X was introduced in 1927, when Y signed a new contract with Universal Studios (US). The first version, Poor Papa, was rejected by the US heads due to poor production quality,sloppiness and age of X. After this, Y, together with Ub Iwerks, created a second version called Trolley Troubles featuring a much younger, neater X. In 1928, due to a budget dispute, Y would disassociate himself from X (giving US full rights to X). As a result of this fallout, Y (along with Ub Iwerks) created Z, who would go on to be Y's lasting symbol and effectively launch his empire (company). In 1932, Y recieved a special Oscar for the creation of Z.Recently, in 2006, Y's company acquired the rights to X from US, as part of a deal that sent sportscaster Al Michaels from ABC and ESPN (owned by Y's company) to NBC Sports (US is a subsidary of NBC Universal). Referring to this trade, Michaels said: “X is definitely worth more than a fourth-round draft choice. I’m going to be a trivia answer someday.”.
While not quite the answer, Mr Michaels is certainly part of today's question. Identify X,Y,Z.
Hint for X: See Visual
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Y is Walt Disney (Disney, I think owns ESPN and ABC), hence Z is Mickey Mouse.
Not sure about X... Some animal cartoon character I guess, but drawing a blank on which one.
Y is Walt Disney who I know along with Ub Iwerks created Z (Mickey Mouse). The image you provided is of Lee Harvey Oswald. No clue how that connects to anything
The key words I could come up with were Oswald, Walt Disney and Mickey mouse as the famous creation.
But, I verified it before posting the answer...darn...good one though...
X = Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Y = Walt Disney
Z = Mickey Mouse
Hint: Lee Harvey Oswald, who was nicknamed 'Ozzie Rabbit' after the cartoon character X (besides sharing his last name with X).
Hari was the only one to crack it completely (the verification is fine by me). Nikhil and Kiran got Y and Z. Congrats to all 3 of you.
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