The Mickey Mouse Newsreel features an all-childern band performing ""Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo"" in Italian; The Mousketeers perform ""The Friendly Farmer"", and ""The Shoe Song""; In Part 1 of ""What I Want to Be"", Mickey Mouse Club Roving Reporter Alvy Moore recruits two childern, a girl named Pat, and a boy named Duncan to be part of a TWA crew, for a flight from LA to New York; Karen introduces the 1949 cartoon, ""Pueblo Pluto""
Sooty gets a brand new TV set from Mickey Mouse, and takes it apart to make it work; Wally Boag, from Disneyland's ""Golden Horseshoe Revue"", makes animal baloons, and plays (ok, more like murders) the bagpipes; In Part 2 of ""What I Want to Be"", Duncan crashes his model airplane at a school competition, and re-thinks his being part of the TWA crew; Jimmie introduces the 1935 cartoon, ""Mickey's Kangaroo"".
Jeremy Jordon performs the songs "Right Kind of Luv" and "Wannagirl". There is also an environmental skit.
Shooting gallery operator Darlene laments her single condition until Bobby shows up. The Mellomen provide singing voices for the four guys who serve as targets in the gallery. The second season opener was a surprise for touching on teen romance and even more so for celebrating a non-Disney amusement park.
Five-part occasional series with photographer Earl Theisen from Look magazine teaching the kids how to use a camera. Filmed on location at various sites including the San Diego Zoo and Disneyland. Jack Jackman was not a Mouseketeer, but was used for two 'Anything Can Happen Day' series. He was likely related to Bob Jackman, then head of the Disney Music Department.
The tap-dancing Steiner Brothers were Talent Round-Up winners in the second season. Middle-brother Ronnie joined the Mickey Mouse Club as a Mouseketeer during the first season as a dancer. Placed on the Mouseketeer Blue Team, Ronnie soon missed performing with his brothers, and declined to renew his option and left at the end of the first season.
Jimmie and the Mouseketeers bop to the first song, then Cubby plays his drums to pay his soda fountain bill. Terrific staging and choreography, and the kid's own feel for the music, made this a real treat. Introduces two elements common to other skits in Season 2: Bob's Sweet Shoppe, with Bob Amsberry as the elderly sodajerk, and the choreography built around three or four couples. There would be no more character or story type dancing as in the first season.
This series was shot on film without sound. Voice-over narration by Eileen and sound effects were added later in the studio, as was commentary by photographer Earl Theisen. There were no titles, theme song, credits, or continuity between episodes. It was just a bare bones newsreel style feature that was inexpensive and quick to make.
The Boginos were a three person family balancing circus act.
Jimmie pairs up couples at a party circa 1910; there's square dancing and four boys demonstrate their moves. Later Lonnie and Dennis compete for Doreen, who favors the latter.
Another educational series, this followed four kids as they trained to be rookie firemen. Walt Disney himself hosted this series. Filmed at the Disneyland Firehouse and at local Fire Department training facilities. Because of the physical exertions required the kids replaced their "ears", slacks, skirts, and dress shoes with helmets, jeans and sneakers instead.
This talent round up has young Bo Wagner performing as Bobby Wagner.
A true ensemble piece with everyone getting in on the action. The kids wander into the Sound Effects room and try out the equipment. Later Jimmie leads the Mouseketeers in a rendition of a von Suppé overture. The first song had lyrics by Cliff Edwards (aka Ukelele Ike/ also the voice of Jiminy Cricket) while the special effects soundtrack for the second number was by Jimmy MacDonald from a 1930's Mickey Mouse cartoon.
Third in a five-part occasional series with photographer Earl Theisen from Look magazine teaching the kids how to use a camera. Filmed on location at various sites including the San Diego Zoo and Disneyland. This series was Kevin Corcoran's first Disney work. Throughout it he is referred to as "Kevin". He wouldn't be tagged with the nickname "Moochie" until after June 1956 when he did the serial Adventure in Dairyland. His work on that serial interrupted the filming of this series, which resumed in July 1956.
