Mousecar

The Mousecar is an in-house award given by The Walt Disney Company for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. The award was first presented by Disney founder Walt Disney to his brother Roy O. Disney in 1947.

In 2005, Riley Thomson's Mousecar was auctioned for $5,358. In 2013 Bernie Cobb's Mousecar was auctioned for $8,531.

Origin of the word
"Mousecar" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Mouse" (as in Mickey Mouse).

List of recipients

 * Louis Armstrong
 * Bernie Cobb
 * Marc Davis
 * Roy O. Disney
 * Bob Dorfman
 * Jim Gardner
 * Kathie Lee Gifford
 * Manuel Gonzales
 * Benny Goodman
 * Floyd Gottfredson
 * Winnie Grosso
 * Dick Huemer
 * Lucille Ogle
 * Zack Schaja
 * Sherman Brothers
 * Robert Stevenson
 * Riley Thomson
 * Bob Weis Walt Disney Imagineering
 * Elmo Williams
 * Ed Wynn

During the studio's 50th anniversary in 1973 special Mousecars were given to every employee who had worked at the original Disney Studio on Hyperion Street (1929-1939) in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, designating them members of the exclusive Hyperion Club.