Mickey mouse friend

Mickey Mouse and Friends was an animated television series identical to Episode list [ ] • Episode 1 • • • • Episode 2 • • • • Episode 3 • • • • Episode 4 • • • • Episode 5 • • • • Episode 6 • • • • Episode 7 • • • • Episode 8 • • • • Episode 9 • • • • Episode 10 • • • • Episode 11 • • • • Episode 12 • • • See also [ ] • • External links [ ] •

NOEL KING, HOST: Fifty years ago today, an animator named Ub Iwerks died. He was never a household name, but he is responsible for some of Disney's greatest special effects, and he designed Mickey Mouse. Mackenzie Martin of member station KCUR tells his story on the podcast A People's History Of Kansas City. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED KCUR PODCAST) MACKENZIE MARTIN, BYLINE: When you think about Mickey Mouse, one name comes to mind, Walt Disney. But here's the thing - Walt Disney didn't create Mickey Mouse alone. It was actually his best friend, Ub Iwerks, who designed the iconic cartoon in 1928. JEFF RYAN: Mickey is basically the child of two dads. MARTIN: Jeff Ryan is the author of "A Mouse Divided: How Ub Iwerks Became Forgotten, And Walt Disney Became Uncle Walt." RYAN: He was the person who was doing most of the behind-the-scenes work, and when Walt was taking credit, Ub was the one who was denied credit. MARTIN: It's not like Walt Disney wasn't integral to the success of Mickey Mouse. He certainly was. In addition to defining Mickey's personality, he literally voiced the character for years. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) WALT DISNEY: (As Mickey Mouse) He'll hear you. MARTIN: But that doesn't erase the fact that for decades, the collaboration between Iwerks and Disney was mostly kept a secret. RYAN: I think a lot of that has to do with the way that Disney over the years has controlled the Mickey Mouse narrative. They want people to think that Walt was responsible for m...

According to Walt Disney, the idea for Mickey Mouse suddenly popped into his head on a 1928 cross-country train ride “when the business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at [their] lowest ebb,” as he wrote in 1948. Nice story. It’s become part of American lore. But it’s not true. In reality, Mickey Mouse was created by an animator named Ub Iwerks — sketched in March 1928 on an ordinary piece of two-hole punch paper in less than an hour. Iwerks has been largely forgotten by the general public, his place in creating the Disney brand downplayed. Walt made sure of that, says a new book, “ “After [Walt and Ub’s] acrimonious breakup, Walt started telling a story that he had made up Mickey solo, leaving Iwerks out of the equation,” Ryan tells The Post. “As he kept adding to it, people began to realize it wasn’t true. Walt knew what audiences wanted wasn’t the unglamorous truth but a legend, a myth.” Walt and Ub, whose full name is Ubbe (pronounced “oob”) Iwwerks, started out as best friends. The two men met in Kansas City in 1919 while working at an art studio. They soon launched their own animation venture, producing cartoon shorts that were screened before feature films. Steamboat Willie, Mickey Mouse, 1928 ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection Their biggest success was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, but the men lost control of the character after a disagreement with a distributor. A replacement was needed. Walt and Ub sat down and began brainstorming. Ub drew a horse...

For more stories like this one, subscribe to Kansas City takes a lot of pride in being the place where Walt Disney started his first animation studio and created his first cartoon characters. But here's the thing: Walt Disney didn’t design Mickey Mouse. And the stories he told for years about how the iconic character came to be aren’t true. To know the truth about Mickey Mouse and the secret to many of Walt Disney’s successes, you have to know the story of Disney's best friend: Kansas City animator Ub Iwerks. It was Iwerks, not Disney, who in 1928 designed Mickey Mouse and single-handedly animated the first Mickey cartoon in Hollywood. The two originally met as teenagers, while working at the same Kansas City commercial art studio. Unlike Disney, Iwerks was born and raised in Kansas City. And from an early age, Iwerks was fascinated with the idea of bringing still images to life. It was his dad, a German immigrant, who first introduced him to film. In addition to being a prolific animator, Iwerks was also the genius inventor behind Disney's greatest special effects. He is the one to thank for the iconic scenes in "Mary Poppins" and "Sleeping Beauty," in addition to Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." “He was the person who was doing most of the behind-the-scenes work. And when Walt was taking credit, Ub was the one who was denied credit,” says Jeff Ryan, author of “ It’s not like Walt Disney wasn’t integral to the success of Mickey Mouse. He certainly was. In addition to defin...

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According to Walt Disney, the idea for Mickey Mouse suddenly popped into his head on a 1928 cross-country train ride “when the business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at [their] lowest ebb,” as he wrote in 1948. Nice story. It’s become part of American lore. But it’s not true. In reality, Mickey Mouse was created by an animator named Ub Iwerks — sketched in March 1928 on an ordinary piece of two-hole punch paper in less than an hour. Iwerks has been largely forgotten by the general public, his place in creating the Disney brand downplayed. Walt made sure of that, says a new book, “ “After [Walt and Ub’s] acrimonious breakup, Walt started telling a story that he had made up Mickey solo, leaving Iwerks out of the equation,” Ryan tells The Post. “As he kept adding to it, people began to realize it wasn’t true. Walt knew what audiences wanted wasn’t the unglamorous truth but a legend, a myth.” Walt and Ub, whose full name is Ubbe (pronounced “oob”) Iwwerks, started out as best friends. The two men met in Kansas City in 1919 while working at an art studio. They soon launched their own animation venture, producing cartoon shorts that were screened before feature films. Steamboat Willie, Mickey Mouse, 1928 ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection Their biggest success was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, but the men lost control of the character after a disagreement with a distributor. A replacement was needed. Walt and Ub sat down and began brainstorming. Ub drew a horse...

Mickey Mouse and Friends was an animated television series identical to Episode list [ ] • Episode 1 • • • • Episode 2 • • • • Episode 3 • • • • Episode 4 • • • • Episode 5 • • • • Episode 6 • • • • Episode 7 • • • • Episode 8 • • • • Episode 9 • • • • Episode 10 • • • • Episode 11 • • • • Episode 12 • • • See also [ ] • • External links [ ] •

NOEL KING, HOST: Fifty years ago today, an animator named Ub Iwerks died. He was never a household name, but he is responsible for some of Disney's greatest special effects, and he designed Mickey Mouse. Mackenzie Martin of member station KCUR tells his story on the podcast A People's History Of Kansas City. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED KCUR PODCAST) MACKENZIE MARTIN, BYLINE: When you think about Mickey Mouse, one name comes to mind, Walt Disney. But here's the thing - Walt Disney didn't create Mickey Mouse alone. It was actually his best friend, Ub Iwerks, who designed the iconic cartoon in 1928. JEFF RYAN: Mickey is basically the child of two dads. MARTIN: Jeff Ryan is the author of "A Mouse Divided: How Ub Iwerks Became Forgotten, And Walt Disney Became Uncle Walt." RYAN: He was the person who was doing most of the behind-the-scenes work, and when Walt was taking credit, Ub was the one who was denied credit. MARTIN: It's not like Walt Disney wasn't integral to the success of Mickey Mouse. He certainly was. In addition to defining Mickey's personality, he literally voiced the character for years. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) WALT DISNEY: (As Mickey Mouse) He'll hear you. MARTIN: But that doesn't erase the fact that for decades, the collaboration between Iwerks and Disney was mostly kept a secret. RYAN: I think a lot of that has to do with the way that Disney over the years has controlled the Mickey Mouse narrative. They want people to think that Walt was responsible for m...