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musicradio77 · 07-03-2006, 07:50 PM

I just checked and I found these two great intros to one of the first CBS Saturday morning TV series called "Mighty Mouse Playhouse". If you are a Terrytoons fan, this show features a compilation of classic Terrytoons shorts featuring Mighty Mouse along with Heckle & Jeckle, Gandy Goose, Terry Bears and so many others. Thanks to Ccook45 for these rare finds. If you have never seen this opening and closing before, here it is.

"Mighty Mouse Playhouse" Opening
"Mighty Mouse Playhouse" Closing

And in addition to that, the "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" commercial break bumper.

"Mighty Mouse Playhouse" Commercial Bumper

TV Knowledge Fan · 07-07-2006, 02:54 PM

"MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE": the black & white version [before the fall of 1965], and the COLOR edition [1965-'66, and in future syndication], along with the bumpers and closing titles. Tom Morrison was the voice of "Mighty Mouse" (as he was in the final 1959-'61 theatrical cartoons); he was also Terrytoons' story editor and head writer as well. Tom also provided voices from time to time since the mid-'30s, and was credited as a full-fledged writer by 1950.

When WNJU-TV (Channel 47 in Newark, N.J.) ran "MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE" in the early and mid-'70s, they, of course, presented the Spanish-language version of those cartoons...but they cut the opening title so that they could show OTHER cartoons from outside their "Terrytoon" library...most often, Hal Seeger's "BATFINK" and Hanna-Barbera's "WALLY GATOR". They kept ONE bumper in- "And now, stay tuned for MORE great stories!" {in Spanish}- along with the opening and closing titles {ditto}.

musicradio77 · 07-08-2006, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by TV Knowledge Fan

"MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE": the black & white version [before the fall of 1965], and the COLOR edition [1965-'66, and in future syndication], along with the bumpers and closing titles. Tom Morrison was the voice of "Mighty Mouse" (as he was in the final 1959-'61 theatrical cartoons); he was also Terrytoons' story editor and head writer as well. Tom also provided voices from time to time since the mid-'30s, and was credited as a full-fledged writer by 1950.

When WNJU-TV (Channel 47 in Newark, N.J.) ran "MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE" in the early and mid-'70s, they, of course, presented the Spanish-language version of those cartoons...but they cut the opening title so that they could show OTHER cartoons from outside their "Terrytoon" library...most often, Hal Seeger's "BATFINK" and Hanna-Barbera's "WALLY GATOR". They kept ONE bumper in- "And now, stay tuned for MORE great stories!" {in Spanish}- along with the opening and closing titles {ditto}.

Thanks! I've never seen that show in spanish since WNJU-TV ran these cartoons including the opening to the "Terrytoons" TV show ran on Spanish TV.

"Terrytoons" Opening

I remember WPIX-TV used to run the old Mighty Mouse in the late 70's and early 80's including the opening, closing and bumpers as shown on these links on the first post. I remember those since I was a baby. In the early 90's, "Mighty Mouse & Friends" was in syndication at the time where they used intros, bumpers and closings taken from "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" and it was completely updated with new bumpers including "Now, stay tuned for another Deputy Dawg!", "Now, stay tuned for more Heckle & Jeckle!", "Now it's time for Heckle & Jeckle!", "Watch this, here's Deputy Dawg!" and some other stuff. The original one was better than the updated one from "Mighty Mouse & Friends" when it was short-lived back in the early 90's. I remember that when it was in syndication and on the USA Network during the later part of the 90's.

To get back on the subject. "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" ran on CBS between 1955 until 1966 and it has been on the air for 11 straight years. It was originally aired on Saturday morning since it became the first regularly scheduled Saturday morning show featuring the compilation of theatrical Terrytoons shorts. The show was competing with the "Mickey Mouse Club" on another network, ABC during 1955 until 1959 when it was on a weekday since it first went on.

