Today's Mickey mouse's birthday. And it's not any other birthday, the world is celebrating 90 years of Mickey Mouse! Do you know why I love Mickey Mouse so much? Well, here is it!
The Mickey we know today is an animal cartoon which plays a vital role in every child's entertainment. He was created by Walt Disney himself and his friend Ub Iwerks in 1928. Although created as a replacement to Disney's Oswald the lucky rabbit, Mickey has captured an evergreen place in our hearts.
Now, a character like Mickey could have been anything. A human, bird or whatever. But how and why a mouse? Well, there's no exact proof, but once, when Walt was a small boy, he loved to be the class clown. At one of those days, he caught a field mouse, tied a string around its neck and paraded his new pet around the class room. Although he was caught by his teacher later, he and his mouse were famous for that one day. But little Walt had never imagined that one day, another mouse named Mickey would make him world famous.
Back to today's hero. Mickey made his first appearance in Plane Crazy, a silent movie. It wasn't successful, nor did it make Mickey so adorable. The true story began with his second film, "Steamboat Willie", which was released, today, 90 years ago. It had sounds like Mickey whistling and Minnie saying "Yoohoo!" Yeah, that one small clipping we see whenever we see a Disney Movie. It was a part of that movie. The movie was a great success, and gradually, got everyone's attention.
And today, whenever we see Mickey's head, we recognise it as a product of Disney. From tv channel to radio, school supplies to merchandise, and whatnot? I remember my sixth grade, whatever that belonged to me had Mickey's symbol on it. And even today, no matter I've stopped watching cartoons, I love Mickey mouse.
Lastly, "Happy Birthday Mickey! No matter how old you become, you make us feel young!"
The Mickey we know today is an animal cartoon which plays a vital role in every child's entertainment. He was created by Walt Disney himself and his friend Ub Iwerks in 1928. Although created as a replacement to Disney's Oswald the lucky rabbit, Mickey has captured an evergreen place in our hearts.
Now, a character like Mickey could have been anything. A human, bird or whatever. But how and why a mouse? Well, there's no exact proof, but once, when Walt was a small boy, he loved to be the class clown. At one of those days, he caught a field mouse, tied a string around its neck and paraded his new pet around the class room. Although he was caught by his teacher later, he and his mouse were famous for that one day. But little Walt had never imagined that one day, another mouse named Mickey would make him world famous.
Back to today's hero. Mickey made his first appearance in Plane Crazy, a silent movie. It wasn't successful, nor did it make Mickey so adorable. The true story began with his second film, "Steamboat Willie", which was released, today, 90 years ago. It had sounds like Mickey whistling and Minnie saying "Yoohoo!" Yeah, that one small clipping we see whenever we see a Disney Movie. It was a part of that movie. The movie was a great success, and gradually, got everyone's attention.
And today, whenever we see Mickey's head, we recognise it as a product of Disney. From tv channel to radio, school supplies to merchandise, and whatnot? I remember my sixth grade, whatever that belonged to me had Mickey's symbol on it. And even today, no matter I've stopped watching cartoons, I love Mickey mouse.
Lastly, "Happy Birthday Mickey! No matter how old you become, you make us feel young!"
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