The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent toothpaste and heard on NBC. Broadcast from the Disney Little Theater on the RKO lot from January 2 to May 15, 1938, the program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In addition to Snow White (January 9, 1938), other shows in the series included "Mother Goose Land", "Cinderella", "King Neptune", "The Pied Piper", "The Old Woman in the Shoe", and "Old MacDonald".

Episodes

1. Robin Hood (January 2, 1938)
2. Snow White Day (January 9, 1938)
3. Donald Duck's Band (January 16, 1938)
4. The River Boat (January 23, 1938)
5. Ali Baba (January 30, 1938)
6. South of the Border (February 6, 1938)
7. Mother Goose and Old King Cole (February 13, 1938)
8. The Gypsy Band (February 20, 1938)
9. Cinderella (February 27, 1938)
10. King Neptune (March 6, 1938)
11. The Pied Piper (March 13, 1938)
12. Sleeping Beauty (March 20, 1938)
13. Ancient Egypt (March 27, 1938) (guest appearance by Snow White)
14. Mother Goose and The Old Woman in a Shoe (April 3, 1938)
15. Long John Silver (April 10, 1938)
16. King Arthur (April 17, 1938)
17. Who Killed Cock Robin? (April 24, 1938)
18. Cowboy Show (May 1, 1938)
19. William Tell (May 8, 1938)
20. Old MacDonald (May 15, 1938)

Voices

Walt Disney did the voice of Mickey Mouse for the first three episodes. John Hiestand was the announcer for this Sunday afternoon program. Starting with the fourth episode, Mickey was voiced by comedian Joe Twerp. Disney appeared as himself in some early episodes. In later episodes, Disney was too busy to attend performances, and he was impersonated by announcer John Hiestand. Radio actor J. Donald Wilson provided the voice for one episode.

Other Disney characters featured on the program were Donald Duck (Clarence Nash), Minnie Mouse (Thelma Boardman), Goofy (Stuart Buchanan), and Clara Cluck (Florence Gill).

• Cliff Arquette - Old MacDonald ("Old MacDonald")
• Bea Benaderet - Miriam the Mermaid ("King Neptune")
• Mel Blanc - Mayor of Hamelin ("The Pied Piper"), Neptune's Son ("King Neptune"), Priscilly ("Old MacDonald"), Royal Herald ("Mother Goose and Old King Cole")
• Billy Bletcher - Judge Owl ("Who Killed Cock Robin?"), King Neptune ("King Neptune"), Old King Cole ("Mother Goose and Old King Cole"), Squire Perkins ("Old MacDonald")
• Thelma Boardman - Minnie Mouse, Snow White ("Snow White Day")
• Stuart Buchanan - Goofy, Grumpy ("Snow White Day")
• Hans Conried - The Pied Piper ("The Pied Piper")
• Walt Disney - Mickey Mouse (episodes 1-3 only)
• Florence Gill - Clara Cluck
• John Hiestand - Announcer, Magic Mirror
• Clarence Nash - Donald Duck

Music

Music was provided by the Felix Mills Orchestra, Donald Duck's Swing Band and The Minnie Mouse Woodland Choir. The opening theme music was "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" and the closing theme was "Heigh Ho".

Listen to

• The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air in The Internet Archive's Old-Time Radio Collection

Gallery

External links

• Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air

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