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I am 18, and a huge fan of Disney. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is not their best show, plus it is not even close to the classic Silly Synphonies, but it is light years from their worst. Sure it can have its predictable moments, but it is better than it's made out to be. I often see it criticised for being a rip-off of Dora the Explorer. True, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse uses the talk-to-the-camera technique, but so do other shows even before Dora. And I may get some flack for this opinion, but I think this is better than Dora. Dora I find annoying and repetitive, and other than counting to one to ten in Spanish I learnt little from it.

Back to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. The stories can be predictable and the dialogue overly-simplistic. Plus the pacing of the episodes can be rushed or draggy. However, I liked the animation. It has been criticised for being rough, robotic and lacking variety. Maybe so at first, but I for one think it improved. The backgrounds are colourful and bright, the colours are nice and the character designs are fairly good. The clubhouse actually looks very interesting in my view. The music is pretty decent too. The theme song is simple but memorable, and the accompanying music is decent enough. I personally thoroughly enjoy the Hot Dog Dance, and liked its imaginative and funny name.

I also liked the social and creative skills that Mickey Mouse Clubhouse teaches children. Children I think will be delighted by the fun that goes into this show(I have toddler friends who adore this show), adults mayn't be so impressed, but the look on their child's faces will say it all as they learn new skills in every episode. The characters are engaging enough for the target audience. Mickey, despite the criticism he smiles too much contrary to his more mischievous persona in the original cartoons, is very benevolent and an ideal character for children to at least relate to. Goofy is still funny, and Minnie and Daisy are interesting without being too vapid. My only disappointment character-wise is Donald, I don't hate him far from it, but I would have liked to seen more of his cantankerous personality that made him so funny yet endearing in the originals. Morever, the voice acting from the late Wayne Allwine, Bill Farmer, Tony Alselmo, Russi Taylor and Tress MacNeille is rock solid.

To conclude, it is a good show but no classic. 7/10 Bethany Cox

My baby loves this show she wouldn't watch anything else. I wish they would make more episodes.

They don't call Disney the "Mouse House" for nothing. There's no question that Mickey Mouse is the king of the classic Disney cartoon characters. He's iconic, memorable, and almost every Disney fan and cartoon fan in general knows his name. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is perhaps the latest show to have him as a star, and for some bizarre reason, they decided to create a show aimed at preschoolers.

The show follows the same interactive formula used in two Nick Jr. shows, Blues Clues & Dora the Explorer. The main character interacts with the viewer and asks him/her for help on a certain something. In addition to Mickey's familiar pals like Minnie, Donald, and Goofy, there are some elements that are exclusive to the show such as the clubhouse itself, a floating mouse-eared device named "Toodles", and the "Mousketools" the device usually carries. There are some bright sides to the show. It teaches children creative skills and problem solving, and that is a very important thing to teach to children nowadays, because there is no creativity when it comes to television for kids and tweens.

This was an odd route Disney chose to reintroduce their mascot to new generations of kids. With the character's track record of being on shows such as Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse, Mickey's no stranger to television. But, an interactive "edutainment" show for preschoolers does not seem like a very good fit for him. I don't think rendering the characters into 3D CGI was the best idea either, but the show sure did work. I know someone whose daughter watches the show and now also watches the original Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts by Walt Disney himself because of it.

Just watched an episode of mickey mouse clubhouse. Overall the plot was great, but the one thing that kept me watching was the mystery mouskatool. Although I was watching for the reveal, the payoff was not great. By the time we were shown the mystery mouskatool, we had already seen better and more interesting gadgets. Also Mickey kept yelling at me.

