Hand-painted with his signature button shorts and pie-eyed face, the balloon also featured a large star on its chest as a tie-in with the Macy's department store. The balloon was constructed in a hangar in Akron, Ohio by Goodyear using simple round shapes of rubber and fabric which complimented the mouse's already rounded attributes. With a mixture of Disney and Sarg's genius artistry, the duo initially designed four different balloons before settling on a four-story-high version of Mickey Mouse.
Mickey Mouse first flew high and made his first appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1934, as a collaboration between Walt Disney himself and then-Parade Director, Tony Sarg.
In 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The white parade 1934 series#
He has also been featured in a newspaper comic strip, several comic book series, television series such as The Mickey Mouse Club, and video games and has also been a mainstay meetable character at Disney's theme parks. Mickey went on to star in over 100 short films, and various feature films such as Fantasia. Mickey debuted in Steamboat Willie, one of the first cartoons with sound, in 1928. An anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears outfits with a red, yellow, and white color scheme, Mickey is depicted as a pleasant, cheerful Everyman with a mischievous and adventurous side, who lives in his own universe with his girlfriend Minnie Mouse and various friends. Created by Walt Disney and his cartoonist partner Ub Iwerks, he has become one of the most recognizable fictional characters in the world. Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character who is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.