LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- In honor of Mickey Mouse's 75th anniversary, 75 of his friends have created a once-in-a-lifetime tribute called "Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations," an artistic showcase on display at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort through April 2004.
Unveiled at the theme park in grand fashion on Nov. 18, 2003 -- 75 years to the day Mickey made his debut in "Steamboat Willie" -- 75 statues of Mickey Mouse salute the remarkable career of the beloved Disney icon.
The "Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations" program brings together Disney Legends, artists, actors, athletes and musicians who lent their creative inspiration to uniquely designed statues of the famous mouse -- each standing six feet tall and weighing 700 pounds.
All 75 statues will be on display around the Magic Kingdom's entrance through April 2004. Afterward, they'll visit cities across the United States and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. Sotheby's will auction every statue in 2005 with all proceeds benefiting charities chosen by each artist.
75 InspEARations Statue Program
1 Saxophonic Mickey Dave Koz - Musician
2 "I'm Going To Walt Disney World" Cody Reynolds for Walt Disney WorldŽ Resort
3 Fruits of the Mouse Andreas Deja - Disney Legend
4 It was All Started By A Mouse Vanessa Hunt for The Disney Store
5 Mickey Through the Years Tuck Morgan for Disney Consumer Products
6 Mickey's Shadow Trey Hoyumpa for Parsons School of Design - Art School
7 You Can Do It Elva Salinas for The Home Depot - Sponsor
8 Peace and Love Michelle Kwan - Athlete
9 Tune In Anthony Rietta for Radio Disney
10 Undersea Mickey Wyland - Artist
11 Viva Mickey Luis Armand Garcia forGeorge Lopez -TV Show
12 The Original Mouse Pad Jamie Lee Curtis - Actor
13 Crazy Style Mouse MEAR ONE - Artist
14 Funny Pages Lori Tyminski for Disney Publishing Worldwide
15 Mickey Celebrates Our Freedom Paul Wenzel - Artist
16 Super Fan Mickey Regis Philbin - TV Host
17 Jet Setter John Travolta - Actor
18 Slapstick Mouse Jerry Bruckheimer - Director
19 Home Rum Hero Ben Affleck - Actor
20 Tuxedo Lenox - Artist
21 All Aboard! Ollie Johnston - Disney Legend
22 Flying Colors #3 David Willardson - Artist
23 Delivery Man Mickey Kelly Kozel & Sharon Noh for The Coca-Cola Company - Sponsor
24 FrontEAR Tales Fess Parker - Disney Legend
25 True Blue Marlee Matlin - Actor
26 Ready for Action Christy Carlson Romano - Actor
27 Ellenland Ellen DeGeneres - Actor
28 Always My Angel, Mickey Annette Funicello - Disney Legend
29 Dunk Mouse Shaquille O'Neal - Athlete
30 Ice-skatEAR Paul Wylie - Athlete
31 ESPN Sports Center Mickey Linda Cohn, Dan Patrick & Robin Roberts - TV Show
32 ESPN 25th Anniversary Mickey Chris Berman & Dick Vitale - TV Show
33 All The World's His Stage Susan Lucci - Actor
34 Memories Dennis Larkins for Kodak - Sponsor
35 Mickey and the Nightingale Ming-Na - Actor
36 Music Royalty Sir Elton John - Musician
37 Expended Play Wayne Brady - Actor
38 Clouded Conscience Raven - Actor
39 Mickey: In Yellow. Rosie O'Donnell - Actor
40 Lone Star Kermit Eisenhut - Tour City
41 Let's Party Chris Fedun for Jump5 - Musician
42 Back to School Al Konetzni - Artist
43 Family Tree Jeff Conine - Athlete
44 Monday Night Mickey Al Michaels & John Madden - TV Show
45 Love All Andre Agassi - Athlete
46 Big Cheese Mickey Jeff Spohn for Otis College - Artist
47 Mickey in the Park Black Entertainment Television - TV Station
48 Mickey On the Move Malcom Stone for Suddath Relocations Systems - Sponsor
49 Wonderful World of Mickey Kathryn E. Morgan - Tour City (Philadelphia)
50 Patchwork Pal Thomas Knechtel - Tour City (Atlanta)
51 Mouseskateer Tony Hawk - Athlete
52 UndercovEAR Mickey Jennifer Garner - Artist
53 Funny Bones James Gandolfini - Actor
54 Good Catch Bob Guiney - Actor
55 TRON Mickey Syd Mead - Creator
56 Field Mouse Brian Matson - Tour City (Chicago)
57 Fountain of Fun Christina Grantham - Tour City (Kansas City)
58 Mickey's Dream Peter Ellenshaw & Harrison Ellenshaw - Artist
59 Lobsta Mickey Breanna Rowlette - Tour City (Boston)
60 Mickey Reigns Anita Hurst - Tour City (Portland)
61 Rockin' Mickey Mario Vaiana - Tour City (Denver)
62 Wild for Mickey Star Jones - Actor
63 Reflections on Mickey DisneylandŽ Resort Entertainment Art Dept. - Internal
64 Filmic Mickey Kataneh Vahdani for California Institute of the Arts - Art School
65 Base Mouse Gary Baseman - Artist
66 El Mickey Lamberto Alvarez - Tour City (Dallas)
67 Mambo Mickey Andy Garcia - Actor
68 Believe In Your Dreams Kevin Garnett - Athlete
69 Big City Mouse Kelly Ripa - TV Host
70 National Pastime Mickey Major League BaseballŽ - TV Show
71 Mickey's Nation 1928 Janet Jackson - Musician
72 Moustacciolli Doris Roberts - Actor
72 Music Mouse Brian McKnight - Musician
74 I Speak for Mickey and Mickey Speaks for Me Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor - Disney Legend
75 Space Mouse Tom Hanks - Actor
Photos of all 75 Mickeys!
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