white by The Walt Disney Studio and released to theaters by Celebrity Productions. It is the ninth film in the "Mickey Mouse" film series, and the first in which Mickey speaks. (During his first eight appearances Mickey whistled, laughed, cried and otherwise vocally expressed himself.) Mickey's first spoken words were, "Hot dogs! Hot dogs!", the voice being provided by someone else other than Walt Disney. Besides Mickey, three other

neg: Shared universe comics published in "Doctor Who Magazine" and other publications. Television network The CW houses the Arrowverse, a shared universe of television shows based on characters from DC Comics. The Mickey Mouse universe dates back to the 1930s when the animated cartoon was expanded into a newspaper strip. Although the characters occasionally portray other roles and with other names, the writers address this discrepancy by thinking of the characters as being "employed" by Disney as actors. Walt Disney, when asked whether or not Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were married, replied that the mice were indeed married in their "private li[ves]",

neg: Mickey Mouse Revue a planning mistake. The animatronic Mickey currently resides in the Walt Disney Archives, and was put on display at the D23 Expo in 2011. The animatronics of Donald, Jose and Panchito were put on display at D23's "Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th" event. In 2015, the figures were redressed and placed into the finale of Epcot's "Gran Fiesta Tour" attraction following a refurbishment in December of that year. Mickey Mouse Revue The Mickey Mouse Revue was an indoor audio-animatronic stage show in the Fantasyland areas of the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland theme parks. It was one of the

neg: Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip is a 1940 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was directed by Clyde Geronimi and features original music by Leigh Harline and Oliver Wallace. The film was animated by Clyde Geronimi, Ken Muse, Ed Love, Marvin Woodward, and Ray Abrams. The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey, Lee Millar as Pluto, and Billy Bletcher as Pete. The cartoon follows Mickey Mouse and his dog Pluto traveling by train, avoiding a rule forbidding dogs; Pete plays a menacing conductor

neg: Air Pirates in July & August 1971), created by O'Neill, London, and Hallgren, focused on Walt Disney characters, most notably from Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse newspaper strip, with the Disney characters engaging in adult behaviors such as sex and drug consumption. O'Neill insisted it would dilute the parody to change the names of the characters, so his adventurous mouse character was called "Mickey". Ted Richards took on the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs, opening up a second wave of parody attacking Disney's appropriation of European (and American) folklore. In doing so, they infringed Disney's copyrights by using characters the

neg: Mickey and the Seal shower, which concludes the cartoon. Mickey and the Seal Mickey and the Seal is a cartoon short created by Walt Disney in 1948. It was nominated for Academy Award for Animated Short Film, but lost to Tom and Jerry cartoon "The Little Orphan", which shared one of seven Oscars for the Tom and Jerry series. This cartoon was featured in the video game "Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse". Mickey Mouse visits the seal exhibit at a zoo. He makes the seals perform tricks by feeding them fish. One young seal escapes from the exhibit to get more fish and

neg: Mickey and the Seal Mickey and the Seal Mickey and the Seal is a cartoon short created by Walt Disney in 1948. It was nominated for Academy Award for Animated Short Film, but lost to Tom and Jerry cartoon "The Little Orphan", which shared one of seven Oscars for the Tom and Jerry series. This cartoon was featured in the video game "Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse". Mickey Mouse visits the seal exhibit at a zoo. He makes the seals perform tricks by feeding them fish. One young seal escapes from the exhibit to get more fish and ends up inside Mickey's basket.

neg: Mickey's Fire Brigade Mickey's Fire Brigade Mickey's Fire Brigade is a 1935 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy employed as firefighters responding to a hotel fire. It was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald, Pinto Colvig as Goofy, and Elvia Allman as Clarabelle Cow. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy are firefighters responding to a hotel fire. Mickey drives a contemporary style hook-and-ladder fire truck, Donald is standing on the stack of ladders on the

neg: Eternity Comics for the struggle, creators David Lawrence and Ron Lim surrendered: the title returned to Eternity and was later published in a revamped version by Malibu. Eternity's 1989 publication of "The Uncensored Mouse", which reprinted Mickey Mouse comics from the 1930s — without Disney's permission — led to a run-in with Walt Disney Productions. Eternity printed "The Uncensored Mouse" with totally black covers, bagged (to prevent casual buyers from flipping through the comic), and the inside of the comic had a printed notice: "Mickey Mouse is a registered trademark of Walt Disney Productions" so as not to confuse the market that