Starts off in the Mousekamusic room with Jimmie as teacher and Cheryl reading the lesson then goes to a 19th Century Irish village for songs by Darlene and Tommy. Bobby plays a rather demonic and over sized leprechaun, while Roy is a gruff shillelagh shop owner.
For the second episode of this series the kids trained with an Los Angeles Fire Department Ladder company, learning the team work necessary for handling the hoses. Mouseketeer Charley Laney was used for this series because, while a bit weak in dancing skills, he was a strong athletic kid. It's to the producers credit that they not only used Sherry and Eileen, but had them doing the same tough work as the boys.
The mice teach Doreen how to play Hop Scotch Hop, assisted by Bob Amsberry, before lamplighter Roy chases them home. Darlene then sings an evening hymn alone in her room. This day's show illustrates how simple storylines and effects could make for successful numbers by highlighting the talent and appeal of the Mouseketeer performers.
Promotional show for a Disney nature film, "Secrets of Life". Mouseka-Previews in the second season had a short musical variety introduction, with song and storyline by Sid Miller. They also likely had a Mouseketeer narrator.
On this 'Talent Round-Up Day,' Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess teams up with dancer Barbara Boylan. This teaming is a prelude for the couple, as they will eventually become the lead dancers for several years on "The Lawrence Welk Show."
Captain Roy delivers tourists Lonnie, Bobby, Tommy, Doreen, Eileen, and Cheryl to Trinidad, where banana seller Dennis is worried about his business. Jimmie and the locals help everyone get acquainted through calypso music. The US was swept by a brief calypso craze during 1956, which gave rise to this show and another in the third season. Though the cast was ethnically-challenged, the quality of musical arrangements, choreography, and performers ensured the skit's success.
First of a promotional series about Disneyland, sort of a commercial within the commercial that constituted the Mickey Mouse Club. This was likely narrated by Hal Gibney, the voice of the Mouseketeer Newsreel.
Christine Marshall was the California State Champion baton twirler and at age 15 won the National Baton Championship. Kathleen Lenski was a concert violinist child prodigy and, as an adult, became a renowned performer as a member of the Angeles String Quartet and performed on the soundtrack for several major motion pictures during the 1980's thru 2010's, including "The Color Purple," "Red Dawn," "Backdraft," "A League of Their Own," "The Princess Diaries," "Toy Story," and "Star Trek: First Contact."
Tramps Karen and Cubby sing, while the other tramps are led by Darlene in the Tramp Ballet. Bob Amsberry plays a sour role as a railway cop. Eileen does a take off on her jumping bit in Sweetshop Rock, while Darlene slips and sprawls head first on the stage but jumps back up and keeps going.
Cliff Edwards (aka 'Ukelele Ike,' as well as the voice of Jiminy Crickett) performs a medley of his 1920's hits with the Mouseketeers dancing along.
Cubby was a popular Mouseketeers in terms of fan mail received, and also had a fine sense of comic acting. He made a good choice to show the viewing audience what being a Mouseketeer was like. The last half was a promotion for the film Westward Ho, the Wagons. Teacher Jean Seaman was able to take part in this show since it was filmed in summer when the Mouseketeers were out of school.
The opening number was an ensemble effort, celebrating morning in a Montemarte square, with singing done in turns by different cast members. The second song had Annette as a ballet student encouraged by flower vendor Jimmie, who sings in praise of her as Bobby joins her in a pas de deux.
The fourth episode of the 'Fun With a Camera' series took place at Disneyland, and as might be suspected was more about the attractions and rides than taking photos.
From the music room class the scene dissolves to Cubby and Karen as little figures in a weather house. The older kids do the Edelweiss Polka then Roberta Shore appears to teach everyone how to yodel. The first number was also shown during the serial Adventure in Dairyland. Polka is Czech for a Polish girl and the polka comes from that country. However, Walt Disney loved Switzerland so a tune by Danish composers was given English lyrics and cast as a "Swiss" polka.
Another in the series of Disneyland promotion shows.
Though she left the Mouseketeers in January 1956, Mary Sartori returned during the second season as a Talent Round-Up winner, having finally found a dancing partner (John F. Smith) taller than her. While her partner was given the standard talent winner hats and song, Mary received a mortarboard hat with mouse ears while the Mouseketeers sang You're a Mousekegraduate.
