The Mouse Factory was a syndicated television series produced by Walt Disney Productions

The Walt Disney Company

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, that ran from 1972 to 1974. It showed clips from various Disney cartoons and movies and showed celebrity guests, including Johnny Brown

Johnny Brown

Johnny Brown is an American actor and singer. Brown is a nightclub and stage performer as well as a comic actor, and a regular cast member of the television series Laugh-in. Brown is mostly remembered for his chubby physique, wide ingratiating smile, mobile facial expressions, and easy pleasant...

, Charles Nelson Reilly

Charles Nelson Reilly

Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in theater, movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show Match Game....

, JoAnne Worley and many more, visiting the Disney studio (or "The Mouse Factory") and interacting with the walk-around Disney characters from the Disney Theme Parks

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

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. It was later re-run on the Disney Channel

Disney Channel

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 in the 1980s and '90s.

The theme played over the previews of each episode was a fast instrumental version of "Whistle While You Work

Whistle While You Work

Whistle While You Work is a song with music written by Frank Churchill and lyrics written by Larry Morey for the 1937 animated Disney movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was performed in the movie, at least unofficially, by voice actress Adriana Caselotti...

" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)

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.

The song played over the end credits is "Minnie's Yoo Hoo", the theme song from the original Mickey Mouse Clubs that met in theaters starting in 1929.

However, due to low ratings, the series was canceled after its second season.

List of episodes

43 episodes were produced, including:

1. Vacations (Hosted by Charles Nelson Reilly)
2. Women’s Lib (Hosted by JoAnn Worley)
3. Folk Tale Favorites (Hosted by Johnny Brown)
4. Spooks and Magic (Hosted by Phyllis Diller
   Phyllis Diller
   Phyllis Diller is an American actress and comedian. She created a stage persona of a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife who makes jokes about a husband named "Fang" while pretending to smoke from a long cigarette holder...
   
   )
5. Physical Fitness (Hosted by Don Knotts
   Don Knotts
   Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...
   
   )
6. The Great Outdoors (Hosted by Dom DeLuise
   Dom DeLuise
   Dominick "Dom" DeLuise was an American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author. He was the husband of actress Carol Arthur from 1965 until his death and the father of: actor, director, pianist, and writer Peter DeLuise; actor David DeLuise; and actor Michael DeLuise...
   
   )
7. Water Sports (Hosted by Joe Flynn
   Joe Flynn (US actor)
   Joseph A. Flynn was an American character actor. He was best known for his role in the 1960s ABC television situation comedy, McHale's Navy. He was also a frequent guest star on 1960s TV shows such as Batman and appeared in several Walt Disney film comedies...
   
   )
8. Man at Work (Hosted by John Byner
   John Byner
   John Byner is an American actor, comedian, and impressionist who has had a lengthy television and movie career. His voice work includes the cartoon series The Ant and the Aardvark, in which the title characters are voiced by Byner's impressions of Dean Martin and Jackie Mason,...
   
   )
9. Music (Hosted by Skiles and Henderson
   Skiles and Henderson
   Skiles and Henderson were the comedy team of Bill Skiles and Pete Henderson.-History:William Al Skiles and Pete Henderson met in 1953. Bill, born in San Antonio, Texas, had just been released from the Air Force while Pete was a sophomore in high school...
   
   )
10. Interplanetary Travel (Hosted by Jonathan Winters
    Jonathan Winters
    -Early life:Winters was born in Bellbrook, Ohio, the son of Alice Kilgore , a radio personality, and Jonathan Harshman Winters II, an investment broker. He is a descendant of Valentine Winters, founder of the Winters National Bank in Dayton, Ohio...
    
    )
11. Homeowners (Hosted by Jim Backus
    Jim Backus
    James Gilmore "Jim" Backus was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr...
    
    )
12. Spectator Sports (Hosted by Charles Nelson Reilly)
13. Horses (Hosted by JoAnn Worley)
14. Aviation (Hosted by Johnny Brown)
15. Back to Nature (Hosted by Wally Cox
    Wally Cox
    Wallace Maynard Cox was an American comedian and actor, particularly associated with the early years of television in the United States. He appeared in the U.S. TV series Mr. Peepers , plus several other popular shows, and as a character actor in over 20 films...
    
