Coming Attractions: The Mickey Mouse Club set to return again

 Media outlets are reporting that Disney is bringing back The Mickey Mouse Club, the variety series that helped launch the careers of Annette Funicello, Don Grady, Bobby Burgess, Sherry Alberoni, Sharon Baird, Lisa Whelchel, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Keri Russell, and so many more.

This time, the series will be on Disney+, and a pilot has been ordered.

The 1996 Club.

I suspect that, like the recent relaunch of The Muppet Show earlier this year, Disney will repurpose the pilot, upon completion, on ABC, which was home to the original Club in the 50's.

Stay tooned.

Looney TV: Bushy Hare (1950)

 Mel Blanc may have had his inspiration for Captain Caveman nearly 3 decades before the Captain came to life.

Bugs Bunny ends up taking a flight, without a plane, but with a set of balloons, to Australia, in 1950's "Bushy Hare". Listen to Blanc's Aborigine voice.

Weird, yo'.

Rating: A-.

Sunday Funnies: The Muppets and a Talking Machine (1967)

 From The Ed Sullivan Show:

Jim Henson's Muppets present "Talking Machine", and, danged if that ain't a prototype, albeit with green instead of blue felt, of Cookie Monster......

Family Toons: Bobby's Tooth or Dare (Bobby's World, 1992)

 4 year old Bobby Generic (Howie Mandel) goes to the dentist for the 1st time in the 3rd season opener of Bobby's World:

Kabillion, I think, might still have the rights to the series.

Celebrity Toons: The series premiere of Emergency! Plus 4 (1973)

 NBC thought that the success of Jack Webb's Emergency! would translate into an animated spin-off in the daytime. Nice idea, but Emergency! Plus 4 was entrusted to Fred Calvert, whose shoestring budget resulted in two seasons of stiffer than normal animation.

In the opener, a couple of teens in a dune buggy cause some issues.

In memory of Randolph Mantooth (Gage), who passed away earlier this week. Rest in peace.

Where was Major Bowes when you really needed him? Our Gang in Mike Fright (1934)

 Before he was cast as Butch, the bully, Tommy Bond was actually on the other side with Our Gang. In 1934's "Mike Fright", Tommy's conducting the gang's makeshift band, nearly 40 years before Bill Cosby brought Fat Albert and his junkyard band to television.

Musical director Marvin Hatley makes a rare on-camera appearance.

Looney TV: Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942)

 These things we know are true. Flying insects are a problem around food, indoors or outdoors. If you don't believe me, ask a vendor at the local farmers' markets, for example. Flies & bees are all over the joint.

We also know that flies can see in all directions, and, presumably, that applies to bees, too. However, for comic effect, the insects in "Porky's Pastry Pirates" have humanoid eyes, which takes away their advantage.

Amazingly, this is the first time I've seen this short. Hmmmmmm.