In 2013 Disney commissioned 19 new Mickey Mouse shorts to run on the Disney Channel. They were so successful that two more seasons were ordered. Walt Disney Home Video has released a new DVD with all 19 shorts that were made for season 1 and a Making of Disney Mickey Mouse as a bonus. They have done a stealth exclusive release of the DVD that is currently exclusive to Wal-Mart and is scheduled for other retail outlet later this year (December 2nd). The press release from Disney synopsis is, With the slapstick feel of classic Mickey Mouse, the series of cartoon shorts presents Mickey in a broad range of humorous situations that showcase his pluck and rascality, along with his long-beloved charm and good heartedness. Each cartoon short finds Mickey in a different contemporary setting including Santa Monica, New York, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, Venice and the Alps, facing a silly situation, a quick complication and an escalation of physical and visual gags. The stories also feature genuine heartfelt and heroic moments as Mickey explores and experiences life with his comical partners: Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto.
Disney proudly presents the award-winning first season of DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE. The whole family will adore these wonderful new cartoons, complete with an exciting 'Making Of' bonus feature. Join Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy and Pluto in a spectacular collection of hilarious animated adventures. Mickey Mouse has been synonymous with Disney since first came into our lives in 1928 with a whistle and two step in the classic Disney cartoon Steamboat Willie. Mickey has appeared in over 130 films including “Brave Little Tailor” (1938) and “Fantasia (1940), as well as television shows like the Mickey Mouse Club and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
The shorts are all 3:48 in length and with a play all running time of approximately 74 minutes. There are no production numbers on the credits and they were aired in various order. The DVD has them in the following order:
- Croissant de Triomphe
- No Service
- Yodelberg
- New York Weenie
- Tokyo Go
- Stayin’ Cool
- Ghoul Friend
- Bad Ear Day
- Gasp!
- Panda-monium
- Third Wheel
- Dog Show
- ‘O Sole Minnie
- Sleepwalkin’
- O Futebol Classico
- Potatoland
- The Adorable Couple
- Flipperboobootosis
- Tapped Out
I am not the biggest fan of Mickey Mouse because most of the shorts over the years with him have very safe and very boring. Because he was the corporate mascot Disney did not let him venture far off. The only time that it happened was in the 1995 short Runaway Brain directed by Chris Bailey that was quite shocking that they did the short. The thing that make the shorts great is that they are done very outside the normal Disney box. They are very reminiscent of classic Warner Bros. cartoons and influences like Ren and Stimpy. Thankfully there are no real clunkers in the bunch and there are some that are real standouts. My favorite ones are Yodelberg, Tokyo Go, Stayin’ Cool, Ghoul Friend, Gasp!, Dog Show, and Potatoland. The thing that really make the show is the overall designs of the characters and the look of the show. Two of the designer should be familiar to comic readers. Stephen DeStefano of ‘Mazing Man and Ren & Stimpy fame and Andy Suriano of Samurai Jack who worked on the show and comic. The stories for each episode are simple gags but that is what makes them so wonderful. With the short running time the stories have to be tight and have perfect pacing. The animation is a throwback to the original shorts that used a lot of stretch and squish style of animation that has been missing from mainstream Disney for a long time. These shorts are a real breath of fresh air and hopefully will inspire Disney to take more risk like this in the future. The real treat is the visuals for the shorts and there are lots of fun little nods and winks to both Disney films and the Theme Parks. The short sports some of the best backgrounds that I have seen in a while. You can surely tell that the budgets of the short were quite large and they really do show it.
The DVD is a single disc with the option to play all of the shorts or select them individually. The video is nice with no noticeable edge enhancement or compression issues. The image is framed at 1:78 and the black levels are quite nice and the colors are strong for a standard definition disc. I must say for a standard definition disc that this is one of the better ones that I have seen in a while. The only video issue that was noticeable was the end credits look pretty bad, and while you can read them they stutter along as if they have an interlacing issue. Considering how good the shorts look I can’t believe that they let the credits look this bad.
The audio is Dolby Digital 5.1 and this is where the disc really shines. The audio mixes on the shorts are fantastic and make use of the visual cues to really give the audio a very nice sound design. There are quite a few times where there are a lot of use of the surround during the shorts action scenes. Most of the sound mixes consist of music and sound effects but the dialog is nice and sharp also. All of the shorts have very nice sound mixes and do a very nice job during the more subtle moments in the more quieter moments.
