THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB 😮 17 SECRETS YOU WONT BELIEVE

[@abelsanchez3433]

Cheryl holdridge was the the most beautiful mouseketter. She had amazing talent and charm. Just watching her sing,dance,and smile, brought joy to my life. I admit to having the biggest crush on cheryl .and still do.

[@richardranke3158]

Remember her semi-regular role in Leave It To Beaver as Wally's girl Julie?:-)

[@blackmamba5034]

Annette Funicello was and still is my favorite mouseketeer. Rest in peace Gorgeous.

[@Patriot-oi7mj]

She was very beautiful.

[@robertlite3878]

@@Patriot-oi7mj loved that girl!

[@susanlawson6939]

Amen

[@mgmartin51]

No, she was mine!

[@susanlawson6939]

@@mgmartin51 afraid not Mike

[@jockellis]

Still in love with the memory of Annette. Cried when she died.

[@nomoremoneybear9339]

To cry over any celebrities death, somebody that's a complete stranger to you, is weak and ghey and quite pathetic.

[@wallacesmallwood1465]

I’m 68 & a Veteran

[@wallacesmallwood1465]

Love her & in her Fan Club !! ❤️❤️🤩

[@fgentry1148]

Me too.

[@tomcooley3778]

Sad .

[@austindreher2791]

YES A HUGE FAN. I would run home from school to watch Reruns of The Mickey Mouse Club. My FAVORITE is still Bobby Burgess.

[@hankbarr8892]

I was blessed to work on Sanford and Son beside Tommy Cole and Norm Hopps, who both worked The Mickey Mouse Club. Norm was the floor manager, later to become Associate Producer on Sanford and Son, and Tommy Cole from four seasons as a Mouseketer, now a staff Makeup man with NBC...in the early 80s. I told these two one day on the Sanford set: they were responsible for my entry into Showbusiness!

[@kimlersue]

Yes...Memorized my fave days. My fave kids..Annette..Cheryl..Karen. Spin and Marty..

[@richardsmart2923]

Being male (even at seven years old) Annette was naturally my favorite. I was madly in love. But I also really liked Cubby when they started letting him loose on the drums. That kid could really play.

[@billymule961]

Whatever became of Cubby?

[@stuartmcpherson1921]

Saw him on a tv variety show in Australia. Told a lot of funny stories of his life and also gave a demo on the drums. He still has the talent. Came over as a very likeable guy.

[@richardsmart2923]

@@billymule961 Carl "Cubby" O'Brien, from what I could find, stayed in show business, mainly as a drummer. He is 75 years old, married to his third wife and still does appearances as Cubby.

[@phredphlintstone6455]

Didn't he drum for The Carpenters?

[@richardsmart2923]

@@phredphlintstone6455 Yes, in the mid to late 70's

[@tex148th]

We're all old people now, but the memories are still strong . After school TV kid shows were a big deal back in the 50's . The "Club" was at th e top .

[@bettyschneider5268]

Yeah we are all baby boomers! Lol 😂 👴🏻👵👴🏻👵👴🏻👵👴🏻👵👶👶👶

[@NorvelCooksey]

I am gen X. Born in 69, We still had the after school show. I don't know when they stopped showing after school shows/ cartoons.

[@karyannfontaine8757]

I wish I still had my Mickey Mouse ears from the mid 50s. Did you have them as well?

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

Yes indeed!

[@johnsieff2921]

Cheryl Holdridge was by far the best looking of any of the Mouseketeer Girls! She went on to play Julie Foster, Wally's heart throb on Leave it to Beaver. I always had a crush on that Blonde Beauty!

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Cheryl Holderidge also played Ricky Nelson's girlfriend on the adventures of Ozzy and Harriet.

[@DisWldFrk90]

I used to sneak out of my room late at night to watch Vault Disney as this would often air on there. I loved Cubby and Annette! After I took dance classes I also got a better appreciation for Bobby bringing his own style to things.

[@mileagemaker9925]

I was 4 yrs old when it first aired. I never missed an episode! My mom would let me eat my supper at a little TV table. I could sing the encyclopedia song at 4 yrs old and remember it today at 70. Karen and Cubby were my favorite! I loved Spin and Marty episode. 👍 Such great memories and wish I could go back!! Thank you for the great video 👍👍👍

[@CSltz]

Don’t remember watching it all that much. Now Soupy Sales ! Wouldn’t miss it.

[@fideauone3416]

I was ten when MMC first aired. I watched it religiously and loved it. While everyone seemed to focus on Annette, as did I, I really liked Nancy and Darlene as much. Those were the best days for a kid.

