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The title card for Mouseterpiece Theater.

Status: Partially Found

Mouseterpiece Theater was an American animation compilation series that was broadcast on The Disney Channel. Consisting of classic theatrical Disney short Cartoons, with a segment in-between shorts hosted by George Plimpton, usually giving commentary and background information before and after each cartoon. The cartoons featured are reportedly censored. ^[1]

Mouseterpiece Theater was aired on The Disney Channel from April 18th, 1983 (the day the channel first launched) to sometime in 1990 and ran during the evening. ^[2]

Episodes

Each episode was 30 minutes long, with 60 episodes being produced during its initial run. The episodes do not seem to have titles, even in the officially licensed Disney Channel magazine^[3]. Each episode is only listed by the short cartoons in the episode.

Only two episodes are readily available, and there are no known home media releases.

Month	Episode	Shorts	Availability
April '83	N/A	"Steamboat Willie" "Three Little Pigs" "How To Play Baseball"	Lost
March '84	N/A	"The Village Smithy" "Pluto and the Armadillo" "Flying Jalopy" "Pluto's Purchase" "Morris the Midget Moose" "Lion Down"	Lost
April '84	N/A	"Good Scouts" "Goofy and Wilbur" "The Martins and the Coys" "The Fox Hunt"	Lost
Oct '84	N/A	"Mickey's Amateurs" "Mickey's Rival" "The Plastics Inventor" "Goofy Gymnastics" "The Woodland Cafe"	Lost
Nov '84	N/A	"Donald and the Wheel" "Mickey's Birthday Party"	Lost
Dec '84	N/A	"Duck Pimples"	Lost
Feb '85	N/A	"How To Swim" "Trombone Troubles" "The Little House"	Lost
July '85	N/A	"Modern Inventions" "Two Chips and a Miss"	Lost
Sep '85	N/A	"George Plimpton [Placeholder]" "Spare The Rod"	Partially Found
Oct '85	N/A	"African Diary" "Truant Officer Donald" "Symphony Hour"	Found
Nov '85	N/A	"Morris the Midget Moose" "The Flying Jalopy"	Lost
Dec '85	N/A	"No Hunting" "Peublo Pluto" "Dude Duck"	Lost
Unknown	N/A	TBA	Found

Gallery

Images

Videos

Opening footage of Mouseterpiece Theater.

singular segment which aired in the 1990s between longer programming, featuring the cartoon Pluto At the Zoo.

References

↑ IMDB. Retrieved 18 April '20.
↑ D23 Official Disney Fan Club. Retrieved 18 April '20.
↑ The Disney Channel Magazine Scan. Retrieved 20 April '20.

[1] IMDB. Retrieved 18 April '20.

[2] D23 Official Disney Fan Club. Retrieved 18 April '20.

[3] The Disney Channel Magazine Scan. Retrieved 20 April '20.

