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In "Tall Timber," Oswald temporarily gets smashed into six Oswalds. |
In 2006, the Walt Disney Company traded sports broadcaster Al Michaels to Universal for Oswald, among many other contractual details. A few years later, Disney properly reintroduced Oswald to the public via the video game Epic Mickey, which was a success. Then Oswald was a playable character in Epic Mickey 2, which by many accounts was a commercial and critical failure. We'll get back to that later.
If you need a quick crash course in the Lucky Rabbit, check out two Disney-era films, "Trolley Troubles":
(There is a restored version of "Trolley Troubles," but the one posted above contains a hilarious quasi-voice for Oswald, as well as a well-placed sound-effect when he squirts one of his children.)
...and "Oh What a Knight":
(Oswald's post-Disney cameo in King of Jazz is also hilarious.)
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Danger is his middle name... |
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...but Safety is his mother's maiden name. |
Oswald quickly became an irresistible subject for various Instagram snapshots. Being well-aware of the ubiquitous trend of photos of food on Instagram, I had Oswald pose with the food: