Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Developed by	Bobs Gannaway
Voices of	Wayne Allwine (2006–2009) Bret Iwan (2009–present) Tony Anselmo Russi Taylor Tress MacNeille Bill Farmer Anika Noni Rose
Composer(s)	Mike Himelstein Michael Turner
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	120 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 23 minutes
Production company(s)	Disney Television Animation
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Playhouse Disney (2006–11) Disney Junior (2011–present) Univision (2014–present)
Picture format	HD: 1080p/720p SD: 480p/576p Produced in HD 16:9, cropped to 4:3 in most countries.
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	May 5, 2006 (2006-05-05) – present (present)
External links
Official website

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is an American interactive animated children's television series that premiered in May 2006 and continues to air. The series, Disney Television Animation's first computer animated series, is aimed at preschoolers. Bobs Gannaway, the Disney veteran who created it, is also responsible for other preschool shows, such as Jake and the Never Land Pirates and for DisneyToon Studios films including Secret of the Wings, The Pirate Fairy and Planes: Fire & Rescue.

Premise

Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Pluto and a mechanical assistant "Mouseketool" called Toodles, interact with the viewer to stimulate problem solving during each episode's story. Disney says that each episode has the characters help children "solve a specific age-appropriate problem utilizing basic math 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 Mouseketools, a collection 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 Mousekedoer. 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] The show features two original songs performed by American alternative rock band 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. This is the first time the major Disney characters have regularly appeared on television in computer-animated form. 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.

Cast

Main

• Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse, Martian Mickey (2006–2009)
• Bret Iwan as Mickey Mouse, Martian Mickey (2009–present), Mickey the Tin Mouse and Count Mickula
• Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
• Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse and Quoodles
• Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck and Chip
• Bill Farmer as Goofy and Pluto
• Rob Paulsen as Toodles

Recurring

• Jim Cummings as Pete
• Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake and Dale
• April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow
• Dee Bradley Baker as Boo Boo Chicken
• Frank Welker as Figaro, Butch, Mr. Pettibone and Bella
• Will Ryan as Willie the Giant
• Maurice LaMarche as Mortimer Mouse
• Dick Van Dyke as Captain Goof-Beard
• Anika Noni Rose as Millie and Melody Mouse

Episode list

Short series

Minnie's Bow-Toons

Minnie's Bow-Toons is a spinoff series 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'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.

Mickey Mousekersize

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

Home media releases

Production

According to Bill Farmer, the voice actor for Goofy and Pluto, the recording of dialog for new episodes has ceased. However, new episodes are still being animated and there will be a fifth season.^[6]

References

External links

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