While my childhood has been immensely influenced by Disney movies and characters, I'm afraid the new Disney productions are just way below expectations. Mickey Mouse clubhouse is simply terrible with lame and noneducational stories. Mickey seems like a bossy boss who is constantly giving nonsense orders for mixed up adventures (as they call it) that depend mostly on stupidity and magic. The other characters add nothing to the whole series and every time I watch it with my kids, I wonder why they suggest those horrible ideas. I don't want to sound like someone who is against imagination, but the mouseketools provide twisted and unnecessary ways to solve problems. So what are we trying to teach our kids? And why do we need flirting, kissing, weddings... in a program that is targeting such small ages? Overall, I don't encourage watching this series.

This show isn't really that bad. I've seen enough episodes to say that I recommend it for younger kids. The show has an innocence to it that even though it's not my favorite, I can see why it's growing a following among the kiddies.

Even though it's an education based program, I'm glad that they don't completely change the characters we know and love. Mickey is still the kind leader of the gang, Donald is still the short tempered sidekick that ultimately learns his lesson in the end, Goofy is still...y'know, Goofy.

Even though in the original cartoons Pete is a villain, in this series he's more comic relief. That works more to it's advantage than you'd think.

So overall, it's not as bad as most people would think. It's not really a masterpiece but there's worse things out there.

Just everything about this show is god-awful: the stories, the voice "talent", the songs, the music... you name it. Disney has taken the wonderful classic characters that put the studio on the map and destroyed them! To dare to call this dreck "educational" is a insult to all other educational programs.

I'm an avid fan of animation, especially the animated films produced by Disney and Pixar, but I'd rather listen to someone scratching their fingernails on a chalkboard for a half hour than be within ear shot of this garbage. "Oh Toodles!". "Mickey Mishka Mooska!". Give me a break! The 3D animation is at least mediocre. I actually feel sorry for the animators, knowing the painstaking animation process requires listening to these wretched soundtracks over and over again. I can't imagine a worse a gig for an animator.

It's almost as though the creators of this trash actually hate parents, and went out of their way to create something that (somehow) entertains children, but annoys parents like me to no end.

This a great kids show! They love counting with them, calling for the toolbox and answering all the questions Mickey asks. "MISKA MOOSKA MICKEY MOUSE" they love it! The say it all the time when the show comes on! It gets the kids involved with the show. They stand up and dance or will jump up and count with Mickey. 2 yr old children thru preschoolers will love it! Many preschool concepts are covered. Shapes, colors, helping others and numbers. We have TiVo and it comes in handy. I hope they keep adding new episodes! I do think it is great that Mickey Mouse has a cartoon that is for younger viewers.

HOT DIGGITY DOG what's not to like!

I've seen lots of people hate this show and MMC doesn't deserve it. It's Dora the Explorer done correctly. Mickey doesn't yell at the viewer and act annoying like Dora does which makes him way more engaging to me as a kid. He's more calm and patient with the viewers like Steve was on Blues Clues. However there are some scenes where the interactivity can be kinda pointless and some scenes that audience interaction could be needed. The rest of the characters like Goofy, Donald and Minnie Mouse are still there charming selves we have known for years. Toodles is a pretty cool gadget who gives Mickey, the audience and his friends the items they need to solve problems and this show is way more educational than Dora by a long shot. This show had the usual letters, shapes, colors and numbers and whatnot but it expanded its curriculum including fractions, science and really basic multiplication and division for a preschool show.

A great example of Disney rolling downhill. I hate this. IT ruined the most famous cartoon icon of all time. The writers make the characters bug you by making a kid scream at the TV a la Dora,and it needs no explaning. the writing is bad,the popular iconic characters are butchered,and... wait for it.... It is Disney's version of Dora!!!! But,it is worse. IT ruins Mickeys fame and it is not Mickey mouse. the real Mickey has kind hearted and memorable characters and slapstick. Mickey Mouse Ciubhouse is lazy writing,stupid concepts and It try to be Mickey,but it fails badly.I loath this and you should back away from this and watch the newer Mickey shorts on Disney channel,or watch Steamboat Willie. This shows how greedy these new folks at Disney could be. Your subsidiary,Pixar has a great fan base and awesome movies and does not care about money. But,this show is a way to get money and to ruin a popular icon.

