Episode 20- Season 3, Episodes 1-5

 Season 3 kicks off with new faces, new energy, and the same wonderfully chaotic MMC spirit. Join me as I recap Episodes 1-5 from April 1990, featuring Whacko's unforgettable salon makeover disaster, Kevin's scene-stealing debut as Doggie Bowser, Tiffini's turn as Nancy Drool: Teen Detective, and the continuing adventures of Just Perfect, where Barney the St. Bernard systematically destroys Trent's perfectly organized world. Add in Michael Damian, Tina Yothers, Alex Trebek, ski show daredevils, trapeze artists, bizarre PSAs, and some classic MMC musical performances, and you've got the perfect start to the show's 90s era. 

Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:00

Hi everybody, my name is Mickey, and welcome to Map. A deep dive into the amazing show that was the old new Mickey Mouse Club for the MMC. We will be breaking down all of the episodes of the individual cast members and their subsequent jacket. So grab your letterman's jacket and join me in the diner.

SPEAKER_04 0:22

Happy Heidi Ho everybody, and welcome back to Mouse Cookass with Mandy. I say it that way because I feel like every time I come on here with another episode, I'm apologizing for the amount of time that it's been since I last posted an episode. I do realize that it has been just about a month since I last posted my last one. And by the time this one gets out, it probably will have been a full month. I would spare you the gory details as to why this has happened, but let's just say that I've been dealt a little bit of a a change of plans in my everyday life. So things are looking a little different these days. But here we are, we're back, and it is officially season three. Before we start, I will say that by the end of this week, I will be in the presence of Mr. Chase Hampton when I go see his band Close Enemies. And then the following Tuesday, Mr. Tony Luca, who is, of course, yet to grace our proverbial screens, will be in town. So I get to see both of them over the course of the next week. So here we go. We've officially entered the 90s. The hair is somehow bigger, you know, with those waterfall bangs still hanging in there strong. The clothes are hypercolor, and the cast of the all-new Mickey Mouse Club has entered the next evolutionary stage. This is the season where things start to quietly shift into what longtime fans really remember as kind of being a good spot. Things kind of click into place. You can really feel the gears turning. The show's starting to grow up just a little while still being completely unhinged in the most Disney Channel way possible. And something very special is starting to surface. And that is something we saw the beginning stages of at the very last episode of last season. I may have made a mention about it in the song Party Train. And now we've got some fresh faces, some of which will be with us until the very, very last episode. Say hello to Mark, Jason, Mylyn, Ricky, and Alana. All tiny, adorable, and looking like they just dropped into a Z Cavarici commercial. Also, poor went out for Chase's Wolverine look because we are now entering a new era. Long gone are the waves on the side, going with the cooler 90s look. Sorry for that sudden burst of music in your ear. I have decided that for this season and until they no longer do the specific days, I'm gonna be using the original music that they had recorded season one for the various days, the features of the week. So there you go. That's just a chunk of the music day intro. So first we're gonna start off with an episode we're gonna call Wacko's Salon of Emotional Damage. This is the Monday of that week, obviously. First thing I noticed, my Lynn's Oklahoma accent is a working overtime. You know, she comes out and she says, My Lynn, and it's just the cutest thing. I also noticed and made mention of this during the pilot episode where Chase has his accent come out a couple, well, in the first season, his accent comes out a couple times, and then you'll also hear it when Nikki and JC join the cast later on. So we kick off season three with an introduction from Josh, Jennifer, and Dee Dee. And then we are whisked away to Monique's House of Hair. Monique owns the fanciest salon in town, and Tiffany rolls in acting like she's about to attend the Kentucky Derby with a soap opera villain accent and a very, very important date that she needs to get ready for.

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What but I have an important date tonight, and just look at me. I see what you mean.