[@trishfazackerley9081]

Its 1968 our family has just moved into our first home in Adelaide South Australia, we came from the UK, and I am 4 years old and Mum & Dad bought a TV . The PYE guy delivered it and set the aerial and I think he made sure that the first thing I saw on that black & white TV was the Mickey Mouse Club (the 1955 version, this is Adelaide) and I was drawn to Annette Funicello immediately. She was the shining light.

[@patmckinley9966]

Darlene from the beginning!! More talented and I never accepted Annette as number one.

[@harperstacey9604]

Annette was walt disney's pet. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@kevinlasiter9889]

I remember mickey mouse club I grew up watching it and loved all the show's they were so much fun. Betty goustead. Was living in sunny valley southern Oregon until her passing. She was a great leader of her town .we called the mayor of sunny valley. A very fantastic lady that I will remember forever.

[@tommykirwan6764]

I really liked Guy Williams as Zorro, And Sgt. Garcia, who Zorro Constantly embarrassed, slashing a 'Z' across his fat belly! "Out of the night, when the full moon is bright, rides the man who's known as Zorro!" Great memories for me.

[@johnt60]

Zorro was a favorite of mine, too. Loved that show and like you, knew the them song by heart.

[@adrianjordan6291]

There was even a Zorro wagon, in the late 50s, which my parents bought for me.

[@jemntertainment]

I have always loved and favored Cheryl Holdridge

[@luckydelauta3859]

Everybody loved Annette but I also liked little Cubby O'Brien. Oddly enough, years after the show ended, in 1965-1966 I was stationed at the U.S. Naval Communications Station in Guam. One night at the Enlisted Men's Club, I was pleasantly amazed to see Cubby performing as a drummer in a band that was travelling around and performing for various branches of the U.S. military.

[@rongendron8705]

About 1990, I was on a cruise in Key West, Fla. & Mouseketeer "Lonnie" was performing comedy on the ship, Regal Empress,! He was spending his day off alone in a bar & I had my picture taken with him! (I'm 75!)

[@johnholliday5874]

Cubby also played with the Carpenters on tour. You can see him in several of their videos on here.

[@michaelgmoore5708]

@@johnholliday5874 yes, cubby was a good drummer.

[@allenjones3130]

Liked the old TV style ABC logo.

[@landtuna3469]

In '65-'66 I was floating around SE Asia on a destroyer with another RM named Tony Caserta who had a cousin on Guam named Mike. Mike hosted an overnight radio show called "Nightbeat" of which I have one copy. I'd really like to find Mike and talk with him if you know his location.

[@arlysveen706]

I liked Sharon. I had a cousin, Sharon, in Iowa, who looked like her so I paid special attention to her! I’m 80 now! What memories and am glad for you tube so we can watch the shows. I did buy a videocassette with 3 shows on it, for my kids when they were younger.

[@tlw1950]

Annette was my favorite but I adored Darlene’s voice. Her recordings of the songs from Alice in Wondeland are sublime.

[@lonnieporter8566]

Darlene was my favorite.

[@scottcampbell7944]

Me too. I remember sitting down in front of the TV to watch the show. When it was over I was in my pajamas and had eaten dinner without remembering either.

[@jockellis]

When did she record these?

[@tlw1950]

I pretty sure it was 1957 but I’ll check for sure. For many years, before the original soundtrack was released in the ‘90s, the Tutti Camarata/Darlene Gillespie versions were the only Alice in Wonderland recordings available on Disneyland Records. Darlene also recorded the songs from Sleeping Beauty.

[@tlw1950]

I was incorrect, Jock. The Darlene Alice in Wonderland album was released in 1961.

[@jerryparz4103]

Annette was my first crush. I was born in 1950. Today my 6 year old granddaughter watches "Ninja Kids" (ad nauseam) which I thought was ridiculous - until I watched this video. The Micky Mouse Club was just a better funded and more professional production of the same type of thing that children watch. I expect my parents and grandparents felt the same about the Mickey Mouse Club and (until now) I felt about the Ninja Kids.

[@Ceateneo]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[@miltonhollis703]

Annette Funicello was my favorite and yes! I was one of the Dumb Kids that watched TRICKY MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE.....can't believe I'm telling this on myself"

[@Farrah300]

Bobby Burgess would go on to a long career and be a regular on "The Lawrence Welk Show." Yes, I admit to watching that show in reruns. I really loved it.

[@harperstacey9604]

Bobby Burgess was a good dancer. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@austindreher2791]

My mom LOVES Bobby Burgess. He was her first crush. Still at 51 she talks about him And we watch the DVD she bought at Disneyland. I like show. The kids were VERY TALENTED.

