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This is material from his FRATERNITY years in 1963 + 64. First compiled for this LP in 1970. Rereleased from EDSEL in 1985.
DESIGNED BY MIKE MIGNOLA; SCULPTED BY JONATHAN MATTHEWS
While most sculpture are trying to create a 3D sculpture based on 2D artwork, this guy is the other way around.
He's trying to keep the 2D effect on 3D sculpture. Really brilliant work.
Its like he came out straight from the book and he's still 2D. I think its a really cool effect.
I missed the first released, not going to missed this variant release.
The original is better cos they got the original mike mignola's logo, but this one will do too.
10th Anniversary Basic Cloe in her stock fashion.
The rerelease of Bratz brings a change in the style of face paint as well as a new body mold for the Bratz.
All photos in this set were taken at the Howell Nature in Howell, Michigan. The animals all have been permanently injured and cannot be rereleased into the wild.
10th Anniversary Basic Yasmin in her stock fashion.
The rerelease of Bratz brings a change in the style of face paint as well as a new body mold for the Bratz.
BOX DATE: None
APPROXIMATE RELEASE DATE: 2013
MANUFACTURER: M.G.A.
DOLLS IN LINE: Tristen; Arizona; Melrose; Bijou
RELEASES: 2010 "1st Edition;" 2013 "Re-release"
BODY TYPE: 2010; pink painted panties; articulated wrists, elbows, knees, bust, & ankles; flat feet; ring hole
HEAD MOLD: 2010; rooted eyelashes; pierced ears
IMPORTANT NOTES: As mentioned above this doll was re-released. She has rooted hair instead of a wig, like the 2010 version.
PERSONAL FUN FACT: Whenever I see a Moxie Teenz doll, I am automatically transported back to the first year I began collecting dolls again, after a five year hiatus. Colleen and I originally found the Moxie Teenz to be offensively ugly. We simply weren't used to dolls of such a large scale, or for that matter with "glass" eyes. They weren't anything like our beloved American Girls, who were the only dolls for the most part we had with inset eyes. But the more time we spent in toy aisles, the less we found the Moxie Teenz and Liv dolls that were there weird. In fact, I guess we spent so much time in the "monkey house" so to speak, that we actually grew rather fond of them. Colleen in particular found a fancy for the Moxie Teenz and often scoped them out whenever they were on sale. She persuaded me to buy "Formal" Bijou when we found one for just $2 at Toys 'R' Us. After that, it only seemed fitting to get a friend for Bijou. After all, we were both impressed by her quality and beauty. The Moxie Teenz were so cheap around this time frame because they were discontinued, so stores were trying to get rid of their stock. I saw my Tristen doll at TJ Maxx several times before I finally bought her. That's probably because there were other dolls I wanted more, and she wasn't quite cheap enough for me. But I found her for just $4 one night in 2014, and I couldn't resist. I think Tristen is even more gorgeous than Bijou. There is something so irresistible about her jet black hair, long eyelashes, and lilac eyes. Plus, I adore her 2010 styled ensemble more than Bijou's "prom" dress. I didn't realize it at the time, but my Tristen was actually a re-release of the "1st Edition." She doesn't have a wig, instead her hair is rooted. I'm actually super grateful for this, because in my experience MGA sucks at making doll wigs (no offense to my Bratz Style Starz). Plus, who could not appreciate this luscious saran hair?!!!
10th Anniversary Basic Jade in her stock fashion.
The rerelease of Bratz brings a change in the style of face paint as well as a new body mold for the Bratz.
With a bold face pattern and the neat white throat patch this bird makes a statement. The oldest recorded White-throated Sparrow was at least 14 years, 11 months old, when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Alberta.
White-throated Sparrow
Brick Pond
Owego, NY
When Midnight Rose was first released wayyyyy back when I did not have the funds to afford her. I've always regretted passing. When they re-released her last year, I just had to have her. She is every bit a dream.
I really liked how the small amount of colour in my Hanekawa model looked, so I took that a bit further this time.
Anyway, same story as the rest, design based on the ending animations by Hajime Ueda from the Monogatari Series. Once again based on an official but extremely limited figure.
Oh boy this one's been a long time coming. I finished the design over a year ago, just waiting for that concave slope to be rereleased in yellow. Finally gave up waiting, redesigned it, and then the next day the 2020 set inventories were published and lo and behold, there it was. Another few weeks for it to show up on Bricks and Pieces, a few more weeks still for my order to actually arrive, and here we are. So yeah, this was meant to go up like a month ago
位置：中国湖南省怀化市中破国家森林公园
Looking up at the Buddhist temple in Zhongpo National Forest Park (中坡国家森林公园) in Huaihua, Hunan (湖南省怀化市) (I believe that the camera was pointed towards the northwest; however, I cannot be certain of as much.)
Note: I, Robert Baxter, released this photograph previously using my pseudonym, “Joseph McKinley.” I am hereby rereleasing it under this account so that I may add more metadata (specifically related to location) to its page and to incorporate it into my public domain collection. Those who choose to credit me for this file may credit me as either “Joseph McKinley” or as “Robert Baxter.” However, no credit of any form is required for this photograph, as I am hereby releasing this file into the public domain in accordance with the release notice below.
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Animal Hospital (pseudo hdr):
A veterinary office in Hillsdale NY.
I drive past this everyday and have been wanting to shoot an hdr of it. Did this as a single raw test shot but except for a lack of clouds, I think this will do. Sorry if you saw this the other day... I had color-space mismatch and the colors were all dull so this is a proper rerelease.
Been tring to wrap my mind around all these color space issues trying to get my prints just right... kind of baffling stuff. I know now that prophoto and adobe rgb may be fine for print but not good at all for web, so this is in sRGB color space... much more bright and fun.
TECH: single raw tone-mapped as pseudo hdr in photomatix. Additional filtering in ps.
This is just a digital version of a work on paper. Please do not download and print. If you want a print of this image, let me know and I'll make you a really nice one from high rez source file on nice paper for a totally reasonable fee.
Thanks!
-tjh
(c)2009 Tim Heffernan
So far, this has been the only version of this Hot Wheels station wagon, the Mercedes-Benz 300TD. It was originally a Corgi casting, but Mattel bought several of their molds and started rereleasing them with Hot Wheels wheels.
