Mickey Mouse Club Theater

Mickey Mouse Club Theater Theater in Fantasyland at Disneyland that showed Disney cartoons; opened August 27, 1955, changed its name to Fantasyland Theater in 1964, and closed December 20, 1981. At one time, the 3D Jamboree was featured, and guests donned polarized glasses to watch Mouseketeers and Disney cartoons in 3-D. The cartoon fare in …

Mickey Mouse Club Magazine

Mickey Mouse Club Magazine Quarterly magazine beginning publication at the height of popularity of the Mickey Mouse Club with the Winter 1956 issue. In June 1957, it went bi-monthly and changed its name to Walt Disney’s Magazine. It ceased publication with the October 1959 issue. Included were stories on the Mickey Mouse Club, its stars, …

Mickey Mouse Club

Mickey Mouse Club In 1929, the Fox Dome Theater in Ocean Park, California, began a Mickey Mouse Club. Soon there were hundreds of other Mickey Mouse Clubs associated with theaters all over the country. These were real clubs which kids joined. The children attended Saturday meetings where Mickey Mouse cartoons were shown, a Chief Mickey …

Mickey Mouse Book

Mickey Mouse Book The first Disney book; published by Bibo-Lang in 1930.

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse Walt Disney’s primary cartoon character and international personality who made his debut in Steamboat Willie on November 18, 1928, at the Colony Theater in New York City. Walt once famously said, “I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing—that it was all started by a mouse.” He told the story …

Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show, The (television)

Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show, The (television) Television show; aired on December 22, 1968. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Dean Jones hosts a look at Mickey Mouse’s 40 years, through film clips, and the return of a group of Mouseketeers.

Mickey Down Under (film)

Mickey Down Under (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on March 19, 1948. Directed by Charles Nichols. Mickey, in the Australian bush, throws a boomerang that gets caught in Pluto’s mouth. Mickey then discovers an egg of an emu. Unfortunately, the parent chases him, but Pluto and the boomerang zoom into his path, leaving the emu …

Mickey and the Seal (film)

Mickey and the Seal (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on December 3, 1948. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto finds a baby seal in Mickey’s basket when he returns from a visit to the zoo, but does not get a chance to tell him until the seal is in the bathtub with Mickey. They return it …

Mickey in Arabia

Mickey in Arabia Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on July 18, 1932. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. Mickey and Minnie are tourists when an evil sheik, Pete, kidnaps Minnie. Mickey’s attempted rescue of Minnie is complicated by a drunken camel. After a furious battle with Pete and his soldiers, a rooftop chase ensues. Mickey and Minnie fall …

Mickey Cuts Up (film)

Mickey Cuts Up (film) Mickey Mouse cartoon; released on November 30, 1931. Directed by Burt Gillett. Mickey is mowing Minnie’s lawn with Pluto helping to pull the mower. Playing a trick on Minnie, Mickey crawls into her birdhouse, pretending to be a bird, but a cat pounces on him. Pluto causes widespread destruction with the …