Name: The Real-Life Drama Behind the Birth of Mickey Mouse (feat. Tony Hale) - Drunk History
Uploaded: 2022-09-16T10:57:37.000Z
Duration: 6 min 33 s
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- HELLO, TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UB IWERKS,

SO OUR STORY STARTS IN 1919 IN KANSAS CITY, USA.

WALT DISNEY WAS A DRAFTSMAN. UB IWERKS WAS AN ANIMATOR.

TO PUT A LIVE ACTION PERSON INTO AN ANIMATED FRAME?

THEY CREATE SOMETHING CALLED THE ALICE COMEDIES,

BUT THERE'S NO MONEY IN IT. AND WALT, THOUGH, IS AMBITIOUS.

HE GOES OFF TO CALIFORNIA AND HE GOES TO THE HEAD

AND HE WAS LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING, I CAN USE THIS,

YO, THIS IS BETTER THAN BEING IN KANSAS CITY,

AND HE DRIVES THE SEVEN DAYS TO CALIFORNIA.

AT THIS POINT, UB CAME UP WITH OSWALD, THE LUCKY RABBIT.

WALT GOES TO CHARLES MINTZ AND HE SAYS, LISTEN, WE ARE

[BLEEP] KILLING IT, TIME FOR YOU TO PAY US SOME MORE MONEY.

AND MINTZ, MINTZ LOOKS AT HIM AND HE LAUGHS.

AND MINTZ GOES, I HAVE SIGNED ALL OF YOUR ANIMATORS,

NOT ONLY WILL I EVER NOT OWN ANY CHARACTER I CREATE,

I WILL NEVER NOT OWN THEM. THEY-THE [laughs]

AND UB, YET AGAIN, LEFT WITH WALT DISNEY,

AND UB SAID TO HIM, WHAT ARE WE DOING WALT?

WHAT ABOUT A HORSE? NOPE. WHAT ABOUT A DOG? NOPE.

[sighs] WHAT ABOUT A CAT? NO, MAN, WE GOT ENOUGH CATS.

WE GOT FELIX THE CAT, THERE'S A LOT OF CATS OUT THERE.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS ALL UB IWERKS, OKAY?

AND HE CHURNS OUT 600 TO 700 FRAMES A DAY, UNHEARD OF.

HE DID TWO MONTHS OF ANIMATION IN TWO WEEKS,

AND HE CREATED A CHARACTER, MICKEY MOUSE.

HE SAT DOWN AND DREW THAT CARTOON PLAIN CRAZY,

WALT LOVES IT, BUT HE GOES YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE NEED SOMETHING BIGGER, AND UB WAS LIKE,

WHAT IF WE DID OUR NEXT CARTOON WHERE WE COULD SEE THE ACTION

AND WALT WAS LIKE YEAH, LET'S DO SYNC SOUND.

SO STEAMBAY--SO STEAM MILL-- SO STEAMBOAT

WILLIE COMES OUT AND IT BLOWS AUDIENCES AWAY.

THEY WENT, I CAN SEE THAT MOUSE WHISTLING.

I CAN HEAR THE MOUSE WHISTLING, OH MY GOD,

THIS MOUSE IS WHISTLING ALONG WITH WHAT HIS MOUTH IS DOING.

THERE'S [bleep] SYNC SOUND. THERE WERE STANDING OVATIONS.

LIKE THIS EM--EMBELLISHES THEIR MICE TO EVERYBODY.

THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS LIKE THE GAME HAS CHANGED.

WITH THE ADDED PRESSURES OF MICKEY DOING REALLY WELL,

DISNEY, HE WANTED TO OVERSEE EVERY BIT OF PRODUCTION.

AND WE GOT TO BE HERE BY THEN, AND PRODUCTIVITY AND [groans].

HE'S LIKE, HEY, MR. WALT DISNEY, I LOVE MICKEY MOUSE.

AND UB GOES, WHOA, ARE YOU [bleep] KIDDING ME?

THOSE ARE THE GUYS WHO WERE STARTING TO PUT LIMITATIONS

AND THEY WERE LIKE THIS IS NOT GONNA FLY ANYMORE,

A FRIEND OF UB'S IS WORKING AT DISNEY STUDIOS STILL.

HE'S LIKE, UB'S OUT OF WORK. YOU COULD USE HIM.

HE SAYS UB, I WANT YOU BACK. PLEASE COME WORK FOR ME.

BUT I WILL NEVER WORK FOR YOU IN ANIMATION.

I WANT TO WORK FOR YOU IN PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS.

YOU'RE THE GUY FOR THAT, COME AND DO THAT FOR ME.

HE WAS A ROCK STAR FOR WALT. HE--HE--HE BUILT STUFF

SO THEY COULD DO MARY POPPINS, THE PENGUIN DANCE.

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