[@elwoodblues9613]

Funny incident: Bobby came to the Disney Museum in San Francisco to sign his book. He asked us what we remembered of his work. I replied "MMC." My wife replied "Lawrence Welk." And my 9-year-old had seen him and his four kids demonstrating "The Chicken Dance" while Myron Floren played the accordion, so she said that! Bobby laughed about the last one

[@susanlee7530]

I watched the MMC reruns in the 70s and my favorites were Annette and Cheryl. In the 80s a local station would show the Beach Party movies each summer which I would watch religiously. I also bought old magazines to get pictures of Annette but It was hard to find pictures of Cheryl.. She was gorgeous but a bit scandalous in her day.

[@hdtripper1]

I agree with jockellis. "Still in love with the memory of Annette. Cried when she died." I have a picture in my bedroom of her as a Mouseketeer ,my Mickey Mouse member pin and the "Now's the time to say goodbye." post when she died with Mickey Mouse and a tear in his eye 1942-2014. I am now the same age as she was when she died 72. 😮‍💨

[@dotjai330]

mickey mouse club and wonderful world of disney were "must watch" programs when I was a kid

[@Barb5001]

Don't forget "Andy's Gang" with Andy Devine... with :Froggy The Gremlin" and other puppets

[@dotjai330]

@@Barb5001 the best time to be a kid

[@ronalddawson3873]

I am a 77 yr.old man.And,I still have a soft spot in my heart for,"ANNETTE".I have watched her career through the years,Disney,Surfer movies [Frankie Avalon],etc.

[@marthashackelford6931]

There were also some subtle educational aspects to the show, many “taught” by Jiminey Cricket. One “lesson” remains with me to this day at age 73. Jiminey Cricket taught kids where to go for specific information. One place was the encyclopedia. He sang a catchy jingle in which he spelled the word E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A. I can still hear that jingle in my head, and that’s how I learned to spell encyclopedia at a very young age.

[@marthashackelford6931]

I was a very young girl (DOB 1948), and especially liked the girls who were excellent tap dancers. I was fascinated by their incredible talent, also somewhat jealous because I wanted to dance like that. My dream was to BE a dancing Mouseketeer. I don’t remember their names, just their amazing tap dancing skills. So my mother enrolled me in a dancing school which only taught ballet. I found that I loved ballet, and took ballet lessons through age 18. Ballet is still a lifelong passion, and I watch KZbins of professional ballet dancers. The MMC had a truly positive influence on me for my entire life because of those dancing Mouseketeers!

[@nicolasdenz4292]

I remember the Encyclopedia Song, and can still see that damned cricket dancing over the letters as he sang. I still spell the word "Mississippi" to the cadence of the tune they had for it. When I first saw the MMC, I had no idea that it was already in reruns, and so thought that Karen and Cubby were close to my own age, so as a child, they were my first focus, and my crush was toward Karen. Later, when I saw Annette in a bathing suit in her beach movies, my attitudes changed. : - ) I always wished that Jimmie would have been my uncle. I guess the best thing to know about him was that he really was the person we saw on TV.

[@msminicooper2010]

It was Jimmie Dodd, not Jiminey Cricket who taught ECYCLOPEDIA.

[@marthashackelford6931]

But it was Jiminey Cricket who sang that catchy jingle in which he spelled the letters E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A. Jimmy Dodd may have done the actual teaching (I don’t remember that part). What sticks in my mind is Jiminey’s song spelling “encyclopedia”. Maybe it was to reinforce Jimmy Dodd’s teacher part. When I was 5 or 6 years old, that song is what I remember. Perhaps Jimmy Dodd did the actual teaching. If so, I stand corrected. However, I do give all the credit to Jiminey Cricket who sang that song spelling out the word “encyclopedia” which taught me to spell it.

[@marthashackelford6931]

Oops! I misspelled Jimmie Dodd’s name. I wrote Jimmy instead of Jimmie. He should have sung his name, lol 😂

[@robtman9199]

I saw it in the early 60's, it was in syndication. My favorite then was Cheryl, she had the cutest smile.

[@chrissymalpas3616]

Oh , how we remembered them as kids ! One of the best shows and still loves them to this day and wished that they can keep it on for our kids . Thanks for sharing this with us . Many blessings be with all of them as they all goes . 🙏🏻♥️♥️♥️🙏🏻

[@kevinwarner3771]

Dude! I got a Mickey Mouse Club Record in the early 80s...didn't know who any of those kids were! Where was my Mindy Feldman?!!! Then I saw Annette's photo... O.M.G. !!! I was hooked on Annette FOREVER!!!!!!!!!

