The Disney Channel in the 1980s

buffalobill · Post by **buffalobill** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:31 am

I remember all the shows mentioned plus they used to show old reruns of Ozzie & Harriet at night. Also the Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keilor. When I first started watching Disney Channel it wasn't even a 24 hour network. It went off air around midnight & started back on around 6 am. Everything commercial free. In my vhs days I was able to get copies of all my favorite movies animated & not. Wish I still had the monthly Disney Channel Magazines that you got with program schedule & photos & stories of all the Disney stars (Hayley, Annette etc...). Those really were the days.

rnrlesnar · Post by **rnrlesnar** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:55 pm

Here's what I remember from the Disney Channel as a kid. I'm sure this is mostly mid-late 80's, but may include some early 90's material.

Mousterpiece Theater
Baby and Me- I think its what it was called, all I know is that when this show came on, I switched to Nickelodeon.

Lunchbox- (was this nickelodeion or disney?)

DTV

Those commercials/promos that ran before a show started that just showed Mickey's arms. I definitely remember one where he's in a grocery store and trying to get out fast, and a lady pulls in front of him at the register and says she has a coupon for everything.

Dumbo's Circus- I loved this show as a kid.

New Mickey Mouse Club

Disney Halloween

Kids Incorporated

I'm sure theres other stuff I could remember if I think long enough

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:56 pm

I was born right smack in the middle of the 80s, so of course I was watching.

I remember watching Welcome To Pooh Corner, Dumbo's Circus, Mousercise, Mousterpiece Theatre, Under the Umbrella Tree, Kids Incorporated, The Boogedy Movies, Lunchbox, Disney Halloween, Road to Avonlea, the MMC- all religiously.

-Aaron

MickeyMousePal · Post by **MickeyMousePal** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:55 pm

I didn't have Disney Channel when I was young.

So I never saw any of these shows.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:15 pm

MickeyMousePal wrote:I didn't have Disney Channel when I was young. So I never saw any of these shows.

I didn't (and still don't) have the Disney Channel.... so when a new movie comes out that I want to see (like The Even Stevens Movie) I visit friends

MickeyMousePal · Post by **MickeyMousePal** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:23 pm

Captain Hook Wrote

I didn't (and still don't) have the Disney Channel.... so when a new movie comes out that I want to see (like The Even Stevens Movie) I visit friends

I didn't have it when I was young but, now I have the Diseny Channel.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:42 pm

MickeyMousePal wrote:I didn't have it when I was young but, now I have the Diseny Channel.

Well fine, I guess I'm the ONLY Disney fan in the WHOLE WORLD to not have the Disney Channel....

just kidding

snowbot · Post by **snowbot** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 12:43 pm

A short pictorial history of some old-school Disney Channel highlights:

Five Mile Creek (1983-1985)

The Edison Twins (1983-1986)

Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983-1995)

Danger Bay (1984-1989)

Kids Incorporated (1984-1993)

Little Jennifer Love Hewitt!

Dumbo's Circus (1985)

Under the Umbrella Tree (1986-1993)

Mr. Boogedy (1986)

I couldn't find any pics from the film, but here's Richard Masur, the main character.

Jay Underwood, star of The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) and Not Quite Human (1987)

The Mickey Mouse Club (1989-1994)

Everyone's favorite cast member, Britney Spears

Road to Avonlea (1990-1997)

The Babysitters Club (1990-1993)

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