Mighty Mouse Playhouse (TV Series)
- Mighty Mouse Playhouse (TV Series)
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| Mighty Mouse Playhouse |
| Starring |
Tom Morrison |
| Country of origin |
 United States |
| Production |
| Running time |
30 min. |
| Broadcast |
| Original channel |
CBS |
| Original run |
1955 – 1967 |
Mighty Mouse was not extraordinarily popular in theatrical cartoons, but was still Terrytoons' most popular character. What made him a cultural icon was television. Paul Terry sold the Terrytoon company to CBS in 1955.[1] The network began running Mighty Mouse Playhouse in December 1955. It remained on the air for nearly twelve years (and featured The Mighty Heroes during the final season). Mighty Mouse cartoons became a staple of children's television programming for a period of over thirty years, from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Despite the character's popularity on TV, Terrytoons produced only three further Mighty Mouse theatrical cartoons in the 1959–1961 time frame. The company evidently believed that the existing library of 80 episodes (including the first 7 'super mouse' cartoons) was enough to keep youngsters tuning in to CBS every Saturday morning. [2]
Mighty Mouse was also featured on Tom Scholz's Les Paul guitar.
Some early vinyls credit the original 1955 Mighty Mouse Playhouse theme song to The Terrytooners, Mitch Miller and Orchestra, but recent publishing has generally credited The Sandpipers.[3]
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1960-61 • 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1963-64 • 1964-65 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70
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- 1955 television series debuts
- 1967 television series endings
- CBS network shows
- 1950s American television series
- 1960s American television series
- Television series by CBS Paramount Television
- Terrytoons
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