[@liwi513]

Friday, Talent Day, was my favorite day of the Mickey Mouse Club. Thanks for the memories.

[@Daehawk]

I wasn't born until 69 but I watched reruns and such as a little kid. Annette was my crush. She was a beautiful person inside and out. Bless her.

[@robertkbrooks951]

Definitely Annette. I was 5 and in love with her. WOW. Great in beach Blanket bingo too.

[@sunnyscott4876]

I'm 73 years old. I grew up in Southern California 14 miles from Disneyland. I loved the Mickey Mouse Club and I thought Annette was the best. RIP. 💛💜🌻💜💛

[@michaelholasek7351]

Darlene Gillespie and Cheryl Holdridge were 2 beauties who kept me in a a "summer daze" (THE TITLE OF ONE OF HE SHOW'S EPISODES) during the 4-year run of the program

[@paullazarro4295]

Women don't get any prettier than Cheryl Holdridge.

[@lordcron]

Annette!... Though I'm a child of the 1970's, it was in syndication at that time and we 70's children watched with just as much love as those of the 50's I'm sure.

[@chiefinspectorshine]

Totally in love with Darlene, especially with "The Adventures Of Spin & Marty". Something about her just made me melt. 🙂

[@rkstudios450]

It was a close call between Annette and Cheryl who would win my prepubescent heart, Cheryl won. I was in the audience of a local kids TV show in Jackson, MI (Tam the Toymaker) that guest starred Jimmy Dodd. My brush with fame. Thanks for posting.

[@bgdenham]

I was in love with Darlene. Even now when I see her picture I get that funny feeling all over again.

[@harperstacey9604]

Darlene Gillespie could have been the next Judy Garland. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

@@harperstacey9604 I agree! Loved her series, “Corky and White Shadow”... I will be 76 next month...and my nickname is Corky!!

[@hewhoknows6157]

Darlene for me, forever, such talent!

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

@@hewhoknows6157 Me, too... Better actress than Annette Funicello!!

[@davidrosoff3228]

Annette was, is, & will always be my favorite! I had a huge crush on her her whole life, starting with the Mickey Mouse Club!

[@france8285]

I rushed home from school every day to watch the Mickey Mouse Club. I liked all of the Mouseketeers, but Annette was my favorite. She was so talented and so pretty and I wanted to be just like her. That would have been impossible with my blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin, but one can dream, right? My friends and I followed her from the Mickey Mouse Club through her singing and movie career, even buying her record albums; Hawaiiannette, Italiannnette, etc.

[@Ceateneo]

♥♥♥♥♥♥

[@JamesReese-m4q]

I crushed on Annette Funicello. She was so vivacious and so warm and friendly . . . and beautiful!

[@MarvinJBush]

I could not understand why there was all of this excitement for Annette. Darlene was my love. She was blonde, long-legged, and a heck of a dancer. What more could you want?

[@allenjones3130]

I read that Darlene once used the pseudonym Darlene Valentine.

[@ILoveBANFF1974]

Darlene was absolutely the best !!

[@johnkeith2450]

Ditto

[@rogerhuber3133]

I never missed the show and I find it hard to believe it only ran 4 years. Growing up with Disney stuff it's sad to realize how he ruined a lot of talented people. Sure miss the Sunday evening Wonderful World of Disney.

[@RaySarasin]

Watched this show for years

[@oldhardrock2542]

That was my reaction. Only 4 years? I could have sworn it ran until at least 1965. We didn't get a TV until I was 7 so, at most I watched it 2 years.

[@richardranke3158]

Considering that the final season was only reruns, the Mickey Mouse Club lasted only 3 years.

[@Phillip-on3ce]

