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The world’s most loved mouse, Mickey Mouse, celebrates his 83rd birthday today.[/B]
The Walt Disney icon, who was initially a replacement for Universal Studio-owned Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, was created in an act of defiance before Disney left Universal. Disney wished to create a new character, which he himself owned.
In 1928, Disney asked animator Ub Iwerks to start drawing up character ideas, but sketches of various animals were drawn and rejected.
Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from his old pet mouse he used to have on his farm.
Back in 1925, another animator, Hugh Harman, had drawn some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney.
These pictures then inspired Iwerks to create a new mouse character called ‘Mortimer Mouse’. Disney's wife, however, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse was born.
After secretly begin animating a new cartoon while still under contract with Universal, Disney and Iwerks made the cartoon short [I]Plane Crazy[/I], which failed to impress the audience.
[I]Steamboat Willie,[/I] first released on November 18, 1928 in New York was the first to find a distributor, and thus is considered by The Disney Company as Mickey's debut.
Since then, the world has grown to love the mischievous mouse.
His red pants, white gloves, yellow shoes and wide eyes have become iconic. The silhouette of his ears perched on a round face has become synonymous with the Disney brand, as has the high-pitched voice, originally done by Disney himself.
Over the years, he collected many friends including girlfriend Minnie Mouse (originally Minerva), Donald Duck, introduced in the [I]Silly Symphonies, [/I]Horace Horsecollar first appearing in [I]The Plow Boy[/I] in 1929, Goofy, who broke through in 1932 with [I]Mickey's Revue[/I], and his lovable and silly dog, Pluto, who was originally Minnie Mouse's dog Rover in the 1930 film [I]The Picnic[/I].
There are also peripheral characters such as Daisy Duck and Clarabelle Cow who complete the Disney world of Mickey Mouse.
Since his inception, Mickey has been used as a political figure, a kind of an ambassador of The United States reaching out to children, has received nine Academy Award nominations, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 1932, Walt Disney received an honorary Academy Award in recognition of Mickey's creation and popularity.
Today, his 83rd birthday, he is celebrated by thousands, including celebrities brought to fame by[I]The Mickey Mouse Club[/I] like Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling.
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Wooh. Happy birthday.
[quote]There are also peripheral characters such as Daisy Duck and Clarabelle Cow who complete the Disney world of Mickey Mouse.[/quote]
There is no clarabelle cow, Atleast according to disney.
[QUOTE=Drsalvador;33328250]Wooh. Happy birthday.
There is no clarabelle cow, Atleast according to disney.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarabelle_Cow[/url]
yay
Happy Birthday, Mickey!
I just realized, I haven't completed Epic Mickey yet. Gotta finish that game soon.
Too bad Disney is nothing compared to what it was 83 years ago.
[QUOTE=JustGman;33328564]Too bad Disney is nothing compared to what it was 83 years ago.[/QUOTE]
True, but I hope they're going back to what they were at least a little; the Princess and the Frog was a step in the right direction.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4[/media]
Let us remember the good old days, when Mickey was an advocate of animal abuse.
[QUOTE=Some Jerk;33329004][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4[/media]
Let us remember the good old days, when Mickey was an advocate of animal abuse.[/QUOTE]
just watched that whole thing again.
Don't regret it.
Disney channel is destroying the meaning of Disney. I wish Walt was still alive. :(
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt9WNI8LI9M[/media]
Man, I love George Carlin!! Why did he go so young :'(
[QUOTE=JustGman;33328564]Too bad Disney is nothing compared to what it was 83 years ago.[/QUOTE]
I think we can agree Walt Disney was the best thing to happen to disney.
That man was amazing.
Why is Mr. House holding Mickey Mouse's hand?
And let us remember the tough times.
[video=youtube;XWlLgUcOv7g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWlLgUcOv7g[/video]
[QUOTE=peepin;33329299][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt9WNI8LI9M[/media]
Man, I love George Carlin!! Why did he go so young :'([/QUOTE]
Damnit, I was gonna post that :v:
[QUOTE=FPChris;33330324]And let us remember the tough times.
[video=youtube;XWlLgUcOv7g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWlLgUcOv7g[/video][/QUOTE]
Oh crap, I remember when everyone talked about that.
Good times...
[QUOTE=JustGman;33328564]Too bad Disney is nothing compared to what it was 83 years ago.[/QUOTE]
Well yeah he was still alive back then
Donald Duck is where it's at.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;33331915]Well yeah he was still alive back then[/QUOTE]
Not going to lie, Disney is shit compared to what it was even 10 or so years ago. The shows they have airing now have actual jokes about rape, sex, condoms, and some other things like that. (One of the shows with the chick in New York) I mean, it's not bad, but certainly not stuff that you show to 9 year olds. When I was younger, Disney had all cartoons on its channels, and was coming out with the nice 90s movies, now it's all live-action and sex jokes. And people ask why kids call eachother "slut" in primary.
[QUOTE=Loriborn;33331965]Not going to lie, Disney is shit compared to what it was even 10 or so years ago. The shows they have airing now have actual jokes about rape, sex, condoms, and some other things like that. (One of the shows with the chick in New York) I mean, it's not bad, but certainly not stuff that you show to 9 year olds. When I was younger, Disney had all cartoons on its channels, and was coming out with the nice 90s movies, now it's all live-action and sex jokes. And people ask why kids call eachother "slut" in primary.[/QUOTE]
Maybe they're trying to balance out the weirdly christian country bits
Mickey you pedo.
[QUOTE=Some Jerk;33329004][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4[/media]
Let us remember the good old days, when Mickey was an advocate of animal abuse.[/QUOTE]
Haha that's some funny ass shit.
I love it how the characters just wobble around and made gibberish sounds :v:
[QUOTE=JustGman;33328564]Too bad Disney is nothing compared to what it was 83 years ago.[/QUOTE]
Same with everything else.
Here's to another 83 years of extending the timeframe of copyright laws.
[QUOTE=FPChris;33330324]And let us remember the tough times.
[video=youtube;XWlLgUcOv7g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWlLgUcOv7g[/video][/QUOTE]
This isn't fucking scary.
[QUOTE=Wolfgirl1515;33333343]This isn't fucking scary.[/QUOTE]
Who said it was.
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