TV & VIDEO - Aug. 11, 1988

What is this world coming to? Unidentified party poopers in Nashville, Tenn., made off with a deflated, 350-pound Mickey Mouse balloon that was being used as a promotional tool by Buena Vista Home Video and a Nashville radio station celebrating Mickey’s 60th birthday. The big, flat mouse had been left on top of a Nashville 24-hour supermarket but wasn’t being guarded when the pilferers made off with it sometime Sunday night or Monday morning. A Disney spokesman said Wednesday that no reward was being offered for the inflatable Mickey’s return, but added that no questions will be asked if it’s returned unharmed.