Mousecar

In-house Walt Disney Company award

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

  • 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,[4] designating them members of the exclusive Hyperion Club.[5]

See also

  • Disney Legends
  • Duckster

References

  1. ^ a b Mousecars and Ducksters.
  2. ^ Lot #611: Gorgeous Inscribed "Mousecar" Award with Facsimile Roy and Walt Disney Signature on Plaque
  3. ^ Coveted Mousecar Disney Mickey Mouse Award
  4. ^ The Walt Disney Hyperion Studios. 1929-1939, the Foundation of an Empire
  5. ^ 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.