I find it interesting that some reviewers here have criticized this show with zero knowledge of Disney.

One reviewer states, "Walt Disney and Wayne Allwine are rolling in their Graves." Interesting since Allwine voiced the Mouse for enough episodes to roll 4 seasons of the show before his passing in May of 2009.

Many reviewers are also lambasting the term "Meeska Mooska." These people obviously aren't aware of the Mickey Mouse Club which was Walt's second television show. The Mickey Mouse Club used the phrase, "Meeska Mooska Mousketeer" as a password to open the cartoon vault (Every episode aired a classic Disney short).

In today's program the phrase "Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse" is used as a password to open the clubhouse. This show is consistent with everything Disney did with their programming in both Walt's lifetime and after.

Oh my god this is the worst Mickey Mouse spin off i have seen in years these new cartoons suck is this the new Dora the Explorer? i can't believe they turned Walt's characters into morons i liked House of Mouse and all that but this is god awful these so called episodes are ripping off fairy tales as well and to think i watched it on Playhouse Disney and it sucked did not entertain me at all i'm glad it's cancelled and i hope new episodes will not be made seriously this has to be cancelled due to it's silly content it isn't even teaching kids anything it is teaching them stupid stuff and i can't believe i used to have respect for Mickey.

Everybody says that this show is "dumb" and "sappy"

But it's a kids show, it's suppose to be entertain little kids, say 2-6.

And yes it's not perfect, but overrall, it's just harmless

"oh wow! a new cartoon starring mickey mouse!" i watched this with my two younger cousins one day, unfortunately this show is a piece of crap. what has come to the magic world of Disney? they have killed mickey mouse & his friends by turning them into 3D/CG horrors & make them educate kids by sounding like idiots. there is a load of annoying/overused catchphrases, not-so-very educational material, & breaking the fourth wall which is not as entertaining anymore after the late 60s (saturday morning shows have killed fourth wall breaking jokes & shows) what also makes this show bad is a horrifying theme song which the gang dance like retards to (especially goofy) and the lyrics are as ear-bleeding as the musical numbers in most Disney movies. (ugh...) Walt Disney must be spinning in his liquid nitrogen grave.

This show is an absolute disgrace.

Walt Disney would be turning in his grave.

If your kids like this, it's for the same reasons that foolish pensioners like poker machines, junkies like crack cocaine, and gluttons like cheap hot dogs.

One classic Disney movie is worth more than this entire execrable series.

I disabled YouTube on my computer to make sure that my kids don't watch this show, and similar garbage which is designed to captivate kids but is worthless and harmful.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse returns to the old roots of Disney itself, with morals and lessons, and teaching about helping others, in a fun and energetic way that is very conducive to learning from children. This is something I feel Walt would be proud to write his name to. I hope this series never gets canceled! All of the famous characters from Disney Lore are represented here in the show, and the animation is spot on, and fun, but not overdone. Some of the voices are pretty "close" to their originals, unfortunately a lot of the voices can't be possibly copied (Chip and Dale, etc.) because the character went "out of production" so many years ago, and Paul Frees is unfortunately passed. However, for wholesome family entertainment, this is probably the best bang for your buck today.

My excitement of seeing the news article & reading that Mickey Mouse was returning in original form was quickly turned to devastation & disappointment.I want my grandchildren to get acquainted with & to fall in love with Mickey as much as I have been for 50 years. The new Mickey Mouse Club House is dull & boring; without the emotional warmness & excitement of the original. I understand revising the theme song but, the new one has no pizzas or punch to it. Mickey has been made into a mellow mouse with no class or attitude. I realize it is focusing towards small children but, I do not feel it is up beat enough to keep them interested during the show. The speed of action needs to be moved up several notches. Give the children some credit, now days they are brighter & more advanced at earlier ages than back in my day.