The scene opens in the Mouseketeer Music Classroom with Jimmie (wearing glasses) standing in front of the class wearing a lei and holding a ukulele. As Jimmie strums, the camera pushes into a tight shot of Jimmie's hands playing the ukulele and dissolves into a scene on a beach in Hawaii: an idyllic representation of an undeveloped Waikiki. The set consists of a thatched hut at the far left with a wicker counter in front. The center is a grassy hill overlooking the ocean which is set up as a gathering place. The entire Mouseketeer Music Class takes a Hawaiian vacation where they meet a Hawaiian dancing girl named Arloha. Half the cast play tourists and the other half their native hosts.
Guest stars Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen make an appearance to promote "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates" by interacting with the Mouseketeers in a Davy Crockett skit.
Promotional skit to publicize the Disney movie 'Westward Ho, the Wagons," released the same week, which featured Mouseketeers Karen, Doreen, Tommy, Cubby, and 'The Mickey Mouse Club' serial actors David Stollery and George Ferrante (Brand Stirling).
The fifth and final episode of the series 'Fun With a Camera' took place at the San Diego Zoo.
Guest performer Pamela Beaird tells the girls about her dream, in which she dances with Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess, then loses him, while the other Mouseketeers try to get her to smile. Pamela Beaird was already a professional singer and actress when she did this 'Fun With Music' skit and a 'Talent Round Up Day' as well.
The Mouseketeers skate with Ice Capades star Donna Atwood. During the skating performance she portrays Snow White while seven of the Mouseketeers skate in full costume as The Seven Dwarfs.
Surprisingly, the final episode in the series of Disneyland promotion shows. Why Adventureland didn't have an episode is unknown.
Raymond Miller was a fourteen year old boy who was a "Talent Round-Up Day" winner by playing musical bells. The other winner of this "Talent Round-Up Day" was the 'Order of the Arrow,' a Boy Scout organization, still active today, that practices Native American traditional dances.
The boys' basketball team and girls' ballet club vie for use of the gym. The first song was an entertaining number, one of the best staged pieces of the second season. After it finishes, the other kids leave, and Eileen, who has been playing the piano for them, is left alone in the gym. She beautifully renders Beethoven's piece in a dream sequence.
The final episode of the 'Rookie Fireman' series had the kids complete their training and receive certificates from a Los Angeles Fire Department battalion chief and Walt Disney himself.
At the opening Darlene also sang a few lines from a jazzy version of One Song, from Snow White. The skit takes place in her bedroom, going to a dream sequence in which she portrays Ed Sullivan, Red Skeleton, and herself performing on Sullivan's show.
Two short first season 'Anything Can Happen Day' features were reused in what was otherwise a new show. So far as is known this was the first time feature content from an earlier season was recycled, as opposed to full reruns as was the case through most of January, 1957.
The skit starts in Bob's Sweet Shoppe in 1955 then has flashbacks to 1925 and 1895 for the songs. Margene as a flapper, and Bob Amsberry waltzing with Doreen are highlights. The whole point of the skit was each generation has its own music that seems "too wild" to their parent's generation.
Promotional show for the re-release of the 1950 Disney animated feature "Cinderella."
Skit starts off in Mousekemusic class. Roy draws a caricature of teacher Jimmie on the board, then obliges the mice when they sing "Draw a Picture" to the tune of Aloutte. The second song has Roy as the mayor of Scribble Town, where drawings come to life. Jimmie, wearing glasses and a suit, enters the Mousekemusic class room as the noisy mice quickly fall silent. Glancing at the whiteboard he spots the caricature of himself. "I see" he says ominously. "Which one of you did this" he demands. The class remains silently cowed. Suddenly Roy pops thru the classroom door and says "Teacher, I cannot tell a lie, I did it." Jimmie praises the drawing as the best he's ever seen then asks the class to sing Alloutte.
Robert Lamouret's act for the show included using an early version of Donald Duck as a manic sidekick. His "Donal" was incoherent since Lamouret's heavy French accent precluded any effective ventriloquism.