neg: Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse they notice. Mickey wishes everyone a Merry Christmas as Tinker Bell ends the film. In addition, certain pieces of animation in the "House" segments are recycled the series episodes "Clarabelle's Christmas List", "Pete's Christmas Caper", "House of Turkey" and "Mickey vs. Shelby". Also, clips from the "Mickey Mouse Works" short "Mickey's Christmas Chaos" are played at one point. Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse is a 2001 American direct-to-video animated film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Television Animation. It is the first of

neg: Mickey in Arabia Mickey in Arabia Mickey in Arabia is a 1932 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. Walt Disney plays Mickey Mouse and Marcellite Garner plays Minnie. The date of its release is thought to be 18 July 1932, but at least one source gives July 11 as the date. Mickey and Minnie are riding camel-back through the Arabian Desert and happen upon a lively town. Dismounting within, the mice take some amusing photographs whilst their naughty camel slurps up the contents of a beer barrel. As Minnie Mouse backs away with her camera

neg: Walt Disney Presents (attraction) from the upcoming "Toy Story" Land, , and Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway. Walt Disney Presents (attraction) Walt Disney Presents is an interactive gallery located on Mickey Avenue in Disney's Hollywood Studios featuring memorabilia from the Disney archives. Visitors are shown artifacts from Walt Disney's life and from the history of the company he founded from his birth in 1901 through the company's vision for the future. In addition, the attraction includes a short film of Walt Disney's life that explores the extraordinary hardships he overcame, as well as previously unseen footage, including Walt talking about his creation, Mickey Mouse.

neg: Disney comics Disney comics Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by The Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on. In 1940, Western Publishing began producing Disney comic books in the United States. The most notable American Disney comics books are "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" and "Uncle Scrooge". In recent decades, Disney comics have seen a decline of popularity in their country of origin. In the rest of the world Disney comics have been very successful, especially in Europe. The first Disney

neg: Mickey Mouse universe Los Angeles specifically for cartoon characters, is presented as Mickey's home. In some 1920s and 1930s Disney press releases and magazines, Mickey was described as living in Hollywood—even though the rural setting of the actual cartoons and comics had little in common with the actual Hollywood. In the film "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip" (1940) Mickey and Pluto live in the real world city of Burbank, California, home of Walt Disney Studios. In "Kingdom Hearts" and its sequel "Kingdom Hearts II", both the Mouseton and Duckburg characters live in a realm called "Disney Castle." The Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

neg: Mickey's 50 Mickey's 50 Mickey's 50 is a 1978 television special honouring the 50-year anniversary of the debut of Walt Disney's animated character Mickey Mouse. The show aired on NBC on November 19, 1978, one day after Mickey's official birthday, as a special 90-minute edition of "The Wonderful World of Disney". This show covers the history and career of Mickey Mouse from his humble beginnings in the first Disney sound cartoon "Steamboat Willie" to his popularity in the 1930s, his presence on television through "The Mickey Mouse Club", and his role as the official host of Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Also

neg: Criticism of The Walt Disney Company Ring" aired, Lisa de Moraes of "The Washington Post" suggested creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were using the Jonas Brothers in the thirteenth season debut as a means of improving the show's ratings; Comedy Central executives, however, insisted Jonas Brothers fans do not fit into "South Park"'s demographic of males aged from 18 to 49. The Walt Disney Company, the Disney Channel and the Mickey Mouse cartoon character are also prominently featured, and spoofed, in the episode; even when Mickey Mouse says callous things or physically assaults people, he follows up most statements with the character's trademark high-pitched "Ha

neg: Blue Rhythm Blue Rhythm Blue Rhythm is a 1931 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse and depicts a multifaceted performance of W. C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues." It was directed by Burt Gillett and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie Mouse. The concert opens with Mickey on piano. His shadow is cast dramatically on the curtain as he plays a classical interlude. Soon he transitions into a ragtime version of "St. Louis Blues." Minnie struts onstage and sings the verse "I hate

neg: Good Morning, Mickey! Good Morning, Mickey! Good Morning, Mickey! is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It was first aired on April 18, 1983 when Disney Channel was launched. It was one of The Disney Channel's first original programs, and the first program to air at the channel's launch. It featured Disney animated shorts. Although Mickey Mouse shorts were the primary programming, additional cartoons featuring Goofy, Donald Duck, Chip 'n' Dale, Pluto, and others were also shown. Its time-slot for its early run was at 7 a.m. Eastern/Pacific Time, making it the first program of The Disney Channel's

neg: Duffy the Disney Bear nameless teddy bear. As the current Duffy story goes, Minnie Mouse hand sewed Duffy for Mickey Mouse as he was packing for a long voyage at sea and presented him in a duffel bag, hence his name. Duffy the Disney Bear Duffy the Disney Bear is a Disney parks stuffed bear that can be found at the Tokyo Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and formerly at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park in California, and Walt Disney World in Florida. Duffy has two Mickey Mouse features, similar shaped face and hip Mickey birthmark. Duffy is unique among Disney

