Mickey Mouse is 80

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

But wouldn't theoretically he had to have been born prior to the movie being released? One can't make AND release a movie the day they were born. Well, one could nowadays, but I doubt that is what happened with MM.

I would equate the design studio with a womb and the lens of the theater projector with the cervix. He was born when the image passed through the lens and onto the screen.

[Isaac]

His birthday was 6 months ago, but, hey, better late than never!

Happy Belated Birthday Mickey Mouse!

[innerSpaceman]

It doesn't much matter if he didn't find an audience. The film was released and people saw it.


It's like saying The Beatles didn't exist till 1964. History is important. Pop history less so, but facts are facts ... and lies are lies.

[mousepod]

I think of the early screening of Plane Crazy as the Ascot Racecourse and Steamboat Willie as the Embassy Ball.

[Gemini Cricket]

"You like Mickey the Mouse?"

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

"You like Mickey the Mouse?"

Wow, Paper Moon. I hadn't thought about that movie in ages. Madeline Kahn was a genius. I've got to rent this and see it again soon.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Wow, Paper Moon. I hadn't thought about that movie in ages. Madeline Kahn was a genius. I've got to rent this and see it again soon.

That scene is so very wonderful. Madeline Kahn was simply brilliant.

[CoasterMatt]

I hate Mickey Mouse.

Didn't he die in December of 1966?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm with George Carlin on this.

Mickey works best as a logo, a symbol. He's fun to look at. All those friendly round shapes, eh? I appreciate him from a visual point of view, same way I appreciate the logos of Coca-Cola or Star Trek. They don't have anniversaries of those symbols mentioned by your local newscaster (or do they? I haven't watched a nightly newscast since the millenium changed, at least).

Once they took his mischievous nature away he lost any merit as a character. But as a symbol, Mickey endures. Whenever they come out with new Disneyland logo shirts/hats/notebooks/whathaveyou featuring the Mouse, I still drool.

Happy Birthday, "Mickey". I miss my old hat.

[Isaac]

I prefer the pre-Fantasia version of Mickey.

1928 - 1939 Mickey Mouse was an outgoing, adventurous character. He would build his own airplane, climb mountains....but after Fantasia, he would just sit @ home w/ Pluto, read the newspaper and get dressed for a date w/ Minnie [yawn].