A: I also believe that he was partial to Mickey Mouse.

A: My guesses as to the most significant events in Walt Disney’s life would be his travel to France with the Red Cross in 1918, his trip to California in 1923 to start his company, his marriage to Lillian Bounds and the birth of his two daughters, the creation of Mickey Mouse in 1928, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, his first television series in 1954, Disneyland in 1955, and Mary Poppins in 1964.

A: At the time of Walt’s death, dozens of editorial cartoonists throughout the world noted the event with similarly themed newspaper cartoons. Some had the world crying; others had the Disney characters crying.  The one you ask about is obviously one of these cartoons.

A: I have never heard that Walt Disney himself ever wanted to get back the Oswald rights. Naturally, he was a bit ashamed of his early work, after he had progressed on to cartoons that were so much better in quality. He even tried, unsuccessfully, to prevent the showing of some of his Alice and Oswald cartoons in the very early years of television.

A: Yes, that is all original furniture and furnishings. I inventoried the office shortly after I began in the Archives in 1970, and had the office completely photographed so it could be displayed someday. The actual office space was remodeled originally for Ron Miller, when he was president of the company. It was later occupied by Michael Eisner and Roy E. Disney.

A: If you are asking about the “Disneyland will never be completed…” quote, it was not on the opening day television special. He made the statement to a reporter.

A: All of the awards won by Walt Disney were personally owned by Walt; they were turned over to the Disney family at their request in the mid-1980s and are now on display at The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. The story about Lillian Disney’s role is untrue.

A: There is at least one image that appeared in a magazine of Walt wearing the Mouse ear hat; you can see it on Pinterest or Google Images.

A: Walt Disney’s biographies all mention the Disney family’s connection to Canada. Walt’s father, Elias, was born in Bluevale, not too far from Goderich. Elias’ grandfather had settled in the Goderich area years earlier, where he operated a gristmill. Elias frequently talked fondly about life in Ontario, and Walt wanted to go there sometime with his father, but it never worked out. The only time Walt visited was on a car trip with his wife in June 1947. He never flew over the area, nor did he ever say he considered the layout of Goderich when he was planning Disneyland. I visited Goderich, at the request of Roy Disney, to check out the Disney family’s roots, in 1971.

A: Besides the films The Jungle Book and The Happiest Millionaire, he was working on such projects as Walt Disney World/EPCOT, Mineral King, CalArts, and an update of Tomorrowland in Disneyland.