neg: Walt Disney Presents (attraction) Walt Disney Presents (attraction) Walt Disney Presents is an interactive gallery located on Mickey Avenue in Disney's Hollywood Studios featuring memorabilia from the Disney archives. Visitors are shown artifacts from Walt Disney's life and from the history of the company he founded from his birth in 1901 through the company's vision for the future. In addition, the attraction includes a short film of Walt Disney's life that explores the extraordinary hardships he overcame, as well as previously unseen footage, including Walt talking about his creation, Mickey Mouse. The film was originally hosted by Michael Eisner, but after Eisner stepped down

neg: Duffy the Disney Bear Duffy the Disney Bear Duffy the Disney Bear is a Disney parks stuffed bear that can be found at the Tokyo Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and formerly at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park in California, and Walt Disney World in Florida. Duffy has two Mickey Mouse features, similar shaped face and hip Mickey birthmark. Duffy is unique among Disney characters in that he was not first featured in a Disney movie or TV show until he made his television debut in the 2010 "Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade". The Disney Bear was originally created for and

neg: Mickey Mouse Game Boy Advance, while Mickey made his sixth generation era debut in "Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse", a Nintendo GameCube title aimed at younger audiences. Mickey plays a major role in the "Kingdom Hearts" series, as the king of Disney Castle and aide to the protagonist, Sora. King Mickey wields the Keyblade, a weapon in the form of a key that has the power to open any lock and combat darkness. "Epic Mickey", featuring a darker version of the Disney universe, was released in 2010 for the Wii. The game is part of an effort by The Walt Disney

neg: Mickey's Orphans Mickey's Orphans Mickey's Orphans is a 1931 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The cartoon takes place during Christmas time and stars Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Pluto, who take in a group of disruptive kittens. It is directed by Burt Gillett and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Academy Awards in 1932, the award's inaugural year. It lost to another Disney film, "Flowers and Trees", Disney's first color

neg: Disney Legends each honoree is represented by a bronze commemorative plaque; featuring the recipients' handprints and signature if they were living when inducted, or simply an image of the statuette emblem if the induction was posthumous. The plaques are placed on display in Legends Plaza at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, across from the Michael D. Eisner Building. Legends also receive a Disney Golden Pass, a lifetime pass to all Disney theme parks. Imagineer Andrea Favilli created the Disney Legends award, which is handcrafted from bronze each year. The award depicts the arm of Mickey Mouse holding a star-tipped wand.

neg: The Spirit of Mickey The Spirit of Mickey The Spirit of Mickey is a 1998 American animated direct-to-video anthology film, produced and released by Walt Disney Home Video on July 14, 1998. It features clips from "The Mickey Mouse Club", "The Wonderful World of Disney" , and "A Goofy Movie", in the introductory scene, and some of the namesake character's shorts, including "The Band Concert", "Lend a Paw", "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip" and "Steamboat Willie". The Framing devices are centered on Mickey Mouse and his friends presenting some of Mickey's greatest cartoons, using stock footage from "The Mickey Mouse Club", "Disney's Wonderful World

neg: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, sometimes abbreviated WDC or WDC&S, is an anthology comic book series featuring an assortment of Disney characters, including Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Chip 'n Dale, Lil Bad Wolf, Scamp, Bucky Bug, Grandma Duck, Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and others. The precursor to WDC was "Mickey Mouse Magazine", published by Dell Comics in several incarnations from 1933 to 1940. "WDC" itself was launched by Dell in October 1940, and initially consisted of reprints taken from the Disney comic strips "Donald Duck", "" and "Silly Symphonies" reformatted for comic

neg: Mickey Mouse universe giveaway and then was published by Gold Key in ""Walt Disney Showcase"" n°38 (1977). Given their historical setting, the ""Mickey and the Sleuth"" stories stand apart from other Mickey Mouse continuities. It is never explained if the "Mickey Mouse" working with the Sleuth is an ancestor of the present-day Mickey or if those stories are to be included in a totally different continuity. Apart from Mickey, no other prominent Disney characters are featured in the stories. The Sleuth is a good-natured gentleman; wearing a deerstalker hat, smoking a pipe and using a magnifying glass, he is an obvious parody of

