I know that traditionally Disney acknowledges Mickey's birthday as being the same 
date as the release of his first film to the theaters, meaning the release 
of "STEAMBOAT WILLIE" is Mickey's traditional birthday (even though "Plane Crazy" 
was produced first.

Hence, Mickey's Birthday is: Nov. 18, 1928

Goofy's Birthday coincides with his film debut in "Mickey's Revue"

Hence Goofy's birthday is: May 25, 1932

I know there is some dispute about Donald's accepted Birthday.
Some hold that it coincided with his film debut in "The Wise Little Hen"
Hence: June 9, 1934

But others say it is said to have fallen on Friday the 13 of April, May, June or 
October of 1944 or 1945 as derived from the film "The Three Caballeros"

Then again, there is an explicit reference by Freddy Milton who said his Birthdate 
is: March 13, 1949

Italian comics are split on either: September 16, 1934 or June 9, 1934.

And Don Rosa has indicated it was sometime in 1920.

Me, I'm totally confused!

Still, I wonder about the OTHER characters?

If we hold that their film (or in some cases, their comicstrip) debut is their 
birthdate then we can say these are the Birthdays for the following characters.
Unless someone knows of another accepted date:

HEUY, DEWEY & LOUIE: October 17, 1937 (from ZS 37-10-17) since their comicstrip 
appearance preceded their film debut in 1938.  Of course this lends itself to 
making HDL only a few years younger than their Uncle Donald, so probably only the 
month and day should be considered in most cases.

DAISY DUCK:  Either she debutted in "DON DONALD" as "Donna Duck" or as "Daisy 
Duck" in "MISTER DUCK STEPS OUT." So, depending on your view, her birthday is 
either January 9, 1937 or June 7, 1940 (both preceed her first comic appearance).

MINNIE MOUSE:  She debuted the same time as Mickey, so, it might also be Nov. 18, 
1928.  But, somehow, that doesn't seem fair as they are not twins.

PLUTO: September 5, 1930 ("The Chain Gang")

SCROOGE McDUCK: July 22, 1947 (from W OS 178-02) though I'm sure there are those 
who would dispute this, too.

GRANDMA DUCK: August 11, 1940 (when her picture was seen) or September 27, 1943 
when she finally appeared in person (YD 43-09-27).

APRIL, MAY & JUNE: June 30, 1952 (W WDC 149-01)

ATOMINO BIP-BIP: March 10, 1959 (I TL 206-A)

CHIP'n DALE: April 2, 1943 ("Private Pluto")

ELLSWORTH: October 30, 1949 (ZM 49-10-30)

FETHRY DUCK: August 2, 1964 (S 64008)

FIGARO: February 7, 1940 ("Pinocchio")

and so forth...

What is your opinion of the birthdates applied to the characters?  Is it fine to 
acknowledge the day & month and just ignore the actual year of debut since the 
characters really don't age, so a fixed year is really irrelevant?

For instance, if you wanted to pick a day to celebrate your favorite Disney 
Character, what day of the year would you ascribe to him or her?


Thanks,

Rich Bellacera
xephyr@cwnet.com




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