Happy Mickey Mouse Day. The Film that sparked my Career in Stopmotion Animation.

Today is the Big Day.

It’s Mickey Mouse Day. This is the day Mickey Mouse was born and the biggest Celebration of all. Happy Mickey Mouse Day ! So many great Disney memories as a kid growing up in Canada. All the Trips to Disney World every Summer ...

Ahhh those were the days.

Those early Disney movies of Mickey Mouse is what sparked my interest in drawing and especially Stopmotion Animation and launched my career as a Stop motion film maker on Youtube.

So I owe everything to Mickey Mouse.

Source : Youtube

The first two Mickey animation shorts drew no attention, but then came Steamboat Willie, the first animation to feature synchronized music and sound effects, hit the screen. The film premiered in New York on Nov. 18, 1928 and was an instant hit. A series of Mickey Mouse shorts appeared within a matter of months — including Plane Crazy, a short that predated Steamboat Willie in which Mickey plays a rodent Charles Lindbergh. The mouse was a national fad by the end of the year, and it wasn't long before the real genius of Walt Disney kicked in: marketing. Walt quickly started up a line of Mickey merchandise, and within two years the Mickey Mouse Club, a fan club for children, was up and running.

A Brief History of Mickey Mouse: http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1859935,00.html

Without further ado.... Here is that very first Mickey Mouse Short from November 18. 1928

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