DefunctTV: The History of Mousercise

[@IpseTreevor]

Something about Minnie dumping Mickey because his house wasn't up to fire code if hilarious.

[@mikaroni_and_cheez]

If it's not OSHA compliant, I'm out!

[@potahtwah9591]

Minnie has never out right dumped Mickey, so this is jarring for me.

[@LARKXHIN]

It's good to have standards.

[@Attmay]

Ron and Diane Miller's marriage was on the skids at the time. It feels uncomfortably close to that.

[@cynicalnews963]

I think the bigger problem is YOU HAVE GARBAGE EVERYWHERE I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A FIRE HAZARD SCUMBAG CLEAN YOUR GOLLYDARN HOUSE

[@MrMadshepherd]

Eisner is like the cartoon re-occurring villain for Defunctland videos. Sometimes he’s a villain, sometimes he’s a nuisance and sometimes he’s just present and doesn’t even do anything wrong... but undoubtedly, he almost always turns up at least once an episode.

[@paulpower9959]

He’s basically Pete the Cat

[@michaelharrington4503]

Eisner actually would turn out to be more like Maleficent!

[@crystatimmerman6553]

He is Dr Drakken

[@HarryHamsterChannel]

He's the hidden Mickey.

[@kre8or465]

Props to the character actors doing all that excercising while in costume.

[@bellyjelly0812]

That's gotta be sooooo ridiculously hot

[@langleymneely]

Its even worse in the California/Florida sun for 12 hrs a day! Disney Cast Members have it rough. They cant even take off the head in public, to the point where they tell them if they get sick to vomit inside the suit and clean it once they are underground (backstage for the parks)!

[@melloangelwolf8611]

Dear lord that must have been scorching.

[@TheMarcelinee]

yeah haha

[@langleymneely]

MelloAngelWolf Brings new meaning to “sweat shop”.

[@1000huzzahs]

I can't imagine having the energy this lady has. She does all that aerobic work and barely loses her breath during the talking segments. They would record multiple shows a day?? I have to admire the woman's stamina. And she has a real enthusiasm coming off of her, I think they found the perfect host really

[@kissfanmac]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug!

[@itsclemtime2357]

@@kissfanmac Excuse me what?

[@kissfanmac]

@@itsclemtime2357 just was being silly! It’s a quotable quote.

[@UntoTheBreach24]

I know, I would die for this woman, she rocks

[@ohbogey]

This is back when people were encouraged to exercise regularly. Do this now & ppls feelings would be hurt.

[@michaelnagle5482]

"For example: Mickey would keep old papers near cans of gasoline." Look. The mouse needed the insurance money. Lay off him!

[@alexdavis5360]

Best comment. Stop writing... perfection has been achieved

[@DJR992]

Actually that would make sense for that time period

[@Shiirow]

I blame Eisner.

[@SuperDevolution]

It was the 80s. Not exactly Mickey's strongest decade financially.

[@enzmondo]

That’s insurance fraud

[@mirrorgs]

"In a story routine, Kellen would imagine her body in various scenarios in an aetherial ritual that allowed her and the children to achieve transcendence."

[@alli_mode]

I read this and laughed, then I heard him actually say it, and laughed louder!

[@tiedyedowl8367]

This is without a doubt my favorite line from this episode. 😆

[@lilxamryn]

It was made even funnier with the background music lmao

[@kbrown3787]

That line was absolutely beautiful.

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

I'm legit surprised he didn't go with sexy sax music. x'D

[@beccaxbee]

don't you just hate when you leave your loose papers next to your several cans of gasoline

[@nickcervenka8756]

Where are my papers? What happened to my cans of gas? Wait... why is my house on fire?

[@nunyabusiness2785]

That's literally how my friend's garage caught on fire.

[@beccaxbee]

@@nunyabusiness2785 i say this with the best of intentions, but your friend is as stupid as mickey mouse

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Yes... by "accident"... *shifty eyes*

[@cookiemocher388]

No wonder Minnie was mad

[@TheCommonGentry]

"in an ethereal ritual that allowed her and the children to reach transcendence."

[@HopeBromley]

Gotta reply to your comment there matey since I sailed past it lol. I totally remember this, more from the late 80s since I was born Sept. ‘82 and 1987 is what I well remember and on and would catch it on the free Disney channel screening event weekends and was so happy Disney channel would offer those otherwise I just had to listen to the audio and fuzzy channel visuals lol

[@TheCommonGentry]

@@HopeBromley ... grasshopper??

[@trevorvergesart]

I heard this line when i was half paying attention was like "Wait what, now?"

[@the.jenn.abides]

I actually met Kellyn a few years before she passed away. She was an instructor at my local Curves, and when my mom told me who she was, I was totally starstruck. We became friends, and we had burgers together at In n Out one time. She even gave me a book of inspirational quotes as a gift just because, and she adamantly told me that I should never ever let anyone dictate who I was or my own happiness. She stopped coming around to Curves suddenly and I only found out she was sick when my mom happened to get the news from another Curves member. I was incredibly sad to hear when she passed, but I am so happy that you made this video, which is such a lovely tribute to her. The last time I saw her, I remember her riding off in her red car, blasting Oingo Boingo's Dead Man's Party on the radio. She is one bad ass woman.

