A birthday card to Mickey Mouse:
“Late” is such and ugly word…
Let’s just say this birthday wish is “promptness challenged!”
Last Friday I did a fun post on Disney Thanksgiving crafts. If I had looked at my calendar closer I would have seen that was Mickey Mouse’s 83rd birthday. Oops! So I am sending birthday wishes a little late, but as I always like to celebrate my birthmonth and not just my birthday, we’ll just say I am doing the same thing here.
The celebration starts with some fun Mickey Mouse trivia and then ends with a gift from me to you. Enjoy!
- Mickey Mouse was created by Walt Disney while he was traveling on a train with his wife, Lillian. He had just found out he didn’t own the rights to his current cartoon character, Oswald the Rabbit. So he started over and drew a mouse. He wanted to name it Mortimer, but Lillian didn’t like that name, so he changed to Mickey. And a star was born!
- Walt and his team animated two silent Mickey Mouse cartoons before presenting him to the world in Steamboat Willie. Steamboat Willie premiered on November 18, 1928 to great reviews.
- Walt Disney provided the voice of Mickey and Minnie Mouse and would do so for years to come.
- Mickey Mouse has appeared in over 130 animated films, from cartoons, to short films, to the full length movie, Fantasia.
- Mickey Mouse was the first animated character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He has been a busy mouse. As my gift to you click on the link below and enjoy watching Mickey Mouse’s debut cartoon, Steamboat Willie. He has come a long ways in 83 years, but as Walt Disney said, “I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse.”
A Goofy Joke: (featuring Mickey Mouse, in honor of his birthday)
Q: Why did Mickey Mouse take a space ship to outer space?
A: He was looking for Pluto!