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Unfortunately, for Tiffany, or her normal stylist, is out with the flu, which is exactly how Moeva says it, but she gets handed over to Wacko. Fred's Wacko is a character that looks as if a birthday clown got fired from the Ringling Brothers for being a little too aggressive. And he doesn't speak, he squeaks instead. And Tiffany naturally gets a wacko makeover, starting off with the makeup, which freaks her out. I will actually insert a couple show notes here of how she looks. The man immediately turns her into a clown before turning her into a Sunday from Friendlies. He starts off with powder and lipstick, and then he slaps a bright red wig on her, and then he starts doing hair things to her head. And she's thinking she's getting like a banana moisturizer and chocolate this and all kinds of things. But she's getting a banana, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and no doubt emotional trauma. When she shows her displeasure, the fake death scene we get from Wacko after she insults him. Honestly, it was award worthy. It was award worthy. He did a great job with that. The whole fiasco ends when Maweva is commenting to another customer, my Lynn, that some people are just so hard to please. Next, Damon introduces Warren Eckstein for his first appearance in season three with a side segment where we suddenly pivot into learning about binterongs. I think I said that right. I'm not exactly sure. This thing looks like a seal, a monkey, and a bear. All got caught in a transporter accident on the Enterprise. They move like a sloth but speed up when they get angry. Sounds like some people I know in my everyday life. Mouse Mail is presented by Chase and Lindsay. The first letter gives us a question about Fred and his mouth sounds. So he comes out to demonstrate. The first one that he shows is his Augat horn, which isn't that hard to figure out how to do. And then his bike horn, which I still cannot figure out how to do, even though I've heard his explanation of it several times. Chase next reads a letter about where Josh got his intelligence from. This launches into a Frankenstein parody where Josh almost gets a duck brain, cue the Donald Duck voice, instead of the genius brain, which honestly explains some later skits that we get from Josh. Next up is the movie for the first half of season three. And this one is called Just Perfect, and it's starring Christopher Daniel Barnes, or C.D. Barnes, as he would go by sometime. This is the future Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid. His character is Trent, and he is the most aggressively organized teenage boy in television history. He schedules his life right down to the second. His parents and grandmother are about to embark on a three-week cruise, so he is doing his best job of buttering them up like a warm biscuit before they leave, complete with getting up early and making pancakes for his parents. His messy best friend Jinx stops by. Now, for this character, just kind of think Polly Shore from Incinoman, or really Polly Shore from any movie. And turns out that Jinx is having car problems, which we later learn is a regular theme with him, and he needs a ride from Trent. Do not know the actor's name who plays Jinx, but he was one of the Delancey brothers in Newsies, just not the one that looks like Joey Fatone. He's the one that talks all the time. Once they're at school, Jinx is quickly dismissed by Trent's girlfriend Crystal. Welcome back, Jenny Garth. And yet another pre-902-0 appearance. She is telling Trent that they have been invited to an amazing party because they are, quote, the premier couple on campus, end quote. Now this is, I don't know why this trope always kind of struck me as weird, because usually the premier couple on campus is, yes, the head cheerleader and the quarterback of the football team, which we later learn he is. But that person's not always also like the smartest person on campus, except for she's all that. That was like a difference. Just the little note I wanted to impart upon you. And in class, of course, he gets a perfect score on a test, which disrupts the curve for the rest of the class. As I said, he is also the star quarterback, much to the chagrin of Dan, his backup quarterback, who is played by Sean Patrick Flannery from Powder and Boondock Saints. Back at his house, he is greeted by his grandmother before they leave on their trip. She's very leery about leaving because she just got a new puppy, and I should put puppy in air quotes. So she lays on the guilt trip on Trent, so he agrees to take care of the puppy while they're gone and not having to board him. And this is where we meet Barney. Barney is a Saint Bernard, and Barney is what looks to be a full-grown Saint Bernard. Granted, I call all dogs puppies, but this is just this is a little insane. But because nothing destroys a perfectionist faster than a drooling bear disguised as a dog. The first music day of the season has Michael Damien performing a song called Heartbreak Monday. Outside of this episode, I don't think that I have ever heard that song before, but I'll tell you what, it's quite the earwig. You hear it and it just stays there. Michael Damien is a man with, let's say, layers. He looks like every guy who worked at a mall record store in 1990. He's got the vocals, leather jacket, the floppy hair, and oh, I forgot to mention he was also on The Young and the Restless. This is a complete package for the time. But as I said, I don't know the song. I remember the song from Dream a Little Dream, Rock On. I think that's the only song I recall by him. His influences are The Beatles, Chicago, and Elvis, because who else would it be? On his rare time off, he is just a normal dude. Most of the music was recorded in his own garage studio. And that is a detail that I really appreciate because I know a lot of people who've done that or in their closets. Actually, Dee Dee recorded part of her song that she did for the Always in the Club Christmas album that came out a few years ago. And I hear it gets really, really hot. For the closing, both the C and the Y are delivered by Michael. Fred is still wacko. That isn't an appropriate statement. I'm surprised to see that my Lynn and Ricky are the only new members in this first episode. Well, it really turns out that they're the only new members in the first week of shows. So there's no Mark, no Alana, and no Jason. They're not even mentioned in the closing credits. I actually asked one of them why they weren't present for the first week, and they could not recall. So must not have uh been that big of a detail.

