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clubhouse magically appears and Mickey welcomes the audience to his clubhouse. He reveals that he is having an “Artsy Art Show.” The camera then turns to show Pluto, Mickey’s dog, painting with his paw before Mickey comes over to admire Pluto’s work. walks in to see what they are doing, and when Mickey tells him there is an art show that day, Goofy becomes depressed since he does not know how to make something for the show. Mickey says that all his friends will be happy to help Goofy figure out what to make for the show. Mickey then reveals that they will need their “Mouseketools” which are used to help solve the problem presented in each episode. He sings the “Mousekadoer” song to invite the Mousekadoer to help. The

Mousekadoer is a machine that distributes each day’s Mouseketools to Mickey and his friends.

The tools are first given to Toodles, a floating object shaped like ’s head that distributes the necessary Mouseketools from the Mousekedoer to the characters on the show. The

Mouseketools in this episode are a pogo stick, a record player, a cup and saucer, and a mystery

Mouseketool that will be revealed when the show’s characters need it later in the episode.

Goofy and Mickey then walk out of the clubhouse as Pluto finishes his painting. Goofy and Mickey first see Daisy painting a picture of flowers in a vase outside of the clubhouse. She says that she needs more green paint, and she asks the audience what Grownups: Mickey Mouse

Clubhouse, 2012). It also promotes pro-social behavior in children, like many of the other Disney

Junior programs (Barnes, 2010a). There are very few episodes in this series, or Disney’s other popular series Jake and the Neverland Pirates, that promote a clear colors they need to mix together to make green before revealing that she will use yellow and blue paint. Daisy, Goofy, and Mickey realize they need something to help mix the paint and they decide to use one of the

Mouseketools. Mickey asks the audience which tool they should use before Goofy decides to use the pogo stick to mix the paint. He places the paint under his hat and jumps high on the pogo stick which mixes the paint. Daisy finishes her painting and Goofy decides to paint flowers like Daisy.

After he paints his picture he is disappointed that the painting does not turn out as well as

Daisy’s. Mickey comforts Goofy by explaining there is no right or wrong in art and he sings a

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