The Mickey Mouse Club (history lesson#1)
Posted on April 29th, 2008 in Events | 1 Comment »
The Mickey Mouse Club was Walt Disney’s second venture into producing a television series, the first being the Walt Disney anthology television series, initially titled Disneyland. Disney used both shows to help finance and promote the building of the Disneyland theme park. Being busy with these projects and others, Disney turned The Mickey Mouse Club over to Bill Walsh to create and develop the format, initially aided by Hal Adelquist.[1]
The result was essentially a variety show for children, with such regular features as a newsreel, a cartoon, and a serial, as well as music, talent and comedy segments. One unique feature of the show was the Mouseketeer Roll Call, in which many (but not all) of that day’s line-up of regular performers would introduce themselves by name to the television audience. In the serials, teens faced challenges in everyday situations, often overcome by their common sense or through recourse to the advice of respected elders.
Full cast of 1990s Mouseketeers
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External links
- The Mickey Mouse Club (1950s version)
- The New Mickey Mouse Club (1970s version)
- MMC (1990s version)
- The Mickey Mouse Club at TV.com
- The New Mickey Mouse Club at TV.com
- MMC at TV.com
- Classic TV - The Mickey Mouse Club
- The New Mickey Mouse Club Renaissance Project
- Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club at UltimateDisney.com
- Mickey Mouse Club: Best of Britney, Justin & Christina at UltimateDisney.com
- Karen’s New Mouseketeers Page
- New Mickey Mouse Club.com
- Original Mickey Mouse Club
- Jump The Shark - MMC (Mickey Mouse Club)


