Mouseterpiece Theater (1983)

Directed by

Mitchell Kriegman

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cartoon show that makes fun of a classic PBS program by showing classic Disney shorts. The host gives background information before and after each cartoon. Each episode has a theme like Goofy being a normal guy.

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What happens

Mouseterpiece Theater is an American animated television show that ran on the Disney Channel. It premiered on the channel's launch date on April 18, 1983, and continued with reruns into the 1990s. The show is a parody of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre, presenting Disney animated shorts instead of showing dramatic works. Like Masterpiece Theatre, it used a section of Jean-Joseph Mouret's Suite of Symphonies for brass, strings and timpani No. 1 as its theme music, but the Disney show used the third movement rather than the first. George Plimpton hosted and gave commentary and background information before and after each cartoon. Each show tended to have a theme; Goofy's emergence as the staid everyman character for example. It usually ran later in the evenings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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