6 Fun Facts About Everyone’s Favorite Mouse
Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse! Walt Disney’s iconic character turns 91 today (November 18) and we’re celebrating with some fun facts.
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Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse! Walt Disney’s iconic character turns 91 today (November 18) and we're celebrating with some fun facts.
- Mickey Mouse made his debut on November 18th, 1928 in the animated short, “Steamboat Willie” at the Colony Theatre in New York City.
- It was the first animated cartoon to feature synchronized sound.
- A seven-minute Mickey Mouse cartoon could have over 10,000 drawings that would take anywhere from six months to a year to complete.
- Mickey’s first live stage show, “Mickey Mouse Ideas” happened in 1931.
- The Mickey Mouse watch is the most popular piece of merchandise with 2.5 million watches sold in the first two years of production.
- It was said that Mickey was Walt Disney’s alter-ego and he was patterned after Charlie Chaplin.
