It was during the recording session of this special that Wayne Allwine (Mickey's official voice since 1983) met his wife, Russi Taylor (Minnie's official voice since 1985).
The front hall where Maxwell meets director Suzanne features pictures of Tina Turner, Madonna, Eddie Murphy, Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd.
All the black-and-white Disney cartoons were colorized in this special.
This is the first Disney production to feature Minnie Mouse as a leading role.
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto also make newly-animated appearances in the special. However Donald and Goofy are the only other characters in the live-action animation that have dialogue while Mickey (and also Pete) are only re-recorded lines from the old cartoons played throughout the special.