The Mouse Factory: Spooks and Magic aka Diller’s Midnight Mansion (1972)
Diller’s Haunted Mansion originally aired as “Spooks and Magic” as the fourth episode of The Mouse Factory on February 16, 1972. Welcome to Diller’s Midnight Manor; our Ghost Host, Phillis Diller, welcomes us to the manor, a retirement home for worn-out witches, ghosts, and goblins. Where every night is Halloween, and it doesn’t take long for a Disney Fan to notice that the “Midnight Mansion” is Disney’s Haunted Mansion, just a few years old in 1972. The television special includes a tour of the Mansion, clips from Mickey shorts, and a visit from the Big Bad Wolf, Hunchback, Dracula, and Frankenstein.
