Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Title logo
Format	Animated series
Created by	Bobs Gannaway Walt Disney (characters)
Voices of	Wayne Allwine Bret Iwan Tony Anselmo Russi Taylor Tress MacNeille Bill Farmer
Composer(s)	Mike Himelstein Michael Turner
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	04
No. of episodes	105 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 23 minutes
Production company(s)	Walt Disney Television Animation
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Broadcast
Original channel	Playhouse Disney (2006–11) Disney Junior (2011–present)
Picture format	HD: 1080i/720p SD: 480i/576i Produced in HD 16:09, cropped to 04:03 in most countries.
Audio format	Dolby Digital 05.01
Original run	May 5, 2006 (2006-05-05) – present
External links
Official Website

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is an American animated television series and Disney Television Animation's first CGI animated series, that premiered in prime time on Disney Channel on May 05, 2006. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement. It is the only Mickey Mouse program to be aimed at preschoolers. The series was co-developed by Bobs Gannaway, who is also responsible for Jake and the Never Land Pirates.

Production of the show was put on a four-month suspension in the spring of 2009, due to the death of voice artist Wayne Allwine, the longtime voice of Mickey Mouse. Production resumed shortly after Bret Iwan had been cast as the fourth performer of Mickey's voice. On December 27, 2013, the show ceased production after 7 years of episodes. However, reruns still continue on the Disney Junior 24/07 service.

Premise

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto star in the series, which focuses on interacting with the viewer to stimulate problem solving. Pete, Clarabelle Cow, Ludwig Von Drake, Chip 'n' Dale, Willie the Giant, Butch, Figaro the Kitten, Humphrey the Bear, Salty the Seal, and Mortimer Mouse have appeared but do not appear in every episode.

Disney says that each episode has the characters help children "solve a specific age-appropriate problem utilizing basic skills, such as identifying shapes and counting through ten." The series uses "Disney Junior's 'whole child' curriculum of cognitive, social and creative learning opportunities."^[1] Once the problem of the episode has been explained, Mickey invites viewers to join him at the Mousekadoer, a giant Mickey-head-shaped computer whose main function is to distribute the day's Mousekatools, a collection (usually 03,04, or possibly 05) of objects needed to solve the day's problem, to Mickey. Once the tools have been shown to Mickey on the Mousekadoer screen, they are quickly downloaded to Toodles, a small, Mickey-head-shaped flying extension of the Mousekadoer. By calling, "Oh Toodles!" Mickey summons him to pop up from where he is hiding and fly up to the screen so the viewer can pick which tool Mickey needs for the current situation.^[2][3] One of the tools is a "Mystery Mousekatool", which is a surprise tool represented by a question mark and when the Mickey suggest using the Mystery Mousekatool or if only the Mystery Mousekatool is left, Mickey can call out "Mystery Mousekatool!" and the Mousekatool is revealed

The Walt Disney Television Animation-produced program was initially announced on March 01, 2005 by Gary Marsh, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Production, Disney.

Mickey and friends previously appeared on television in Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2000) and Disney's House of Mouse (2001–03).

The show features two original songs performed by They Might Be Giants, including the opening theme song, in which a variant of a Mickey Mouse Club chant ("Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse!") is used to summon the Clubhouse. They Might Be Giants also perform the song used at the end of the show, "Hot Dog!", which echoes Mickey's first spoken words in the 1929 short The Karnival Kid.

That is the first time the major Disney characters have appeared on television in computer-animated form (except for Donald, who appeared in CG in the Mickey Mouse Works short "Computer.don"). The characters debuted in CG form in 2003 at the Magic Kingdom theme park attraction Mickey's PhilharMagic, then in the 2004 home video Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. However, in this latest incarnation, Mickey's and Minnie's 3D renderings are truer to their original hand-drawn likenesses, in that their ears remain distinct perfect circles regardless of which way their heads are turned. Along with improved animation for the second season, the series is now available in HD on Disney Channel HD.

Cast

Main Characters

• Wayne Allwine and Bret Iwan as Mickey Mouse
• Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
• Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
• Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck
• Bill Farmer as Goofy
• Bill Farmer as Pluto
• Jim Cummings as Pete
• Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake
• Tress MacNeille as Chip
• Corey Burton as Dale
• April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow
• Rob Paulsen as Toodles
• Will Ryan as Willie the Giant
• Maurice LaMarche as Mortimer Mouse

Episode list

Cancellation

On June 23, 2013, Bill Farmer, the voice actor for Goofy and Pluto, announced on his official webpage on Twitter that the fourth season of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which had previously been announced in July 2010, would be the show's final season, making the show the last Playhouse Disney series being carried over to successor Disney Junior to end production. However, reruns continue to air on Disney Junior's 24-hour digital cable service.

Short series

Minnie's Bow-Toons

Minnie's Bow-Toons is a short-episode continuing series spun-off from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which premiered in the fall of 2011 on Disney Channel. It usually airs in the daytime Disney Junior programming block for younger audiences. It is based on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Minnie's Bow-tique" and depicts Minnie Mouse's continuing adventures in business as proprietor of her own store which makes and sells bows for apparel and interior decoration. She interacts with many of the characters seen in the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse series. Minnie's Bow-Toons first aired on the 14th of November, 2011 in the United States, and the 18th of November 2011 in the UK.

Mickey Mousekersize

Mickey Mousekersize depicts Mickey helping the other members of the clubhouse excercise.

Home media releases

References

External links

• Official website
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse at the Internet Movie Database
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse at the Big Cartoon DataBase
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