neg: Charlotte Clark Charlotte Clark Carolyn Clark was an American seamstress who created the first line of Mickey Mouse dolls and other Disney characters. She is also related to Looney Tunes director Bob Clampett. Clark was born Carolyn Geis in Indianapolis, Indiana to German immigrants. She married Frank Clark and moved to Los Angeles around the turn of the century. She died in 1960. Shortly following the release of Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie", Clark designed the first Mickey Mouse doll in early 1930. She obtained permission from the Disney Studio, and the dolls began to appear in the Los Angeles area stores. Demand

neg: Mickey Mouse Walt Disney’s portrayal of the character in order to match the vintage look of that series. Mickey first appeared in comics after he had appeared in 15 commercially successful animated shorts and was easily recognized by the public. Walt Disney was approached by King Features Syndicate with the offer to license Mickey and his supporting characters for use in a comic strip. Disney accepted and Mickey made his first comic strip appearance on January 13, 1930. The comical plot was credited to Disney himself, art to Ub Iwerks and inking to Win Smith. The first week or so of the

neg: Fred Spencer Fred Spencer Fred Spencer (May 1, 1904 – November 11, 1938) was an American animator who worked at Walt Disney Productions. He was considered an authority on Donald Duck and wrote an influential analysis of the character. Spencer joined Walt Disney Productions in 1931 and first worked on several early "Mickey Mouse" cartoons. In 1932 he began independently producing a two-tier Mickey Mouse comic strip, even though he was not connected with the comics department at Disney. The studio approved the project and the strip appeared in the national DeMolay newsletter. The character Donald Duck was introduced at Disney in

neg: Pal Mickey said about whether they will expand this idea to the other Disney Resorts. Pal Mickey Pal Mickey is a discontinued interactive stuffed toy developed by The Walt Disney Company and previously sold at Walt Disney World. Pal Mickey was discontinued and no new stock is available for purchase as of October 2008. The toy is a ten-inch (26.5 cm) plush model of Mickey Mouse, soft and easy for children to hold. Inside, it contains a microprocessor, a speaker, three AA batteries, three squeeze sensors (one in each hand and one in its belly), and an infrared receiver in its nose.

neg: Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections The Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections was a series of Disney videos compiling cartoon shorts produced between 1936 and 1954. It was a Disney attempt at releasing its stable of cartoon shorts to video under their own label, after their DiscoVision experiment. The discs were released in 1981 and 1982, two years before Disney unveiled The Disney Channel and two years also before they released Walt Disney Cartoon Classics. There were three videos released in all, each with six shorts. Each of the six shorts presented included two cartoons each starring

neg: Disney's House of Mouse Disney's House of Mouse Disney's House of Mouse is an American animated television series, produced by Walt Disney Television Animation (now Disney Television Animation), that originally aired for three seasons from 13 January 2001, to its finale on 24 October 2003. The show focuses on Mickey Mouse and his friends running a cartoon theater dinner club in the fictional Toontown, catering to many characters from Disney cartoons and animated movies while showcasing a variety of their cartoon shorts. The animated series is a spin off of the popular short-lived Disney series "Mickey Mouse Works", and featured many Mouse Works shorts

neg: Mickey's Garden onto Mickey by accident, and starts licking him. Mickey's Garden Mickey's Garden is a 1935 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The film was the second "Mickey Mouse" cartoon shot in Technicolor (after "The Band Concert") and is also the first color appearance of Pluto. The cartoon is also the first color cartoon where Mickey speaks (though he only does so at the end when Pluto starts licking him). The film's plot centers on Mickey Mouse trying to rid his garden of insects, but they keep coming back. When he accidentally gets

neg: Orphan's Benefit year an English version was published in the American comic book "Walt Disney Magic Moments" #1, called "The Orphans' Benefit". Orphan's Benefit Orphan's Benefit is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was first released as a black-and-white cartoon in 1934 and was later remade in Technicolor in 1941 under the title Orphans' Benefit. The cartoon features Mickey Mouse and his friends putting on a Vaudeville-style benefit show for a group of unruly orphans. It contains a number of firsts for Disney, including the first time in which Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck appear together. "Orphan's Benefit"

neg: Mickey's Choo-Choo Mickey's Choo-Choo Mickey's Choo-Choo is a 1929 Mickey Mouse cartoon. Ub Iwerks was the animator. "Mickey's Choo-Choo" was released at the same time as "Springtime", the third "Silly Symphony" to appear. It was one of the series of early Disney cartoons that led Mickey Mouse to become a national fad by the end of 1929.Originally in black and white, this cartoon was of the ten Mickey Mouse cartoons colorized by the Walt Disney Company in 1991. The cartoon opens with Mickey piloting a steam engine, and ringing his bell, and blowing the engine's whistle. As the engine and his coal