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-'''''Mouseterpiece Theater''''' was an American animation compilation series, that was broadcast on the The Disney Channel. Consisting of classic theatrical Disney short Cartoons, with a segment in between shorts hosted by George Plimpton, usually giving commentary and background information before and after each cartoon. The cartoons featured are reportedly censored. <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677994/ IMDB.] Retrieved 18 April '20.</ref>
+'''''Mouseterpiece Theater''''' was an American animation compilation series that was broadcast on The Disney Channel. Consisting of classic theatrical Disney short Cartoons, with a segment in-between shorts hosted by George Plimpton, usually giving commentary and background information before and after each cartoon. The cartoons featured are reportedly censored. <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677994/ IMDB.] Retrieved 18 April '20.</ref>
-''Mouseterpiece Theater'' was aired on The Disney Channel from April 18th, 1983 (the day the channel first launched) to sometime in 1990 and ran during the evening. <ref>[https://d23.com/a-to-z/mouseterpiece-theater-television/ D23 Officail Disney Fan Club.] Retrieved 18 April '20.</ref>
+''Mouseterpiece Theater'' was aired on The Disney Channel from April 18th, 1983 (the day the channel first launched) to sometime in 1990 and ran during the evening. <ref>[https://d23.com/a-to-z/mouseterpiece-theater-television/ D23 Official Disney Fan Club.] Retrieved 18 April '20.</ref>
 ==Episodes==
-Each episode was 30 minutes long, with 60 episodes being produced during its initial run. The episodes do not seem to have titles, even in the officially licensed Disney Channel magazine<ref>[https://starport75.com/2015/06/10/disney-channel-magazine-aprilmay-1983-premier-issue/ The Disney Channel Magazine Scan.] Retrieved 20 April '20.</ref>. Each episodes is only listed by the short cartoons in the episode.
+Each episode was 30 minutes long, with 60 episodes being produced during its initial run. The episodes do not seem to have titles, even in the officially licensed Disney Channel magazine<ref>[https://starport75.com/2015/06/10/disney-channel-magazine-aprilmay-1983-premier-issue/ The Disney Channel Magazine Scan.] Retrieved 20 April '20.</ref>. Each episode is only listed by the short cartoons in the episode.
-Only one episode is readily available, and there is no known home media releases.
+Only two episodes are readily available, and there are no known home media releases.
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-|<span style="font-size:80%">Month
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Episode
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Shorts
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Availability
 |-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">April 83'
+! style="background-color:lightblue" | Month
-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
+! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"Steamboat Willie"<br>"Three Little Pigs"(P)<br>"How To Play Baseball"
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-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"The Village Smithy"<br>"Pluto and the Armadillo"(P)<br>"Flying Jalopy"<br>"Pluto's Purchase"<br>
-"Morris the Midget Moose"<br> "Lion Down"
-|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
 |-
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-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"Good Scouts"<br>"Goofy and Wilbur"<br>"The Martins and the Coys"<br>"The Fox Hunt"
-|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
 |-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Oct 84'
+| April '84 || N/A || "Good Scouts"<br>"Goofy and Wilbur"<br>"The Martins and the Coys"<br>"The Fox Hunt" || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"Mickey's Amateurs"<br> "Mickey's Rival"<br> "The Plastics Inventor"<br> "Goofy Gymnastics"<br> "The Woodland Cafe"
-|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
 |-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Nov 84'
+| Oct '84 || N/A || "Mickey's Amateurs"<br>"Mickey's Rival"<br>"The Plastics Inventor"<br> "Goofy Gymnastics"<br>"The Woodland Cafe" || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"Donald and the Wheel"<br> "Mickey's Birthday Party"
-|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
 |-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Dec 84'
+| Nov '84 || N/A || "Donald and the Wheel"<br>"Mickey's Birthday Party" || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"Duck Pimples"
-|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