[@harpissoswag9021]

she sounded so amazing :)

[@the.jenn.abides]

Harp Ann seriously a bright light in this world. Didn’t matter that she was older and not on camera for Disney anymore. She just had an awesome attitude in general. I wish I had one last chance to see her just so I can give her a hug and let her know I never forgot her advice. I do miss her.

[@Texaslawhorn]

Wow, nice! I was born at the end of 1982 so I was sadly too young to enjoy the Mousercise craze. I love the '80s and Disney and have unfortunately never heard of it or Kellyn until now. How fun! I would have loved to have had Kellyn as my elementary school physical education teacher. She rocked 😎

[@chubbiMommi]

💕💕💕💕💕 thank you for sharing!!!!

[@rhett8-u1n]

That's actually pretty great to hear, that she was happy and upbeat even until the end. I tell you, hearing about Bobby Driscoll will always have me worrying about former Disney stars...

[@keithleracc]

Grown woman: *fails a step in mousercise* 9-year old girl: "So you have chosen death."

[@alakazamlover3127]

jez that sounds....brutal indeed

[@willowjohnson8553]

Kevin’s deadpan: Exercising had never been so fun.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Hey, it's true!

[@ThatMatt85]

I think he meant that lack of enthusiasm

[@incipimitusiterum4261]

Kevin's deadpan: everything

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

"Her hair was bigger and more 80's" actually made me stop the video for a second, but that's a worthy shoutout as well...

[@CZsWorld]

"Her hair would also be noticably larger and more 80s." -Kevin Perjurer

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

It's the technical term.

[@HarryHamsterChannel]

Hair?

[@daveybentley9059]

The tape noise just makes Goofy’s silence more apparent.

[@afeatherinthewind]

"Remember, if you have any shortness of breath or feel tired or dizzy, or have any kind of pain at all, take a break!" wish my elementary school teacher in the early 2000s got that memo lmao it was more like "oh you can taste blood every time you attempt breathing? 2 more laps!"

[@FairbrookWingates]

Sounds like my gym teachers in the early/mid 90's. Parents had to threaten to sue the school before the instructors would heed my medical notes stating I had asthma and truly couldn't be made to run the mile, and certainly not at pace with the other kids. Apparently these notes also stated I had an inhaler to use but it was never made available to me during gym class.

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

@@FairbrookWingates Gym teachers have a habit of taking shit way too seriously and way too far. Especially the male teachers, as I notice they're often the ones that proudly embody the toxic traits of masculinity; being really macho, ignoring children or parents concerns because "______ builds character, so stop whining", they're often still hung up on reliving their glory days of being a star jock at their high school, they often whine about "participation trophies" (something that has been a thing since the 1970s, when they would've been kids/tweens/teens depending on their age)... you know, the usual. While the female PE teachers, at least mine in middle school, often would be just as bad as their male counterparts, if only because they wanted to be taken seriously as women or had a lot of unresolved internalized misogyny where they would be unnecessarily harsh on female students because "Oh I had to do it too when I was your age, suck it up!" or "I have periods and get cramps too, and you don't see me holding a pity party and feeling sorry for myself! Go run a mile lap NOW!' Gym teachers are their own species.

[@FairbrookWingates]

@@cannibalisticrequiemFor me it was always years with female gym teachers that were the worst. I recall a male gym teacher in elementary school that wasn't too bad and one semester of high school I took an independent weights class under a male instructor who just left us alone to work at our own pace. It was always women who were making my peers and me run the mile, as I recall.

[@littlestcuttlefish]

I remember my gym teacher yelling at me "I've had kids with asthma that don't breathe that hard when they run! Stop faking it!" Guess who had ~ undiagnosed asthma~

[@marymurphy1429]

The want me to have endurance and stamina, but they don't teach you how to build it, they just expect you to be able to do it. That's not healthy that's torture imho

[@physioverba]

I kept waiting and waiting: "Mousercise wouldn't re-emerge until Michael Eisner..."

[@ValenteOchoaJr]

Lol for reals!

[@WasatchWind]

And then Michael Eisner will re-emerge when Mousercise is put in Disney+

[@HaloJaxed]

"Homosexual fast dancing"

[@colingznetwork781]

90% of Defunctland videos be like!

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

For those wondering why Mickey's voice sounded weird in Mousercise. That's because during that period, Jack Wagner was the official voice of Mickey Mouse. He also voiced Minnie, Goofy, Chip N Dale, Pluto and various Disney Characters during that period. He mainly voice them at the Disney Parks throughout the 1980s. It wasn't until Disney created "Disney Character Voices International" in 1988 that Disney starting using the official voice actors to voice the characters for other material. Wagner voiced Mickey and Minnie as late as 1988/1989.

