Leslie Iwerks

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469 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 18 Mar

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And that was, and I think Walt had a strong ego.

I think Walt probably in those days had, you know, just figuring himself out like they all were.

They were in their late 20s.

Right.

So you think you're in your late 20s.

You have this overnight sensation.

Now, what do you do with it?

How do you hang on to the reins?

And how do you define your own self?

And so I think at that point...

Walt started taking more of the credit for Mickey based on what I've read and that it rattled Ub that he wasn't feeling as appreciated.

And Ub got an offer with MGM to form his own animation studio, which was MGM's very first animation studio.

So if you were him and not knowing the future of Mickey Mouse, you might also want to take your own path and say, hey, I want to be my own.

He left in 1930, yeah.

And, you know, so for better or worse, you know... But it makes sense.

A lot of other animators left and they wanted to do their own thing.

I mean, that industry at that point was just...

Like, everything was going on.

Everyone was clamoring to get the top artists, and studios were trying to film their own companies, their own divisions of animation.

And that led to, you know, a lot of early animators like Chuck Jones forming, you know, the Looney Tunes and Warner Brothers.

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