Mouseterpiece Theater

Mousterpiece Theater was an American television show that ran on the Disney Channel and premiered on its launch date on April 18, 1983 and continued with reruns into the 1990s.The Disney Channel Magazine, April/May 1983 (Premiere Issue), page 14 It was a parody of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre, presenting classic Disney shorts instead of showing dramatic works. 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.Various issues of The Disney Channel Magazine, 1983 to 1991
== Episode List (incomplete) ==
Airdates 	Short 1 	Short 2 	Short 3 	Short 4 	Short 5 	Short 6
April 1983 	Steamboat Willie 	Three Little Pigs 	How to Play Baseball 	 	 	
February 12, 1984 	Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom	 	 	 	 	
March 1984 	The Village Smithy 	Pluto and the Armadillo	The Flying Jalopy 	Pluto's Purchase 	Morris, the Midget Moose	Lion Down
April 1984 	Good Scouts 	Goofy and Wilbur 	The Martins and the Coys	The Fox Hunt (1938)	 	
October 1984 	Mickey's Amateurs 	Mickey's Rival 	The Plastics Inventor 	Goofy Gymnastics 	Woodland Café 	
November 1984 	Donald and the Wheel 	Mickey's Birthday Party	 	 	 	
December 1984 	Duck Pimples 	 	 	 	 	
February 1985 	How to Swim 	Trombone Trouble 	The Little House 	 	 	
July 1985 	Modern Inventions 	Two Chips and a Miss 	 	 	 	
September 1985 	Spare the Rod 	Man's Best Friend 	Donald's Nephews 	 	 	
October 1985, May 30, 1986	African Diary 	Truant Officer Donald 	Symphony Hour 	 	 	
November 1985 	Morris the Midget Moose 	The Flying Jalopy 	 	 	 	
December 1985 	No Hunting 	Pueblo Pluto 	Dude Duck 	 	 	
==References==
==External links==
*Mouseterpiece Theater at the Internet Movie Database
Category:Disney shows
Category:Disney Channel shows
Category:1980s television series