Betcha didn’t know that Minnie Mouse appeared in other pictures before hitting it big with Mickey in Steamboat Willie! It All Started in 1928 In 1928, Walt Disney created a human-like mouse character named Minerva Mouse and nicknamed her “Minnie.” The nickname “stuck,” and that’s the name she has made famous. Just as he had …
Did you know that Mickey Mouse was not Walt Disney’s first successful cartoon personality? And did you know that Steamboat Willie was not Mickey’s public debut performance? Read on, my friend. Oswald? Who is Oswald? In January 1927, executives at Winkler Pictures told Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks that Universal Pictures was desiring to get …
No pets at all – or mice – is the exception to the rule.
Every kind of creature lived in the Teddy Roosevelt White House. In addition to the dogs, there was, literally, a menagerie.
At least one dog has lived in the White House for over 100 years — no matter WHO was President. Did you know that almost every U.S. President since George Washington has had at least one dog? Thirty of the 44 presidents have had at least one dog in the White House, so it seems pretty fair to say …