SPEAKER_01 11:56

How do you know your dreams coming true?

SPEAKER_04 12:00

I love these new transitions. I think they're so fun. And before anybody wonders or gets worried about it, I actually asked the person who sent me the rap video that showed those transitions if he thought it would be alright for me to use it. He gave me the thumbs up. So there we go. Episode two, no title better than just Doggy Bowser MD. My Lynn, Tiffany, and Fred start us off, and the girls even treat us with to a quick little version of the song that's gonna be sung for the video. Then Kevin officially enters his teen genius phase, and honestly, the child commits, and he he really does pull off the Neil Patrick Harris. The sketch opens in a hospital where Brandy is assuring a patient that they are very busy and a please hold on. Then she casually hands him his detached arm to hold on to, which is the exact kind of medical care I expect from a sitcom hospital. Then Didi wheels in Josh for emergency surgery. And then Josh freaks out because he learns out that his doctor is a dog. And yeah, he's not pleased in case of an emergency. Cue the Doogie Hauser parody music. Doggy Bowser immediately performs surgery, no gloves, no mask, no anesthesia, no concern for OSHA regulations at all while in the middle of an ER. Hey, I've seen emergency surgery done in a trapped elevator on Grey's Anatomy. So hey, the magic of Hollywood. Or Orlando in this case, I will still say. There are there are germs, so something to keep in mind.

SPEAKER_00 13:35

Another patient saved by Roggy Bowserandy.

SPEAKER_04 13:38

It's been so long since I've seen an episode of Doogie Hauser, so I can't quite recall if he ever did that, but it sounds like something he would have done. Damon's character, Dr. Bluster, storms in, yelling like the world's angriest substitute teacher, demanding to know what is going on. At one point, he literally smacks Doogie, Doggy, whatever you want to call him, with a newspaper. Somewhere, but Pita felt a disturbance in the force.

SPEAKER_00 14:06

You may be the best bone man in the business, but you have a few things to learn about procedure, Dr. Bowser. And you've got a few things to learn about humanity, Dr. Bluster.

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I really should have included Kevin's next line where he goes, No, excuse me, I have patience to attend to. Basically says it just like that. Jennifer shows up with incessant itching and a warm nose by Doggy's observation. The doctor diagnoses her with fleas and prescribes her flea powder. Ricky gets wheeled in by Dr. Bluster in his first appearance actually on the show outside of intros and outros. And Dr. Bluster is very angry because the hospital's being sued due to a chew toy that was left inside of Ricky during his surgery. Doggy says he was wondering where that had gone. And somehow he is also a lawyer. Not only does he have a pedigree, but he also has a law degree. And the whole thing ends with everybody except for Dr. Bluster exclaiming, What a dog! Honestly, Gray's Anatomy wishes. Then we jump over to another audition of Decrease Your Word Power. And I actually recorded the uh intro this time.

