Mickey Mouse celebrates his 90th birthday

I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one-thing that it all started with a mouse”

                                                                                                        -Walt Disney.

It was the roaring 20s. Calvin Coolidge was in the white house, the New York Yankees had just won their third world series title and mickey Mouse made his debut on the silver screen. Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse has celebrated his 90th birthday, after making his popular debut in “steamboat Willie” on November 18, 1928. In the eight minute long, black and white cartoon Mickey pilots a steamboat and entertains his passengers, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on board.

    “Live every moment as not to regret 

what you are about to do”. 

The iconic mouse is one of the most recognizable images in the world and has appeared in short animations, TV shows and full length films. Mickey Mouse has been the enduring symbol of Walt Disney’s multi-billion dollar brand. Mickey Mouse, whom the Walt Disney co calls its global ambassador, also starred in Disney’s critically acclaimed 1942 animated film “Fantasia” and would go on to launch a franchise with “The Mickey Mouse Club”, the 1950s television series that was a favorite of American baby boom kids.

To mark his birthday, Disney opened a 16,000 square-foot art exhibition in Manhattan, called “Mickey: The true original Exhibition”, featuring original art, larger than life photo ops and of course, commemorative merchandise. The exhibition runs until February 10.After all, reaching one’s 90th birthday is a milestone for anyone, but especially foe a mouse, which the pest control company Teminix estimates has a normal lifespan of no more than three years.

“Oh Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind.

Hey Mickey. Hey Hey Mickey!

face it you didn’t read that, you sang it”.

M.Nasreen