There is one bonus feature A Modern Mickey Mouse (on the package it’s listed as The Making of Disney Mickey Mouse) that runs 5:13 and interviews Mike Moon Vice President of Creative Disney Television Animation and Paul Rudish Executive Producer Mickey Mouse Short Series. Moon talks about how Rudish came up with a fresh new take on the characters and was excited about the influence of the original 1930’s shorts. While it’s a pretty straight forward EPK bonus it’s surprising that they included any special features on the disc. Rudish talks about how the short Plane Crazy (1929) is one of his favorite Mickey Mouse shorts and you can really see the influence of that period in these shorts. I just wish that they had included some of the promotional videos that were made when the show first aired, but at least they included something.
The only complaint that I have is that I really wish that Disney would have also released this on Blu-Ray with more special features. While I am super happy that they even released it in the first place they could have really done a great Blu-Ray with some awesome special features like commentaries and some real behind the scenes interviews with the directors and designers of the show. Unfortunately Disney Home Video has really dropped the ball with animation on Blu-Ray.
Overall this is a great disc to add to your collection. Wal-Mart is selling it for $9.96 and that is a steal for this great collection. While I am very disappointed that Disney has chosen to have an early release as a retailer exclusive because this is a disc that any animation fan should have in their collection. By not having it available to everyone limits the ability of fans of the shorts to own it. That being said that if you want the DVD now you are going to have to head over to a Wal-Mart to pick it up. I am not a fan of them but I sucked it up to get this title.
As an added bonus to this review Stephen DeStefano has posted some of his character designs and artwork that he has done for the show. Below are some of the amazing work that he has done on the show.
| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (season 2) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Playhouse Disney |
| Original release | January 26, 2008 – February 20, 2010 |
| Season chronology | |
Next → Season 3 | |
| List of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes | |
The second season of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse aired between January 26, 2008 and February 20, 2010 on Playhouse Disney.
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Episodes[edit]
Season 2[edit]
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | US Original air date[1] | Production code[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 1 | 'Fancy Dancin' Goofy' | Donovan Cook and Vic Cook | Kelly Ward Additional dialogue by : Ashley Mendoza | Roy Meurin and Rossen Varbanov | January 26, 2008 | 201 |
In the first new episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Goofy and Clarabelle are going together to the Fancy Dance at the Clubhouse but Goofy still has to get ready. | |||||||
| 29 | 2 | 'Goofy the Homemaker' | Donovan Cook and Vic Cook | Mark Seidenberg | Bob Foster and Lenord Robinson | January 26, 2008 | 203 |
Goofy plans to build a bird house for the Red Birds beside the Clubhouse. | |||||||
| 30 | 3 | 'Mickey's Handy Helpers' | Sherie Pollack | Mark Seidenberg | Larry Leker and Broni Likomanov | January 27, 2008 | 202 |
The Clubhouse's Handy Helpers are not working properly. All of the Clubhouse friends try to figure out what has happened to them. Pluto's squeaky ball is stuck in the handy dandy machine. When they get it out, the Handy helpers are working again and make dinner. | |||||||
| 31 | 4 | 'Goofy Baby' | Sherie Pollack | Ashley Mendoza | Eugene Salandra and Kirk Van Wormer | January 27, 2008 | 204 |
Goofy has accidentally been turned into a baby by Professor Von Drake's time machine. So Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Daisy and Donald have to bring him back to normal. | |||||||
| 32 | 5 | 'Minnie's Picnic' | Sherie Pollack | Kelly Ward | Roy Meurin and Rossen Varbanov | February 14, 2008 | 205 |