 |-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Feb 85'
+| Dec '84 || N/A || "Duck Pimples" || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"How To Swim"<br> "Trombone Troubles"<br> "The Little House"
-|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
 |-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">July 85'
+| Feb '85 || N/A || "How To Swim"<br>"Trombone Troubles"<br>"The Little House" || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"Modern Inventions"<br> "Two Chips and a Miss"
-|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
 |-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Oct 85'
+| July '85 || N/A || "Modern Inventions"<br>"Two Chips and a Miss" || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"African Diary"<br> "Truant Officer Donald"<br> "Symphony Hour"
-|<span style="font-size:80%">[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x762o0l<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
 |-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Nov 85'
+| Sep '85 || N/A || "George Plimpton [Placeholder]"<br>"Spare The Rod"  || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnYQYZulC3g<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found]'''
-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"Morris the Midget Moose"<br> "The Flying Jalopy"
-|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
 |-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">Dec 85'
+| Oct '85 || N/A || "African Diary"<br>"Truant Officer Donald"<br>"Symphony Hour" || [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x762o0l<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
-|<span style="font-size:80%">N/A
+|-
-|<span style="font-size:80%">"No Hunting"<br> "Peublo Pluto"<br> "Dude Duck"
+| Nov '85 || N/A || "Morris the Midget Moose"<br>"The Flying Jalopy"  || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
-|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|-
+| Dec '85 || N/A || "No Hunting"<br>"Peublo Pluto"<br>"Dude Duck" || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
+|-
+| Unknown|| N/A || TBA || [https://archive.org/details/found-media-disney-mousterpiece-theater-1983<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
 |}
 ==Gallery==
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+===Images===
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+Mouseterpiece_theater_Mag2.JPG
+</gallery>
+===Videos===
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-Mouseterpiece_theater_Mag2.JPG
-</gallery>
 ==See Also==
-*[[ToonHeads (partially lost animation anthology series; 1996-2003)]]
+===Disney Channel===
-*[[ToonHeads' "A Night of Independent Animation" (partially lost special of anthology series; 1996)]]
+*[[101 Dalmatians: The Series (partially found pitch pilot episode of Disney animated TV series; 1996)]]
+*[[Amazing Animals (found Disney Channel educational animated series; 1996-1999)]]
+*[[Arwin! (partially found pitch pilot of cancelled spin-off of "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" Disney Channel sitcom; 2007)]]
+*[[Bonkers "Fall Apart Bomb Squad" (found episode of Disney Channel animated series; 1993)]]
+*[[Country Club (partially found test pilot of "Big City Greens" Disney Channel adventure-comedy animated series; 2015)]]
+*[[Disney Channel Interactive (lost Dish Network game channel; late 2000s)]]
+*[[Disney Channel "Disney's One Too" (partially lost "Recess" gags of TV channel block; 1999-2003)]]
+*[[Disney Channel "Wand Idents" (partially found bumpers from TV channel; 2003-present)]]
+*[[Disney's Coyote Tales (found Disney Channel extended version of "The Coyote's Lament" animated short; 1991)]]
+*[[Disney's Doug (found episodes of animated TV series; 1996-1999)]]
+*[[Dreamfinders (unproduced Disney Channel series based on "Journey Into Imagination" Epcot ride; 1983)]]
+*[[Dumbo's Circus (partially found Disney Channel live-action puppet series; 1985-1986)]]
+*[[Fish Hooks (partially found test pilot of Disney Channel animated series; 2009)]]
+*[[Going Wild with Jeff Corwin (partially found Disney Channel documentary series; 1997-1999)]]
+*[[Gravity Falls (found Comic Con 2012 promo of Disney Channel animated mystery comedy series; 2012)]]
+*[[Gravity Falls (found pitch pilot of Disney Channel animated mystery comedy series; 2010)]]
+*[[Hannah Montana (lost production material of cancelled anime adaptation of Disney Channel teen sitcom; 2009-2010)]]
+*[[Herbie the Lovebug (lost Disney Channel animated pilot; late 1990s-2000s)]]
+*[[J.O.N.A.S. (partially found original pilot of "Jonas" Disney Channel comedy series; 2007)]]
+*[[Katbot (partially found unreleased Disney Channel animated series; 2005)]]
