Mickey Mouse Magazine In January 1933, Kay Kamen created Mickey Mouse Magazine, which was a small publication containing short stories, articles, gags, games, and poems. There were nine monthly issues of the magazine, distributed through movie theaters and department stores. In November 1933, a second version of the magazine, in the same format but distributed …
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Mickey Mouse Club (television) One of the most popular children’s television series of all time, aired on ABC from October 3, 1955, to September 25, 1959. The show began as an hour-long show Monday through Friday and introduced 24 talented kids, known as Mouseketeers, who performed skits, musical numbers, and introduced special guest stars, serials, …
See moreMickey Mouse Club Circus Special circus under a tent at Disneyland; from November 24, 1955, to January 8, 1956, starring some of the Mouseketeers who were thrilled to be able to ride horses and work the trapezes. This circus was one of Walt Disney’s few failures. He was fascinated by circuses, but guests visiting Disneyland …
See moreMickey Mouse Club Headquarters Located in the Opera House at Disneyland in 1963 and 1964. During a period of syndication of the television series, Walt Disney opened up an area where children could sign up and get their own membership cards in the Mickey Mouse Club. At the time of the original run of the …
See moreMickey 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, …
See moreMickey 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 …
See moreMickey Mouse Book The first Disney book; published by Bibo-Lang in 1930.
See moreMickey 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 …
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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 …
See moreMickey 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.
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