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www.freenice.org Mickey Mouse Cartoon walt disney theatrical cartoon donald daisy duck huey dewey louie goofy Mickey was a bit of a wild child himself when he first appeared, in 1928, in the changeover period when silent movies were being superseded by the talkies. He played practical jokes, he pursued his girlfriend Minnie aggressively, and in Steamboat Willie, he vented his anger on an undeserving parrot. Steamboat Willie was actually not the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, but it was the first with synchronised sound, and its success made Walt Disney the most famous animator in cinema history, and led to countless more short cartoons, Mickey Mouse comics, spin-offs of every description, including cuddly toys and T-shirts, and hundreds of Mickey Mouse clubs across America. But in the 1930s, when America was threatened by recession and political radicalism, the conservative, communist-hating Walt Disney toned down Mickeys behaviour and created the bland, all-American mouse kid that he has been ever since. Animators once made a cartoon for a private viewing to amuse their boss, in which Mickey went all the way with Minnie. Disney congratulated them on the craftsmanship, asked for the names of all those involved and then sacked them. No one could tamper with Mickeys family-friendly image, even as a private joke. His name also went into the language, Mickey Mouse being used, or misused, as an adjective, to mean ridiculous or insignificant. It caused a ghastly misunderstanding ...