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To me their first album was the best, but the next 4 LPs were also masterpieces. This one is hard, rough and like the first Beatles, Stones and Who LPs - own compositions were mixed with a lot of coverversions. Beside some fantastic Songs, one was outstanding to me - BALD HEADED WOMAN. Even better than the WHO version. On this LP are songs from - Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley a.o. A Milestone in Rock & Pop history. It seems that this LP was in Germany only as british Import available. I've never seen a german Logo/Label from this platter. Even not at Discogs
Yesterday evening, I finally got round to backing up all the photo files (626 GB) on my hard drive to another, larger external hard drive. After a few hours, I checked to see how it had done and discovered that only maybe half the photos had been copied. So, I started a second copy, hoping that this time, all the files would be successfully copied. This morning, I found that it was successful. So, I decided to delete the first copy, forgetting that the second copy was actually downloaded within the first copy. So another nine hours wasted! Tonight, I will have to start all over again, and then I need to do the same with a second, larger hard drive. I am almost out of room on my computer hard drive and need to start deleting a lot of my oldest images, or I will not be able to download new photos to it, and I will start to have a lot of problems. I don't use my computer while the back-up is in process, which is a bit frustrating. Yes, I would much rather be out on a nice drive : )
On 13 July 2018, I more or less repeated my drive from two days earlier, except that I also called in at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park to see if there was any sign of fungi growing. It is still not the peak of the fungi season, so I was not too hopeful. I barely entered the forest, as it still gives me the creeps, - Bears, Cougar and Moose are seen there, and I have been told so many times not to go by myself. So far, I have only seen a very large Moose. I did find a cluster of very tiny mushrooms and several clumps of orange Coral Fungus in their usual location. Took a few wildflower shots, too, which I don't do very often these days, unlike a few years ago.
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
"A female Mountain Bluebird pays more attention to good nest sites than to attractive males. She chooses her mate solely on the basis of the location and quality of the nesting cavity he offers her—disregarding his attributes as a singer, a flier, or a looker.
A male Mountain Bluebird frequently feeds his mate while she is incubating and brooding. As the male approaches with food, the female may beg fledgling-style—with open beak, quivering wings, and begging calls. More often, she waits until her mate perches nearby, then silently flicks the wing farthest from him—a signal that usually sends him off to find her a snack.
The oldest recorded Mountain Bluebird was a female, and at least 9 years old when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Alberta in 2005. She had been banded in the same province in 1997." From AllAboutBirds.
When Midnight Rose was first released wayyyyy back when I did not have the funds to afford her. I've always regretted passing. When they re-released her last year, I just had to have her. She is every bit a dream.
BOX DATE: 2020
MANUFACTURER: M.G.A.
DOLLS IN PACK: Glitter Queen; Cosmic Queen; Fresh, Majorette; Teacher's Pet; Rocker; Merbaby; Roller Sk8er; Line Dancer; Sis Swing; Royal High-ney; Leading Baby
RELEASES: 2016 Series 1; 2018 Series 1 "Re-Release;" 2020 Ultimate Collection Re-Released Series 1; 2022 Surprise Family
PERSONAL FUN FACT: It was smart of MGA to connect Merbaby's top and tail. It would have been way too frustrating trying to dress her in two separate articles of rubbery clothes. Connecting them also gives the outfit more structure and stability. I'd imagine that rough play could easily tear some of the smaller, more delicate pieces of L.O.L. clothes. Anyways, she also was equipped with this magnificent pearl headband. It's a little tricky to get to sit flush on Merbaby's head. But it looks adorable regardless. This basic style of bottle is very common in Series 1. It seems that many of my dolls from the "Merbaby" pack have this same style drink cup, but in different colors. I think these days MGA would have varied the cup shape more, but it is still cute nonetheless. You'll note, however, that Merbaby has the exciting inclusion of SUSHI!!! Why? Well, she is a mermaid, and therefore doesn't require shoes. Although her bare feet do show from underneath the tail. But if they didn't, there is no way Merbaby could stand up. Instead of killing the mermaid theme with shoes, MGA provided kids with a little Sushi plate. That way, Merbaby didn't get packaged with less accessories than the other Series 1 dolls. It's my favorite piece that came with my Ultimate Collection ladies. Although I do have to ask, isn't it a tad barbaric that a mermaid would be eating raw fish?!!!
M. Mucci
Secret Midnights
(Arachnidiscs Recordings)
Guelph, ON
::web/sounds::
english
français
From the mesmerized apertures of Joshua Robinson:
Side B of this release was previously written about here.
Slowly, ever so slowly, thought takes form. Nadirs of fleeting melody ...
weirdcanada.com/2015/09/new-canadiana-m-mucci-secret-midn...
BOX DATE: 2020
MANUFACTURER: M.G.A.
DOLLS IN PACK: Glitter Queen; Cosmic Queen; Fresh, Majorette; Teacher's Pet; Rocker; Merbaby; Roller Sk8er; Line Dancer; Sis Swing; Royal High-ney; Leading Baby
RELEASES: 2016 Series 1; 2018 Series 1 "Re-Release;" 2020 Ultimate Collection Re-Released Series 1; 2022 Surprise Family
BODY TYPE: No date
HEAD MOLD: 2016 "Swag"; open mouth; ear slots
SPECIAL FEATURES: Cries
IMPORTANT NOTES: This doll was released multiple times over the years (see "Releases" section above). The original 2016 Series 1 dolls have smaller pupils and a color change feature (compared to this doll's larger pupils and lack of color change feature). There are two versions of the Ultimate Collection--one with Diva on the package and one with Merbaby. This doll was part of the Merbaby pack.
PERSONAL FUN FACT: Ah Merbaby! In the short time I had started collecting L.O.L.s in 2020, she became one of those "grail" dolls. I've always had a certain fascination for mermaid dolls. It's odd though, because I rarely if ever played with my mermaid dolls as, well mermaids. For instance, my Princess Mermaid Ariel was just your ordinary (albeit cooky) neighbor, mother, sister, etc. Likewise, while I desperately fancied Mermaid Fun Kelly as a kid, I never used her mermaid costume/accessories when I played with her. I suppose I just love the look and fanciful theme of mermaids. Merbaby was one of the easiest characters to learn first out of the hundreds of L.O.L.s produced. Even though there are other mermaid themed dolls, she was from the first series AND was featured on the packaging of one of the balls. I always wondered if the Merbaby Series 1 packaging was the "Wave 2" release. But it seems as though there was no true separation between the Diva and Merbaby balls. Rather, you could get some characters in both styles of packaging, and others in just one. With later collections, this wasn't the case--there was a clear cut "Wave 1" and "Wave 2" style packages. Anyways, I was delighted to see that MGA re-released all the Series 1 L.O.L.s in huge Ultimate Collection packs. I had no idea this was a thing until I stumbled upon them at Target, on the way to an eye exam. The cool thing is that there is a "Diva" pack and a "Merbaby" pack--each comes with twelve dolls. Just as the original Series 1 balls featured Diva or Merbaby, the Ultimate Collection sets did too! Immediately I wanted the Merbaby pack, before I even assessed which other dolls were included. I knew Merbaby would be part of it, and she was probably my most wanted Series 1 doll at the time. It worked out perfectly because all my duplicated dollies were in the "Diva" pack! Luckily for me, this set was not difficult to get on sale--I got it for 25% off not long after I first spotted it at Target. Merbaby did not disappoint. She's just as adorable as I imagined she would be! Her lilac braided hair and seafoam green eyes melt my heart even more in person than they did in photos!
