And then the name came. What would you call him? And the euphony there of 'Mickey Mouse.' I had him 'Mortimer' first and then my wife shook her head and then I tried 'Mickey' and she nodded the ...

Walt Disney’s 1936 animated short film Mickey’s Rival features the classic characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse, alongside introducing Mortimer Mouse. The film follows Mortimer and Mickey’s ...

Intelligence officers used "Mickey Mouse" as a password among themselves. 6. Disney wanted to name him "Mortimer." The Mortimer Mouse Club doesn't exactly have the same ring to it, does it?

Mickey Mouse, the iconic mascot of the Walt ... According to Neal Gabler’s Walt Disney biography, Harman’s doodling spawned “Mortimer Mouse,” a great mouse with a not-so-great name.

2) Mickey's original name was Mortimer When Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse, his original name was going to be Mortimer Mouse. But, Disney's wife, Lillian, didn't think it worked for his ...

Exactly 90 years ago this week the world's most famous mouse hit our screens for the first time. In 1928 Mickey, originally known as Mortimer, was black and white and animated using 15,000 ...

Although Mortimer’s demeanor is decidedly seedy, his attire is pure Mickey Mouse: white gloves, red shorts with yellow buttons, oversize brown shoes. Disney is not amused. Yet not a squeak has ...