+*[[Lizzie McGuire "Season 3" (lost production material of cancelled season of Disney Channel comedy series; 2020)]]
+*[[Minnie Takes Care of Pluto (found original English audio of Mickey Mouse Works animated short; 2000)]]
+*[[Mousercise (partially found Disney Channel exercise series; 1983-1996)]]
+*[[Pepper Ann (partially found unaired Nickelodeon pilot of Disney animated series; 1996)]]
+*[[Phineas and Ferb (lost production material of cancelled theatrical film of Disney Channel animated series; 2010s)]]
+*[[Phineas and Ferb "Delivery of Destiny" (partially found Simon Pegg version of episode of Disney Channel animated series; 2013)]]
+*[[Phineas and Ferb: Spot the Diff (found Disney Channel animated special; 2008)]]
+*[[Recess "The Break In" (partially found pitch pilot of Disney animated TV series; 1996)]]
+*[[Shooting Star Milkshake Bar (partially found full version of "Phineas and Ferb" song; late 2000s)]]
+*[[Star and the Forces of Evil (found pitch pilot of Disney Channel animated series; 2011)]]
+*[[Talespin (lost Phil Harris audio recordings from Disney Channel animated series; 1990)]]
+*[[Teen Angel (partially found Disney Channel serial drama; 1989)]]
+*[[The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (partially found revival of Disney variety TV series; 1989-1994)]]
+*[[The Jersey (partially found Disney Channel sports-themed comedy series; 1999-2004)]]
+*[[The Owl House (found test animation of Disney Channel animated series; 2017)]]
+*[[The Proud Family (partially found Nickelodeon pitch pilot of Disney Channel animated sitcom; 1999)]]
+*[[Welcome to Pooh Corner (partially found Disney Channel live-action puppet series; 1983-1986)]]
+*[[What's Stevie Thinking? (lost pitch pilot of cancelled spin-off of "Lizzie McGuire" Disney Channel comedy series; 2005)]]
+===Playhouse Disney===
+*[[Adventures in Nutrition with Captain Carlos (found Playhouse Disney animated short series; 2004-2007)]]
+*[[Bear in the Big Blue House (found unaired pilot of Disney Channel puppet series; 1997)]]
+*[[Bear in the Big Blue House (found Playhouse Disney puppet series; 1997-2006)]]
+*[[Breakfast with Bear (partially found spin-off of "Bear in the Big Blue House" Playhouse Disney puppet series; 2005-2006)]]
+*[[Handy Manny (partially found DKP Studios pilot of Playhouse Disney CGI animated series; 2005)]]
+*[[Imagination Movers (found pitch pilot of Playhouse Disney series based on children's music group; 2006)]]
+*[[JoJo's Circus (partially lost Playhouse Disney stop-motion animated series; 2003-2007)]]
+*[[Little Einsteins (lost second pitch pilot of Playhouse Disney animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2004)]]
+*[[My Friends Tigger & Pooh (partially found test pilots of Playhouse Disney CGI animated series; 2005/2006)]]
+*[[Out of the Box (partially lost Playhouse Disney children's series; 1998-2004)]]
+*[[PB&J Otter (found original credits sequences of Playhouse Disney animated series; 1998-2000)]]
+*[[Playhouse Disney UK (partially found interstitial material of children's TV channel; 1999-2006)]]
+*[[Stanley (found pitch pilot of Playhouse Disney animated series; 1999)]]
+*[[The Book of Pooh (found Playhouse Disney puppet series; 2001-2004)]]
+===Disney Junior===
+*[[Beverly Hills Chihuahuas (found pilot of cancelled Disney Junior animated adaptation of film series; 2012)]]
+*[[Jake and the Never Land Pirates (lost pitch pilot of Disney Junior animated series; 2009)]]
+*[[Jungle Junction (lost pitch pilots of Disney Junior CGI animated series; 2003-2008)]]
+===Toon Disney===
+*[[Teamo Supremo (partially lost Toon Disney animated series; 2002-2004)]]
+*[[Toon News (partially found Toon Disney CGI interstitial series; 2004/2005)]]
+===Disney XD===
+*[[Billion Dollar Freshmen (lost pitch pilot of "Lab Rats" Disney XD live-action comedy series; 2010)]]
+*[[DXP (partially found Disney XD video game block; 2017)]]
+*[[Power Rangers Animated Series (lost Disney XD pilot of animated adaptation of live-action superhero series; existence unconfirmed; 2007-2009)]]
+===Other===
+*[[Green Monkeys (lost Disney animated pilot; 1999)]]
+*[[La Chambre Folle (lost French Disney children's TV block; 1998)]]
+*[[Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (found English dub of anime series; 2015)]]
+*[[Robodz (partially found Disney Toei animated TV series; 2008)]]
+*[[The Mouse Factory (found Disney live-action/animated TV series; 1972-1973)]]
+*[[The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show (found episodes of Disney animated TV series; 1995)]]
+*[[X-Heart (partially found unreleased English dub of "X-Coração" Brazilian animated TV series; 2014)]]
 ==References==