Got her pretty late today right before the stores where closing since i had to get some stuff for my mom hehehe... But omg! Only Fierce Fitness Yasmin and i'll have all the 2015 Bratz dolls avalible in the Netherlands! ( well, except for the playset dolls i don't really need those :p )
Screaming, crying, perfect storms
I can make all the tables turn
Rose garden filled with thorns
Keep you second guessing, like
“Oh my God, who is she?!”
I get drunk on jealousy
But you’ll come back each time you leave
‘Cause darling I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream
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…..YES, I’ve technically done Blank-Space-inspired before with a “dead” doll. But 1989 got rereleased, and Blank Space is basically one of my favorite songs ever, and I feel like monster-ish or vaguely ominous dolls just own it. So I did it again anyway!
*melodramatic mic drop*
:D
P.S. I still adore my “Dead in Her Tracks” Dani. Don’t let this be misinterpreted as another creepy doll filling her misanthropic Dani-shaped void in my heart.
P.P.S. Estella did get new, long, black curly wig.😍
TAG Rules:
The end of the year is a time when many people take a moment to reflect on the past year. In your "doll life" what are five things you are thankful for?
If you would like to play this tag game, please take a photo of one of your favourite dolls, list five doll-related things you are thankful for, and also tag the person who tagged you along with at least five additional people :)
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#1 - 2013 has been a rather peaceful year for me,other than some small dramas in between.
Overall ,I'm really thankful that it has been peaceful!To enjoy this hobby in peace is the most important thing to me !
#2- I'm really thankful that I managed to make more new friends as well as maintaining my relationship with the old gang :3 !
#3 - 8D this could be something called grail i wonder! AFTER SO MANY ROUNDS OF RERELEASES *whether it is a FCE or so on* I FINALLY GOT MYSELF A HYPERON!!!!(*___*) and it's a dream version!!!! I didn't expect that Soom would come out with what I've imagined....A SCAR VERSION←scar fetish
#4- I actually started on some props making for myself,as well as a few close buddies ^_^;;... Has never expected myself to be doing so actually.I've been a lazy bump all the way and this is the first year ,I've actually started using my own tool box on something else which isn't for me to repair at home nor for my school assignment-___-|| a great new experience 8)
#5 - (i'm running out of things to write...)2013 has managed to turn out as a peaceful year for me somehow because I feel I've reached the maximum enjoyment level of the hobby and i'm calming down right now and moving back to my gamer life....and as usual i don't really have a thing for dolls with tiny eyes,however, the tag rule states : FAVOURITE ...
So you guys can see from the picture how biased I am -___-+?
2 years and ongoing and yet I feel I am and will continue to love him even more.....I'm actually amazed than thankful (sweatdrop)
I had passed on both these dolls the first time around but decided to get them on rerelease. Glad I did.
All photos in this set were taken at the Howell Nature in Howell, Michigan. The animals all have been permanently injured and cannot be rereleased into the wild.
RM1 causes a stir at The Roxy.
1:76, OO Gauge diecast model by EFE. This version of RM1 without radiator grille was released in July 2004 and is the original casting which was later updated with wing mirrors and rereleased in October 2006.
As I was cleaning last week I realised I never posted these gals and guys on here. They arent true customs as they either still have their original hair or are wearing wigs. I made them as a sort of monster high characters doing cosplay in honor of the rerelease of the manga here in the states. So theyre all based, as best I could, on the manga costumes . Enjoy :)
Ive been waiting forever for Mattel to release boots in a fashion pack but these are the only ones they have so for so I had to mod them. They turned out okay but I didnt like them enough to make them for the rest of the girls.
Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime icon and mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves. Inspired by such silent film personalities as Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, Mickey is traditionally characterized as a sympathetic underdog who gets by on pluck and ingenuity in the face of challenges bigger than himself. The character's depiction as a small mouse is personified through his diminutive stature and falsetto voice, the latter of which was originally provided by Disney. Mickey is one of the world's most recognizable and universally acclaimed fictional characters.
Created as a replacement for a prior Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey first appeared in the 1928 short Plane Crazy, which was not originally picked up for distribution; his public debut was in the same year's Steamboat Willie. The character was originally to be named "Mortimer Mouse", until Lillian Disney instead suggested "Mickey" during a train ride. The character went on to appear in over 130 films, including The Band Concert (1935), Brave Little Tailor (1938), and Fantasia (1940). Mickey appeared primarily in short films, but also occasionally in feature-length films. Ten of Mickey's cartoons were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, one of which, Lend a Paw, won the award in 1941. In 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Beginning in 1930, Mickey has also been featured extensively in comic strips and comic books. The Mickey Mouse comic strip, drawn primarily by Floyd Gottfredson, ran for 45 years. Mickey has also appeared in comic books such as Mickey Mouse, Disney Italy's Topolino and MM – Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine, and Wizards of Mickey. Mickey also features in television series such as The Mickey Mouse Club (1955–1996) and others. He appears in other media such as video games as well as merchandising and is a meetable character at the Disney parks.
Mickey generally appears alongside his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, his pet dog Pluto, his friends Donald Duck, Daisy Duck and Goofy, and his nemesis Pete, among others. Though originally characterized as a cheeky lovable rogue, Mickey was rebranded over time as a nice guy, usually seen as a spirited, yet impulsive hero.
History
Mickey Mouse was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character that was created by the Disney studio but owned at the time by Universal Pictures. Charles Mintz served as a middleman producer between Disney and Universal through his company, Winkler Pictures, for the series of cartoons starring Oswald. Ongoing conflicts between Disney and Mintz and the revelation that several animators from the Disney studio would eventually leave to work for Mintz's company ultimately resulted in Disney cutting ties with Oswald. Among the few people who stayed at the Disney studio were animator Ub Iwerks, apprentice artist Les Clark, and Wilfred Jackson. On his train ride home from New York, Walt brainstormed ideas for a new cartoon character.
Mickey Mouse was conceived in secret while Disney produced the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. (They would later turn up as Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar.) A male frog was also rejected, which later showed 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.
Name
"Mortimer Mouse" had been Disney's original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it. Actor Mickey Rooney claimed that during his time performing as the title character of the Mickey McGuire film series (1927–1934), he met Walt Disney at the Warner Bros. studio, inspiring Disney to name the character after him. Disney historian Jim Korkis argues that Rooney's story is fictional, as Disney Studios was located on Hyperion Avenue at the time of Mickey Mouse's development, with Disney conducting no business at Warner Bros. Over the years, the name 'Mortimer Mouse' was eventually given to several different characters in the Mickey Mouse universe: Minnie Mouse's uncle, who appears in several comics stories, one of Mickey's antagonists who competes for Minnie's affections in various cartoons and comics, and one of Mickey's nephews, named Morty.
