Pete's Age

[Joel James Swaan]

On Wed, 15 Feb 1995, Dwight Decker wrote:

> I guess I came in a little late on this, but it runs in my mind that
> I heard somewhere that Pete actually predates Mickey. That is, a cat
> character that is supposedly an early version of Pete appeared in
> Disney's Alice in Cartoonland silent comedies circa 1925. Or was this
> already discussed here? Back to lurking mode...
> 
> --Dwight Decker

Yeah, Pete was in the Alice Comedies, and the Oswald the Luccky Rabbit 
cartoons before Mickey ever existed.  I think his "birthday" is in late 
November - I forget.  Pete is the oldest cartoon character still "acting" 
(except for MAYBE Koko the Clown from the Out of the Inkwell series - He 
appeared in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. None-the-less, Pete's career has 
been constant since his "birth")
  Joel