Classic memory: Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

Mickey Mouse turns 80 years old today, and there's not a gray hair on him. Sure, he's a little rounder, a little squatter, and he's been wearing the same clothes for decades, but all in all he looks pretty good. Sure, Mickey hasn't had a movie in two years (his last one went direct-to-video), but his cheerful face remains one of the most recognizable images in the world, even beating out Santa Claus. Disney threw a big party for the mouse's 75th birthday, so this year's festivities will be comparatively subdued.

Mickey's story, however, starts with a rabbit. Disney Brothers Studio was just another cog in Universal Pictures' animation machine when, in 1927, Walt Disney created a character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. With his round, white face, big button nose and floppy black ears, the smiling Oswald was an instant hit and Universal ordered a series of shorts. When Disney met with executives to negotiate another contract in 1928, the rabbit was still riding high and the animator thought he had the upper hand. Instead, the studio told him that it had hired away all of his employees and retained the rights to Oswald. Universal offered to keep Disney if he took a lower salary, but he refused. He and Ub Iwerks — the one loyal animator who stayed with Disney Bros. — returned to work and held a series of hair-pulling, late-night brainstorming sessions for Oswald's replacement. They shortened the ears, added some extra padding around the middle, and turned the rabbit into a mouse. Named Mortimer, The moniker didn't last; there are a number of tales attempting to explain how and why — the most popular being that Disney's wife hated the name and suggested its replacement — but soon he was ready for his debut as Mickey.

Long time past,Maybe we don’t care how Disney Company developed, but we really care the old classic cartoon movie Mickey mouse, and his lovely girl friend Minnie, his best friend Donald Duck, his pet Pluto. Our childhood was with the animated characters. They brought us a lot of laughing. What’s more Mickey Mouse is still very famous in children. Last Sunday, my son told me he wants to buy a Mickey Mouse doll as a gift to his small girlfriend in kindergarten, which makes us break in to a big laughing.My son’s words reminded of my memory, when I was a child, I always wanted to buy a Mickey, but that dream never comes true, because I have no enough money. When I saved enough money, I am not a child any more. Lovely Mickey still is the best gift in my mind. I still keep a Mickey Mouse in a big box. that is the first gift from my first love. As you know, there are a lot of things which we should keep it in deep memory, such as Mickey Mouse, such as first love. Do you still want to experience your heart beating? Welcome to visit dinodirect.com, you will find the same feeling of your first love!

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