Minnie organizes a picnic, inviting all their friends to come celebrate the grand opening of the Mickey Park Picnic Grounds. | |||||||
| 33 | 6 | 'Goofy in Training' | Donovan Cook and Vic Cook | Story by : Nicole Dubuc and Don Gillies Written by : Don Gillies | Jason Dorf, Sharon Forward and Rossen Varbanov | February 18, 2008 | 206 |
Goofy is practicing for the Mickey Mouse Obstacle Course in hopes of winning a medal. | |||||||
| 34 | 7 | 'Mickey's Big Band Concert' | Donovan Cook and Vic Cook | Don Gillies | Larry Leker and Broni Likomanov | March 1, 2008 | 207 |
Mickey and his friends practice their band's music for the Mickey Park Polka-Palooza Dance Festival where the elephants will dance the Pachyderm Polka (The Sensational Six: Mickey on ukulele, Donald on tuba, Minnie on piano, Daisy on xylophone, Goofy on trombone and Pluto as metronome), but their instruments need to be repaired (Minnie's piano has the wrong pitch, Goofy's trombone slide is stuck, Daisy's xylophone is falling apart, Mickey's ukulele strings are out of tune and Donald's sheet music keep blowing away), Pluto's metronome is okay. | |||||||
| 35 | 8 | 'Goofy's Hat' | Donovan Cook and Vic Cook | Kevin D. Campbell | Eugene Salandra and Kirk Van Wormer | March 15, 2008 | 208 |
Today is the Clubhouse's 'Picture Day,' where all of the Clubhouse friends get their picture taken. But it seems that Goofy is too disappointed to take his picture because he lost his hat. It's up to the Clubhouse friends to get it back for him. | |||||||
| 36 | 9 | 'Donald's Special Delivery' | Sherie Pollack | Brian Swenlin | Roy Meurin and Rossen Varbanov | April 12, 2008 | 209 |
The Clubhouse mail has arrived for all of the Clubhouse friends except Donald. It's up to the Clubhouse friends all make Donald feel better. | |||||||
| 37 | 10 | 'Clarabelle's Clubhouse Carnival' | Sherie Pollack | Don Gillies | Bob Foster and Lenord Robinson | May 10, 2008 | 210 |
With Mickey and his friends' help, Clarabelle sets up a carnival at the Clubhouse grounds. The reason for it is her need to feed the chickens with lots of corn. | |||||||
| 38 | 11 | 'Mickey and Minnie's Jungle Safari' | Donovan Cook | Kevin D. Campbell | Eugene Salandra and Kirk Van Wormer | June 21, 2008 | 211 |
Minnie wants to have a picture of a hulahibiscus to complete her flower picture collection, but she has only one day to get it, when it is in full bloom. She will need help from all of her Clubhouse friends to get to where the flower is located. | |||||||
| 39 | 12 | 'Mickey's Camp-Out' | Sherie Pollack and Broni Likomanov | Kevin D. Campbell | Eugene Salandra and Kirk Van Wormer | July 12, 2008 | 212 |
Mickey and his friends have a 'Big Clubhouse Camp Out.' They are trying to earn a Clubhouse Camp Out Badge for each one of them by doing two tasks at a campsite. | |||||||
| 40 | 13 | 'Daisy's Pet Project' | Donovan Cook | Ashley Mendoza | Larry Leker and Broni Likomanov | July 26, 2008 | 213 |
Daisy has trouble finding a pet for the Pet Parade. She must find a pet before the Pet Parade starts. She gets three pets, an elephant named Bubbles, a giraffe named Longfellow and a bunny named Captain Jumps-a-Lot. Is a compilation album by post-punk band Tones on Tail, released in 1998 as a double CD. The first disc features the original Pop album, while the second disc collects the Burning Skies and Tones on Tail EPs, along with the 'There's Only One!' , 'Performance', 'Lions' and 'Christian Says' singles. Gmail pop3 not working. Tones on Tail was a British post-punk band formed in 1982, originally as a musical side project of Daniel Ash of the gothic rock group Bauhaus. Their music was described by one critic as 'doom-and-dance-pop.' Description provided by Wikipedia under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 4.0. Guests - Boo-Boo Chicken, Clarabelle Cow, Pete, Butch, Figaro, Mr. Pettibone, Bubbles, Longfellow and Captain Jumps-a-Lot | |||||||
| 41 | 14 | 'Mickey's Big Job' | Donovan Cook | Don Gillies | Roy Meurin, Bob Foster and Rossen Varbanov | August 23, 2008 | 214 |
The gang helps Mickey take care of Willie the Giant's farm while he's away to visit his mother. | |||||||
| 42 | 15 | 'Mickey's Round-Up' | Sherie Pollack | Mark Seidenberg | Sharon Forward and Phil Weinstein | August 28, 2008 | 215 |