SPEAKER_02 15:21

Decrease your word power.

SPEAKER_04 15:23

Again, this is a segment where Fred comes on dressed as a professor and tells us to forget a word. He teaches us that there is a word called pludes, spelled P-L-E-W-D-S, meaning those little sweat droplets that cartoonists draw when a character is nervous. Now that he has taught us about it, it's time to forget it. This segment has permanently lodged that word in my brain for 35 years. And I will also include a photo of it in the show notes, just so you figure out what I'm talking about. Guest Day follows Michelle Dawson as she gets to hang out with Tina Yothers, shopping around Melrose and hopefully spending Tina's money. They have lunch at Johnny Rockets before heading back to Tina's house. She and her brother are working on an album, which is a new venture for her, but something she had always wanted to do. Quite frankly, I don't recall her ever actually doing this. She talks about how the grips and the crew members are actually her closest friends, which is kind of heartbreaking if you think about it, because there weren't a ton of people her age on the show. Child Stardom is strange, man. They spend most of their childhood around people twice their age. I went through a time in my life where my friends were also grips, runners, other crew members, but then again, I was the same age as them. Then we randomly end the segment with Michelle and Tina singing right here waiting while JC's Future Energy hovers somewhere over the studio like the ghost of boy band Future. Yes, I realize Albert did it on the show first, but you know, any chance to mention JC, I will do it. Next, we see the trailer for a new TV show called Nancy Droul, Teen Detective. This is the case of the missing Crump. And this gives Tiffany a chance to fully commit to detective madness while Mylin and Kevin try to stop her from spiraling over Mrs. Crump's disappearance because they have a substitute teacher because Mrs. Crump is sick. But Tiffany, or Nancy, is convinced that Mrs. Crump has been taken over by evil forces. Even the principal is telling her that she's being ridiculous and the police. Mylin's delivery actually kills me every time she talks, and I this one I especially liked. Girl, get a life. Later in this recording, I have a great example of Mylin's little accent. Before we go over to the video jam, there is a game of music box, which is a fill-in-the-blink kind of game where the contestants must find the words from items that are in a box to complete the names of Disney songs, like There Would Be a Fly for I Can Fly, I Can Fly, I Can Fly, When You Wish Upon a Star. Is again, it's a boy and a girl that are playing. This time, in a surprising shock, the boy actually wins. But I had to include this clip because the way this kid says this, I just think is adorable and it tells you everything about where this young man hails from. There's just something about that Boston accent. I just think it's so adorable. The first music video of the season is Lindsay performing It's My Party with the help of the rest of the cast, featuring the most dramatic food reactions in Mickey Mouse club history. They're acting like the snacks that they are given are poison. It's it's just kind of funny. Lindsay then sees that Josh and Jennifer sneak out together in the roles of Judy and Johnny from the song, and when they are seen again, they are dressed like, as the song says, a queen with her king. But when the mention of a what a birthday surprise, Judy's wearing his ring. It's a life preserver instead of an actual ring. Josh eventually fixes the food situation with pizza because even in 1990, pizza was the universal apology language. The closing has the C by Lindsay and the Y by Kevin, still dressed as Doggy Bowser, and again, still missing the rest of the newbies in these closing credits. Now on to Wednesday. Obviously, it's anything can happen day. And when I hear that little intro, all I can think about is if you watched the video that I posted on the social medias, at the very beginning of that, has Ma Waveva running across the street and putting Lindsay in the trunk of a car. So it's kind of questionable, but it's funny at the same time. I should say. This episode is called No Sleep Till Barney. And I'm not talking about the big purple dinosaur. After an introduction from Albert, Mawava and Lindsay, Brandy performs every beat of my heart in a gym setup that somehow became iconic enough for me to learn the choreography in my living room as a kid. This was the very first dance that I ever taught myself. Also, Brandy is wearing a Harvard sweatshirt, which feels deeply random for MMC wardrobe standards. They usually didn't tend to wear clothing that had words on it. I guess they did maybe a few times