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Whose birthday is today, November 18?
Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Hey there, Hi there, Ho there! You're as welcome as can be!
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse!
Mickey Mouse is more than just a character, heโs an iconic figure for the Disney brand. But he almost didnโt exist. Mickey Mouse was only created as a replacement for Walt Disneyโs original successful creation, Oswald the Rabbit. Oswald was made by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz, a film producer and distributer through Universal Studios. With so much success from Oswald, Disney asked Mintz to increase the studioโs budget, but instead Mintz demanded Walt take a 20 percent cut. He then reminded Disney that Oswald was owned by Universal and that he had already signed most of Disneyโs current employees to his new contract. Disney refused to sign the new contract, finished the final Oswald comic of his contract, and ended his work with Universal.ย
With just himself and two loyal animators, Ub Iwerks and Les Clark, Disney had to start from scratch. From this experience, he learned to make sure he owned all the rights to characters produced by his company. His inspiration for Mickey came from a tamed mouse at his desk at Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. The original name for the character was Mortimer Mouse until his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, ultimately creating Mickey Mouse.ย
ย On May 14, 1928, Mickey appeared in a test screening of the cartoon short โPlane Crazyโ but failed to impress audiences and attract distributors. Walt then produced a second Mickey short called โThe Gallopinโ Gauchoโ, which also suffered from a lack of distributor interest. โSteamboat Willyโ, first released November 18, 1928 in New York, was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Intended as a parody of Buster Keatonโs โSteamboat Bill, Jr.โ, it was the third Mickey film produced and the first to find a distributor, serving as Mickeyโs debut. (Source)
Artists who have drawn Mickey through the years have referred to him as Walt Disney's "alter ego" and have said he "represents the world of animation."ย
Some facts about Mickey Mouse:
1.- Mickey Mouse made his debut on Nov. 18, 1928, in the animated short "Steamboat Willie" at the Colony Theater in New York City. That film also marked the public debut of Minnie Mouse. Both Minnie and Mickey had appeared previously in "Plane Crazy," a short film that was distributed after "Steamboat Willie."
2.- "Steamboat Willie" was the world's first cartoon with synchronized sound and featured Walt Disney's own voice for Mickey's squeaks.
3.- Back in the day, a Mickey Mouse cartoon could include more than 10,000 drawings for a seven and half minute film and could take anywhere from six months to two years to complete.
4.- More than 100 Mickey Mouse cartoons were produced during the 1930s and were shown at theaters with feature films, newsreels, serial dramas and comedies. Disney's shorts were so popular that moviegoers would often ask if a Mickey cartoon would be part of the show before purchasing a ticket, according to Robert Tieman, author of "The Mickey Mouse Treasures."
5.- Mickey Mouse made his first live, in-person appearance on March 12, 1931, in Los Angeles in a live stage show called the "Mickey Mouse Idea."
6.- Arguably the most successful piece of Mickey merchandise was the iconic Mickey Mouse watch. Debuting in June 1933, more than 2.5 million watches were sold in the first two years of production, and a Mickey Watch was even included in the time capsule at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.
7.- Mickey made his first color film appearance in "The Band Concert" in 1935.
8.- Mickey's white gloves made their first appearance in 1929's "When the Cat's Away."
9.- While you may be familiar with Mickey's friends like Donald and Goofy, he also has quite a large family! His nephews Morty and Ferdie may be the most recognizable, but Mickey also has more than a dozen cousins, uncles and grandparents, including Uncle Maxwell, a college professor, Cousin Digger, an Australian rancher, and Uncle Louie, a French chef.
10.- In honor of his 60th birthday, Mickey Mouse was given a place in the Smithsonian Institution. In 1988, Walt Disney Studios donated six original animation drawings from "Steamboat Willie" to the National Museum of American History.
