Monday, January 24, 2011

Hearing Voices: The Talking Mickey Mouse

From the Winter 1987 Disney News, we find this advertisement for "The Talking Mickey Mouse". Premiering 17 years before Pal Mickey, it offered a similar experience, minus the in-park interactivity. There were 13 cassettes/interactive stories that were created for Talking Mickey. The cassettes included commands to move Mickey's mouth, nose and eyes. Also available were three costumes for him: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Sleeping Mickey and Bandleader. Talking Mickey was created by Worlds of Wonder; the same company that brought us Teddy Ruxpin.


You could also purchase a Talking Goofy that worked in concert with Mickey. They were connected by an audio patch cable. Apparently, Goofy could not work without Mickey!


4 comments:

Unknown said...

My baby brother had a Teddy Ruxpin - that thing was CREEPTASTIC!

Kyle Morgan said...

Brings back memories. Thanks for posting this.

jo said...

I went to WDW a couple weeks ago and brought my Pal Mickey. It still functions in the parks and is pretty entertaining.

Kim Possible in World Showcase was pretty awesome, too.

Will said...

I still have both Mickey & Goofy, most of the books/tapes and the costumes! Not sure if they work anymore though, I used to play them non-stop.