Mousercise
American TV series or program
Mousercise | |
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Genre |
Exercise
Children's television |
Presented by | Kellyn Plasschaert |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Production company | The Walt Disney Company |
Release | |
Original release |
1983
(
1983
)
–
1996 ( 1996 ) |
Mousercise was an exercise children's television series which aired on The Disney Channel from 1983 to 1996. Inspired by the success of a 1982 exercise album for children released by Disneyland Records , featuring various Disney songs, [1] the show debuted on The Disney Channel on April 18, 1983, when the channel launched and was one of the channel's first programs. [2] [3] The series featured Kellyn Plasschaert , along with Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters exercising with a group of kids. [4] It also featured Steve Stark in a segment about health and safety. During the end credits, Steve would join Kellyn and the kids while exercising. The show continued to run until 1996. [5] [6]
Spinoffs
The show was itself a spinoff of a 1982 album entitled Mousercise , which included music from previous Disney releases intended for exercising; the album was recorded by Clarence Nash , and former Miss Hawaii Teri Ann Linn promoted the album in live appearances. [7] The success of the show spawned a 1985 video release based on the TV series. A different exercise album for children was released in 2005 by Walt Disney Records , also entitled Mousercise . In 2016, Mousercise was advertised in Japan, featuring updated themes including Disney's Frozen . [8]
References
- ↑ Hollis, Tim; Ehrbar, Greg (2006). Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records . University Press of Mississippi. pp. 164–166. ISBN 9781617034336 .
- ↑ The Disney Channel Magazine , April/May 1983 (Premiere Issue), pp. 6, 14.
- ↑ Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television . Hyperion Books. pp. 295, 582. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5 .
- ↑ Mousercise is Unstreamable . The Stranger , May 11, 2021.
- ↑ The Disney Channel Magazine , Vol. 14, no. 1, February/March 1996: p. 40.
- ↑ The Disney Channel Magazine , Vol. 14, no. 3 (typo in magazine: should be "no. 2"), April/May 1996: p. 26.
- ↑ When Mousercise Brought Aerobics to the Disney Channel . Mental Floss , June 10, 2021.
- ↑ JPCMHD (April 4, 2016), JAPANESE COMMERCIALS | 2016 HIGHLIGHTS | WEEKS 12/13 , retrieved May 6, 2016