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
"Mousecar" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Mouse" (as in Mickey Mouse).[1]
List of recipients
- Floyd Gottfredson
- Manuel Gonzales
- Marc Davis
- Dick Huemer
- Louis Armstrong
- Benny Goodman
- Bernie Cobb
- Sherman Brothers
- Riley Thomson
- Kathie Lee Gifford
- Lucille Ogle
- Elmo Williams
- Ed Wynn
- Robert Stevenson
- Winnie Grosso
- Zack Schaja
- Bob Dorfman
- Roy O. Disney
- Jim Gardner
- Bob Weis Walt Disney Imagineering
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
References
External links
- 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.