@@oldhardrock2542 The Mickey Mouse Show was only in production for three years, 1955-1958. Reruns of the Mickey Mouse Show were shown in the 1960's along with other 1950's children's shows like "Fury", the "Roy Rogers Show," and "Sky King." At the end of the 1958 season, only Annette was kept on the Disney payroll. The 1958-1959 season of the Mickey Mouse Club was reruns of the first three seasons. Annette loved the tv show Zorro, and Mr. Disney put her on the show for several episodes in 1959. Also, he put her in the popular "Shaggy Dog" movie in 1959 with Tommy Kirk. I believe Mr. Disney ended the Mickey Mouse Club because the most popular children were growing up too fast , and no longer fit their roles. Bobby and Darlene were 14, Annette 13, and Doreen and Lonnie 12 when the show premiered in 1955. By 1960, these most popular performers would have been 18-19 years old. A Mickey Mouse cartoon drawn in 1955 would still appeal to kids 9-12 years of age in 1960, but they would be the younger brothers and sisters of the kids who had watched the show in 1955. The original 1955 fans would have grown up by 1960, and left the show behind just as they had outgrown "Captain Kangeroo." Disney would have needed to replace the oldest kids every year to keep the show going. Disney did attempt to slow the aging process by picking kids who were small for their ages, and could appear younger than they were. Bobby was the tallest of the Mouseteers at 5'8" as an adult , with the other boys about 5'5" or 5'6" . The girls were all small, as you will notice that Annette was one of the tallest girls in 1955, but she was only 5'1" as an adult. Annette was also the first of the girls to undergo the puberty thing, and her passage to womanhood was very obvious by the second season.

[@deborahschmalz2657]

What a great look back to the Mickey Mouse Club! My favorite was Tommy. Loved that crooked smile! So cute!

[@Glicksman1]

The show debuted six days before my eighth birthday and I instantly had a mad crush on Doreen Tracy, the prettiest Mouseketeer IMO. I obsessed over her and my folks thought it was cute but it was serious to me, of course. I've loved her from afar ever since. So long, Doreen, R. I. P. The real magic of the show for kids was that there was always one or two of them you could relate to in a special way. One of the best kids' shows of all time, if not the best.

[@edalhouse645]

Glicksman1 I didn't know the Doreen passed away!

[@Glicksman1]

@@edalhouse645 Yes, on January 10, 2018. I grieve for her passing. She was a bright light in my life since I was eight years old and will always remain a bright memory.

[@Forrrest6]

@@Glicksman1 My bud in HS lived next door neighbor to Doreen Tracy. His girlfriend didn't like that at all.

[@Glicksman1]

@@Forrrest6 I'm so F'ing jealous. She was my first love.

[@puttputtking]

@@Glicksman1 Doreen was my favorite too. I was bummed out when I heard she died.

[@Aereaux]

I lived in Burbank, CA home of Disney. The daughter if Roy Willams was in my graduating class from Burroughs High School. We used to go to her house because she had a swimming pool. Roy Williams was as nice as he appeared on the Mikey Mouse Club. None of the Mouseketeers ever showed up. I remember for her graduation present Roy gave her a 1957 Corvette.

[@hockemeyer1]

I was 7 when the Mickey Mouse Club started airing. I never missed an episode. And, like most boys, Annette was my favorite. Most of us kept track of her growing bra.

[@Vandemic]

Best quote from the movie Grease...."nobody has juggs like Annette"

[@Norm475]

You were advanced for a 7 year old. I was 13 when Annette came on the scene and I had to deal with testosterone coursing through my body.

[@Forrrest6]

@@Norm475 I was there in Burbank. Annette's jugs were so big they had to be strapped down during the Spin & Marty series. Quite painful I was told.

[@w41duvernay]

Not so wholesome as portrayed.

[@Forrrest6]

@@w41duvernay Annette was pure as the driven snow. My friend dated her once. Doreen Tracy, on the other hand was very far from the driven snow.

[@louprentz8554]

I was a big fan of the Club from day one. I had a super big crush on Annette. I still think she’s the greatest gal I ever saw. We all loved Her.

[@williambrandt9254]

I was almost 6 years old when the Mickey Mouse club started. I remember the excitement among all of the kids and of course we bought our mouse ears. I vaguely remember some shows with kids flying in a TWA constellation and wasn’t there a show with two kids at a ranch or something? And I guess these came from the Mickey Mouse club. I don’t know if I had a favorite Mouseketeer but Annette certainly had the spotlight. What a sad ending for her Thanks for the memories!

[@robertgrimley9077]

The series withing the show about two boys at a "dude" ranch was call "Spin and Marty". I liked it so much that I have a copy of the series in my collection of old tv series.

[@harrisonmantooth3647]

@@robertgrimley9077 I remember Tim Considine (sp?) was one of the boys, don't remember which one, Spin or Marty. IIRC, Tim Considine played in the movie PATTON as the soldier that Patton slapped for being in the field hospital without a visible wound.

[@edalhouse645]

@@robertgrimley9077 I have a record of the Triple R. songs on a 33 R.P.M.!

[@edalhouse645]

@@harrisonmantooth3647 Tim was Spin! David was Marty. I enjoyed the Triple R. Songs. Marty came to the Triple R.

