The year 1935 had some eventful highlights. For example, Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Pacific. In addition, the first technicolor Mickey Mouse short film is released. Also, the China Clipper makes the first Pacific Airmail delivery and FDR signs the Neutrality Act into law, preventing the U.S. exportation of war related items to nations at war. The Mouse always gets my utmost attention, not necessarily these other key historical events of that year. We were just at Disney World for the 50th Anniversary of the park to visit him.

According to Wikipedia, Mickey Mouse was originally the replacement for a prior Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and first appeared in the short Plane Crazy, debuting publicly in the short film Steamboat Willie (1928), one of the first sound cartoons. He then went on to appear in over 130 films, including The Band Concert (1935), Brave Little Tailor (1938), and Fantasia (1940). “Mickey appeared primarily in short films, but also occasionally in feature-length films. Ten of Mickey’s cartoons were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, one of which, Lend a Paw, won the award in 1941. In 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.”

The character was a big part of my childhood, with the television show starting in 1955. I remember the Mouseketeers, especially Bobby, Tommy, Annette, and Cubby and singing:

Who’s the leader of the club
That’s made for you and me
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there
You’re as welcome as can be
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Mickey Mouse!
(Donald Duck)

Mickey Mouse!
(Donald Duck)

Forever let us hold our banner
High! High! High! High!

Come along and sing the song
And join the jamboree!
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Mickey Mouse club
Mickey Mouse club
We’ll have fun
We’ll meet new faces

We’ll do things and
We’ll go places
All around the world
We’re marching

Who’s the leader of the club
That’s made for you and me
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there
You’re as welcome as can be
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Mickey Mouse!
(Donald Duck)

Mickey Mouse!
(Donald Duck)

Forever let us hold our banner
High! High! High! High!

Come along and sing a song
And join the jamboree!
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

(yay Mickey)
(yay Mickey)
(yay Mickey Mouse Club!)

Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher