Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air - Episode 1: Robin Hood (Jan 2, 1938)

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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.

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