[@ZakWolf]

Very interesting. I know on the "Mousercise" record from 1982, Pete Renaday voiced Mickey Mouse; he was pretty much Disney Records's main Mickey voice. The same record also had Tony Pope as Goofy, and Clarence Nash reprising the role of Donald Duck.

[@RikoJAmado]

I simply figured Mickey was deep into his helium tank addiction at the time.

[@nessamillikan6247]

I honestly thought that when Kevin said that the Steve character was narrating the Did You Know segments, that Steve was the off-brand stand-in Mickey voice just for this show because the official Mickey voice actor wasn't available for whatever reason... And then, Steve started actually talking. I can't believe they thought that knock-off falsetto sounded good for Mickey.

[@kevinlechuga_]

Kellyn seems like she was a great host. I expected this episode to be about a silly, messy Disney project, but I genuinely like the concept.

[@jemofthe80s18]

So do I, and it looks out for the health and well-being of whole families the whole way through just like The Disney Channel intended back then:) I can just see Richard Simmons tuning in, though, and going "NOOO, WHY DIDN'T MICKEY ASK MEEE?!":):):)

[@PaulFisher]

Definitely! Her charm and energy helped turn what could have been a boring jump into the fitness bandwagon into something truly delightful. And shooting six episodes in a single day!!!

[@girliboi]

agree, she made it work.. it could have easily flopped with the wrong host. 5 eps in a day seems like a lot until you realize that's basically what instructors were doing full time in aerobics studios all across the country in the 80s.. 5 eps was probably a breeze compared to working a day in her father's studio.

[@bukster1]

Some people just have a talent for it. I don't have that sort of rapport with kids. I would look stupid trying to do this but she pulled it off.

[@k.anderson5039]

I remember doing this on Disney when she showed how to check pulse

[@erikagardea8334]

I’m hurt that Kellen is no longer with us. I literally woke up early to exercise with this show as a toddler, towel and all. This was those most fun I’ve ever had exercising in my life.

[@ayindestevens6152]

“Her hair was noticeably larger and more 80s” Sounds on brand for the 80s

[@Omnipotentous]

5:26 You make me fall in love with someone I've never known. 16:58 10 minutes later, you break my heart.

[@redcribge6235]

^ Least horny Defunctland enjoyer

[@coffeebeans5460]

Mom: What is with these silly dances you kids are doing nowadays? Mom, in the 80's: 1:00

[@owRekssjfjxjxuurrpqpqss]

might be the whitest, suburbanest thing I've ever seen

[@jennymcelligott]

@@owRekssjfjxjxuurrpqpqss That's Carol Burnett, a really famous comedian.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

@@jennymcelligott Your point being?

[@Foogayzee]

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter it may have been a skit on her show

[@LickMyMusketBallsYankee]

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter She has more money under her bed than any of us will make in a lifetime.

[@leegrey6202]

Kellen seems like such a good person, I work with young kids so I've really come to appreciate when you can tell someone else enjoys talking, interacting, and teachings them, far too many elementary teachers I've met seem to hate children

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

I'm sure there are teachers out there that genuinely hate children, but I personally believe that it might be less that and just stress from being overworked, underpaid, and underfunded. Doubly so since my sister-in-law is working to become a full-time teacher, and she's been a teacher's aid to preschool to elementary age kids, and she enjoys working with them, it's just the stress of the job, not making enough money, having to worry about whether or not the school she's working at will continue to employ her into the next semester or if she'll have to find work in another district that is 1) actually hiring and 2) will pay decently (she's shared stories of being severely underpaid working for intercity type schools because the district doesn't deem payment or proper funding for the classrooms as "necessary" because the kids are from low-income families and "most likely not go to college, if they don't drop out of high school first" so the schools are widely written off as unimportant compared to the more homogenized (dominantly white) schools in their district. Being a teacher can be a thankless job, and I really sympathize with anyone who chooses that career-- especially those who still enjoy it after all the shit they have to deal with.

[@_silience]

@@cannibalisticrequiem It's 2022 and teachers are still not given the salary and care they deserve. It's such a shitty world we live in.

[@marymurphy1429]

My first grade teacher hated kids, or maybe she just hated me. I don't really know why she would because I generally stayed out of trouble and when I did get in trouble it was usually because I misunderstood an instruction. IDK but either way she was mean and I missed my kindergarten teacher a lot that year

[@8polyglot]

YES, I totally agree. I also work with kids too and you can just tell when someone 'has it' and she definitely had it. Made to share knowledge and joy with children on a topic she was passionate about.

[@jonasquinn7977]

I love how Kevin treated the idea of all those children being ants desperately trying to avoid drowning in ice with the serious tone it deserved

[@alantremonti1381]

Reflected in the kid's face on the zoom in.

