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DEBUT OF THE MICKEY MOUSE WATCH IN 1933

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On August 3, 1933, the first Mickey Mouse watch was introduced by the Ingersoll Waterbury Clock Co. of Waterbury, Conn. and Walt Disney Productions at the
Chicago Exposition ‘Century of Progress’. The original Mickey Mouse watch was
priced at $3.25 and later lowered to $2.95. A pocket watch version (shown below)
was also made available around the same time for the price of $1.50.

 

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first-mickey-mouse-watch-display ad

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JAY NORTH IS 60 TODAY

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JAY NORTH TODAY

Jay Waverly North is most remembered for his lead role in the CBS sitcom
Dennis the Menace which aired from 1959 to 1963. Jay was picked for the
lead role in the show by Hank Ketcham, creator of the Dennis the Menace
comic strip. Approximately five hundred hopefuls auditioned for the part. 

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Jay North (as Dennis) shown with show co-stars Gloria Henry and
Herbert  Anderson who play his parents, Alice and Henry Mitchell.

dennis1 comic strip

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FIRST OSCAR WINNING CARTOON ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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Flowers and Trees
is a 1932 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney. It
was released to theaters by United Artists on July 30, 1932. The short was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full Technicolor process. Flowers
and Trees
was a commercial and critical success, winning the first Academy Award
for Animated Short Subjects.

 

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MEL BLANC (MAY 30, 1908–JULY 10, 1989)

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mel blanc 

“The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Mel Blanc, who grew up in Portland,
Oregon, is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice-
acting industry.  

Mel Blanc Autograph 1980

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DONALD DUCK DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1934

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The Wise Little Hen is a Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies cartoon, based on
the fairy tale The Little Red Hen. The cartoon marked the debut of Donald
Duck. It was released on June 9, 1934.

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