[@grovermayersjr8025]

Favorite Mouseketeer Always Annette. Favorite singer Darlene. Favorite dancers Bobby and Sharon. The "Mystery of the Applegate Treasure" and "Annette" favorite mini-series. With "Corky and White Shadow" a very close second. Favorite day, "Talent Roundup Day." Born the year it was canceled. Became a fan when it started running on syndicated stations during the mid 1970s.

[@ThomasMilner]

I was born in 54 but watched faithfully, my favorites Jimmy and Annette, I am half Portuguese with cousins who are half Italian so there was probably a law written that I had to love Annette, I still do, Rest in Peace Annette.

[@juanitaehlers6249]

Paul Peterson and the late Johnny Crawford wete my favorite Mouseketeers?!! What cuties!

[@paladinmr7626]

I remember watching the reruns on a syndicated channel when I was young. I always thought that Cheryl and Darlene were the cutest.

[@petermcculloch4933]

Spin and Marty is my favourite memory.Oh, and Cheryl Holdridge.I had a serious crush on her.

[@garytoro2]

Being a wannabe drummer I always loved when Cubby played the drums. I even had the Mouseketeer hat. Cubby was also the drummer for the Carpenters when they would perform live.

[@CSltz]

Now just where would you learn that but KZbin? Thanks folks. I still believe that the Warner Brothers cartoon are superior to any thing from Disney. Except maybe making money 💰

[@RedVynil]

I remember having a pair of mouse ears but, if the show went off in `59, I wasn't even 2 years old, yet! Yet, I have very clear images of wearing and putting away those ears the right way!

[@IHeartQuilting2]

Kids who enjoyed this show are now in their 70s. My late Dad was a member of the Mickey Mouse club in the early 40s when it was all on the radio.

[@revbobmartin]

Not all of us. My own kids enjoyed them as well

[@darneyoung537]

Annette was my favourite mouseketeer and still is . R.I.P. Annette gone but not forgotten ❤️🇦🇺🐨🐨🇦🇺❤️

[@dpidave]

I was 5 in 1955 when the MMC show began and I watched whenever I could. I recall thinking that Annette had a warm and winning smile. I also watched a lot of Captain Kangaroo then, which I learned later had its broadcast debut on the same day as MMC. Many memories come back when I watch KZbin videos and I wish there were more. I wasn't aware of Doreen back then but now see her as a versatile and likeable cast member, there from beginning to end. I saw a TV interview of her and at one point the interviewer handed her a photo of the cast. She smiled and commented on two Mouseketeers: "Our beloved Annette, our star. Darlene was the most talented of all the Mouseketeers - she could do everything, very well." I also came to appreciate Cheryl with the radiant smile. She was Wally's girlfriend on Leave It to Beaver among other roles. I found a passage in the autobiography of Frank Bank (Call Me Lumpy) who played Lumpy Rutherford, commenting on Cheryl's several guest appearances: "Cheryl was a doll. I loved Cheryl. We all did. She was a good kid. And she wasn't stuck up either. She was good people."

[@JupiterSkie]

Annette was my favorite! Darlene was right there too! Moochie for the boy!

[@brianwalker2167]

Yep, I remember rushing home from school everyday to watch "The Mickey Mouse Club"! Loved Spin & Marty! Darlene was my favorite!

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

Mine favorite as well!!

[@bladestar2322]

The Mickey Mouse Club was before my time. I'm 64 and I never saw it live.

[@kennethbailey2616]

I got my Mickey Mouse ears around 1956 I believe. Cubby and Annette were my favorites. Roy was fun too as the fastest draw in the west.

[@wotawanancy3249]

Never missed the show. I had a crush on Bobby and Darla was my favorite. Seen them at a amusement park in St. Louis back in late 50s. It was great. Had the ears and the magazine. I really like Nancy and I don't blame her for not walking the high wire. That was dangerous.

[@williampalenik7306]

Annette was my favorite even though I saw it on reruns in the 70's.

[@raymondpuckett5255]

Annette Funicello! I still have my "glossy 8x10" photos from the "Beach" days. Annette was, is, and shall always be the very essence of a great Human Being.

[@carolreynolds3650]

Loved this as a youngster, a real race home from school to watch. My favorite, Darlene Gillespie, soooo talented, great singing voice, & good little actress as well!

[@edalhouse645]

Darlene was my favorite to Carol! Cheers!

[@carolreynolds3650]

@@edalhouse645 Glad to see someone else out there knows beauty & talent when they see it, you have good taste Ed!!

[@harperstacey9604]

@@carolreynolds3650 I wished that Walt Disney would have given a chance for Darlene to shine. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@carolreynolds3650]

@@harperstacey9604 They did to a point, but they went with the other little money maker, guess who!!