in the first season. But Dee Dee and Chase also have words in their shirt, but I can't tell you what they were saying. This performance also had Damon and Mylyn dancing for her first time. Also, when I posted this on my TikTok account, this one kind of surprised me because it racked up like 16,000 views. I think that's what it was last time I checked. But the growth on the platform, on that platform in particular, never ceases to amaze me. I put Now and Forever on there, and I think last time I looked, it was like 68,000 views of it. It's crazy. Anyway, back to the show. Albert then gives us a PSA about not talking with your mouth full by absolutely inhaling popcorn. What's so bad about that? He says. Well, and then he goes into a whole explanation with you. But again, inhaling popcorn. Which coincidentally enough is hard to kind of understand because his mouth is full. Talking with your mouth full is unattractive and just plain rude, while mashing frosting into his face like a raccoon at a birthday party. And he ends the whole feast out with a stomachache because of impeded digestion by running your mouth. Back to just perfect, we have an episode called Sleepless Night. Trent is reluctantly left with the responsibility of Barney. When it comes to mealtime, although making him several plates of various doggy cuisines, Barney will not eat any. Then Trent goes to make his own dinner. He gets out some ham to make a sandwich, but gets distracted by a phone call from Jinx asking about his car, and Barney is no longer on a hunger strike as he eats everything that Trent has gotten out for himself in a matter of two seconds. Trent tries to survive one night with Barney and completely loses the war. The dog won't sleep alone. As a pet sitter, this is a detail that grandma probably should have shared with him. Oh, and he snores like a lawnmower. In the morning, Barney again tries to steal Trent's food, so he makes him eat outside. Jinx, in need of another ride and is not aware of the dog's presence, leaves the gate open. Barney runs out, rolls around in the dirt, and then sees a paper boy and decides he wants to steal all the newspapers from the entire neighborhood. Basically, Barney becomes every sitcom dog from the 90s combined into one furry chaos demon. Honestly, Trent should have tapped out immediately. Let the dog sleep in his bed. It's over. Barney owns a house. Just get over it. Jennifer and Kevin then appear as the Turtles, Flash and Swifty, teaching aerobics because apparently Disney Channel executives woke up one morning and said, what if it was fitness? But it was really, really slow. Then they run forward and then back and stop as to not overdo it. We get a fake ad for sugar frosted toys. And this is Jennifer and Ricky, which sounds exactly like something that would have sold back in the day. It even comes with a bonus cornflake. But Jennifer just tosses it away. And they just play with glitter dusted toys. Hmm. Yeah, there's a lot of nutrition in that one. Anything can happen to a guest are the Freestyle Sports Ski Show. Fred and Tiffany go outside of the studio for the demonstration because the setup is too big for their studio. And Fred comments that they look like they just stepped out of a Sears catalog. He's not wrong. The whole segment was huge active wear section energy. I kind of get why they're dressed like that, but all I'm thinking is this was probably shot in like May in Florida, and I hope that that studio was really air conditioned because it wasn't actually necessary that they dress like this. Anywho, there are two skiers and they start on what looks like a giant downsloping treadmill that we later learn is covered with white carpet. And because the carpet, I guess, gives kind of mimics snow in the texture, they give us some examples of their tricks while filmed content is also kind of being interspersed together. There's also a trampoline for a dude on a snowboard to show off. And he's doing his flips and everything. Tiffany gets a quick lesson on skis on this carpet-covered contraption. The whole segment ends with yet another member of the team who was a member of the Calgary Olympics team showing off his tricks. Oh yeah, and Fred, of course, inserts the uh, yeah, don't try this at home, kids. For the closing, the C and the Y are split up between the members of the ski team. The party day episode is going to be titled The Kid License Bureau. Chase, Josh, and Brandy open the show while constantly shushing each other because that is the theme of the party for the day. Then we go over to the Kid License Bureau where Dee Dee runs it, basically DMV if it were designed by sugar-fueled theater kids. Lindsay comes in to renew her kid license. And first she has to endure the interview portion of the process.

