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animator ub iwerks. the steamboat willie cartoon with mickey mouse was the first cartoon ever to have synchronized sound. but that s not all it had. one of mickey s early animators was ward kimball. i think mickey succeeded because of walt s genius at making a little story. most of the films at that time, in the late 20s, they just had gags one after another. but he always insisted on a story for mickey. reporter: 60 years ago, mickey was kind of crude. and for that matter, somewhat undernourished. like everybody, i ve changed a bit over the years. at first i was kind of scrawny. but as my pictures caught on, i put on a little weight, got kind of rounder. reporter: mickey s pictures began to catch on in a very big way in the 1930s. 87 movies in that decade alone. 119 overall. they ve been seen virtually

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