TV Knowledge Fan · 07-10-2006, 01:36 PM

...didn't actually "compete" with Walt Disney's "MICKEY MOUSE CLUB", as it was on Saturday mornings ONLY. The first coast-to-coast "Terrytoons" TV showcase was "BARKER BILL'S CARTOON SHOW", a 15 minute series which was on two afternoons a week, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 5pm(et) over CBS, beginning in January 1954. It quickly became THE most watched daytime program in its time period, and stayed that way....until "THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB" premiered in October 1955, five afternoons a week OPPOSITE "Barker Bill". By the end of November, "BARKER BILL" was off the air, and "MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE" became Terrytoons' "TV showcase" that December.
The bulk of cartoons that were shown on "BARKER BILL", mostly the 1930's Terrytoon library, became the centerpiece of the syndicated "FARMER ALFALFA AND HIS TERRYTOON PALS", beginning in October 1958. "MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE" presented the more "contemporary" cartoons featuring Gandy Goose, Little Roquefort, Dinky, and those "one-shot" efforts {i.e "The Wolf's Pardon"}, and "THE HECKLE & JECKLE CARTOON SHOW" [also on CBS, shifting between Sunday and Saturday] showcased the rest of the library.
Occasionally, some of those cartoons overlapped into each other's shows.

07-03-2006, 07:50 PM	#1
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	"Mighty Mouse Playhouse" Opening & Closing on YouTube I just checked and I found these two great intros to one of the first CBS Saturday morning TV series called "Mighty Mouse Playhouse". If you are a Terrytoons fan, this show features a compilation of classic Terrytoons shorts featuring Mighty Mouse along with Heckle & Jeckle, Gandy Goose, Terry Bears and so many others. Thanks to Ccook45 for these rare finds. If you have never seen this opening and closing before, here it is. "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" Opening "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" Closing And in addition to that, the "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" commercial break bumper. "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" Commercial Bumper
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07-07-2006, 02:54 PM	#2
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	There were TWO openings for.... "MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE": the black & white version [before the fall of 1965], and the COLOR edition [1965-'66, and in future syndication], along with the bumpers and closing titles. Tom Morrison was the voice of "Mighty Mouse" (as he was in the final 1959-'61 theatrical cartoons); he was also Terrytoons' story editor and head writer as well. Tom also provided voices from time to time since the mid-'30s, and was credited as a full-fledged writer by 1950. When WNJU-TV (Channel 47 in Newark, N.J.) ran "MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE" in the early and mid-'70s, they, of course, presented the Spanish-language version of those cartoons...but they cut the opening title so that they could show OTHER cartoons from outside their "Terrytoon" library...most often, Hal Seeger's "BATFINK" and Hanna-Barbera's "WALLY GATOR". They kept ONE bumper in- "And now, stay tuned for MORE great stories!" {in Spanish}- along with the opening and closing titles {ditto}.

07-10-2006, 01:36 PM	#4
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	"MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE"... ...didn't actually "compete" with Walt Disney's "MICKEY MOUSE CLUB", as it was on Saturday mornings ONLY. The first coast-to-coast "Terrytoons" TV showcase was "BARKER BILL'S CARTOON SHOW", a 15 minute series which was on two afternoons a week, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 5pm(et) over CBS, beginning in January 1954. It quickly became THE most watched daytime program in its time period, and stayed that way....until "THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB" premiered in October 1955, five afternoons a week OPPOSITE "Barker Bill". By the end of November, "BARKER BILL" was off the air, and "MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE" became Terrytoons' "TV showcase" that December. The bulk of cartoons that were shown on "BARKER BILL", mostly the 1930's Terrytoon library, became the centerpiece of the syndicated "FARMER ALFALFA AND HIS TERRYTOON PALS", beginning in October 1958. "MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE" presented the more "contemporary" cartoons featuring Gandy Goose, Little Roquefort, Dinky, and those "one-shot" efforts {i.e "The Wolf's Pardon"}, and "THE HECKLE & JECKLE CARTOON SHOW" [also on CBS, shifting between Sunday and Saturday] showcased the rest of the library. Occasionally, some of those cartoons overlapped into each other's shows.