Mousecar
The Mousecar is an in-house award given by The Walt Disney Company for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. The award was first presented by Disney founder Walt Disney to his brother Roy O. Disney in 1947.[1]
In 2005, Riley Thomson's Mousecar was auctioned for $5,358.[2] In 2013 Bernie Cobb's Mousecar was auctioned for $8,531.[3]
Origin of the word
[edit]"Mousecar" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Mouse" (as in Mickey Mouse).[1]
List of recipients
[edit]- Louis Armstrong
- Bernie Cobb
- Marc Davis
- Roy O. Disney
- Bob Dorfman
- Jim Gardner
- Kathie Lee Gifford
- Manuel Gonzales
- Benny Goodman
- Floyd Gottfredson
- Winnie Grosso
- Dick Huemer
- Lucille Ogle
- Zack Schaja
- Sherman Brothers
- Robert Stevenson
- Riley Thomson
- Bob Weis Walt Disney Imagineering
- Elmo Williams
- Ed Wynn
During the studio's 50th anniversary in 1973 special Mousecars were given to every employee who had worked at the original Disney Studio on Hyperion Street (1929-1939) in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles,[4] designating them members of the exclusive Hyperion Club.[5]
See also
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[edit]- Photo from the October 1963 party in the Penthouse Club at the Disney Studio where Mousecars and Ducksters were presented to Disney comic strip writers and artists (left to right: Bob Karp, Walt Disney, Floyd Gottfredson, Al Taliaferro, Manuel Gonzales and Roy O. Disney)
- Dick Huemer in the Penthouse Club 1973 (left to right: Jack Cutting, Bill Cottrell, Huemer and Les Clark.