00:00Walt Disney almost abandoned Mickey after his first film.
00:02The world's most famous character almost disappeared at birth.
00:06In 1928, Mickey Mouse already existed, but his first film was a total failure.
00:10This film is called Plain Crazy.
00:12It was shown to distributors for testing and nobody wanted it.
00:16Walt Disney is discouraged and he thinks that Disney is too simple, too childish and not impactful enough.
00:22He even considers moving on to something else, but Hub Iverx, his main host, insists.
00:27The problem isn't Mickey, the problem is the silence.
00:30At that time, talking pictures arrived.
00:33Disney then made a risky decision: to remake the film entirely around sound.
00:38It will be Steamboat Willie.
00:40Perfect synchronization, images, music, sound effects, and it's a shock.
00:43Mickey didn't become famous because he was cute; he became famous because he was the first character
00:48brought to life by sound.
00:49Without that initial failure, perhaps we would never have had a Mickey Mouse.
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