Mickey Mouse: The Dirt Behind The Ears
Friday, September 23rd, 2005
Students passing through the atrium last week might have noticed a large rodent, even larger than that squirrel that mutated after eating the fish served in the Caf. Mickey Mouse paid a visit to UNCG as part of a Disney recruitment program. Mr. Mouse also visited a local elementary school to recruit actors for the “It’s a Small World After All” ride. Mickey explained that child labor laws were being bent to compensate for a “midget shortage”, later claiming that no pun was intended.
Mickey Mouse’s show business career had humble beginnings in 1928. “I remember when Walt cast me in ‘Steamboat Willie’.” Mickey said “Times were tough. Minnie was turning tricks to pay the rent, I was running numbers for the Mob. That was my first honest money since we came over from Russia.”
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Students passing through the atrium last week might have noticed a large rodent, even larger than that squirrel that mutated after eating the fish served in the Caf. Mickey Mouse paid a visit to UNCG as part of a Disney recruitment program. Mr. Mouse also visited a local elementary school to recruit actors for the “It’s a Small World After All” ride. Mickey explained that child labor laws were being bent to compensate for a “midget shortage”, later claiming that no pun was intended.
Mickey Mouse’s show business career had humble beginnings in 1928. “I remember when Walt cast me in ‘Steamboat Willie’.” Mickey said “Times were tough. Minnie was turning tricks to pay the rent, I was running numbers for the Mob. That was my first honest money since we came over from Russia.”
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