[@karinapaz1111]

I can vividly remember waking up at 6:30 a.m. everyday as a 5 year old to never miss a mousercise. I loved doing these workouts and would get so giddy seeing the characters workout too. Now 30 years later I am still a workout fanatic. This is one childhood TV subconscious programming I’m actually glad did it’s job ✌🏽

[@ElizabethTheUnicorn829]

Same. My Mom actually has pictures of me with my blanket and sippy cup doing the exercises.

[@pb542]

I wish there were more fun workouts nowadays too! For adults as well. I’m 20 and I would prefer mousercise😂 lots of adult modern workouts are like “NO PAIN NO GAIN, SO GO EVEN IF YOU FEEL LIKE DYING OTHERWISE YOU ARE A P..SSY”. They are also now often made by people with serious eating disorders, etc, so they also start praising a bad lifestyle, strict diets, working out through pain and discomfort, and plenty of other negative stuff. Which always only pushes me away I’m not a huge sports fan but even this video and the mousercise positive vibes got me inspired and wanting to get more fit. I loved this friendly approach, where the trainer tries to make working out fun and actually makes you smile (instead of making you feel bad about yourself)

[@torakfett3351]

Sad it’s lost media. Would love to have this for my son.

[@Ali-mv3jc]

​@@pb542hey I know I'm late to the party but internet archive has quite a few of the episodes!

[@SuperDevolution]

I could have gone my whole life without hearing a Disco song from Donald Duck.

[@Shadowghost36]

You could have, but then would you have truly known joy?

[@vegetafan9922]

And what a truly unfulfilled life that would have been

[@darkgryphon42]

When I was in middle school I owned "Mickey UnRAPped." Which is exactly what it sounds like. With classics such as "U Can't Botch This" and "Whatta Mouse."

[@wstine79]

At least it wasn't Disco Duck.

[@SuperDevolution]

@@wstine79 A small comfort sure, but it is something.

[@honoratagold]

Despite being a fat little indoor child, I loved music and dancing and was obsessed with this show as a kid. Kellyn was such a good host, and I remember thinking she was so kind and pretty she must be a special exercise Disney princess when I was very little. Also, this video reminded me of "You and Me, Kid" which I had completely forgotten about until I heard the title, and went into full flashback mode.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

"Special exercise Disney princess" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cassandramorrigan]

I forgot about you and me kid too!

[@josephattwell1006]

11:13 I think Mickey was planning to commit insurance fraud and/or arson.

[@mikaroni_and_cheez]

How else are you gonna spend a Tuesday evening?

[@blehe38]

@@mikaroni_and_cheez He could've just taken out life insurance on Minnie. At least then he'd have a place to stay assuming he knew how to properly get rid of the body and the evidence.

[@blehe38]

@zach miller I think if it was insurance fraud, it'd be both

[@angrytheclown801]

It was to cover up all the dead hookers in his bedroom closet.

[@RikoJAmado]

@@blehe38 Minnie "accidentaly" set off the mousetrap, Officer Bonkers. Hu-hah!

[@ryanmaddigan2959]

"Kellen would imagine her body in various scenarios in an ethereal ritual that allowed her and the children to achieve transcendence" delivery was too good, almost didn't notice what you actually said

[@Boltizar49]

Wow, this was before Eisner was head of the company. This has his MO all over it, jumping on a fad this hard. Cynicism aside, I’m glad this show didn’t look like it talked down to the kids watching. It gave them good fitness tips and even told them to take a break if they were tired. It’d be cool if they added it to Disney+ for kids stuck at home.

[@mikaroni_and_cheez]

I agree, wish there'd be more programs like that sometimes

[@rhett8-u1n]

That'd be awesome if they did, though I wonder if they might run into legal problems. I mean, unless everyone of those kids is owned by the Disney corporation....

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@rhett8-u1n They would have signed contracts giving up the right to their likeness on all recorded video of themselves done for the show that Disney could do almost anything they want with it. fairly standard media contracts. However putting on Disney+, if they are anything like my nieces, and nephews they would skip by it, and go EWWWW 80's!!! yet sit through Stranger things, and other 80's stuff without even knowing it. Go Figure 🤷‍♂️

[@JeffreyPiatt]

The non Disney owned music label music rights are the real issue. The "popular hit tracks" segments would have to be cut or replaced because they likely only got rights for the tv airing.

[@angrytheclown801]

I was in kindergarten when that original record came out. We had to do it as a way to encourage fitness. I guess it kinda worked as I got into weightlifting for a while as I got older.

[@2Tube22productions]

RIP Kellyn, she was amazing and I wasn’t even alive for this originally. What a captivating woman. You cannot buy hosts like that.

[@BeantownMrs]

11:04 - dumping a dude for not obeying basic fire safety rules is as good a reason as any. lol

[@yolkyostritch1692]

Oh so that’s why girls keep breaking up with me.

[@kiwikiwi2483]

Yolkyostritch169 Unlucky

[@sschweg08]

I was a mouserciser when I was a child. At the time, it came on at 5 am and I remember rushing downstairs to exercise every weekday morning. I wanted a leotard and ankle warmers so bad!!! Thanks for the nostalgia, I completely forgot about this show.