SPEAKER_02 25:35

Have you ever enjoyed doing your homework? No. Have you ever voluntarily eaten vegetables? No. When was the last time you cleaned your room? During the Reagan administration.

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So she passes that portion of the test, I have guessed you will call it, with flying colors. Then the physical section comes up, and this entails jumping rope while singing along to a song that she bungles. It's the one of those, hey, my name is Alice. My husband's name is Alan. But she bungles it by saying that they grow kumquats. Even though she messes it up, she passes and gets a little too excited about it showing her age.

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No! No, but you already got the kid license.

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That last little bit was Kevin entering the room. Uh he's standing on a windowsill, and he's showing up as Peter Pan entering with his rooster call. When Dee Dee asks him where he came from, he says, the window. And when she asks him how, this was his answer.

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I can fly, I can fly, I can fly.

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Peter incessantly refers to Dee Dee as mother, which she is not a fan of. She remembers his address as second saw to their left and straight on till morning, because this is not his first time there. He is claiming that he is 103 years young, and she says that it's time for him to grow up and rips up his license and poof, he becomes old. Then the older Peter says, thanks a lot, mother, and then jumps out of the window, well, falls out of the window because he can no longer fly. Honestly, Disney lawyers probably loved this one. Then Fred enters dressed as a toddler, throwing the kind of tantrum usually seen in the styles at Target. He says that he needs a break, and Dee Dee gives him a temporary one, and then he squirts her in the face with the water gun before he leaves. She ends the whole thing declaring how much she does not like her job. Donald Squawkbox gives us a beautiful time capsule of kids' complaints from MGM. Siblings stealing their things, too much homework, Nintendo hogging the TV, wanting boys to mature faster. Spoiler alert, still waiting for that in 2026. And lastly, a kid wishes that his father's homework lectures were shorter, followed by his father wishing that his son would do his homework so he didn't have to lecture him. Video Matchmaker's Puppy Edition is up next. Albert works for a firm that tries to find a dog, a companion, through what is basically 1990s Tinder. Albert has a lovely-looking American Staffordshire looking for the perfect companion to match his affection level and his love for frisbees and long car rides. He leaves him to review some submissions. Was this what it was really like back in the day with those video dating services? Cause, I mean, just thinking about the whole concept is kind of sad. Good thing that online makes people look a little less desperate. Jennifer wants a puppy for tea parties and dress-up. Damon, whose name is Nanook, wants a dog for Arctic survival training. Fred wants another dog, as he is actively fighting off an unseen dog, for Circus Fame to train with his assistant Moeva to teach how to jump through a flaming hoop. Finally, Josh appears as the perfect wholesome child and wins because his dad is a butcher and there's always leftover meat. Unfortunately, the actual owner of the dog comes into the room and we realize that his owner is actually like an army sergeant. He is A-W-O-L, absent without a leash. The way that he is spoken to, it is no wonder he wanted to get away. Then we get What I Wanna Be. And this segment starts with Brandy explaining to my Lynn how it works, although I'm pretty sure she was already aware. And that accent. Shannon from Nebraska gets to spend the day with Jack Hannah at the Columbus Zoo to learn about being a zookeeper. And I'm not gonna lie, this one looked awesome. He first asks her if she knows how to use a shovel, which yes, I suppose that would be a good skill to have. He says that every zoo is like a little city because everybody has their own job that they need to do within the zoo to make it run smoothly. She thinks that they're gonna go into a room to look at some snakes, but it's actually an alligator, and she politely says, nah, I'm good. And a good zoo keeper must have hard work, enthusiasm, and dedication, especially when it comes to medical issues. The job is more about love than it is about becoming rich. Feeding animals, learning zoo operations, petting a cheetah. Sign me up because that looked awesome. It was kind of like she got a behind the scenes deal at the zoo for the day. And I just thought that that was really cool because we got to learn how to do this.

