Changes: The Mouse Factory

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The Mouse Factory was an anthology TV series produced and directed by Ward Kimball between 1971 and 1973.

Description

A precursor to House of Mouse, The Mouse Factory mainly served to rerun classic Disney cartoons with new linking segments. Each episode would feature a different celebrity guest interacting with classic Disney characters (portrayed by costumed actors), from Mickey Mouse to Witch Hazel.

Though the hosts were often just watching or recalling the relevant cartoons, they were woven into the story of the episode on a couple of occasions, meaning some episodes must be considered by the Wiki to take place far earlier than their release date.

An original piece of animation was featured at the end of each episode, which saw Mickey Mouse (drawn in 1930's pie-eye style, but in color) flying an aeroplane carrying the "The End" banner, only to bump into King Kong on the Empire State Building, who plucks the plane out of the air and eats it. This bizarrely means every episode ends with the apparent death of Mickey, though it's not hard to imagine his surviving the ordeal if some cartoon logic is applied, as, indeed, it is obvious that he must have.

List of episodes

Season 1

Vacations
Women's Lib
Folk Tale Favorites
Spooks and Magic
Physical Fitness
The Great Outdoors
Water Sports
Man at Work
Music
Interplanetary Travel
Homeowners
Spectator Sports
Horses
Aviation
Back to Nature
Bullfighting to Bullfrogs
Sports

Season 2

Alligators
Paul Bunyan
Bullfighting
Knighthood
Pluto
Goliath II
The Mouse Show
Cats
Ben Franklin
Mickey Mouse
Lions
Consciences
Noah's Ark
Hunting
Sports
Tugboats
Automobiles
Trains
Homes
The Reluctant Dragon
Wheels
Winter Fun
Penguins
Elephants
Mickey and the Beanstalk
Dancing

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 [[File:The_Mouse_Factory.png|right|350px]]'''''The Mouse Factory''''' was an anthology TV series produced and directed by [[Ward Kimball]] between 1971 and 1973.
 ==Description==
-A precursor to ''[[House of Mouse]]'', ''The Mouse Factory'' mainly served to rerun classic Disney cartoons with new linking segments. Each episode would feature a different celebrity guest interacting with classic Disney characters (portrayed by costumed actors), from [[Mickey Mouse]] to [[Witch Hazel]]. Though the hosts were often just watching or recalling the relevant cartoons, they were woven into the story of the episode on a couple of occasions, meaning some episodes must be considered by the Wiki to take place far earlier than their release date.
+A precursor to ''[[House of Mouse]]'', ''The Mouse Factory'' mainly served to rerun classic Disney cartoons with new linking segments. Each episode would feature a different celebrity guest interacting with classic Disney characters (portrayed by costumed actors), from [[Mickey Mouse]] to [[Witch Hazel]].
+Though the hosts were often just watching or recalling the relevant cartoons, they were woven into the story of the episode on a couple of occasions, meaning some episodes must be considered by the Wiki to take place far earlier than their release date.
+An original piece of animation was featured at the end of each episode, which saw [[Mickey Mouse]] (drawn in 1930's pie-eye style, but in color) flying an aeroplane carrying the "The End" banner, only to bump into [[King Kong]] on the [[Empire State Building]], who plucks the plane out of the air and eats it. This bizarrely means every episode ends with the apparent death of Mickey, though it's not hard to imagine his surviving the ordeal if some cartoon logic is applied, as, indeed, it is obvious that he must have.
 ==List of episodes==
 ===Season 1===
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 #''[[Mickey and the Beanstalk (1973 film)|Mickey and the Beanstalk]]''
 #''[[Dancing]]''
+[[Category:Series]]
+[[Category:Mickey Mouse stories]]
+[[Category:King Kong stories]]