[@NB-nh2sf]

Like literally up at 530 am in Colorado. Lol why?

[@MoreThanALoser8107]

Everytime I struggle emotionally from now on, I will just think about the fact that a song named "Macho Duck" was a thing.

[@GreatMewtwo]

I was surprised to learn that it was redone as a eurobeat song.

[@bsgsmusic3451]

GreatMewtwo produced by the same person that made Deja Vu and Running in the 90s no less.

[@isortofyoutube]

I want to listen to the whole album on repeat for the rest of my life.

[@pinkcupcake4717]

Macho Duck is an absolute bop, every variation of it.

[@PADARM]

Macho Duck is a masterpiece

[@uranium-3789]

Aw, Kellen looked like she was the perfect host for the show and really gave her all to those performances. I also love all the teachers exercising with their students virtually during COVID-19, great way to stay engaged and educate kids on healthy lifestyles.

[@megboles228]

“ask your doctor is mousersize is the right choice for you”

[@t.a.d.k.d6580]

Side effects include but are not limited to: fatigue, loss of consciousness, amnesia, nausea, diseases that scientists have yet to name, some strange yellow stuff, sweating, dizziness, and rug burn

[@bsgsmusic3451]

T.A.D .K.D and death.

[@bibby201]

I really want that as a shirt man

[@GreatMewtwo]

If you or a loved one suffered from an unnamed illness during a Mousercise routine, you may be entitled to compensation.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

*In clinical trials, a small number of patients using Mousercize reported symptoms including dizziness, fatigue, abdominal cramps, headaches, shortness of breath, restless leg syndrome and uncontrollable body odor.

[@thehorrorist3471]

Ugh, I was dreading you saying she had passed away. She seemed like such a genuinely sweet & upbeat person. Fantastic job again. You've really rekindled my love of children's entertainment

[@thanatoast]

Disney: If we include our popular characters in this new tv series, it might cheapen the brand. Disney in the 80's:

[@Attmay]

Let's be fair. They needed the money.

[@Katie-mw7pd]

Aaaand 40 years later they’ve cheapened their brand to the point that even Dollar Tree has Disney licensed products.

[@leeolie3728]

The 80’s, and Coke

[@jaredjjacobs]

I can’t believe how good a speaker Kevin is. He could put out an hour longvideo about the type of cotton candy they sell in Disney park and I’d be here to listen

[@hamilcross]

As silly as all of the 80s tropes come off, I feel like I would have loved this as a kid. Kellyn seemed like such a fun spirit.

[@joshprice4855]

Man, this was the saddest I felt about someone I only heard about 15 minutes ago.

[@ericarciniega2645]

We reached the optimal peak of physical education, everything else is inferior

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

"Come on everybody let's watch Defunctland!" It's awesome to find out so much about this fun and energetic "magical" exercise series. Another informative and entertaining video. Stay safe and keep it up!

[@russianboss0378]

-store coupons -yogurt samples -vacation to disneyworld one of these things is not like the other...

[@cmdraftbrn]

and i'm hear that in peanuts voice

[@cherryblossompossum3566]

Man I can't tell you how much I freaking LOVE yogurt samples

[@lalehiandeity1649]

Honestly, I’d take the coupons and yogurt.

[@llamalover5791]

Yogurt samples

[@WasatchWind]

surprise, the coupons are for free yogurt you can find in Disney world

[@miserybiz8492]

from the clips you showed kellyn genuinely seemed to really like her time on mousercise and its so great that she was able to do so much during her short life, i love how she seemed genuinely invested in it rather than just phoning it in for that sweet disney check thanks for this kevin another great mini-doc about something i wouldnt have known about otherwise

[@carveylover]

Another one from my child hood. I did this in my kindergarten class. But I remember in the morning I would get up with my mom and she would do Jane Fonda and I would do Mousercise. We would watch and excerise together. I remember loving it because it was my special time with my mom.

[@DoveAlexa]

That's so damned wholesome I'm gunna cry

[@carveylover]

@@DoveAlexa it really is isn't. I won't tell anyone if you wanna leak from your eyes.

[@shai2121]

Kellyn really does seem to have been perfect for this segment because watching her move, she has so much energy that she almost looks like a cartoon character herself. What a brilliant personality

[@rickydavis4325]

3:40 This kid must have either been the daughter of a drill sergeant or ate nails for breakfast, because when a grown woman complains of the difficulty in a class taught by a 9 YEAR OLD, you know it's tough.

[@cactusman1771]

Why not both?

[@catherinetyndale1734]

Or she was a perfectionist.

[@weasel7491]

Nope. Part way through adulthood a lot of adults develop back pain, feet pain, or just don't exercise as much. Kids. Kids are balls of energy. I'm only 20, but a workout my nephews could do that was full of action I'd probably fail

[@Pynaegan]

@Ricky Davis "grown woman complains" Well, there's *really* nothing new here.

