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Only one of the employees was married, the others who had no other responsibilities or romantic entanglements formed an infantile gang of pranksters and hams. A friend who visited Walt’s office at the time asked Walt if he was making any money. “You smiled and said ‘No, but you was having fun.’ Again I thought, will he ever grow up?”
On weekends the staff took out the Universal camera and prowled the streets, looking for accidents. If they failed to find one, they would often stage one to shoot. On one occasion, thinking that the Universal camera was not impressive looking enough, they rigged two large cans to a box and then cruised pretending to film. “People would come up and pose and say ‘Where are you from?’” Rudy Ising said, “And we’d say, ‘New York’”

An excerpt about Walt Disney’s first company, Laugh-O-Gram Studios which he started in his early 20’s.

The Laugh-O-Gram Studio building was located in Kansas City, Missouri. According to Walt Disney, the studio’s resident mice also served as his inspiration to create his most famous character, Mickey Mouse:

“They used to fight for crumbs in my waste-basket when I worked alone late at night. I lifted them out and kept them in wire cages on my desk. I grew particularly fond of one brown house mouse. He was a timid little guy. By tapping him on the nose with my pencil, I trained him to run inside a black circle I drew on my drawing board. When I left Kansas to try my luck at Hollywood, I hated to leave him behind. So I carefully carried him to a backyard, making sure it was a nice neighborhood, and the tame little fellow scampered to freedom.”

Only one of the employees was married, the others who had no other responsibilities or romantic entanglements formed an infantile gang of pranksters and hams. A friend who visited Walt’s office at the time asked Walt if he was making any money. “You smiled and said ‘No, but you was having fun.’ Again I thought, will he ever grow up?”

On weekends the staff took out the Universal camera and prowled the streets, looking for accidents. If they failed to find one, they would often stage one to shoot. On one occasion, thinking that the Universal camera was not impressive looking enough, they rigged two large cans to a box and then cruised pretending to film. “People would come up and pose and say ‘Where are you from?’” Rudy Ising said, “And we’d say, ‘New York’”

An excerpt about Walt Disney’s first company, Laugh-O-Gram Studios which he started in his early 20’s.

The Laugh-O-Gram Studio building was located in Kansas City, Missouri. According to Walt Disney, the studio’s resident mice also served as his inspiration to create his most famous character, Mickey Mouse:

“They used to fight for crumbs in my waste-basket when I worked alone late at night. I lifted them out and kept them in wire cages on my desk. I grew particularly fond of one brown house mouse. He was a timid little guy. By tapping him on the nose with my pencil, I trained him to run inside a black circle I drew on my drawing board. When I left Kansas to try my luck at Hollywood, I hated to leave him behind. So I carefully carried him to a backyard, making sure it was a nice neighborhood, and the tame little fellow scampered to freedom.”

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