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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (April 29/07)

Much like other Disney shows aimed at toddlers (ie the Little Einsteins series), Mickey Mouse Clubhouse follows some of the most beloved Disney characters through exceedingly easy-to-follow adventures. While older viewers will find little to embrace here, the interactivity of these two DVDs ensures that the young ones will thrill to Mickey and the gang's assorted antics.

The first disc, Mickey Saves Santa, consists of three short episodes: Mickey Saves Santa, Goofy's Bird, and Mickey-Go-Seek. In Mickey Saves Santa, Mickey and the gang head to the North Pole after Santa finds himself stuck on Mistletoe Mountain. Goofy's Bird follows Goofy as he inadvertently mistakes a nest for a hat, and follows his subsequent efforts to return the baby bird to its mother. Mickey-Go-Seek revolves around a prolonged game of hide-and-seek that ensues between Mickey and Donald.

Disc two, Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt, contains two adventures: Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt and Donald's Hiccups. Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt follows the famed rodent as he attempts to organize a spectacular Easter party for all his friends (including Minnie, Donald and Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto). But things go awry after the clubhouse mysteriously breaks apart - with his friends still stuck inside. Donald's Hiccups, as one might've surmised from the title, revolves around Donald's efforts to shake a dogged case of the hiccups - though it's not long before all his friends have the hiccups, too.

 

About the DVDs: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, curiously, presents Mickey Saves Santa with a full-frame transfer and Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt with an anamorphically-enhanced, 16:9 transfer. Bonus features are fairly plentiful and both discs also come armed with Disney Sneak Peeks.
© David Nusair