[@harperstacey9604]

@@carolreynolds3650 I felt that Darlene was more talented than Annette funicello. Did you know that darlene's youngest sister, Gina Gillespie appeared in the film, whatever happened to baby Jane? She played Joan crawford's character as a child. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@bobgleaser7106]

EYE'S and smile of Annette. For over 65 years and could not find another.

[@davidlightfoot348]

I remember watching when I was about two years old. Karen was my favorite, and I was jealous of Cubbie. I actually thought that Mickey was going to draft me into the club someday. Trivia: Walt only choose two of the Mousketeers, the first Roy and the last, Annette. And Roy was in the selection process of the others. Personally, I think the show was cancelled because to older Mouseketeers were too old to do another season, and Walt probably figured that a big cast change would ruin the show (no Lonnie, Darlene, Bobby, Tommy, and probably Annette).

[@thehair1474]

Actually the show was still getting tremendous ratings. Walt and ABC could not reach a deal. He then bailed and went to NBC.

[@stuff3165]

Annette was my favorite. I would rush home from school just to see her on the Mickey Mouse Club. I still love me some Annette.

[@MrAndyBearJr]

Darlene Gillespie was gorgeous. She was one of the main reasons I watched the show. Also, Cubby O'Brien was pretty darn good drummer.😀

[@shawnpenny2738]

I think every boy who watched the show crushed on Annette. I remember watching her beach movies when she got older. They used to show on Sunday afternoons after I got done watching Abbot and Costello in the morning.

[@davidmicheletti6292]

I was very young at the time I really looked forward to each show.

[@JosSliv]

Like so many other commenters I'm 70+ and like them I have very fond memories of the Mouse Club. It may have been the first, or at least one of the first, can't miss shows I watched. Like a lot of men my age Annette was my first crush. Watching the clips made me feel a little younger for 11:33 minutes. Thanks

[@johnshields9110]

Annette had those dark looks which pulled me in as a kid, but Doreen was a class on her own too. She did a musical number fully solo, and I recognized she really had talent (and looks). Both inspired a young male mind.

[@AFmedic]

I had a massive crush on Doreen. She had beautiful eyes and smile.

[@wimvm4040]

I can remember the opening of Euro Disney, how the working staff expressed their misgivings about the extreme exploitation of workers.

[@NYC-SA-Mike]

What a coincidence. I was with my friends and we discussed what was the "biggest whopper" you told in elementary school? Mine? I was so smitten with the MMClub that I told everyone that Annette Funicello was my cousin. 😃

[@davidhuckaby832]

When I was in 4th or 5th grade the Micky Mouse club had sent small cards or a certificate that stated you were a mousecuteer. This made the general kid part of the club. I am 67 yrs old now.

[@fw1421]

I’m a 50’s boomer and I watched the Mickey Mouse Club as a child. My parents gave me the Nick name of Mickey. My first crush was on Annette. She was a hottie at the time. Later she did all those Beach movies in the 60’s.

[@velcroman11]

I am 71. I remember the Mickey Mouse Club and I have never forgotten the lyrics or music and Donald trying to get his 2 cents worth of recognition. I had tears in my eyes watching this video because it brought back such wonderfull memories. If it was on today I would still watch it. Annette, Bobby and Cubby where my favourites but they where all wonderful. I liked them all

[@imalt8271]

I loved Darlene Gillespie!

[@RustySax1949]

So did I!

[@kevinleclerc9632]

Annette was my Favorite, I Also Loved Darlene

[@wildnites558]

Cheryl, Nancy, Annette and Cubby. Cubby also had a degree of fame post-Mouseketeers. He became a drummer for The Carpenters group in the 70s and I think he also played drums on the Tonight Show or one of the late-night shows in the 70s.

[@dadoctah]

Sharon, who never got much taller than she had been as a Mouseketeer, went on to a career as various characters in Sid and Marty Krofft's shows in the late sixties/early seventies.

[@Todd.P]

I had a HUGE crush on Annette Funicello. This was the first TV show I ever watched . . . those were the days . . .

[@carlholstein2930]

Annette was my favorite, being male that was a given. I also like Spin and Marty.

[@thelittletrekky2421]

I was a local Phoenix Musketeer when I was 6. In smaller venues back then Walt Hired local kids to be mousketeers.

[@victorholleymanii6723]

Darlene was my favorite and was my secret love ❤️ but Annette was also pretty.

[@clydefishface3869]

Annette was a pig, the best one was (and still is) Doreen Tracy.

