do you know know about mickeys ?
i know what a bronze mickey is,
and a silver mortimer .
but a gold ozwald ?
who is ozwald exactly .


please help me find the answer !

I havent a clue! It's not in the dictionary! Maybe an old character no one ever heard of!

A gold ozwald is the prize you get for capturing 50 hidden mickeys on film. I have no earthly clue, however, who ozwald is (even thought the name kinda rings a bell).

it kinda rings a bell to me but i cant seam to remember

was he that rabbit dude that disney made before mickey?

Hi Sacura, Charles B. Mintz was a man who "stole" Walt Disney's creation Ozwald the Rabbit which prompted the events that caused Disney to invent Mickey Mouse.

I hope this answers your question. :)

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Before Mickey Mouse in 1928, Walt Disney created another character named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The award is named after him.

So it is like we are l;ucky to find him.....................OH I GET IT!

The silver mortimer is that Mortimer was going to be Mickey mouses name, but walt's wife wanted the name to be mickey, so it was changed.

The silver mortimer is that Mortimer was going to be Mickey mouses name, but walt's wife wanted the name to be mickey, so it was changed.

Also Mortimer is a name of one of Mickey's rivals, but they asked about ozwald :) Was he the rabit from the Alice Cartoons? Or did that even have a rabit? Now I shall investigate this when I should be doing history homework, thanks, lol, but hey at least I'll know the History of Ozwald (as if that will ever be on the exam)

Thanks for clearing that up though, I was wondering that myself

thank you everyone for you help .. so oswald is a rabbit who was created befor mickey but does anyone have a pic of him ?

This link will bring you to the history of Oswald even with the disney theme song ( oh how i love that song ).

Here is the link : http://members.aol.com/murz1219/oswald.html
link
Also Oswald may have been a character from the 20s and 30s, but his cartoons ( there are quite a few if you go to this link ) were actually remade into color when color was first found out to be added to cartoons and movie productions. I do not believe they are still around.

I also see quite a resemblance to Mickey Mouse and Oswald, like his pants, figure, and ears, except Oswalds are more rabbit like then mouse like.

I know this is going to be very long but this is the real actual history of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Walter Disney Productions
[edit]1927:
Trolley Troubles
Oh Teacher
The Mechanical Cow
Great Guns
All Wet
The Ocean Hop
The Banker's Daughter
Empty Socks
Rickety Gin
[edit]1928:
Harem Scarem
Neck 'n' Neck
The Ol' Swimmin' Hole
Africa Before Dark
Rival Romeos
Bright Lights
Oh, What a Knight
Sagebrush Sadie
Ride'em Plow Boy
Sky Scrappers
Ozzie of the Mounted
Hungry Hoboes
Poor Papa – Pilot Short
The Fox Chase
Tall Timber
Sleigh Bells
Hot Dog
[edit]Winkler Productions
[edit]1928:
High Up — August 6
Mississippi Mud — September 17
Panicky Pancakes — October 1
Fiery Firemen — October 15
Rocks and Socks — November 12
South Pole Flight — November 28
Bull-Oney — November 28
A Horse Tale — December 10
Farmyard Follies — December 24