[@KMcNally117]

Can we share a row boat? Could we share a row boat? Its bothering me that your not answering Phyllis.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Doing exercise to "it's a small world after all" sounds like something I'd have a nightmare about.

[@jemofthe80s18]

Hey, I'll bet Richard Simmons has a BLAST:) I'll bet it's actually easy to sync up the movements with the music...I'm thinking about it right now...;)

[@ShiftingGrin]

The first ten seconds of this video and I'm already on the floor. "Oh yeah, the multi-platinum Disney themed disco album. Of course that's a thing."

[@cookiemocher388]

You now have 70 likes, the 70th was mine, I ruined it

[@kitthekat42069]

@@cookiemocher388 Well then, let’s get it to 420 now then.

[@ruliak]

That Kellyn lady is cute as a button! Rest in peace, you were such a ray of sunshine.

[@ron_ald323]

11:05 you’re telling me there was *actually* a time when Minnie had enough of Mickey’s shit? XD

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

I know, right?

[@lauralulu4444]

It took him to almost commit insurance fraud for her to finally realize lol

[@yeemcgee8149]

“Don’t you agree mr. goof?” Goofy: 👁👄👁

[@ryebread3039]

LOL! and the loud background static brings even more attention to the silence

[@hemrainsford6920]

This feels fun and creative for kids who loved Disney. This also checks off another series from the original Disney channel that DefunctTV has covered, which is a real treat. Kevin's narration throughout the ants at a picnic workout part was so good! It's overall a good time!

[@MegaMan-bs3oy]

That is amazing that even during all of this Teachers are still trying to help kids out even online. Amazing people that are not respected enough.

[@brandonporter8509]

You know what Disney could have done to help So much with the distance learning stuff. Actually created all of the in universe captain America edutainment Videos for schools that must have been made.

[@wstine79]

Mickey: "Hi Defuntlandteers!" Everyone: "Hi, Mickey!" Mickey: "Let's Mousercise!" Everyone: "Nah!"

[@wstine79]

Thanks. Although my like icon disappeared

[@rhett8-u1n]

*nervously* heh heh.... Come on everybody and Mousercise....!"

[@catherinetyndale1734]

also everyone: we can do our own exercise on our own time we don't need you right now

[@peterfernandez9670]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@1DMapler18]

11:54 get in loser, we're achieving Nirvana

[@Schwarzorn]

80s... Everything was exercise, diet, low-calorie, fat-free, and drugs. Drugs help you stay skinny probably. Lol

[@Alikaoz]

The only fast ways to lose weight are amputations and cocaine.

[@idontrlyhaveanamebutihavec9918]

@@Alikaoz ehhh, meth too

[@k.t.1641]

True.....but man did those ladies look great lmao 😂

[@nekrosis6560]

Gotta get a good huff of a blunt to help with those breathing exercises. Totally not counterintuitive at all.

[@lalehiandeity1649]

And yet, judging by 2000s trends, none of it worked...

[@SewardWriter]

I remember this show. I always tried to take part, but I got short of breath. None of my doctors knew why despite batteries of tests on my tiny self. More than ten years later, I was diagnosed with asthma. Yay.

[@frankyboi7603]

Amazing videos as usual

[@potahtwah9591]

Holy shit XD

[@alejandrocervantes3624]

Now who is cashing in the eunsurance?

[@iScAre1]

The cut away makes it better

[@laurabowles]

THANK YOU for this episode! I was a big fan as a kid of 4 or 5, watching the reruns in the early '90s. The show would come on at some ridiculously early hour on Saturday mornings (6 or 7?) and I would wake up before my parents to watch it. (I'm sure they appreciated my keeping myself occupied...) I'd always grab a towel so I could be like the kids on the show with their mats. I'd forgotten that was actually a suggestion from Kellyn and I'm glad you included that in the video. Great memories.

[@anone.mousse674]

Disco Duck WASN’T on that Disney album???

[@MrNick54161]

No, and as a matter of fact, the big cheese got kinda pissed that the voice of Donald was on that record.

[@pika23]

No that was Rick dees

[@Goldstar_]

Disco Duck wasn't Disney. It was a novelty hit performed by DJ Rick Dee's. Mr. Dees attempted an unsuccessful follow up song titled Discorilla.

[@rocketbackhander6280]

"Can he move? Well guess what! Watch his wiggle-waddle strut! The feathers fly when he gets riled just like a pillow fight gone wild!"

[@mathieuleader8601]

if internet memes existed in the 70s there would be "Disco Duck but every time they quack, it plays the watergate tapes"

[@c2HitsButtons]

Dude idk why I love this content so much, but it really makes my day every time you upload

[@CasualGraph]

12:23 this kid's swimming on his stomach like, "what the hell's this lady on about?"

[@catherinetyndale1734]

more like"what is she doing, why am I even here no really one second I was at home the next thing, I'm here with no explanation or in between. "

[@yelloweyeball]

lol my thoughts exactly.

