We were watching chef Marco Pierre White on TV and noted that he cut vegetables with his thumb as a backstop. Not sure that’s advised with a hard piece of wood, however.
Notice that the mousey does not wear gloves. People were happy that Steamboat Willie was coming into public domain but were very careful to warn that Mousey should not be depicted with gloves as he did not wear gloves until several years after the first appearance. Gloves, gloves, folks were under copyright protection.
“DARIA” got away with it in the “Road Warrior” episode: “Daria – I’m going to the picnic, and I’m bringing asbestos insulation, brine shrimp, the cryogenically frozen head of Walt Disney, a dromedary, and… a Eurocentric view of world history.”
Does. Mitch. Ever. Talk?