Mousecar
{{short description|In-house Walt Disney Company award (Mouscar)}}
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.[http://allears.net/2015/04/12/mousecars-and-ducksters/ Mousecars and Ducksters].
In 2005, Riley Thomson's Mousecar was auctioned for $5,358.[http://www.legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=55093 Lot #611: Gorgeous Inscribed "Mousecar" Award with Facsimile Roy and Walt Disney Signature on Plaque] In 2013 Bernie Cobb's Mousecar was auctioned for $8,531.[https://www.justcollecting.com/disney-collectibles/coveted-mousecar-disney-mickey-mouse-award Coveted Mousecar Disney Mickey Mouse Award]
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
- [https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-a-campbell/ Heather Campbell]
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,[http://blog.wdwinfo.com/2013/07/28/the-walt-disney-hyperion-studios-1929-1939-the-foundation-of-an-empire The Walt Disney Hyperion Studios. 1929-1939, the Foundation of an Empire] designating them members of the exclusive Hyperion Club.[https://d23.com/a-to-z/mousecar/ Mousecar]
See also
References
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External links
- [http://bp1.blogger.com/_Sar8IPNlxOY/RlFOcYaBjgI/AAAAAAAAAkc/gM4nV1PCTV0/s1600-h/taliafour.jpg 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)
- [https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/e/ee/Huemer1973.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130303175425 Dick Huemer in the Penthouse Club 1973] (left to right: Jack Cutting, Bill Cottrell, Huemer and Les Clark.