    )
16. Bullfighting to Bullfrogs (Hosted by Pat Buttram
    Pat Buttram
    Maxwell Emmett "Pat" Buttram was an American actor, known for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry and for playing the character of Mr. Haney in the TV series Green Acres. He had a distinctive voice which, in his own words, "... never quite made it through puberty"...
    
    )
17. Sports (Hosted by Pat Paulsen
    Pat Paulsen
    Patrick Layton "Pat" Paulsen was an American comedian and satirist notable for his roles on several of the Smothers Brothers TV shows, and for his campaigns for President of the United States in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996, which had primarily comedic rather than political objectives,...
    
    )
18. Alligators (Hosted by Johnny Brown)
19. Paul Bunyan
    Paul Bunyan
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    (Hosted by Jim Backus)
20. Bullfighting (Hosted by Bill Dana
    Bill Dana
    Bill Dana is an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He often appeared on television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, frequently in the guise of a heavily-accented Mexican character named José Jiménez...
    
    )
21. Knighthood (Hosted by Henry Gibson
    Henry Gibson
    Henry Gibson was an American actor and songwriter, best known as a cast member of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and for his recurring role as Judge Clark Brown on Boston Legal.-Early life:...
    
    )
22. Pluto (Hosted by John Astin
    John Astin
    John Allen Astin is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows, and is best known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family, and other similarly eccentric comedic characters.-Early years:...
    
    )
23. Goliath II
    Goliath II
    Goliath II is an animated short film, produced by Walt Disney Productions and was released on January 21, 1960. It was the first time the Xerox process was used in a Disney cartoon. Sterling Holloway narrates this cartoon film, starring Kevin Corcoran. It was released to theaters in the U.S.,...
    
    (Hosted by Kurt Russell
    Kurt Russell
    Kurt Vogel Russell is an American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters...
    
    )
24. The Mouse Show (Hosted by Dave Madden
    Dave Madden
    Dave Madden is a Canadian-born American actor. He was born in Sarnia, Ontario, but was raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. His most famous role came in the 1970s sitcom The Partridge Family in which he played the group's manager, Reuben Kincaid.- Career :Madden first gained notice as a milk-drinking,...
    
    )
25. Cats (Hosted by Shari Lewis
    Shari Lewis
    Shari Lewis was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during the 1960s and 1990s...
    
     and Hush Puppy)
26. Ben Franklin (Hosted by Wally Cox)
27. Mickey Mouse (Hosted by Annette Funicello
    Annette Funicello
    Annette Joanne Funicello is an American singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular cast member of the original Mickey Mouse Club, and went on to appear in a series of beach party films.-Early life and early stardom:...
    
    )
28. Lions (Hosted by Henry Gibson)
29. Consciences (Hosted by Harry Morgan
    Harry Morgan
    Harry Morgan is an American actor. Morgan is well-known for his roles as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H , Pete Porter on both Pete and Gladys and December Bride , Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet , and Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey...
    
    )
30. Noah’s Ark (Hosted by Bill Dana)
31. Hunting (Hosted by John Astin)
32. Sports
33. Tugboats (Hosted by Dave Madden)
34. Automobiles (Hosted by Ken Berry
    Ken Berry
    Kenneth Ronald "Ken" Berry is an American dancer, comedic actor and singer. He began on stage as a dancer and later starred in television sitcoms.-Life and career:...
    
    )
35. Trains (Hosted by Harry Morgan)
36. Homes (Hosted by Jim Backus)
37. The Reluctant Dragon
    The Reluctant Dragon (film)
    The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American combined live action and animated film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Alfred Werker, and released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 20, 1941...
    
    (Hosted by Wally Cox)
38. Wheels (Hosted by Johnny Brown)
39. Winter Fun (Hosted by Kurt Russell)
40. Penguins (Hosted by Annette Funicello)
41. Elephants (Hosted by Nipsey Russell
    Nipsey Russell
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    )
42. Mickey and the Beanstalk
    Fun and Fancy Free
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    (Hosted by Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop)
43. Dancing (Hosted by Ken Berry)