Disney's lawsuit against Van Beuren was already in full swing when this was released. The decision came down maybe a month later and that was the end of their Mickey ripoffs.
Ironically, it was Walt Disney who originally plagiarized Milton Mouse when he and Ub Iwerks designed the first version of Mickey, as the character's appearance in "Plane Crazy" closely resembles the drawing style of Frank Moser, the chief animator of Aesop's Fables. For Van Beuren, the only people who were really in a position to defend his point of view were Paul Terry, Frank Moser and Jerry Shield, the founders of the Fables Picture studio and true creators of the Milton character, but unfortunately for Van Beuren, all three had been fired from the studio in 1929, so they had no reason to defend his point of view, especially as Terry was a very vindictive person.
@@blackcow4219 Nick-at-Nite was a late night TV show on the Nickelodeon network, and a "bumper" is a short segment (often a short clip of an old movie or picture) TV shows use to transition to commercials.
Some very "Mickey" looking mice
Thanks for posting.
You bet!
a veritable army of ersatz Mickeys. amazing.
Disney's lawsuit against Van Beuren was already in full swing when this was released. The decision came down maybe a month later and that was the end of their Mickey ripoffs.
Ironically, it was Walt Disney who originally plagiarized Milton Mouse when he and Ub Iwerks designed the first version of Mickey, as the character's appearance in "Plane Crazy" closely resembles the drawing style of Frank Moser, the chief animator of Aesop's Fables.
For Van Beuren, the only people who were really in a position to defend his point of view were Paul Terry, Frank Moser and Jerry Shield, the founders of the Fables Picture studio and true creators of the Milton character, but unfortunately for Van Beuren, all three had been fired from the studio in 1929, so they had no reason to defend his point of view, especially as Terry was a very vindictive person.
3:19 this was in a nick at night bumper
What?
@@blackcow4219 Nick-at-Nite was a late night TV show on the Nickelodeon network, and a "bumper" is a short segment (often a short clip of an old movie or picture) TV shows use to transition to commercials.