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3285.0 #11 (DL Qual #5)
October 3, 2012 11:46 AM
Good morning! This day in Disney history, Oct 3rd, 1955. Disney's 2nd TV series, "The Mickey Mouse Club" is launched on ABC. It's a daily series featuring the talents of 24 kids known as the Mouseketeers (though over the next 4 years the show will have a regular but ever-changing cast of preteens). The show airs during the late afternoon/pre-dinner hour, primarily aimed @ a pre-teen audience. (The Mouseketeers have already made their first TV appearance on the ABC broadcast of Disneyland's opening in July 1955.) Who knows the words of their theme song? For a clip of a few of the original Mouseketeers: http://is.gd/FocPv8 to make the link "clickable" on the app version of MW click "detail" on the bottom of this post.
In the later shows, I went to H.S. with Angel - ShariRenee
1505.7 #51 12:51PM
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Love learning disney history - Splashmountgirl
332.3 #463 12:53PM
I used to watch the reruns when I was little. I was addicted! Somehow I heard that they were going to come up with a new MMclub, and needed new Mouseketeers. I remember hiding in my parents room , with the phone book. Trying to look up "Mickey Mouse Club". I was going to call them to tell them To them that I would like to be a Mousketeer. I was so young, and the whole process was frustrating. 😔 Thanks for the post! - 7mouskedoodles
161.1 #2137 1:16PM
The memories are flooding back!! I watched it during the rerun period ('62-65?). I would ride my bike down to the corner grocery (now a dentist office!) and grab a coke and bag of Fritos then hurry home. The snacks were for sustenance as I would sing and dance along with them. I loved all the series, but my favorite was "Annette"....I would pretend to be her friend "Jet" because she had a horse. In later years, our tap class would re-create the tap numbers they did on the show. I always wanted to be a Mouseketeer, but I was either too young or too old! - Gia
785.4 #121 3:20PM
I love the classic MMC! Always fun to watch the reruns. - LilSterner
2656.0 #17 4:25PM
Love watching reruns of this as a child! - mrscttlemstr
236.9 #1144 11:55AM
Me too!! Did you have a favorite Mouseketeer? - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 12:28PM
I think Annette and Cubby :) - mrscttlemstr 236.9 #1144 12:35PM
❤Cubby❤ Boy, they had to know how to sing, dance, and act. Funny that the girls wore dresses and pinafores and they boys were dressed up with lil jackets. Nice that they went lax and got into more comfy shirts :). Thanks, Duchess! - HandMeAChurroImmaFaint
1798.6 #42 11:55AM
I loved the way they are dressed in the pic below. If only little girls shirts were as long as these. I can't stand the booty shots and short skirts that are popular today. 😒 - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 12:33PM
*skirts - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 12:37PM
I agree Duchess! Some of the clothes today aren't even cute. - 7mouskedoodles 161.1 #2137 1:09PM
ughhh i miss the mickey mouse club so much. i would watch it every night before i went to sleep. - nicoleface
1248.2 #65 11:56AM
I'm thinking of buying the DVD sets. Quality entertainment! - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 1:25PM
that sounds like a good investment. hmmm. - nicoleface 1248.2 #65 1:43PM
"Hey there! Hi there! Ho there! You're as welcome as can be!" I remember watching these. Thanks for the memories, SMK! Annette... lol - MyPark
944.1 #91 12:04PM
My favorite Mouseketeer. - MyPark 944.1 #91 1:29PM
And I had a secret wish to be a Mouseketeer. - MyPark 944.1 #91 1:36PM
I could totally see that! 😊 - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 2:20PM
Fun fact. My dad and his cousin used to drive Annette Funicello to the studio. He also took her to a high school football game at N. Hollywood high because she said she had never been to one and wanted to go. - SueBayou
2012.0 #34 12:07PM
No way?!! 😱😳 how cool! How did the whole driving her to the studio come about? - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 1:52PM
Annette was related to a guy that was in my parents car club when I was a kid. We used to see her at his Xmas party every year. I would play with her son who was a little older than me. - ScooterMike
1959.8 #35 12:14PM
Shut the front door! What a neat memory! You wouldn't happen to have any of your awesome retro pics of this by chance do you? - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 1:53PM
I wish - ScooterMike 1959.8 #35 1:54PM
😔 Awe! Dang it! - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 2:21PM
******Best Show Ever! I love and miss these types of show's. - MadameLeota
936.5 #93 12:34PM
Me too! I'm thinking of ordering this one: http://is.gd/lxPdtq - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 2:43PM
******You can order this! 😳. Whooooooohooooo!😃 I didn't know thanks! 😉 - MadameLeota 936.5 #93 3:15PM
I need to watch these now - BaseballMickey_CM
2851.3 #15 12:39PM
******I hope you like them! One of my favorites is Tuesday! - MadameLeota 936.5 #93 1:01PM
My favorite was Friday. "Saddle your ponies here we go down to the talent rodeo" - kskating 377.4 #361 1:32PM
BBM, you should watch these. It is an important part of Disney history and it was one successful way Disney promoted many of the movies, entertainment, and even Disneyland. - MyPark 944.1 #91 1:48PM
Oh yes! You must! - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 2:52PM
Loved this show, watched it every night. My favorites were Cubby and Karen. Thanks for the memories. - kskating
377.4 #361 12:48PM
Karen! Such a sweetie! Thanks for sharing! - Duchess_SMK 3285.0 #11 2:54PM
Anyone know where to find the full episodes online? - BaseballMickey_CM
2851.3 #15 4:33PM
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