Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air

Hall of Fame was a radio show that aired on NBC in the early 1930's hosted by John McIntire. For their 1934 Christmas show they brought in Walt Disney and his stable of animated characters. This is one of Walt Disney's earliest radio appearances and you get a glimpse at who the popular Walt Disney characters were in 1934. Over the years several of them vanished from the core group but here they are at the dawn of the Walt Disney Studios and their popularity. Both Walt and his characters would go one to appear on several radio shows at the height of the medium. Original airdate December 23, 1938 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Robin Hood first appeared in the 1936 Mickey Mouse color Sunday comic strip. The character was used a few more times in merchandising. Contemporary audiences at the time would have been familiar with his connection to the Walt Disney cast of characters, Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In this episode Walt Disney and his cast of shorts characters interact with the cast from Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs. Walt would use this template many times again in the future when he'd introduce a new film to his audience. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Mother Goose characters appeared in several Silly Symphonies cartoons including Mother Goose Melodies (1931), Old King Cole (1933), and Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938) In the early 20th century the Mother Goose characters were also a staple in American pop culture including storybooks and films and plays such as Babes in Toyland. The characters were used a few more times in Walt Disney comics as well as merchandising. Contemporary audiences at the time would have been familiar with their connection to the Walt Disney cast of characters. Walt revisited the Mother Goose characters in live action with 1961's Babes in Toyland. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. While Walt hadn't yet produced Cinderella, he had made a Laugh-O-Gram short in 1923 and had been toying with adapting the story into a Silly Symphony all through the 1930's. Walt wouldn't actually make Cinderella until 1950 and it was that film that saved his studio and put things on track again. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. King Neptune first appeared in the 1932 Silly Symphony of the same name. (The second cartoon to be made in Technicolor.) The character was used a few more times in further Silly Symphony and Mickey Mouse cartoons as well as merchandising such as books and comics. Contemporary audiences at the time would have been familiar with his connection to the Walt Disney cast of characters. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Pied Piper first appeared in the 1933 Silly Symphony of the same name. The character was used a few more times in comics as well as merchandising. Contemporary audiences at the time would have been familiar with his connection to the Walt Disney cast of characters. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air was a 1938 musical-variety radio series for children, sponsored by Pepsodent and heard on NBC on Sunday afternoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and other characters from Walt Disney's cartoons and comic strips. The program was created to promote the February 1938 release of Disney's first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Mother Goose characters appeared in several Silly Symphonies cartoons including Mother Goose Melodies (1931), Old King Cole (1933), and Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938) In the early 20th century the Mother Goose characters were also a staple in American pop culture including storybooks and films and plays such as Babes in Toyland. The characters were used a few more times in Walt Disney comics as well as merchandising. Contemporary audiences at the time would have been familiar with their connection to the Walt Disney cast of characters. Walt revisited the Mother Goose characters in live action with 1961's Babes in Toyland. Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.