SPEAKER_02 30:36

And it looks like Shanna learned a lot about what it takes to run a zoo.

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What it takes to run a zoo. Just too cute. Singing in the streets goes to the classroom and they are performing Wild Thing. I'm guessing, again, that this is at Dr. Phillips, which makes the singing quality of this segment a little questionable because I was under the impression that Dr. Phillips was at performing arts school. Be wrong. Some of these kids are crawling around pretending to be pigs, and I genuinely don't know what the artistic direction was for this one. Terror Theater is up next, and this is the assistant principal. It's been a minute, I feel like, since we had a terror theater. I think the last one was the baby episode, which was just a really weird episode altogether. It's where you've got somebody talking directly to the camera, getting all up in your personal space and everything. Well, this one, as I said, is the assistant principal. And Fred meets the camera, sharpening pencils at his desk endlessly, and tells him not to be nervous. Although you can see in the background that there are torture devices on the wall behind him. The latest act, whatever that may be, is going to put the student's position as the pitch pipe captain of the Glee Club at risk. The assistant principal has sent letters to all of the colleges in the area informing them of the incident, which the student is still not aware of, and Fred just laughs and sharpens pencils without ever actually explaining what happened. Then we get an ad for the Caveman Comedy Channel. This is essentially just Chase dressed up as Yag doing stand-up, which is just noise. And Chase like hitting himself in the head. As mentioned earlier, the party theme is a shh party. While Albert is introducing the party, the audience keeps shishing him. And then we're off to another album ad, but this time it's for Spike's lullabies, like Rockabi Baby, Brahm's lullaby, beautiful dreamer, and my personal favorite, Baby Mine, which she is screaming into the ear of a stuffed dumbo. The soothing sounds of a screaming Lindsay. That'll put your kid right to sleep. Now on to the main section of the party. Damon is playing a mime, who obviously refuses to talk, while Jennifer, Ricky, and Josh are trying to force the issue and figure out what he is doing and desperately try to break him. Tiffany and Kevin appear out of nowhere and explain that he isn't going to say anything. As they're all getting ready to walk away, Damon suddenly rips his hat off and launches into shout, like the world's most energetic middle schooler at a dance. Josh's breakdown in the number absolutely destroys me because, again, he's so little and it's adorable. And this is the second dance that I taught myself. And this closing has Damon with the C and Fred with the Y. And I must say, Ricky clearly loves that an intro and a closing and sneaks out to the camera immediately, just bust in a move, and he does it so very well.

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The Mickey Mouse Club Hall of Fame.

