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.
In 2005, Riley Thomson's Mousecar was auctioned for $5,358. In 2013 Bernie Cobb's Mousecar was auctioned for $8,531.
Origin of the word
"Mousecar" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Mouse" (as in Mickey Mouse).
List of recipients
- 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, designating them members of the exclusive Hyperion Club.
See also
References
- ^ Mousecars and Ducksters.
- Lot #611: Gorgeous Inscribed "Mousecar" Award with Facsimile Roy and Walt Disney Signature on Plaque
- Coveted Mousecar Disney Mickey Mouse Award
- The Walt Disney Hyperion Studios. 1929-1939, the Foundation of an Empire
- Mousecar
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.