Debut (1928)
Mickey was first seen in a test screening of the cartoon short Plane Crazy, on May 15, 1928, but it failed to impress the audience and Walt could not find a distributor for the short.[11] Walt went on to produce a second Mickey short, The Gallopin' Gaucho, which was also not released for lack of a distributor.
Steamboat Willie was first released on November 18, 1928, in New York. It was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Iwerks again served as the head animator, assisted by Johnny Cannon, Les Clark, Wilfred Jackson and Dick Lundy. This short was intended as a parody of Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr., first released on May 12 of the same year. Although it was the third Mickey cartoon produced, it was the first to find a distributor, and thus is considered by The Disney Company as Mickey's debut. Willie featured changes to Mickey's appearance (in particular, simplifying his eyes to large dots) that established his look for later cartoons and in numerous Walt Disney films.
The cartoon was not the first cartoon to feature a soundtrack connected to the action. Fleischer Studios, headed by brothers Dave and Max Fleischer, had already released a number of sound cartoons using the DeForest system in the mid-1920s. However, these cartoons did not keep the sound synchronized throughout the film. For Willie, Disney had the sound recorded with a click track that kept the musicians on the beat. This precise timing is apparent during the "Turkey in the Straw" sequence when Mickey's actions exactly match the accompanying instruments. Animation historians have long debated who had served as the composer for the film's original music. This role has been variously attributed to Wilfred Jackson, Carl Stalling and Bert Lewis, but identification remains uncertain. Walt Disney himself was voice actor for both Mickey and Minnie and would remain the source of Mickey's voice through 1946 for theatrical cartoons. Jimmy MacDonald took over the role in 1946, but Walt provided Mickey's voice again from 1955 to 1959 for The Mickey Mouse Club television series on ABC.
Audiences at the time of Steamboat Willie's release were reportedly impressed by the use of sound for comedic purposes. Sound films or "talkies" were still considered innovative. The first feature-length movie with dialogue sequences, The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, was released on October 6, 1927. Within a year of its success, most United States movie theaters had installed sound film equipment. Walt Disney apparently intended to take advantage of this new trend and, arguably, managed to succeed. Most other cartoon studios were still producing silent products and so were unable to effectively act as competition to Disney. As a result, Mickey would soon become the most prominent animated character of the time. Walt Disney soon worked on adding sound to both Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho (which had originally been silent releases) and their new release added to Mickey's success and popularity. A fourth Mickey short, The Barn Dance, was also put into production; however, Mickey does not actually speak until The Karnival Kid in 1929 (see below). After Steamboat Willie was released, Mickey became a close competitor to Felix the Cat, and his popularity would grow as he was continuously featured in sound cartoons. By 1929, Felix would lose popularity among theater audiences, and Pat Sullivan decided to produce all future Felix cartoons in sound as a result. Audiences did not respond well to Felix's transition to sound and by 1930, Felix had faded from the screen.
Black and white films (1929–1935)
In Mickey's early films he was often characterized not as a hero, but as an ineffective young suitor to Minnie Mouse. The Barn Dance (March 14, 1929) is the first time in which Mickey is turned down by Minnie in favor of Pete. The Opry House (March 28, 1929) was the first time in which Mickey wore his white gloves. Mickey wears them in almost all of his subsequent appearances and many other characters followed suit. The three lines on the back of Mickey's gloves represent darts in the gloves' fabric extending from between the digits of the hand, typical of glove design of the era.
When the Cat's Away (April 18, 1929), essentially a remake of the Alice Comedy, "Alice Rattled by Rats", was an unusual appearance for Mickey. Although Mickey and Minnie still maintained their anthropomorphic characteristics, they were depicted as the size of regular mice and living with a community of many other mice as pests in a home. Mickey and Minnie would later appear the size of regular humans in their own setting. In appearances with real humans, Mickey has been shown to be about two to three feet high. The next Mickey short was also unusual. The Barnyard Battle (April 25, 1929) was the only film to depict Mickey as a soldier and also the first to place him in combat. The Karnival Kid (1929) was the first time Mickey spoke. Before this he had only whistled, laughed, and grunted. His first words were "Hot dogs! Hot dogs!" said while trying to sell hot dogs at a carnival. Mickey's Follies (1929) introduced the song "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo" which would become the theme song for Mickey Mouse films for the next several years. The same song sequence was also later reused with different background animation as its own special short shown only at the commencement of 1930s theater-based Mickey Mouse Clubs. Mickey's dog Pluto first appeared as Mickey's pet in The Moose Hunt (1931) after previously appearing as Minnie's dog "Rover" in The Picnic (1930).
The Cactus Kid (April 11, 1930) was the last film to be animated by Ub Iwerks at Disney. Shortly before the release of the film, Iwerks left to start his own studio, bankrolled by Disney's then-distributor Pat Powers. Powers and Disney had a falling out over money due Disney from the distribution deal. It was in response to losing the right to distribute Disney's cartoons that Powers made the deal with Iwerks, who had long harbored a desire to head his own studio. The departure is considered a turning point in Mickey's career, as well as that of Walt Disney. Walt lost the man who served as his closest colleague and confidant since 1919. Mickey lost the man responsible for his original design and for the direction or animation of several of the shorts released till this point. Advertising for the early 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 Mickey's Orphans (1931). Walt Disney also received an honorary Academy Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse. Despite being eclipsed by the Silly Symphony 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 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 model for children, they were limited in the types of gags they could present. This led to Mickey taking more of a secondary role in some of his next films, allowing for more emphasis on other characters. In Orphan's Benefit (1934), Mickey first appeared with Donald Duck who had been introduced earlier that year in the Silly Symphony series. The tempestuous duck would provide Disney with seemingly endless story ideas and would remain a recurring character in Mickey's cartoons.
Color films (1935–1953)
Mickey first appeared animated in color in Parade of the Award Nominees in 1932; however, the film strip was created for the 5th Academy Awards ceremony and was not released to the public. Mickey's official first color film came in 1935 with The Band Concert. The Technicolor film process was used in the film production. Here Mickey conducted the William Tell Overture, but the band is swept up by a tornado. It is said that conductor Arturo Toscanini so loved this short that, upon first seeing it, he asked the projectionist to run it again. In 1994, The Band Concert was voted the third-greatest cartoon of all time in a poll of animation professionals. By colorizing and partially redesigning Mickey, Walt would put Mickey back on top once again, and Mickey would reach popularity he never reached before as audiences now gave him more appeal. Also in 1935, Walt would receive a special award from the League of Nations for creating Mickey.