11.- Walt Disney has said that silent film star Charlie Chaplin was one of the inspirations for the character of Mickey Mouse. "We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin...a little fellow trying to do the best he could," Disney said, according to Tieman in The Mickey Mouse Treasures. Ub Iwerks, the artist who helped Disney first design Mickey, said of the character, "People accepted him as a symbolic character, and though he looked like a mouse, he was accepted as dashing and heroic." (Source)
Today Mickey Mouse would be 93 years old. The love of his life, Minnie Mouse is also celebrating her birthday today.
Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created โMinervaโ Mouse in the style of a โflapper girl.โ Sheโs best known as Mickeyโs girlfriend, but sheโs also friends with Daisy Duck and Clarabelle Cow. Her November 18 โbirthdayโ marks the day in 1928 when she made an appearance in the film โSteamboat Willie.โ Whether or not youโre a die-hard Disney fan, take some time to learn a little more about one of the worldโs favorite cartoon characters.
Sheโs developed as a flapper girl, a popular style at the time and a symbol of freedom and modernity, but for comedic effect her heels were too big, creating many moments of slapstick where she was falling out of or over her own feet.ย
As Minnie and Mickeyโs relationship blossomed she began playing more damsel in distress roles. Oftentimes, Mickey had to rescue her, and his rate of success helped to play into a large portion of the comedy.ย
Additionally, as she started in the late 1920s as a flapper, a much more progressive and forward fashion and time, throughout the mid-century her appearance became more conservative as the culture did as well. In the 1940s and 50s, Minnie looked much less like the rambunctious flapper of the Roaring Twenties and more like the dutiful housewife of the mid-century. (Source)
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So now for my memories. As a child I used to watch the Mickey Mouse Club on TV. Yes it does age me!
Here is some history on it.
Mickey Mouse Club (ABC, 1955โ59)
The original, and still beloved to this day! Mickey Mouse Club debuted on ABC on October 3, 1955, as an hour-long showโevery weekday afternoon!โfeaturing a cast of kids (called Mouseketeers) presenting skits and musical numbers, as well as introducing special guest stars, serials, Disney Newsreel segments from around the world, and plenty of Disney cartoons. There were a grand total of 39 Mouseketeers throughout the showโs four seasons; the original 24 included notable performers like Annette Funicello (pictured below right, later made a Disney Legend in 1992), Bobby Burgess, and Cubby OโBrienโฆ along with songwriter Jimmie Dodd (pictured below left) as host/โHead Mouseketeerโ (he wrote the showโs eternally catchy theme song) and Disney staff artist/entertainer Roy Williams as the โBig Mouseketeer.โ (Both would also be named Disney Legends in 1992). Later Mouseketeers included Mickey Rooneyโs children Tim and Mickey, Jr.; The Donna Reed Showโs Paul Petersen; and Don Grady of My Three Sons (later a composer for film and TV).
โWhoโs the leader of the club thatโs made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E!โ Mickey Mouse Club, Disneyโs legendary television series, has delighted children (and adults!) around the world since it first premiered on ABC in 1955โjust a few months after Walt Disneyโs biggest project to date, Disneyland park, opened to the public. But what you might not realize is the TV version was the clubโs second iterationโฆ
Back in 1929, the Fox Dome Theater in Ocean Park, California, started a Mickey Mouse Clubโa real club that kids could join. Soon, hundreds of other Mickey Mouse Clubs (associated with various movie theaters) sprang up across America. Members attended Saturday meetings where Mickey Mouse cartoons were screened; Mickey-themed bands entertained; Mickey Mouse โcredosโ were recited; and even a Chief Mickey and Chief Minnie were elected. By 1932, these clubs boasted more than 1 million members! So itโs no wonder Walt Disney would eventually continue that โclubโ traditionโฆ
By the time the series endedโon September 25, 1959โan amazing 260 one-hour and 130 half-hour episodes were produced. And Disneyland fans, you truly have Mickey Mouse Club to thank; Walt Disneyโs contract with ABC provided him the money needed to finish building his first park! (Source)
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