A list of mickey mouse facts

The original Disneyland Tinkerbell was a 71 year-old circus performer named Tiny Kline, the first person to fly off the matterhorn on a zip line. Before that she did stunts such as hanging from an airplane with her teeth.

Inside the top of the Matterhorn Bobsled ride in Disneyland there is an employee break room, featuring a full size basketball court.

In the battle of Normandy the password was "Mickey Mouse"

The transition from the round pupiless Mickey to the more pointed more expressive mickey was made in the 1939 film The Pointer.

The angle of Mickey Mouse's ears are 105 degrees the same angle as the bonds in water.

You will never get an ear profile of Mickey Mouse. His ears always face you no matter where he turns.

President Nixon's press secretary during the watergate scandal, Ron Ziegler, was a skipper on the boat ride Jungle Cruise in Disneyland.

The spooky voice that narrates the classic Disney ride, The Haunted Mansion, is Paul Frees. He has also done the voices in pirates of the caribean, Great Moments With Mr.Lincoln,Boris Badenov, and the Pillsbury Doughboy.

Walt did Mickey's voice until 1946 then Jim Macdonald did the voice for 30 years. The current voice of Mickey is Wayne Allwine.

Mickey spoke for the first time in the 1929 film The Karnival Kid.

The first merchandise to feature Mickey was a child's school tablet in 1929

Disneyland from groundbreak to opening day, took 365 days.

Floyd Gottfreddson drew the Mickey Mouse comic strip for 45 years

Walt Disney recieved an Academy Award in 1932 for the creation of Mickey Mouse.

Ingersoll-Waterbury created the first Mickey Mouse wrist watch.It read "Mickey Mouse Ingersoll" and was sold for $3.75 but was later reduced to $2.75.

Kay Karmen created the Mickey Mouse Magazine in 1933 in contained poems, comics, short stories, and games. The issues were sent out 9 monthly times and distributed in department stores and theaters.

The encyclopedia britanica gave mickey his own entry in 1934>

The first color Mickey movie was The Band concert on February 23 1935 but the last black and white movie was shown on April 13 1935

In 1935 the league of nations gave walt disney a medal for the creation of Mickey Mouse saying he "was a sybol of universal good will".

The 1935 Macys thanksgiving day parade featured and was led by a fifty-five foot tall Mickey Mouse balloon.

Mickey changed again in his most famous role in his first feature film Fantasia. He was modified to have a more 3-D appearance.

From 1928 to 1995 there were 120 Mickey Mouse films even with the 30 year gap in Mickey film production from 1953 to 1983.

In 1983 Mickey's christmas carol was nominated for an academy award for best short film.

On screen, Mickey is not married to Minnie Mouse.

The mickey mouse club aired in 1950

In 1978 the 50th anniversery of Mickey aired.

Mickey Mouse is the official greeter of Disneyland and Disneyworld. Back to main page