[@placeholder8392]

Awww, this was a feel-good video that made me smile ❤ Kelly would be proud of it and the people who continue to use her work to help kids

[@masterchaoss]

Exercise TV is just weird. I'm happy to have been born in the mid 90s where by the time I was old enough to remember anything vividly the trend was dead.

[@FigmentForever]

God I loved this show as a kid. My mom even has some old VHS tapes of ME working out to it. So many great memories. The Disney Channel I remember was so wonderful to grow up with. Thanks for covering this ❤️

[@TiaBelle123]

My suggestion for a future Defunct TV episode: Sing Me a Story With Belle. That show was my shit as a little girl and I'm mad it's not on Disney+.

[@JohnnyTong215]

Yeah, why isn’t it? Lindsey McCleod is probably the best live action Belle!!!

[@TheDigitalApple]

Johnny Tong Probably because Disney doesn’t care about lost media

[@bellyjelly0812]

Arent there only like 2 episodes still around? I think it's lost media.

[@Beaglegirl19]

Oh my god, same.

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

Yeah, I hate how there's so little Disney Channel Original stuff from the pre-2000s, except for the movies. I think today's kids would enjoy Mousercize, Adventures in Wonderland, Sing Me A Story with Belle, and other shows.

[@CreativeCreatorCreates]

Seriously, I remember this. My mom worked for cablevision. So we got all the early HBO, Cinemax and Disney entertainment. I feel sooo old, but I sure loved those leg warmers! Edit : I think it played at 6-7am. I knew it was early when it came on.

[@BBDoll17]

Okay not even related to the content of this video but I got the notification and originally read it as "Defunctland: The History of Mayonnaise." I quickly realized that couldn't have been right and went "Wait what?"

[@mikaroni_and_cheez]

A great April Fool's video idea

[@TheOnlyBongo]

Wouldn't surprise me if there was a video talking about the rise and fall of various Disney branded foods honestly.

[@paulrawsonjr.2423]

I would watch that

[@WasatchWind]

I believe you mean "the history of Michael Eisner's obsession with mayonnaise."

[@myriadmediamusings]

I recently was at Disneyland and rode Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway. Its queue with Mickey’s history was amazing and it was awesome to see Mousercise acknowledged in it.

[@CarterHancock]

10:28 Kevin's sense of humor is so great, I love the dryness in telling a joke simply by showing the awkward silence you show.

[@bookwyrmbelle]

Every morning my mother would drag us out of bed to Mousercise when I was a kid. This brought back so many memories. I am so deeply sad that Kellyn died from cancer. That show was only as good as it was because of her. She was so amazing.

[@AliceHobbes]

man my childhood is coming back with this DefunctTV: Disney shows.

[@Belgand]

I feel like if I keep watching Dumbo's Circus is going to come on next.

[@AliceHobbes]

@@Belgand my is the Alice In Wonderland one. I remember watching that one so much

[@alisaishere]

@@AliceHobbes Adventures in Wonderland? Because that was my jam!

[@FLQueerLiberal1982]

Am I the only one who wishes there was a Disney Channel Retro. They could play repeats of their original schedules up to around 1995.

[@ValenteOchoaJr]

Kev, this one really got me. I absolutely LOVED Mousercise, I was in LOVE with Kellyn Plasschaert, my heart broke when I learned she passed away from cancer. Thank you for doing this episode

[@dariahill]

I tried getting my 62 year old boss to do Richard Simmons work out tapes with me, and he counter offered with Olivia newton john. But i think i just found the perfect middle ground, so thanks Kevin.

[@oogalook]

Kellyn as some of the most enormous charisma and self-confidence I've ever seen. Thanks a lot to host the kids show, and she had it!

[@Donald38]

I just binged this series AND NOW THERE’S A NEW ONE! I have luck in making people upload videos after I watch them.

[@The_Andyman]

"You may experience several side-effects while taking Mousercise including but not limited to: Nauseua, Diarrhea, Itching, Rashing, Fatigue, Indisgestion, Coughing, Suicidal Thoughts, And Headaches, Do not take Mousercise if you are pregnant or plan to be, Do not operate heavy machinery if you are under the influence of Mousercise, Talk to your doctor to see if Mousercise is right for you."

[@MSteph5349]

I wish Mousercise was on Disney+! I used to love this show as a kid and would definitely work out to it today as a 40 yr old lol

[@CreativeCreatorCreates]

Melissa Stephenson thank you god for posting. I think you are the only one so far that remembers this! I watched it the whole time as it was released.

[@faroukieeenoibi9715]

@@CreativeCreatorCreates lol my parents remember my older brother watching it 24/7.

[@CarolinaMouse]

I'd love that too. Plus 80s stuff is so in now so I think kids would like it too.

[@mandeagogo]

I watched this every morning it came on and 100% exercised to this before my parents woke up. I loved it!

[@PoleTooke]

@14:47 what a truly unfortunate camera angle

[@Game_Hero]

oh god...

