Mousecar
The Mousecar is an in-house award given by The [Walt Disney Company] for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. The award was first presented by Disney founder Walt Disney to his brother Roy O. Disney in 1947.
In 2005, Riley Thomson's Mousecar was auctioned for $5,358. In 2013 Bernie Cobb's Mousecar was auctioned for $8,531.
Origin of the word
"Mousecar" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Mouse".List of recipients
- Louis Armstrong
- Bernie Cobb
- Marc Davis
- Roy O. Disney
- Bob Dorfman
- Jim Gardner
- Kathie Lee Gifford
- Manuel Gonzales
- Benny Goodman
- Floyd Gottfredson
- Winnie Grosso
- Dick Huemer
- Lucille Ogle
- Zack Schaja
- Sherman Brothers
- Robert Stevenson
- Riley Thomson
- Bob Weis Walt Disney Imagineering
- Elmo Williams
- Ed Wynn
During the studio's 50th anniversary in 1973 special Mousecars were given to every employee who had worked at the original Disney Studio on Hyperion Street in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, designating them members of the exclusive Hyperion Club.