Mister Moose's Fun Time was a television programme that aired on Fox Family Channel from 17 August 1998 to around 2000. It is a spinoff to the 1997 reboot of Captain Kangaroo, as titled The All New Captain Kangaroo. It regularly aired episodes from the first four series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, as told by George Carlin.
The programme features the cast of the reboot, Mister Moose, Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Greenjeans, Bunny Rabbit and Joey the Kangaroo. As they tell jokes relating to the day, they present live action and animated segments from other international programmes. The segments used came from Denmark, France, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Australia and Germany.
Segments
- Jamie the Mouse (Denmark)
- Bob and Scott (France)
- Slurps (Spain)
- Big Sister and Little Brother (Sweden)
- Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (United Kingdom)
- The Wiggles (Australia)
- Funnybones (United Kingdom)
- I.C. Ice and the Icebergs (Germany)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Episodes
(Note: * means an episode was confirmed by someone who saw it by memory)
- Daisy (Christmas) *
- Percy's Predicament (Art Appreciation Day)
- Bulldog (T-Shirt Day)
- You Can't Win (Navy Captain Day) *
- A Bad Day for Sir Handel (Promo)
- Steam Roller (Moosecar Races Day)
- Henry and the Elephant (Circus Day) *
- TBD (Beach Day)
- TBD (Cowboy Day)
- TBD (Egypt Day)
- TBD (Independence Day)
- TBD (News Day)
Unknown Episodes
Series 1
- Thomas Gets Tricked
- Come Out, Henry!
- Trouble for Thomas
- Thomas Saves the Day
- James Learns a Lesson
- A Proud Day for James
- Thomas Goes Fishing
- Toby the Tram Engine
- Down the Mine
Series 2
- A Cow on the Line
- Saved from Scrap *
- A New Friend for Thomas
- Percy and the Signal
- Percy Proves a Point
- The Runaway
- A Close Shave for Duck
- The Deputation
- Thomas Comes to Breakfast
- Woolly Bear *
Series 3
Series 4
- Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady
- Trucks
- Home at Last
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Train Stops Play
- Bowled Out
- Fish
Trivia
- When Fox Family was in development, the original title for Mister Moose's Fun Time was supposedly "The Captain's Toon Room" but it was probably changed to include Mister Moose's name in the title.
- When the show aired on Fox Family, it aired on a block called "Captain Kangaroo's Treasure House" which usually aired for two hours before Toon-A-Casserole. The shows that aired between it were The All New Captain Kangaroo which was the show it spun off from, Shining Time Station and The Magic Adventures of Mumfie, the latter two being Britt Allcroft's series.
- According to Paul Pistore, who performed as Mister Moose in this series, there have been about sixty episodes made. As such, they would have possibly had sixty episodes of Thomas within the programme.
- Paul confirmed that after Disney bought Fox Family, the programme was vaulted by them along with The All New Captain Kangaroo due to the advertising of rival Florida-based theme parks like SeaWorld and Busch Gardens in said programme.
- Looking back, Paul says that his favourite segments were Thomas the Tank Engine, I.C. Ice and the Icebergs and Bob and Scott.
- Whenever Thomas' segment would be coming up next, Thomas' chuffing and whistle pattern when he wakes Gordon up for the second time in Thomas Gets Tricked would be heard in the Treasure House as the characters would react to it.
- Some of the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends episodes were never shown on Shining Time Station due to the programme ending back in 1996. Some were episodes that were originally narrated by Ringo Starr and shown on Shining Time Station but not re-narrated by George Carlin and only appeared for home video releases.
- The only exception was Carlin's dub of A Proud Day for James as it first aired on the show and was not released on home video until Best of James in 2002
Gallery
Thomas' Credit Section in Mister Moose's Fun Time part 1
Thomas' Credit Section in Mister Moose's Fun Time part 2