# The Mickey Mouse Paradox **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** disney-hulu\ **Created:** [May 10, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872 "2023-05-10T22:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/21 "2023-05-11T20:34:26Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I was going to suggest HSBC as a parallel. Originally Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, but now a global bank headquartered in London, with the name changed to just the initials. But on checking, I was surprised to discover that around 40% of revenue & profit is still from China. BSA motorcycles were somewhat popular back in the '60s and '70s. The name came from Birmingham Small Arms; originally a gun manufacturer that branched out to bicycles, and then motorcycles. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/22 "2023-05-11T20:47:50Z")
Another Disney paradox is the name of one of it’s _current_ film production subsidiaries; _20th Century Studios_ ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/23 "2023-05-11T21:14:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > BSA motorcycles were somewhat popular back in the '60s and '70s. CCM, the hockey equipment maker, stands for Canada Cycle and Motor Co. Canadian Tire sells tires, but it’s a relatively small part of their operations. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/24 "2023-05-11T21:17:47Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Canadian Tire sells tires, but it’s a relatively small part of their operations. On this side of the border, there’s [Farm & Fleet.](https://www.farmandfleet.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/25 "2023-05-11T21:28:17Z")
**Barney Google and Snuffy Smith** has been mostly Barney Google-less since the mid-50s. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/26 "2023-05-11T21:37:07Z")
Don’t know if this fits but what about Jimmy Dean breakfast foods. I presume they were popular initially because of his fame - Country singer, cross-over hits, The Jimmy Dean Show, other TV roles, and in a James Bond movie with Sean Connery. He currently still voices his own commercials despite being dead since 2010. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/27 "2023-05-11T21:46:46Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > He currently still voices his own commercials despite being dead since 2010. > [@Again with the annoying commercials!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/935): > > [Somebody took his voice from old sausage commercials and attached that audio to new sausage commercials.](https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/verify-is-jimmy-deans-real-voice-used-in-new-commercials/507-619038867)   ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/28 "2023-05-11T21:50:14Z")
I remember a time in the 1970s when there was rarely, if any, Mike Doonesbury in _Doonesbury_ ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/29 "2023-05-11T21:52:10Z")
> [@Again with the annoying commercials!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/935): > > > [@Again with the annoying commercials!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/935): > > > > [Somebody took his voice from old sausage commercials and attached that audio to new sausage commercials.](https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/verify-is-jimmy-deans-real-voice-used-in-new-commercials/507-619038867) Of course, but no mention is made of that. Most younger folks probably assume he is still voicing the new commercials. That’s why I though it might fit the paradox. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/30 "2023-05-11T22:12:29Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > CCM, the hockey equipment maker, stands for Canada Cycle and Motor Co. The Swallow Sidecar Company gave birth to SS Cars, thence Jaguar Cars. My dad worked for an airline with planes powered by Rolls Royce engines. At some point he met a rep from Rolls Royce who gave him a pin with the company logo on it; looked just like the logo on their cars. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/31 "2023-05-11T23:00:50Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > **Barney Google and Snuffy Smith** has been mostly Barney Google-less since the mid-50s. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I remember a time in the 1970s when there was rarely, if any, Mike Doonesbury in _Doonesbury_ And Amos practically disappeared from the radio sitcom [Amos ‘n’ Andy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_%27n%27_Andy). > [@](#): > > In 1943, after 4,091 episodes, the radio program transformed from a 15-minute CBS weekday dramatic serial to an NBC half-hour weekly comedy. … In the new version, the Amos character became peripheral to the duo of Andy and Kingfish ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/32 "2023-05-11T23:38:41Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I’d also known about Mickey Mouse watches, though I can’t remember when or whether I’ve seen one in real life. There is (or was – it’s been a while since I’ve been to D-land) a jewelry shop on Main Street with a ton of Mickey Mouse watches at widely spread price ranges. I don’t think the cheap Mickey Mouse watch is much of a thing any more. I certainly haven’t hear it since I’ve been an adult starting in the 70s. When I was in college “mickey mouse” was used to describe classes that were easy A’s – classes for athletes. