Mickey's Mellerdrammer Mellerdrammer", Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy (known then as Dippy Dawg) and others present their own low budget light-hearted rendition of the 19th century Tom Shows for a crowd in a barn converted into a theater for the occasion. Horace Horsecollar plays the white slave owner Simon Legree. Minnie plays the young white girl, Eva. Mickey plays old Uncle Tom with cotton around his ears and chin, and the young slave girl Topsy. Clarabelle Cow plays the slave woman Eliza. Goofy plays the production stage hand. The cartoon opens with Mickey and Clarabelle Cow in their dressing rooms applying blackface
USA Cartoon Express Cartoon Network one year later, thus taking a chunk of "Cartoon Express" programming with it. The only Hanna-Barbera shows on the "Cartoon Express" afterwards were "The Smurfs", which did not leave the "Express" until 1993; and "Scooby-Doo", which disembarked the "Express" in 1994. In the fall of 1993, "Cartoon Express" introduced two original series, "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Problem Child" (based on the film franchise); both failed to catch on with viewers. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" became the new marquee series on the block. USA later briefly acquired the broadcast rights to Terrytoons shorts like Deputy Dawg and Mighty Mouse,