LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Mouse cartoons are coming back to TV as Disney attempts to revive one of the world’s most popular characters.

The 19 episodes, hand-drawn and in 2-D, will debut June 28 on the Disney Channel, Disney.com and the Watch Disney Channel app.

In a preview on Disney.com, Mickey and Minnie are working at a Paris cafe when
they face a shortage of croissants. In the 3-minute, 30-second cartoon, Mickey
goes on an adventurous trip through the city to fulfill their orders.

Walt Disney Co.’s CEO Bob Iger told CNBC on Tuesday that the shorts harken
back to the days of founder Walt Disney, highlighting Mickey’s "impish" and
"innocent" qualities.

Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger

Small Fry Club (also known as Movies for Small Fry) is one of the earliest TV 
series made for children. It aired on the DuMont Television Network from
March 11, 1947 to June 15, 1951 and afterwards was produced and aired in 
Boston on WBZ-TV until 1968. It was hosted by "Big Brother Bob Emery".
 

Bob Emery (Clair Robert Emery)

Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991)

The author of immortal children’s poems was not a real doctor, but he
always dreamed of practicing medicine and added the Dr. to his name
upon receiving an honorary degree.

Geisel’s birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for
National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created
by the National Education Association.

   William Watts "Buck" Biggers (June 2, 1927 – February 10, 2013)

Biggers teamed with Chet Stover, Treadwell D. Covington and artist Joe
Harris in the creation of the television cartoon Underdog which debuted
on October 3, 1964 on the NBC network. It continued in syndication until
1973, for a total of 124 episodes. The primary sponsor was General
Mills .Biggers reportedly died unexpectedly February 10 at his home
in Plymouth, Mass.

The first Slinky

The toy Slinky was invented and developed by naval engineer Richard James in
the early 1940s. He demonstrated his creation in November OF 1945 at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The toy was a hit, selling its entire inventory of 400 units in ninety minutes. James and his wife Betty formed James Industries in Philadelphia to manufacture Slinky and several related toys such as
the Slinky Dog and Suzie, the Slinky Worm. In 1960, Betty became president of
James Industries, and, in 1964, moved the operation to Hollidaysburg, Pa. In
1998, she sold the company to Poof Products, Inc. Industry experts predict the 
Slinky will make a comeback this year. 

.

Slinky inventor Richard James

Betty James