[edit]1929:
Homeless Homer — January 7
Yanky Clippers — January 21
Hen Fruit — February 4 First Oswald Cartoon in Sound
Sick Cylinders — February 18
Hold 'em Ozzie! — March 4
The ******* Sheik — March 18
Alpine Antics — April 1
The Lumberjack — April 15
The Fishing Fool — April 29
Stage Stunts — May 13
Stripes and Stars — May 27
The Wicked West — June 10
Ice Man's Luck — June 10
Nuts and Jolts [also known as: Nuts and Bolts] — June 24
Jungle Jingles — July 22
Weary Willies — July 22
Saucy Sausages — August 19
[edit]Walter Lantz Productions
[edit]1929:
Race Riot — September 2
Oil's Well — September 16
Permanent Wave — September 29
Cold Turkey — October 15
Pussy Willie — October 28
Amature Nite — November 11
Hurdy Gurdy — November 24
Snow Use — November 25
Nutty Notes — December 9
Ozzie of the Circus — December 23
[edit]1930:
Kounty Fair — January 6
Chilly Con Carmen [copyrighted as: Chile Con Carmen] — January 15
Kisses and Kurses — February 17
Broadway Folly — March 3
Bowery Bimbos [working title: Bowling Bimboes] — March 18
The Hash Shop [working title: The Hash House] — April 12
The Prison Panic — April 27
Tramping Tramps — May 6
Hot for Hollywood [working title: Hollywood] — May 19
Hells Heels [also known as: Nell's Yells] — June 3
My Pal Paul — June 20
Not So Quiet — June 30
Spooks — July 14
Cold Feet — August 13
Snappy Salesman — August 18
Henpecked — August 20
The Singing Sap — September 8
The Detective — September 22
The Fowl Ball [also known as: The Foul Ball] — October 13
The Navy — November 3
Mexico — November 17
Africa — December 1
Alaska — December 15
Mars — December 29
[edit]1931:
China — January 12
College — January 27
Shipwreck — February 9
The Farmer — March 23
The Fireman — April 6
Sunny South — April 20
Country School — May 5
The Bandmaster — May 18
Northwoods — June 1
The Stone Age — July 15
Radio Rhythm — July 27
Kentucky Belles [working title: The Horse Race; copyrighted as: Kentucky Belle] — September 2
Hot Feet — Septmeber 14
The Hunter — October 12
Wonderland — October 26
The Hare Mail — November 30
The Fisherman — December 7
The Clown — December 21
[edit]1932:
Grandma's Pet — January 18
Mechanical Man — February 15
Wins Out — March 14
Beau and Arrows [also known as: Beaus and Arrows] — March 28
Making Good — April 11
Let's Eat [working title: Foiled!] — April 21
The Winged Horse [also known as: The Wing Horse] — May 9
Cat Nipped — May 23
A Wet Knight — June 20
A Jungle Jumble — July 4
Day Nurse — August 1
The Busy Barber [also known as: Busy Barbers] — September 12
Carnival Capers — October 10
Wild and Woolly — November 21
Teacher's Pests — December 19
[edit]1933:
The Plumber — January 16
The Shriek — February 27
Going to Blazes — April 10
Beau Best [copyrighted as: Beau Beste] — May 22
Ham and Eggs — June 19
Confidence [working title: A New Deal] — July 31
Five and Dime — September 18
The Zoo — November 6
The Merry Old Soul — November 27
Parking Space — December 18
[edit]1934:
Chicken Reel — January 1
The Candy House — January 15
The County Fair [also known as: The Country Fair] — February 5
The Toy Shoppe — February 19
Kings Up — March 12
Wolf! Wolf! — April 12
The Ginger Bread Boy — April 16
Goldielocks and the Three Bears — May 14
Annie Moved Away — May 28
Wax Works — June 25
William Tell — July 9
Chris Columbus Jr. [also known as: Christopher Columbus Jr.] — July 23
The Dizzy Dwarf — August 6
Ye Happy Pilgrims [also known as: Happy Pilgrims] — September 3
Sky Larks — October 22
Spring in the Park — November 12
[edit]1935:
Robinson Crusoe Isle — January 1
The Hillbilly — February 1
Two Little Lambs — March 11
Do A Good Deed — March 25
Elmer the Great Dane — April 29
Towne Hall Follies — June 3
At Your Service — July 8
Bronco Buster — August 5
Amateur Broadcast — August 26
The Quail Hunt — September 23
Monkey Wretches — November 11
Case of the Lost Sheep — December 9
Doctor Oswald — December 30
[edit]1936:
Soft Ball Game — January 27
Alaska Sweepstakes — February 17
Slumberland Express — Macrh 9
Beauty Shoppe — March 30
The Barnyard Five — April 20
Fun House — June 4
Farming Fools — June 25
Battle Royal — July 22
Music Hath Charms — September 7
Kiddie Revue — September 21
Beach Combers — October 5
Night Life of the Bugs — October 19
Puppet Show — November 2
The Unpopular Mechanic — November 6
Gopher Trouble — November 30
[edit]1937:
Everybody Sing — February 22
Duck Hunt — March 8
The Birthday Party — March 29
Trailer Thrills — May 3
The Wily Weasel — June 6
The Playful Pup — July 12
Lovesick — October 4
Keeper of the Lions — October 18
The Mechanical Handy Man — November 8
Football Fever — November 15
The Mysterious Jug — November 29
The Dumb Cluck — December 20
[edit]1938:
The Lamp Lighter — January 10
Man Hunt — February 7
Yokel Boy Makes Good — February 21
Trade Mice — February 28
Feed the Kitty — March 14 Final Cartoon in the Oswald Series
Happy Scouts — June 20 A New Universal Cartoon
[edit]1943:
The Egg-Cracker Suite — March 22 A Swing Symphony Cartoon

To add to all this, and to put Ozwald in better perspective:

Walt and Roy Disney were making Ozwald the Lucky Rabbit shorts for Universal Studios before 1928. The shorts were modestly sucessful, so when their contract was up with Universal, Walt went to New York City (then the headquarters of Universal) to ask for more money. Instead, to his dismay, the Universal executives decided not to renew the contract with the Disneys and to turn over the production of Ozwald to a newer animator they had taken a shine to.

It was on the train trip back home to California after being "fired" that Walt made the first sketches of Mickey Mouse. And that was the start of history. Ozwald is now all but forgotten.

Oh, yes, and this newer animator Universal liked? His name was Walter, too. Walter Lantz. I hear he created another character for Universal later on, called -- um --

Woody Woodpecker

Thank you for updating on this great gabsy. I just grabbed dates and cartoon titles lol.

To add to all this, and to put Ozwald in better perspective:

Walt and Roy Disney were making Ozwald the Lucky Rabbit shorts for Universal Studios before 1928. The shorts were modestly sucessful, so when their contract was up with Universal, Walt went to New York City (then the headquarters of Universal) to ask for more money. Instead, to his dismay, the Universal executives decided not to renew the contract with the Disneys and to turn over the production of Ozwald to a newer animator they had taken a shine to.

It was on the train trip back home to California after being "fired" that Walt made the first sketches of Mickey Mouse. And that was the start of history. Ozwald is now all but forgotten.

Oh, yes, and this newer animator Universal liked? His name was Walter, too. Walter Lantz. I hear he created another character for Universal later on, called -- um --

Woody Woodpecker

Don't mean to bump up a thread, but that character was Woody Woodpecker. ;) (Might I add, I enjoy that character very much!)

-skippyskippy