Professor Von Drake's package of wild/out of control numbers has arrived at the Clubhouse. However, they are accidentally let out, and it is up to Mickey and his friends to don cowboy/cowgirl clothes and gear and round them all up to Mickey Corral on the grounds before the Professor returns from an errand. | |||||||
| 43 | 16 | 'Pluto's Bubble Bath' | Donovan Cook | Kevin D. Campbell | Sharon Forward and Larry Leker | September 6, 2008 | 216 |
Clarabelle and Bella are coming over for tea and biscuits and dog biscuits party and Pluto is all dirty and needs a bubble bath. But when Pluto's bubble bath gets out of hand, Mickey and Pluto each get stuck inside a giant bubble and float away from the clubhouse. | |||||||
| 44 | 17 | 'Mickey's Art Show' | Sherie Pollack and Broni Likomanov | Don Gillies | Lenord Robinson and Phil Weinstein | October 3, 2008 | 217 |
Goofy learns to sculpt, paint and draw so he can compete in an arts and crafts show sponsored by Mickey Mouse. | |||||||
| 45 | 18 | 'Mickey's Silly Problem' | Donovan Cook | Mark Seidenberg | Kirk Hanson and Eugene Salandra | October 11, 2008 | 218 |
The clubhouse's 'silly switch' gets stuck on silly and makes everyone act in comical ways, such as Mickey speaking in rhymes and Pluto making every animal sound except barking (such as meowing like a cat and mooing like a cow). They have to bring the clubhouse back to normal. | |||||||
| 46 | 19 | 'Mickey's Thanks a Bunch Day' | Broni Likomanov | Mark Seidenberg | Kirk Hanson and Eugene Salandra | November 8, 2008 | 219 |
Minnie uses a growth spray in her garden to help her fruits and vegetables grow in time to be picked for Thanks-A-Bunch Day, but it turns them all into gigantic creations. | |||||||
| 47 | 20 | 'Secret Spy Daisy' | Broni Likomanov and Sherie Pollack | Ashley Mendoza | Kirk Hanson, Broni Likomanov, Hank Tucker and Rossen Varbanov | November 17, 2008 | 220 |
Daisy protects Clarabelle's secret recipe for cookies from Pete. | |||||||
| 48 | 21 | 'Pluto to the Rescue' | Donovan Cook | Ashley Mendoza | Larry Leker and Hank Tucker | December 13, 2008 | 221 |
Pluto comes to the rescue when Goofy and Donald build a snowman so big, they can't climb around it or over it. | |||||||
| 49 | 22 | 'Sir Goofs-a-Lot' | Donovan Cook | Don Gillies | Tony Craig, Larry Leker and Rossen Varbanov | January 10, 2009 | 222 |
Goofy wants to be knighted by Queen Clarabelle, so he proves his bravery by going on a quest to retrieve three items. | |||||||
| 50 | 23 | 'Minnie's Mystery' | Sherie Pollack | Ashley Mendoza | Bob Foster and Lenord Robinson | January 24, 2009 | 223 |
| Minnie attempts to find out who took her fresh baked muffins from the clubhouse. | |||||||
| 51 | 24 | 'Mickey's Comet' | Sherie Pollack | Don Gillies | Larry Leker, Lenord Robinson and Hank Tucker | February 7, 2009 | 224 |
Everyone wants to view Mickey's Comet, but first they have to find Professor Von Drake and his telescope. | |||||||
| 52 | 25 | 'Clarabelle's Clubhouse Mooo-sical' | Broni Likomanov | Mark Seidenberg | Tony Craig and Rossen Varbanov | February 21, 2009 | 225 |
Clarabelle stages a musical about nursery rhymes starring chickens from the petting zoo, but they practice so much, they have laryngitis. So Mickey and his friends replace the chickens while they need rest. | |||||||
| 53 | 26 | 'Minnie's Rainbow' | Broni Likomanov | Kevin D. Campbell | Nick Filippi and Larry Leker | March 7, 2009 | 226 |
Minnie searches for a pot of gold and meets a leprechaun after a rainbow appears over the clubhouse. | |||||||
| 54 | 27 | 'Space Captain Donald' | Donovan Cook | Kevin D. Campbell | Lenord Robinson, Octavio Rodriguez and Phil Weinstein | March 14, 2009 | 227 |
Donald leads the gang on a mission to the moon to retrieve Pluto's bouncy ball from the moon. | |||||||
| 55 | 28 | 'The Friendship Team' | Donovan Cook | Ashley Mendoza | Bob Foster, Kirk Hanson, Roy Meurin and Eugene Salandra | April 4, 2009 | 228 |
Help Detective Minnie and Secret Spy Daisy search for missing party hats for the clubhouse's Friendship Day celebration. | |||||||
| 56 | 29 | 'Mickey's Message from Mars' | Donovan Cook | Don Gillies | Kirk Hanson and Eugene Salandra | May 2, 2009 | 229 |
Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Daisy and Donald fly up to Mars and help Martian Mickey find a secret treasure. Write vmstat output to a file. Note:Wayne Allwine, the longtime voice of Mickey Mouse died 16 days after this episode aired of heart failure and diabetic complications. Guests - Professor Ludwig Von Drake, Pete and Martian Mickey and Martian Pluto from Mars | |||||||
| 57 | 30 | 'Pete's Beach Blanket Luau' | Donovan Cook | Don Gillies | Bob Foster and Roy Meurin | June 20, 2009 | 230 |
Mickey and his friends throw a beach party to cool off on the hottest day of the year and Pete invites everyone including the viewer. | |||||||
| 58 | 31 | 'Donald's Ducks' | Broni Likomanov | Ashley Mendoza | Bob Foster and Roy Meurin | September 12, 2009 | 231 |
Donald helps a group of ducks get to a warm beach for their winter retreat. | |||||||
| 59 | 32 | 'Goofy's Coconutty Monkey' | Broni Likomanov | Kevin D. Campbell | Lenord Robinson and Octavio Rodriguez | October 5, 2009 | 232 |
When Goofy's friend Coco the Monkey can't find any coconuts for her 'coconutty party,' Goofy, the Clubhouse Gang take a trip into the jungle in search of coconuts. | |||||||
| 60 | 33 | 'Choo-Choo Express' | Donovan Cook | Mark Seidenberg | Bob Foster, Larry Leker, Roy Meurin, Chris Otsuki, Hank Tucker and Rossen Varbanov | October 25, 2009 | 233 |
The Clubhouse Gang build a train, so they can carry the Professor's non-melting snow to the Clubhouse. Note: This episode was dedicated 'in loving memory' to Wayne Allwine, who had voiced Mickey Mouse since 1977, as he died on May 18, 2009 from heart failure and diabetic complications. His voice still countinued for the remainder of 2009. | |||||||
| 61 | 34 | 'Minnie's Bee Story' | Donovan Cook | Kevin D. Campbell | Tony Craig, Bob Foster, Lenord Robinson and Octavio Rodriguez | November 7, 2009 | 234 |
Mickey and his friends help Minnie's friend, Buzz-Buzz the Bee, find his way back home after a strong wind blows him off a sunflower, especially after Donald swats him. | |||||||
| 62 | 35 | 'Pluto's Playmate' | Broni Likomanov | Ashley Mendoza | Lenord Robinson, Octavio Rodriguez and Phil Weinstein | November 14, 2009 | 235 |
Mickey and his friends help Salty the Seal do tricks for the circus. | |||||||
| 63 | 36 | 'Mickey and the Enchanted Egg' | Sherie Pollack and Broni Likomanov | Ashley Mendoza | Eugene Salandra and Kirk Van Wormer | November 20, 2009 | 236 |
Mickey finds an egg that hatches a baby dragon and he tries to return the dragon to its home and prove to Wizard Pete that he did not steal it. | |||||||
| 64 | 37 | 'Goofy Goes Goofy' | Sherie Pollack and Broni Likomanov | Mark Seidenberg | Bob Foster, Broni Likomanov and Roy Meurin | November 20, 2009 | 237 |
Goofy gets cloned after Professor Von Drake's new experimental Gooey-Goo splashes onto him. Mickey and his friends must take care of the clones until the effect wears off and all the Goofys will go back into 1. | |||||||
| 65 | 38 | 'Mickey's Adventures in Wonderland' | Donovan Cook | Ashley Mendoza | Kirk Hanson, Larry Leker, Broni Likomanov, Eugene Salandra and Rossen Varbanov | December 12, 2009 | 238 |
A cuckoo bird that's a birthday gift for Daisy flies out of the clock, and Mickey and Donald embark on an imaginative Alice in Wonderland-like adventure to retrieve it. | |||||||
| 66 | 39 | 'Goofy's Super Wish' | Broni Likomanov | Kevin D. Campbell | Tony Craig and Rossen Varbanov | January 9, 2010 | 239 |
Goofy trains to be a superhero and uses his skills after Clarabelle's moo-muffin maker breaks. | |||||||
| 67 | 40 | 'Mickey's Big Surprise' | Donovan Cook | Mark Seidenberg | Kirk Hanson and Eugene Salandra | February 20, 2010 | 240 |
A fireworks display, as it's presented to you by Mickey. But first, five puzzles need to be solved. | |||||||
Movies[edit]
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo-Choo Express
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Adventures in Wonderland
References[edit]
- ^'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Episode Guide - MSN TV'. Tv.msn.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Episode Guide - Toonzone schedules'. toonzone. Retrieved April 21, 2012.