Presents Mickey and his friends
The Mouse Factory is an American syndicated television series produced by Walt Disney Productions and created by Ward Kimball, that ran from 1972 to 1974. It showed clips from various Disney cartoons and movies, hosted by celebrity guests, including Johnny Brown, Charles Nelson Reilly, JoAnne Worley and many more, visiting the Disney studio and interacting with the walk-around Disney characters from the Disney Theme Parks. It was later re-run on the Disney Channel in the 1980s and '90s. The theme played over the previews of each episode was a fast instrumental version of "Whistle While You Work" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The song played over the end credits is "Minnie's Yoo Hoo", the theme song from the original Mickey Mouse Clubs that met in theaters starting in 1929. However, due to low ratings, the series was canceled after its second season.
CreatorWard Kimball
Vacations
Jan 26, 1972
Vacations are a custom appreciated in the world. Yet though most workers look forward to them all year, they usually end disastrously. Host Charles Nelson Reilly is the victim of such holidays, and Donald Duck agrees with him that a safe picnic would be a better idea.
Women's Lib
Feb 2, 1972
Jo Anne Worley hosts how women have been improving their positions in life.
Folk Tale Favorites
Feb 9, 1972
Johnny Brown looks at many songs and stories written about folk heroes.
Spooks and Magic
Feb 16, 1972
Among other things in this Halloween-themed episode, Phyllis Diller owns a rooming house full of unwanted boarders. The house is full of ghosts and she hires Mickey, Donald and Goofy to remove them.
Physical Fitness
Feb 23, 1972
Don Knotts, the unlikely proprietor of a fitness club, tries to explain his techniques to Goofy. Knotts demonstrates his theories with the help of Donald Duck and Snow White
The Great Outdoors
Mar 1, 1972
Host Dom DeLuise hosts a spoof of recreational pursuits to prove that life in the great outdoors is not all it's reputed to be.
Water Sports
Mar 8, 1972
Joe Flynn shows some of the ways that people enjoy life on or near the water.
Man at Work
Mar 15, 1972
Everyone needs a job, even Donald Duck and Goofy. So host John Byner comes to their assistance by opening up an employment agency and sending Donald to a construction site that needs a steam-shovel operator and Goofy to a moving company that needs a piano mover.
Music
Mar 22, 1972
Skiles and Henderson show how important sound effects and music can be. They visit the Disney Studios' sound effects department, where strange gadgets are used to make different sounds.
Interplanetary Travel
Mar 29, 1972
Jonathan Winters appears in a variety of roles to present the spoof of space travel, including Prof. Eric Antiquity, the alleged inventor of rocket propulsion and the world's oldest astronaut.
Homeowners
Apr 5, 1972
Host Jim Backus proves that owning a house is no easy task by showing how salesmen attempt to lure unsuspecting buyers with outrageous claims on the comforts and attraction of available properties, which very often need repairs.
Spectator Sports
Apr 12, 1972
Charles Nelson Reilly returns to discuss the various types of sports one could enjoy by simply watching.
Horses
Apr 19, 1972
Jo Anne Worley claims that horses are a cowboy's best friend, in spite of the creature's often intimidating size. However, Worley says that despite this, it can be easy to ride a horse, as Goofy demonstrates.
Aviation
Apr 26, 1972
Mankind's interest in flight is the subject of this episode and host Johnny Brown sets the mood by dressing up as a World War I flying ace. Footage from cartoons involving flight are featured.
Back to Nature
May 3, 1972
Although civilization has its advantages, more people are longing to return to nature. Host Wally Cox shows that nature, like the "good old days", isn't all it's reputed to be.
Bullfighting to Bullfrogs
May 10, 1972
Pat Buttram, dressed as a matador, starts by speaking of bullfights as he tries to sell tacos.
Sports
May 17, 1972
Pat Paulsen teams up with Goofy to look at the skills used to master sports, each with their own set of problems, though Goofy tries valiantly, against all odds and a reasonable dose of physical abuse.