[@bloodnivel70]

I'm a simple man. When defunctland uploads a new video, I instantly drop what I'm doing and I watch it.

[@thatScoutdog]

Imagine Shinedown's song sung by goofy

[@mikaroni_and_cheez]

One day I'm going to learn how to make a synthesized voice out of goofy and then you'll hear him say Fuck

[@greenhowie]

Damn it's rare to learn about something Disney related that was just plain wholesome and good for people with no dark secrets.

[@zakarypalacios7687]

Ah yes everyone's favorite exercise show right beside jazzercise

[@dariawells7438]

I lost my first tooth at Disney Mousercise in Sherway Gardens Mall (Toronto). I was in the audience and it was already pretty loose, but I wiggled it enough while watching the action that it finally came free. I wasn't actually participating from what I remember (I was a shy, chubby, sedentary kid), but I still got that nifty certificate.

[@cesararana261]

11:04 Wow I didn’t know Mickey Mouse was a hoarder back then.

[@makicha10001]

All mouse are

[@katierowen3166]

I totally had this album and listened to it over and over. “Get the money” is actually a really catchy song. And YES my elementary school and summer day camp used this record to get us to dance and exercise.

[@gingerbeyotch94]

I'm going to need all of Kellyn's leotards and leg warmers because those are so dang cute

[@MsBrynnElizabeth]

This was my FAVORITE thing every week. I had to mousercise. Like omg I just went so way back. Love you guys for doing this one!!!!!!

[@unstoppableExodia]

Oh my god, seeing that mousercise footage makes clear that the 80s is transitioning from vintage to antiquity

[@SnowblindOtter]

I love how you're talking about the pandemic like it's already in the past. You really should become a full on documentary narrator man.

[@thisisfitz731]

Last time that I was this early, Song of the South was still available on Disney+.

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Lol. That movie would not fly today also, it's pretty dull and boring except some Animation segments and soon Splash Mountain would be rethemed to The Princess and The Frog.

[@langleymneely]

“Zippity Doo Dah... what the fuck!?” -me seeing it for the 1st & only time when younger! lol 😜

[@fullweezy3553]

Que the oof sound effect 😂

[@PeterGriffin11]

They should put the movie on Disney+

[@brandonporter8509]

@@PeterGriffin11 they honestly should and they should preface it with a disclaimer explaining how it was a product of its time. It’s important to see one’s past mistakes and own up to them and explain what occurred rather than pretend those mistakes Never happened. I recall when Warner released the full Collections of loony tunes they included even the heavily racist ones including ones including black face and the ww2 propaganda ones with incredibly racist depictions of the Japanese but they prefaced them with explanations of the context. Rather than hide the racism they explained the racism And owned up to the problematic nature of the content.

[@maxordman4100]

I like all the silly clips of Goofy from the bonus segments. He definitely does make a good accidental sketch character! The scene with Mickey and Minnie breaking up also gave me a good chuckle as well!

[@jeffharrisTXB]

I had that orange audio tape back in the day. It's kind of funny that Disney had orange audio tapes in the '80s and Nickelodeon had orange video tapes in the '90s. God, I'm old.

[@guytorie]

Wow, branding power move on Nick's part.

[@Musicradio77Network]

That orange cassette tape was called the “Disney Songtape”. They put out a series of albums with a booklet that came with it. This ran from 1979 and into the 1980’s.

[@ShadowsofthePastTheater]

Thank you SO much mentioning "You and Me, Kid." That's a show I had been trying to remember the name of for years. I would LOVE for you to do a full video on that series since there is little to no information about it online.

[@potahtwah9591]

11:58 Kevin? Kev? Stop getting sexual, Kev. Stop talking in a oddly sensual tone about a workout show, Kev!

[@Morte_n]

The concept would work again today. And the idea at it's core, to get kids to have fun excercising and moving, is really good. Heck, as she said: It's not just for the kids, the parents can join in! As someone who is really into fitness I can see the benefits of this program.

[@jameslee5168]

Yeah what was today's Fashion Kids leotards The way it More Reviewing Because Some of their leotards Ride up the behind

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

I’ve been waiting for someone to talk about this! The only exposure I ever had to this was brief glimpses of it in history shows like this channel, or that one time DTV used this show’s version of “Step In Time.” I wanted to know more!

[@sourgrapekate1003]

I remember doing Mousercise with my Mom! I had the Minnie Mouse leotard and the cool down was always my favorite! I wish they would bring it back, I’d love to try it again, though I’d just wear normal gym clothes. I’d like to see an updated version, to be honest. Also, I was really sad to hear about Kellyn, she seemed so energetic and full of life, it’s crazy to hear she died so young!

[@CartoonTriper]

"Her hair is cosiderably larger and more 80's " Wow, it's possible be more 80's?!

[@Attmay]

If it were any more 80s, it would have torn down the Berlin Wall.

[@tetsujin_144]

Well I think earlier on in the 1980s, things were a little more '70s

[@linksocarina1982]

This series keeps getting better and to think I only found it about a year ago