Poor Papa Poor Papa Poor Papa is a 1928 animated short subject film, produced and directed by Walt Disney. The cartoon is the very first Oswald cartoon, and is the first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character that Disney and Ub Iwerks created for Universal Pictures and Charles B. Mintz. Oswald would later serve as the basis for Mickey Mouse. Oswald has to stop storks from delivering bunny children. In the early summer of 1927, Disney finished the cartoon "Poor Papa". However, Universal was not very satisfied. They had expected a more Charlie Chaplin-like character and thought Oswald was too
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit best gags we have seen in cartoons." With the release of "The Mechanical Cow", "Moving Picture World" wrote that Oswald "has a wild and amusing time with his ingenuous milk producer" With the release of "Great Guns", "Moving Picture World" wrote that Oswald is a "hero in action in the trenches and [in] a situation where two planes fight each other like pugilists". They found that "Great Guns" was "chock full of humor" and wrote, "This series is bound to be popular in all types of houses if the present standard is maintained." "Moving Picture World" also wrote of the