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And then we have Friday. We've made it through the first week of season three. This one is called Blame It on Barney. We open the episode with Blame It on the Rain, which now unintentionally doubles as the funniest possible Millie Vanilli callback in history. Dee Dee Chase and Albert are in an argumentative setting in which Chase is attempting to be a moderator, but he's opening an umbrella indoor. That's bad luck, sir. At MMC30, Tony took over Albert's part and got to have his party moment. And on YouTube, there is a version of the show of Music Day when Vin Millie Vanilli was the musical guest. And when they're performing this song, they actually put this version of the song with Chase Dee Dee and Albert over it instead of the fakers. It's hilarious. We go over to a commercial, my Lynn is reading, and Kevin is trying to get her attention. Then Kevin drinks milk and essentially turns into the Jolly Green Giant because apparently calcium was magical in 1990. She still ignores him, and the tagline is milk. It goes really well with cookies. Back to Just Perfect in an episode called Robo Mutt, Barney destroys Trent's life at record speed. Trent and Jinx are slightly late for school after having to deliver all the papers to the neighbors. Barney is at home looking for something to destroy and he settles on a football, but then gets bored with that once it deflates and finds a child's fire truck in the closet. Meanwhile at school, Trent is nodding off in class, and everyone thinks it's so funny when he blames it on his dog. Crystal thought that Trent was taking her to lunch, but he said, nope, sorry, gotta run home. So Powder, or sorry, Dan, jumps in to volunteer to take her instead. Trent comes home to a trashed house, but I cannot figure out how a dog knocked a picture off the wall. He is cursing Barney's name, but he finds him looking pitiful because he ate ice cream. Like, I didn't think dogs had opposable thumbs and could get into a freezer and all that. Trent takes the rest of the day off from school and apparently sleeps through football practice. He is a whole three minutes late to picking up Crystal. End of the world. Trent is slowly unraveling like a guy whose AOL free trial just expired. Next, we get a rebuttal from none other than Alex Trebek, complaining that the cardboard cutout of himself is getting better offers than he is. And honestly, that feels like peak Trebek humor because he always did have a very dry sense of humor. Choose the real man instead because he isn't going to be around forever, sadly. Another milk commercial is next, but this time Kevin is trying to get Brandy's attention. Still drinking milk, but this time it goes in the opposite direction and he just keeps getting smaller. Keep trying, Kevin. To start off, the Hall of Fame, we meet seven trapeze artists from Indiana because this show genuinely never met a niche talent. It didn't immediately need to put on television. They practice multiple hours a day and on weekends, and there is a lot of trust involved. I've often wondered what makes these people or kids want to do this stuff. Like, do you just wake up one day and let's make a declaration that I'm gonna be a trapeze artist? Next is Shane Sutton, who is a 13-year-old who is going to record his own album. The music is rock and country, and it was really, really good. But sadly, Google search doesn't show that he has done much outside of this, although he should have, as like I said, he was really good. The closing gives the C by Shane and the Y by Dee Dee. And just like that, season three is underway. You can already feel the show evolving. The cast chemistry is stronger, the performances are sharper, the new kids are slowly being folded into the madness. The 90s version of MMC is officially here, louder, weirder, and somehow, though not praisily, more more lovable. And now it's time to say goodbye. Thank you for joining me on another episode of Mouska Cast with Mandy, and I am proud to say this episode will be out before June 5th. It'll be out on June 4th, actually. I am hoping that you guys are liking the way I'm formatting it now with the newer transitions. I will start including more clips from the show. If this is something you like, please give me your feedback. I would love to hear it. I'm trying to get a little bit better with cuts and fades at the end of transitions, and I tried to do it at the end of the Michael Damien song, but somehow messed that up. Sorry that I got weird at the end of Wednesday. Again, trying to get better with the fades and the cuts. It's not lost on me the fact that one of the songs that Spike was screaming in their album is Baby Mine. And that is one of the songs that Lindsay includes in her Bloodsweat and Mousketeers One Woman show when she's talking about the parents in the club. And one other thing I just want to say, because I'm poking at myself here, I find myself saying witch and such as a lot. And just to let you know, every time I say such as, I feel like that one contestant that was in Teen Miss America that kept going, mm-hmm, and like the such as the United States or whatever it was she said. So as always, I can be found at Facebook, MouseCaCast with Mandy, and Instagram and TikTok at MouseCaCast. I would love it if you would subscribe and like and leave a review on whatever platform you're listening to this on. And I love your input, I love your feedback, suggestions. Everything is welcome. So please reach out and let me know what you think. And I'll leave you here as always, Miska Mouska, Mousketeer, Mouska Mandy's out of here. See you real soon.

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