Mintz demanded the character be redesigned (he wanted, for some reason, to have Oswald sport a monocle), which Walt agreed to (minus the monocle) but disagreed with Mintz’s direction that the shorts simply be designed for a series of hilarious gags. The true original Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon was actually completed early in 1927 and called “Poor Papa.” But Universal and producer Charles Mintz, who had worked with Walt on the live action/animation hybrid “Alice comedy” shorts, weren’t happy with the initial Oswald foray and refused to release it. While Disney and Iwerks only completed 26 Oswald shorts for Universal Pictures, the character would become incredibly important to Disney (and later the company he would form), inadvertently leading to the creation of Mickey Mouse and, years later, becoming part of the oddest “trade” in modern entertainment history, only to seemingly be forgotten about once again. “Trolly Troubles” is springy and funny, with a lot of mileage wrung from Oswald’s gaggle of children (he is a rabbit after all). On September 5, 1927, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit debuted in the animated short “Trolly Troubles.” The short, which clocks in at a little over six minutes, was the creation of Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, who chose a rabbit to differentiate their character from the glut of animated cats on the market.