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/33 "2023-05-12T02:04:10Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > CCM, the hockey equipment maker, stands for Canada Cycle and Motor Co. When I was a kid in Montreal, in the 70s, CCM was famous for its bicycles. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/34 "2023-05-12T12:10:07Z")
FWIW, Disney opened [Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railroad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_%26_Minnie%27s_Runaway_Railway) in 2020, a ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando. It has new cartoon content with Mickey Mouse. I recognize that one ride doesn’t refute the “almost no Mickey Mouse cartoons”, but thought it was worth mentioning. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/35 "2023-05-12T15:51:55Z")
The Buffalo Bills of the NFL were clearly named after frontiersman Buffalo Bill Cody, but I don’t believe his image has ever in any way been used by the team. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/36 "2023-05-13T02:27:31Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > **Barney Google and Snuffy Smith** has been mostly Barney Google-less since the mid-50s. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I remember a time in the 1970s when there was rarely, if any, Mike Doonesbury in _Doonesbury_ Have we ever seen Charlie Brown eat peanuts? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/37 "2023-05-14T14:58:16Z")
Besides cartoons (and made-for-TV cartoons). Mickey Mouse has appeared in newspaper comic strips and his own comic book, the former from 1930 until 1995 and the latter off and on from 1941 to 2017. Even Carl Barks has done one Mickey story. > **[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_(comic_strip))** > > Win Smith (1930) > Floyd Gottfredson (1930–1932) > Ted Osborne (1932–1937) > Merrill De Maris (1933–1934, 1938–1942) > Bill Walsh (1943–1964) > Dick Shaw (1964–1969) > Del Connell (1969–1988) > Floyd Norman(Sundays: 1984–1986, 1986–1990) > Win Smith (1930) > Floyd Gottfredson(dailies: May 5, 1930 – November 15, 1975)(Sundays: 1932–1938, 1950–1976) > Manuel Gonzales (Sundays: 1939–1981) > Bill Wright (Sundays only, 1942–1946, 1956, 1979–1983) > Carson Van Osten (1974–1975) > Roman Arambula (1975–1989) > Daan Jippes (Sundays... > **[Mickey Mouse (comic book)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_(comic_book))** > > Mickey Mouse (briefly Mickey Mouse and Friends) is a Disney comic book series that has a long-running history, first appearing in 1943 as part of the Four Color one-shot series. It received its own numbering system with issue #28 (December 1952), and after many iterations with various publishers, ended with #330 (June 2017) from IDW Publishing. > The book emphasizes stories with Mickey and his supporting cast: Goofy, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Pluto and Mickey's nephews Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse... And that’s not even considering the many Little Golden Books, Coloring Books, etc. Mickey has been a continuing presence in Disney output throughout the corporation’s existence. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/38 "2023-05-14T15:21:14Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Mickey Mouse has appeared in newspaper comic strips and his own comic book, the former from 1930 until 1995 and the latter off and on from 1941 to 2017. There’s also European comic books like France’s “Mickey Parade”. > **[Mickey Parade](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Parade)** > > Mickey Parade géant (autrefois Mickey Parade) était un magazine français bimestriel, publié entre 1966 et 2023, regroupant des bandes dessinées Disney, la plupart du temps de production italienne. > Le premier numéro de Mickey Parade est sorti le 3 avril 1966, sur les presses de la société Édi-Monde. Conçu au départ comme un hors-série du Journal de Mickey, il porte à chaque sortie le numéro du Journal de Mickey de la même semaine avec la mention « bis », indiquant par là-même sa nature de suppl... ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872/39 "2023-05-14T15:36:29Z")
There is a great MM continuity reprinted in its entirety in the The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics, a book that everyone should own that is crazy underpriced for what it is- gorgeous. Compared to the dynamic action hero in the papers, the Mickey everyone knows is as bland and inoffensive as Ziggy and Garfield. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mickey-mouse-paradox/983872.md?page=1)