However, by 1938, the more manic Donald Duck would surpass the passive Mickey, resulting in a redesign of the mouse between 1938 and 1940 that put Mickey at the peak of his popularity. The second half of the 1930s saw the character Goofy reintroduced as a series regular. Together, Mickey, Donald Duck, and Goofy would go on several adventures together. Several of the films by the comic trio are some of Mickey's most critically acclaimed films, including Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935), Moose Hunters (1937), Clock Cleaners (1937), Lonesome Ghosts (1937), Boat Builders (1938), and Mickey's Trailer (1938). Also during this era, Mickey would star in Brave Little Tailor (1938), an adaptation of The Valiant Little Tailor, which was nominated for an Academy Award.
Mickey was redesigned by animator Fred Moore, as first seen in The Pointer (1939). Instead of having solid black eyes, Mickey was given white eyes with pupils, a Caucasian skin colored face, and a pear-shaped body. In the 1940s, he changed once more in The Little Whirlwind, where he used his trademark pants for the last time in decades, lost his tail, and got more realistic ears that changed with perspective and a different body anatomy. However, this change would only last for a short period of time before returning to the design in The Pointer, with the exception of his pants. In his final theatrical cartoons in the 1950s, he was given eyebrows, which were removed in the more recent cartoons.
In 1940, Mickey appeared in his first feature-length film, Fantasia. His screen role as The Sorcerer's Apprentice, set to the symphonic poem of the same name by Paul Dukas, is perhaps the most famous segment of the film and one of Mickey's most iconic roles. The apprentice (Mickey), not willing to do his chores, puts on the sorcerer's magic hat after the sorcerer goes to bed and casts a spell on a broom, which causes the broom to come to life and perform the most tiring chore—filling up a deep well using two buckets of water. When the well eventually overflows, Mickey finds himself unable to control the broom, leading to a near-flood. After the segment ends, Mickey is seen in silhouette shaking hands with Leopold Stokowski, who conducts all the music heard in Fantasia. Mickey has often been pictured in the red robe and blue sorcerer's hat in merchandising. It was also featured into the climax of Fantasmic!, an attraction at the Disney theme parks.
After 1940, Mickey's popularity would decline until his 1955 re-emergence as a daily children's television personality. Despite this, the character continued to appear regularly in animated shorts until 1943 (winning his only competitive Academy Award—with canine companion Pluto—for a short subject, Lend a Paw) and again from 1946 to 1952. In these later cartoons, Mickey was often just a supporting character in his own shorts, where Pluto would be the main character.
The last regular installment of the Mickey Mouse film series came in 1953 with The Simple Things in which Mickey and Pluto go fishing and are pestered by a flock of seagulls.
Television and later films
A smiling cartoon mouse with round ears, red shorts with white buttons, white gloves, and yellow shoes
Mickey Mouse, as he appears in the modern era.
In the 1950s, Mickey became more known for his appearances on television, particularly with The Mickey Mouse Club. Many of his theatrical cartoon shorts were rereleased on television series such as Ink & Paint Club, various forms of the Walt Disney anthology television series, and on home video. Mickey returned to theatrical animation in 1983 with Mickey's Christmas Carol, an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in which Mickey played Bob Cratchit. This was followed up in 1990 with The Prince and the Pauper.
Throughout the decades, Mickey Mouse competed with Warner Bros.' Bugs Bunny for animated popularity. But in 1988, the two rivals finally shared screen time in the Robert Zemeckis Disney/Amblin film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Disney and Warner signed an agreement stating that each character had the same amount of screen time in the scene.
Similar to his animated inclusion into a live-action film in Roger Rabbit, Mickey made a featured cameo appearance in the 1990 television special The Muppets at Walt Disney World where he met Kermit the Frog. The two are established in the story as having been old friends, although they have not made any other appearance together outside of this.
His most recent theatrical cartoon short was 2013's Get a Horse! which was preceded by 1995's Runaway Brain, while from 1999 to 2004, he appeared in direct-to-video features like Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers and the computer-animated Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas.
Many television series have centered on Mickey, such as the ABC shows Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2000), House of Mouse (2001–2003), Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006–2016), Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures (2017–2021) and Mickey Mouse Funhouse (2021–present). Prior to all these, Mickey was also featured as an unseen character in the Bonkers episode "You Oughta Be In Toons".
In 2013, Disney Channel started airing new 3-minute Mickey Mouse shorts, with animator Paul Rudish at the helm, incorporating elements of Mickey's late twenties-early thirties look with a contemporary twist. The creative team behind the 2017 DuckTales reboot had hoped to have Mickey Mouse in the series, but this idea was rejected by Disney executives. However, a watermelon bearing Mickey's physical likeness appears in one episode as a ventriloquist dummy companion to Donald Duck. On November 10, 2020, the series was revived as The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse and premiered on Disney+.
In August 2018, ABC television announced a two-hour prime time special, Mickey's 90th Spectacular, in honor of Mickey's 90th birthday. The program featured never-before-seen short videos and several other celebrities who wanted to share their memories about 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. On November 18, 2018, a 90th anniversary event for the character was celebrated around the world. In December 2019, both Mickey and Minnie served as special co-hosts of Wheel of Fortune for two weeks while Vanna White served as the main host during Pat Sajak's absence.
Mickey is the subject of the 2022 documentary film Mickey: The Story of a Mouse, directed by Jeff Malmberg. Premiering at the South by Southwest film festival prior to its premiere on the Disney+ streaming service, the documentary examines the history and cultural impact of Mickey Mouse. The feature is accompanied by an original, hand-drawn animated short film starring Mickey titled Mickey in a Minute.
Mickey appeared in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ centennial short film, Once Upon a Studio, in which he corrals the characters of Disney's animated features to take a group picture.
Comics
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 Mouse made its first 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 strip featured a loose adaptation of Plane Crazy. Minnie soon became the first addition to the cast. The strips first released between January 13, 1930, and March 31, 1930, have been occasionally reprinted in comic book form under the collective title "Lost on a Desert Island". Animation historian Jim Korkis notes, "After the eighteenth strip, Iwerks left and his inker, Win Smith, continued drawing the gag-a-day format."
In early 1930, after Iwerks' departure, Disney was at first content to continue scripting the Mickey Mouse comic strip, assigning the art to Win Smith. However, Disney's focus had always been in animation and Smith was soon assigned with the scripting as well. Smith was apparently discontent at the prospect of having to script, draw, and ink a series by himself as evidenced by his sudden resignation.
Disney then searched for a replacement among the remaining staff of the Studio. He selected Floyd Gottfredson, a recently hired employee. At the time Gottfredson was reportedly eager to work in animation and somewhat reluctant to accept his new assignment. Disney had to assure him the assignment was only temporary and that he would eventually return to animation. Gottfredson accepted and ended up holding this "temporary" assignment from May 5, 1930, to November 15, 1975.
Walt Disney's last script for the strip appeared May 17, 1930. Gottfredson's first task was to finish the storyline Disney had started on April 1, 1930. The storyline was completed on September 20, 1930, and later reprinted in comic book form as Mickey Mouse in Death Valley. This early adventure expanded the cast of the strip which to this point only included Mickey and Minnie. Among the characters who had their first comic strip appearances in this story were Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, and Black Pete as well as the debuts of corrupted lawyer Sylvester Shyster and Minnie's uncle Mortimer Mouse. The Death Valley narrative was followed by Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers, first printed between September 22 and December 26, 1930, which introduced Marcus Mouse and his wife as Minnie's parents.