8/20 ADD ON: Okay, after watching several more episodes maybe it is not as bad as my first reaction but, I still believe it is too slow & passive to keep attention span. "The tootles"when calling for tools is lame since,it sounds like what is used in slang when meaning "good bye". I did find my 4 year old granddaughter watching the show the other day,which is a + but, good luck keeping children interested if the speed is not stepped up soon.

My 3 yr old LOVES this. I can't wait until they come out with the DVD. The other guy that left a -100 / 10 comment is an idiot, and obviously he doesn't have any children (who should be watching this) It teaches basic learning skills without being intimidating to children. Sure its a lot like Dora the Explorer, but its all English (Dora and Diego confuse my daughter when they switch between English and Spanish) This is fantastic fun for children under 5. My daughter runs around singing the mickey mouse clubhouse song. Its cute.

Disney's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is the first computer generated (CG) 3-D animation television series to feature the "Sensational Six." Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto star in this series, which focuses on interactivity with its primarily preschool-aged audience to stimulate problem solving. Each episode involves the characters helping its viewers to "solve a specific age-appropriate problem utilizing basic skills, such as identifying shapes and counting through ten." The series uses Playhouse Disney's "whole child" curriculum of cognitive, social and creative learning opportunities.

Another cartoon thats worth ranting about! Some stupid CGI animated Disney cartoon! Disney should leave 3D to the PRO'S. And I mean Pixar! Unlike Eisner, Pixar Studios CARES about the fans and not just the money! You know why these characters are so popular? Because when you see them, you can feel their sass, their anger, their tears, and their joy. And now, their just the lifeless puppets of a greedy company. The one character that has the most "emotion" is Donald Dunk, and he STILL doesn't have that much emotion! Its just another lame-ass interactive kids show like Dora the Emplorer. But Dora IMPROVED. The animation had more life. The characters had more emotion. And emotion is the most important ingredient in any movie, story, comic, and cartoon! And what kinda catchphrase is "MISKA MOOSKA MICKEY MOUSE"?! I swear, one day, Disney will go down, and Eisner will go broke.

-100/10. (I don't care if its not a real score, it deserves it)

Mickey Mouse was a awesome so when it was a cartoon but now it just doesn't make any sense. Where did all those extra characters come from now it is just annoying. Me and my friends used to meet up when were little and watch mickey mouse now it is just stupid. I just wish that we could just rewind and watch old show. they make really stupid shows now a days and it really makes me mad. Disney used to have such great shows like recess and the weekender's Kim possible and that kind a stuff but no they ruined it. I think its just a waste of time. THEY RUINED MICKEY MOUSE!!! i am just mad and angry. WASTE OF TIME!!!! I REALLY HOPE THAT THEY CANNCEL IT QUICK!

This show and Dragon Tales are the only cartoons that my two-year-old son will watch. He is fascinated and recently started answering Mickey back. Yes, this is a rip-off of Dora, but my son likes this and not Dora, so who cares? He has seen the sheep, beanstalk and Mars episodes and been glued through them all. He doesn't watch much TV, so this is a great opportunity for me to unload the dishwasher or get dinner ready. (Thank you TiVo!) One thing that does bother me is that Minnie and Daisy have to do all of their adventuring with heels on. Come on! It is 2006. Ducks and mice do not need to wear heels.

My husband and I can't get the songs out of our head. Does anyone know who sings "Hot Dog"?

Our son loves it and asks for it by name. There are times that, as adults, his mother and I get annoyed with the simplistic nature of the show, but it's not written for us. :) He loves it! He learned to count from this show. Also, we can get him to exercise by saying "Hot Dog dance"! He also loves to sing along with the different melodies of the show (written by They Might Be Giants, no less).

And I can't stress this enough. There are a lot of kids' shows out there and most are annoying to an Nth degree, but this show has captured the magic of Disney. And in that way, it is like Disney itself: either you love it or hate it.

I have to give it a 10 only because I know it's written for my child, not me, and it does give him what we want from a TV show. Great job guys!