Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Just watched an episode of mickey mouse clubhouse. Overall the plot was great, but the one thing that kept me watching was the mystery mouskatool. Although I was watching for the reveal, the payoff was not great. By the time we were shown the mystery mouskatool, we had already seen better and more interesting gadgets. Also Mickey kept yelling at me.

This show isn't really that bad. I've seen enough episodes to say that I recommend it for younger kids. The show has an innocence to it that even though it's not my favorite, I can see why it's growing a following among the kiddies.

Even though it's an education based program, I'm glad that they don't completely change the characters we know and love. Mickey is still the kind leader of the gang, Donald is still the short tempered sidekick that ultimately learns his lesson in the end, Goofy is still...y'know, Goofy.

Even though in the original cartoons Pete is a villain, in this series he's more comic relief. That works more to it's advantage than you'd think.

So overall, it's not as bad as most people would think. It's not really a masterpiece but there's worse things out there.

I find it interesting that some reviewers here have criticized this show with zero knowledge of Disney.

One reviewer states, "Walt Disney and Wayne Allwine are rolling in their Graves." Interesting since Allwine voiced the Mouse for enough episodes to roll 4 seasons of the show before his passing in May of 2009.

Many reviewers are also lambasting the term "Meeska Mooska." These people obviously aren't aware of the Mickey Mouse Club which was Walt's second television show. The Mickey Mouse Club used the phrase, "Meeska Mooska Mousketeer" as a password to open the cartoon vault (Every episode aired a classic Disney short).

In today's program the phrase "Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse" is used as a password to open the clubhouse. This show is consistent with everything Disney did with their programming in both Walt's lifetime and after.

They don't call Disney the "Mouse House" for nothing. There's no question that Mickey Mouse is the king of the classic Disney cartoon characters. He's iconic, memorable, and almost every Disney fan and cartoon fan in general knows his name. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is perhaps the latest show to have him as a star, and for some bizarre reason, they decided to create a show aimed at preschoolers.

The show follows the same interactive formula used in two Nick Jr. shows, Blues Clues & Dora the Explorer. The main character interacts with the viewer and asks him/her for help on a certain something. In addition to Mickey's familiar pals like Minnie, Donald, and Goofy, there are some elements that are exclusive to the show such as the clubhouse itself, a floating mouse-eared device named "Toodles", and the "Mousketools" the device usually carries. There are some bright sides to the show. It teaches children creative skills and problem solving, and that is a very important thing to teach to children nowadays, because there is no creativity when it comes to television for kids and tweens.

This was an odd route Disney chose to reintroduce their mascot to new generations of kids. With the character's track record of being on shows such as Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse, Mickey's no stranger to television. But, an interactive "edutainment" show for preschoolers does not seem like a very good fit for him. I don't think rendering the characters into 3D CGI was the best idea either, but the show sure did work. I know someone whose daughter watches the show and now also watches the original Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts by Walt Disney himself because of it.

My baby loves this show she wouldn't watch anything else. I wish they would make more episodes.