[@chrisk8187]

I'm now 75. We would all rush home after school to watch the Micky Mouse Club show. We knew all the songs, names and the weekly show schedule. We had our favorite Mouseketeers. The boys ALL loved Annette. At school we would reenact the previous day's show at school. The "popular" kids would mimic the Mickey Club cast members. Our parents finally took our family of four from Milwaukee, Wis. to Disneyland when I was 19. It was an appreciated trip! My wife and I had our honeymoon at EPCOT. Not over crowded in spring before school let out. We've wisited several times over the years and I was band parent chaperon several times to Disneyworld.

[@tkarlmann]

Favorite was Annette. From Mouseketeer all the way to "Beach Party" and ... oh ... that bathing suit! It was apparent that all those kids had incredible talent. For network TV, we did not get to see much of the kids though, as everything was repeated so many times it became unwatchable. The minus, for me, was the overly excessive repetitions of each show. Did I mention the repetitions? I loved the "Spin & Marty" series, Jiminy Cricket, and all the other aspects of the show.

[@phredphlintstone6455]

Did you ever see, Back to the Beach?

[@tkarlmann]

@@phredphlintstone6455 I think I saw them all. There was one with muscle-guys, etc. But the Rats & especially the Mice were good too. Remember the leader (Harvey Lembeck) was always saying: "You Stupid!"? I may have missed the one you referred to.

[@phredphlintstone6455]

@@tkarlmann this was a kinda spoof. Annette and Frankie are married and living in Ohio. Their daughter is going to school in California. Annette has a Jiff fixation. I think Frankie is a car salesman.. At one point, Frankie is drunk and wonders, out loud....what is a kahuna anyway? And is it important to have a big one?

[@tkarlmann]

@@phredphlintstone6455 Ha-ha. I never saw this. Where were the Rats & Mice? There is a small picture showing Next to your reply. Annette, Mickey & a cute Blonde. Who is that Blonde?

[@phredphlintstone6455]

@@tkarlmann there was some gang...forget the name. But they did elect Annette and Frankie's son president after he used Frankie's credit card to buy them all wave runners.

[@ithinktherefore7101]

I remember this well. Also remember Howdy Doody. IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME!

[@rickmorgan3930]

Of course, as a boy Annette was my favorite, but Moochie sticks in my memory for some reason. For years afterward, I would holler 'there's moochie!!!' when I would see him on other shows or movies. It was a sad day when they cancelled the show and we couldn't watch it anymore.

[@phredphlintstone6455]

Had an associate with the nickname, Moochie.

[@mikegrossberg8624]

If I'm correct, "Moochie"s real name was Kevin Corcoran. He starred in several Disney films, like Johnny Shiloh, The Moonspinners, etc, and was also in the Spin and Marty series

[@garyclark6281]

My favorite Mouseketeer photo is Doreen in an open trench coat, standing in front to the Disney Land Employees entrance.

[@mrdanno7965]

My favorite was Cheryl. Had a crush on her as a young lad

[@harperstacey9604]

Cheryl holderidge appeared on many sitcoms after the Mickey mouse club ended. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@debbyhill6080]

I was walking home from school & a friend told me "There us a show just for kids on T.V. at 4:00!" So I ran home & turned the T.V. set on to view the very first Mickey Mouse Club segment to aired. We also visited Disneyland that summer when my Grandmother came out from Chicago. When I was 8, we went to Disneyland where the Mousekateers were doing a P.R. event, I met Annet & another girl. They couldn't be bothered by little kids & snubbed me. My sis was engaged to a man that was BBF to Tim Considine & stand in for Tim on My 3 Sons. I got to go to Desilu & watch a shoot. Tim came to our house in Sunnyvale & all my friends were WOWED!

[@karladoane7323]

Love watching the Mickey Mouse club. Annette was my favorite. She was a good role Model. Even enjoyed her later in my early teenage years when she did a lot of the beach movies.

[@mikegrossberg8624]

Speaking of the Beach movies, nearly every female in the cast wore a bikini(nowhere NEAR what the term means today!) EXCEPT Annette, whose closest nod to the fashion was a two-piece suit, which left only her midriff bare. Most of the time, she wore a regular one-piece. Didn't hide her figure, but didn't REVEAL anything much either

[@Cocobird5]

I'm 75, and clearly remember enjoying watching the Mickey Mouse Club.

[@cltwulf]

I was six years old when the show premiered. I saw the first one and didn't miss one for the next two years at least. I learned how to spell encyclopedia from the show. Going against the grain, my favorite was Darlene Gillespie; but, I had a lot of appreciation for Annette also!