Starting with these two early comic strip stories, Mickey's versions in animation and comics are considered to have diverged from each other. While Disney and his cartoon shorts would continue to focus on comedy, the comic strip effectively combined comedy and adventure. This adventurous version of Mickey would continue to appear in comic strips and later comic books throughout the 20th and into the 21st century.
Floyd Gottfredson left his mark with stories such as Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion (1936) and The Gleam (1942). He also created the Phantom Blot, Eega Beeva, Morty and Ferdie, Captain Churchmouse, and Butch. Besides Gottfredson artists for the strip over the years included Roman Arambula, Rick Hoover, Manuel Gonzales, Carson Van Osten, Jim Engel, Bill Wright, Ted Thwailes and Daan Jippes; writers included Ted Osborne, Merrill De Maris, Bill Walsh, Dick Shaw, Roy Williams, Del Connell, and Floyd Norman.
The next artist to leave his mark on the character was Paul Murry in Dell Comics. His first Mickey tale appeared in 1950 but Mickey did not become a specialty until Murry's first serial for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in 1953 ("The Last Resort"). In the same period, Romano Scarpa in Italy for the magazine Topolino began to revitalize Mickey in stories that brought back the Phantom Blot and Eega Beeva along with new creations such as the Atomo Bleep-Bleep. While the stories at Western Publishing during the Silver Age emphasized Mickey as a detective in the style of Sherlock Holmes, in the modern era several editors and creators have consciously undertaken to depict a more vigorous Mickey in the mold of the classic Gottfredson adventures. This renaissance has been spearheaded by Byron Erickson, David Gerstein, Noel Van Horn, Michael T. Gilbert and César Ferioli.
In Europe, Mickey Mouse became the main attraction of a number of comics magazines, the most famous being Topolino in Italy from 1932 onward, Le Journal de Mickey in France from 1934 onward, Don Miki in Spain and the Greek Miky Maous.
Mickey was the main character for the series MM Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine, published in Italy from 1999 to 2001.
In 2006, he appeared in the Italian fantasy comic saga Wizards of Mickey.
In 1958, Mickey Mouse was introduced to the Arab world through another comic book called "Sameer". He became very popular in Egypt and got a comic book with his name. Mickey's comics in Egypt are licensed by Disney and were published since 1959 by "Dar Al-Hilal" and they were successful, however Dar Al-Hilal stopped the publication in 2003 because of problems with Disney. The comics were re-released by "Nahdat Masr" in 2004 and the first issues were sold out in less than 8 hours.
Portrayal
Mickey is traditionally characterized as a sympathetic underdog who gets by on pluck and ingenuity in the face of challenges much bigger than himself. As a mouse, an inherently vulnerable creature, Mickey is often depicted as having minimal resources and attributes at his disposal. Consequently, he must rely on sheer wit to overcome obstacles. The character is frequently pitted against larger-than-life villains to accentuate this idea; namely the hulking cat Pegleg Pete, and numerous one-shot antagonists such as the giants of Giantland (1933) and Brave Little Tailor (1938), the king of cards in Thru the Mirror (1936) and Mortimer Mouse in Mickey's Rival (1936). These adversaries were decidedly portrayed as overbearing figures of authority, thusly painting Mickey as a rebellious hero. When not facing an opponent, Mickey is oft placed in situations where his pursuits of grandeur or simple accomplishment lead to disastrous results, typically at the hands of his own impulsivity, as was the case in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1940) among others. Mickey is not portrayed as a hero in the traditional sense, instead acting as a subversion of the stock archetype. He often fumbles his way through adventures; his small size and misplaced optimism serving as his dominating flaws. His manner of problem-solving is generally unorthodox to comedic effect; in Ye Olden Days (1933), Mickey's jousting horse was an infantile mule. In Shanghaied (1934), Mickey battled with a broadbill in place of a sword. The underdog nature of Mickey's character has been interpreted by historians as a symbolic reflection of Walt Disney's early struggles as a farm boy breaking into the imposing Hollywood industry in the 1920s.[39] It has also been perceived as an allegory for the Great Depression in the United States, with Mickey's unrelenting optimism symbolizing the "American endurance to survive" in the face of economic woes.
Charlie Chaplin, known by audiences of the time for his role as the "Little Tramp", was identified by Disney as a source of inspiration for the Mickey character. Disney himself was a noted admirer of Chaplin's work, ascribing his development as a storytelling to the actor. In The American Magazine for March 1931, Disney explained, "I think we were rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea [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." American journalist Alva Johnston noted the similarities between the two figures, stating, "Chaplin was a kind of godfather to Mickey Mouse. It is now and always has been the aim of Disney to graft the psychology of Chaplin upon Mickey. The two universal characters have something in common in their approach to their problems. They have the same blend of hero and coward, nitwit and genius, mug and gentleman."
Besides Chaplin, other notable figures of the silent era have been credited to Mickey's characterization. Chief among them was Douglas Fairbanks, whose swashbuckling screen adventures would inspire Mickey's animated epics. Ub Iwerks wrote in 1970, "He was the super-hero of his day, always winning, gallant and swashbuckling. Mickey’s action was in that vein. He was never intended to be a sissy, he was always an adventurous character. I thought of him in that respect, and I had him do naturally the sort of thing Doug Fairbanks would do." Disney was also noted to have been influenced by Fairbanks, along with other screen personalities including Harold Lloyd and Fred Astaire.
An adaptive character, Mickey's personality lends itself to function within a multitude of situations, while retaining core elements of its design. He is not bound to a particular formula or motif, and as such, has been portrayed in a variety of settings and occupational roles. His film series, meanwhile, spans numerous genres besides the traditional musical comedy; The Mad Doctor (1933) and Runaway Brain (1995) parody the horror genre, whereas stories such as Mickey’s Good Deed (1932) and The Prince and the Pauper (1990) are largely dramatic works. This versatility is said to have attributed to Mickey's popularity with audiences. As expressed by writer Chelsea Tatham, "From his beginnings, Mickey was able to appeal to a wide audience. He catered to neither the 'highbrow' nor the 'hick,' but the ordinary intelligent picturegoer."
There are a number of catchphrases and colloquialisms associated with the character. Mickey’s first spoken words, "Hot dog!" from The Karnival Kid (1929), has endured as a recurring phrase for the character, made especially recognizable to modern audiences for its extensive use in the preschool television program Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Mickey's signature closing line, "See ya real soon!", is derived from the "Mickey Mouse March" reprise from the original 1955 run of The Mickey Mouse Club ("M-I-C; see you real soon!").
