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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Sometimes people ask, "Aren't you unhappy that you're noton one of the features right...

Sometimes people ask, "Aren't you unhappy that you're not
on one of the features right now?" I said, "I'm getting to animate
Mickey Mouse."

Full Transcript

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Sometimes people ask,
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"Aren't you unhappy that you're not on one of the features right now?"
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I said, "I'm getting to animate Mickey Mouse."
Duration
10 seconds
Views
58
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:36
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Tremolo Productions,ABC News Studios

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Movie Summary

Mickey Mouse is one of the most enduring symbols in our history. Those three simple circles take on meaning for virtually everyone on the planet.
Walt used to say, "Don't forget. It was all started by a mouse." - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:14
Walt used to say, "Don't forget. It was all starte...
This process of hand-drawn hasn't really changed for a century. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
This process of hand-drawn hasn't really changed for a ...
You know, the process of drawing the characters is exactly the same. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
You know, the process of drawing the characters is exactly t...
But back when the great Mickey cartoons were being made, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:12
But back when the great Mickey cartoons were being made,
These days, to do a new hand-drawn Mickey project, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:09
These days, to do a new hand-drawn Mickey project,
Randy did characters like Clayton in Tarzan. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Randy did characters like Clayton in Tarzan.
And then Mark Henn is really known as the princess guy. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
And then Mark Henn is really known as the princess guy.
We've always wanted to do something - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
We've always wanted to do something
That's never really been seen in a film before, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
That's never really been seen in a film before,
Where he's walking down the hallways of Disney Animation, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:17
Where he's walking down the hallways of Disney Animatio...
I mean, basically we're gonna be making about 1,500 original drawings of Mickey - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:11
I mean, basically we're gonna be making about 1,500 ori...
And this is Mickey as he was designed by Walt and Ub Iwerks. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
And this is Mickey as he was designed by Walt and Ub Iwerks.
Not exactly the Mickey we recognize today, but our kind of proto-Mickey. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
Not exactly the Mickey we recognize today, but our kind of p...
My chore was to keep the horse going around the circle - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:09
My chore was to keep the horse going around the circle
Walt lived here in Marceline for five years. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Walt lived here in Marceline for five years.
But those very few years were Walt's childhood. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
But those very few years were Walt's childhood.
His family was poor, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
His family was poor,
And so art for Walt was an escape. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
And so art for Walt was an escape.
Walt would take his drawing materials and go down to a special tree. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
Walt would take his drawing materials and go down to a speci...
He would spend hours under that tree just laying in the grass. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
He would spend hours under that tree just laying in the gras...