Design
Throughout the earlier years, Mickey's design bore heavy resemblance to Oswald, save for the ears, nose, and tail. Ub Iwerks designed Mickey's body out of circles in order to make the character simple to animate. Disney employees John Hench and Marc Davis believed that this design was part of Mickey's success as it made him more dynamic and appealing to audiences.
Mickey's circular design is most noticeable in his ears. In animation in the 1940s, Mickey's ears were animated in a more realistic perspective. Later, they were drawn to always appear circular no matter which way Mickey was facing. This made Mickey easily recognizable to audiences and made his ears an unofficial personal trademark. The circular rule later created a dilemma for toy creators who had to recreate a three-dimensional Mickey.
In 1938, animator Fred Moore redesigned Mickey's body away from its circular design to a pear-shaped design. Colleague Ward Kimball praised Moore for being the first animator to break from Mickey's "rubber hose, round circle" design. Although Moore himself was nervous at first about changing Mickey, Walt Disney liked the new design and told Moore "that's the way I want Mickey to be drawn from now on."
Each of Mickey's hands has only three fingers and a thumb. Disney said that this was both an artistic and financial decision, explaining, "Artistically five digits are too many for a mouse. His hand would look like a bunch of bananas. Financially, not having an extra finger in each of 45,000 drawings that make up a six and one-half minute short has saved the Studio millions." In the film The Opry House (1929), Mickey was first given white gloves as a way of contrasting his naturally black hands against his black body. The use of white gloves would prove to be an influential design for cartoon characters, particularly with later Disney characters, but also with non-Disney characters such as Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Mighty Mouse, Mario, and Sonic the Hedgehog.
Mickey's eyes, as drawn in Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho, were large and white with black outlines. In Steamboat Willie, the bottom portion of the black outlines was removed, although the upper edges still contrasted with his head. Mickey's eyes were later re-imagined as only consisting of the small black dots which were originally his pupils, while what were the upper edges of his eyes became a hairline. This is evident only when Mickey blinks. Fred Moore later redesigned the eyes to be small white eyes with pupils and gave his face a Caucasian skin tone instead of plain white. This new Mickey first appeared in 1938 on the cover of a party program, and in animation the following year with the release of The Pointer. Mickey is sometimes given eyebrows as seen in The Simple Things (1953) and in the comic strip, although he does not have eyebrows in his subsequent appearances.
Originally characters had black hands, but Frank Thomas said this was changed for visibility reasons. According to Disney's Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, written by former Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, "The characters were in black and white with no shades of grey to soften the contrast or delineate a form. Mickey's body was black, his arms and his hands- all black. There was no way to stage an action except in silhouette. How else could there be any clarity? A hand in front of a chest would simply disappear."
Multiple sources state that Mickey's characteristics, particularly the black body combined with the large white eyes, white mouth, and the white gloves, evolved from blackface caricatures used in minstrel shows.
Besides Mickey's gloves and shoes, he typically wears only a pair of shorts with two large buttons in the front. Before Mickey was seen regularly in color animation, Mickey's shorts were either red or a dull blue-green. With the advent of Mickey's color films, the shorts were always red. When Mickey is not wearing his red shorts, he is often still wearing red clothing such as a red bandmaster coat (The Band Concert, The Mickey Mouse Club), red overalls (Clock Cleaners, Boat Builders), a red cloak (Fantasia, Fun and Fancy Free), a red coat (Squatter's Rights, Mickey's Christmas Carol), or a red shirt (Mickey Down Under, The Simple Things).
Voice actors
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 job in which Disney appeared to take great personal pride. Composer Carl W. Stalling was the first person to provide lines for Mickey in the 1929 shorts The Karnival Kid and Wild Waves, and J. Donald Wilson and Joe Twerp provided the voice in some 1938 broadcasts of The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air, although Disney remained Mickey's official voice during this period. 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 speculated that his cigarette habit had damaged his voice over the years. After recording the Mickey and the Beanstalk section of Fun and Fancy Free, Mickey's voice was handed over to veteran Disney musician and actor Jimmy MacDonald. Walt would reprise Mickey's voice occasionally until his passing in 1966, such as in the introductions to the original 1955–1959 run of The Mickey Mouse Club TV series, the "Fourth Anniversary Show" episode of the Walt Disney's Disneyland TV series that aired on September 11, 1957, and the Disneyland USA at Radio City Music Hall show from 1962.
MacDonald voiced Mickey in most of the remaining theatrical shorts and for various television and publicity projects up until his retirement in 1976. However, other actors would occasionally play the role during this era. Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck, provided the voice in three of Mickey's theatrical shorts, The Dognapper, R'coon Dawg, and Pluto's Party. Stan Freberg voiced Mickey in the Freberg-produced record Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party.
Alan Young voiced Mickey in the Disneyland record album An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players in 1974.
The 1983 short film Mickey's Christmas Carol marked the theatrical debut of Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse, who was the official voice of Mickey from 1977 until his death in 2009, although MacDonald returned to voice Mickey for an appearance at the 50th Academy Awards in 1978. Allwine once recounted something MacDonald had told him about voicing Mickey: "The main piece of advice that Jim gave me about Mickey helped me keep things in perspective. He said, 'Just remember kid, you're only filling in for the boss.' And that's the way he treated doing Mickey for years and years. From Walt, and now from Jimmy." In 1991, Allwine married Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse from 1986 until her death in 2019.
Les Perkins did the voice of Mickey in two TV specials, "Down and Out with Donald Duck" and "DTV Valentine", in the mid-1980s. Peter Renaday voiced Mickey in the 1980s Disney albums Yankee Doodle Mickey and Mickey Mouse Splashdance. He also provided his voice for The Talking Mickey Mouse toy in 1986. Quinton Flynn briefly filled in for Allwine as the voice of Mickey in a few episodes of the first season of Mickey Mouse Works whenever Allwine was unavailable to record.
Bret Iwan, a former Hallmark greeting card artist, is the current official voice of Mickey. Iwan was originally cast as an understudy for Allwine due to the latter's declining health, but Allwine died before Iwan could get a chance to meet him and Iwan became the new official voice of the character at the time. Iwan's early recordings in 2009 included work for the Disney Cruise Line, Mickey toys, the Disney theme parks and the Disney on Ice: Celebrations! ice show. He directly replaced Allwine as Mickey for the Kingdom Hearts video game series and the TV series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. His first video game voice-over of Mickey Mouse can be heard in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Iwan also became the first voice actor to portray Mickey during Disney's rebranding of the character, providing the vocal effects of Mickey in Epic Mickey as well as his voice in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and the remake of Castle of Illusion. An openly gay man, Iwan is the character's first LGBT+ performer.
In addition to Iwan, Chris Diamantopoulos was cast as Mickey for the Mickey Mouse 2013 animated series developed by Paul Rudish, as the producers were looking for a voice closer to Walt Disney's portrayal of the character in order to match the vintage look of that series. Diamantopoulos is the first voice of Mickey to be nominated for two Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards for his work in the series. He has reprised the role in the 2017 DuckTales reboot (in the form of a watermelon that Donald uses as a ventriloquist dummy), the Walt Disney World attraction Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, and the Disney+ revival of the series, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse. He voiced Mickey once again for the 2023 short film Once Upon a Studio.
Mickey Mouse has received ten nominations for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. These are Mickey's Orphans (1931), Building a Building (1933), Brave Little Tailor (1938), The Pointer (1939), Lend a Paw (1941), Squatter's Rights (1946), Mickey and the Seal (1948), Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983), Runaway Brain (1995), and Get a Horse! (2013). Among these, Lend a Paw was the only film to actually win the award. Additionally, in 1932 Walt Disney received an honorary Academy Award in recognition of Mickey's creation.
In 1994, four of Mickey's cartoons were included in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons which listed the greatest cartoons of all time as voted by members of the animation field. The films were The Band Concert (#3), Steamboat Willie (#13), Brave Little Tailor (#26), and Clock Cleaners (#27).
On November 18, 1978, in honor of his 50th anniversary, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star is located on 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
Melbourne (Australia) runs the annual Moomba festival street procession and appointed Mickey Mouse as their King of Moomba (1977). Although immensely popular with children, there was controversy with the appointment: some Melburnians wanted a "home-grown" choice, e.g. Blinky Bill; when it was revealed that Patricia O'Carroll (from Disneyland's Disney on Parade show) was performing the mouse, Australian newspapers reported "Mickey Mouse is really a girl!"
Mickey was the Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day 2005. He was the first cartoon character to receive the honor and only the second fictional character after Kermit the Frog in 1996.
BOX DATE: 2020
MANUFACTURER: M.G.A.
DOLLS IN PACK: Glitter Queen; Cosmic Queen; Fresh, Majorette; Teacher's Pet; Rocker; Merbaby; Roller Sk8er; Line Dancer; Sis Swing; Royal High-ney; Leading Baby
RELEASES: 2016 Series 1; 2018 Series 1 "Re-Release;" 2020 Ultimate Collection Re-Released Series 1; 2022 Surprise Family
BODY TYPE: No date
HEAD MOLD: 2016 "Swag"; open mouth; ear slots
SPECIAL FEATURES: Cries
IMPORTANT NOTES: This doll was released multiple times over the years (see "Releases" section above). The original 2016 Series 1 dolls have smaller pupils and a color change feature (compared to this doll's larger pupils and lack of color change feature). There are two versions of the Ultimate Collection--one with Diva on the package and one with Merbaby. This doll was part of the Merbaby pack.
As I was cleaning last week I realised I never posted these gals and guys on here. They arent true customs as they either still have their original hair or are wearing wigs. I made them as a sort of monster high characters doing cosplay in honor of the rerelease of the manga here in the states. So theyre all based, as best I could, on the manga costumes . Enjoy :)
This is the only costume I didnt make from scratch. I had a Ken tuxedo I moded to fit and then added the embellishments.
Volume 1:
The original Tokyopop versions were pocket editions and smaller than the standard manga seen nowadays. They were printed flipped on cheap paper, and the cover is much darker/muddier than the new edition.
The new edition has an updated logo from the Japanese Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon logo and uses the updated artwork from the PGSM rerelease.
The Christmas Song
Nat King Cole
Capitol Records/USA
Originally released in 1962, rereleased in the USA and around the world almost 100 times since then. This is a later release, perhaps from the late 1970's or even 1980's.
This has got to be one of the most iconic and recognised TV themed cars of all time and certainly brings back childhood memories of watching reruns of the original Batman TV series back in the 1980's. This casting is obviously VERY limited in terms of being given different recolours and so at decent intervals Hot Wheels rerelease the same version but just in slightly updated packaging to justify licensing costs and with slightly altered striping. Cost constraints means this basic edition has no working features or separate parts like the original Corgi Juniors version but for its price is still impressive. Bought recently from Sainsbury's who at the moment appear to be the leaders in new cases of HW here in the UK. Mint and boxed.
John Lee Hooker, ‘Sittin’ Here Thinkin’’, 1961. Hooker, the last of the primal bluesmen. He was the real deal. He was the youngest of 11 children and Daddy was a sharecropper. Nobody knows, even him, exactly when he was born. He came from waaaay down South and electrified his country Delta blues when he moved to Detroit, like millions of other black Americans, in the 1940s. His blues is primitive, raw, talking blues. As he himself said, on being asked if white men can sing the blues; “White boy don’t know what it is to wear nylon socks”. Most tunes are one-chord down-stroke rhythms that don’t follow the straight 12-bar pattern. Some of it feels, and was, made up on the spot. Hooker ruminating and getting lost in the moment. Compared to, say, BB King, he attacks the strings, fierce stabs of sound. The band often sound like they’re trying to keep up with him as he veers off, which creates a loose feel. It’s not super-tight smooth and creamy, more of a muddier and lumpier consistency.
My copy of the album is a rerelease from 1979 with ‘authentic’ porch shot. Lazy. The title track alone tells you everything you need to know. Foot tap percussion, lurching chug, Hooker’s drawled voice, guitar notes ripped out. ‘How Many More Years?’ slooow, Hooker moaning and rhythm ragged. ‘Sad and Lonesome’ electric bursts and woe – opening line; “You’re killing me, babe”. ‘Teasin’ Me’ the same. Other titles tell of more tales (all true, possibly) of love, loss, blues, general suffering: ‘Mean Mistreatin’’; ‘I Believe I’ll Lose My Mind’; ‘When My Wife Quit Me’ etc.
This album came out before the Blues Boom in the UK, led by the Rolling Stones. It’s not cashing in or designed to be crowd pleasing. It’s Hooker just doing his thing. Countrified, rather than rockin’ Rhythm & Blues, which he could also do. Out of all the Blues Greats, Hooker is the closest to what you might have heard in Mississippi back in the 1930s and 40s. His voice is mesmerising and his guitar style a force of nature. I shook hands with him once. Swear to God, his hands were twice the size of mine.
Today in Disney History (August 11, 2010):
(1934) "Orphan's Benefit," which features Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy together, was released --in it's original version. In the cartoon, our heroes put on a show to raise money for the kids. Donald makes repeated attempts to recite "Mary Had a Little Lamb," but the mischievous orphans spatter him with eggs until he gives up in disgust. "Orphan's Benefit" was rereleased almost exactly seven years later --a time span that for a while was a Disney tradition-- on August 12, 1941, but this time it was in color and contained some additional animation.
Disney Quiz:
What early star of the silver screen came out of retirement in 1970 to sing the title song for the animated Disney movie "The Arisocats"?
Come back tomorrow for the answer in tomorrow's "Today in Disney History" picture.....
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