A swinging jazz dance number by the three guys was the highlight. The other half was a song by the three younger girls while fishing from the pier. (Jimmie Dodd played a small part as a fish vendor).
Jay-Jay has a new horseless carriage but after it malfunctions he has to supply the horsepower himself. His friends enjoy being entertained by Herman's German Band and its vocalist Fraulein Darlene.
This was an exhibition of gymnastic events by interscholastic athletes and their coaches. It is not known whether any Mouseketeers participated, though Charley Laney, whose background included gymnastics, may have taken part.
The Bill Dedrick's Pranksters (dog and pony act) later performed at a mini Disneyland Circus with some of the Mouseketeers at Portland's 1956 Rose Festival.
The Mouseketeers take their pig Lulu Belle to the county fair. Darlene, Jimmie, and Bob play judges. This wasn't broadcast until eight months after it was filmed.
Promotional show for the Disney live-action film 'Johnny Tremain' starring Hal Stalmaster.
The PianoCade, led by Mr. E. S. Thompson, featured sixteen spinets (each manned by two players) and from one to three grand pianos for performances. The PianoCade had thirty-five performers, but the kids sat two to each spinet, so there were only seventeen pianos on stage. The group that was eventually filmed had six boys (including Phil Odom) and twenty-six girls. The PianoCade first appeared on national television on The Ed Sullivan Show from New York City, Christmas evening, December 25, 1955, playing a selection of Christmas favorites. Walt Disney watched the performance, and along with others in Hollywood, sent telegrams of congratulations and indicated interest in having them appear on the Mickey Mouse Club.
The third season opener was again a Darlene showpiece, with a solo song and dance for the first number, followed by a group effort on the second.
The first half is a straight-forward drill, the second half has Cubby trying to masquerade as a rifleman. This was filmed at the Burbank Studio just one month before it was broadcast.
The Ribuca Twins were ten year old sisters Yvonne and Linda who would appear on Broadway in the musical "Flower Drum Song" as well as several television shows including "My Three Sons" co-starring Mouseketeer Don Grady.
Each Mouseketeer gets to do their specialty in this variety piece, which introduced the third season replacements to the viewing audience. Their television debut actually occurred several weeks earlier on the Disneyland show's 4th Anniversary episode, where they appeared with other Mouseketeers and Walt Disney.
This had Annette hosting scenes from the first "True Life Fantasy," about a female pine squirrel called Perri.
The Lennon sisters performed three songs from the Disney film 'Perri', released August 1957, with help from Linda, Doreen, Annette, Tommy, and their future co-star on 'The Lawrence Welk Show' - Bobby Burgess.
A mainly female choir founded in 1949 in then West Germany, the Oberkirchen Children's Choir performed three songs in German, then both German and English choruses of their trademark hit Happy Wanderer. Annette introduced teen spokesman Karleen Reinhekamp, who described the songs.
Mouseketeer "Bonnie" performs as a Talent Round-Up Day winner with dancing partner Maxine Grossman. A third season replacement Mouseketeer, Bonnie Lynn Fields had strong dancing and singing skills, but no real experience before joining the show. After her time as a Mouseketeer had ended, she became a professional dancer, appearing in Broadway musicals, on television, and in films during the sixties.
This skit featured guest Virginia Lee in the title role. Bob Amsberry was the storyteller, Don the handsome Prince, Roy the Fairy Godfather. The three older girls were wicked step-sisters, the younger ones a singing trio. The first half was really a standalone number making a play on the flood of cheap consumer goods then entering the US from Japan. The second half was the Cinderella skit, with just spoken narration by the storyteller.
A rerun of the featured preview of 'Perri' two weeks after its original broadcast. The rest of the day's show was different, so it was not a true rerun.
Newsreel Special: Hawaiian Adventure - Interest in the island territory was building with impending statehood and the arrival of commercial jet travel. This serial was introduced by Annette, who also provided the voice-over narration. Pamela Bornemann, Barbara Olin, and Paul Roelofs were the three youngsters who traveled by steamship from California to Oahu, then explored the islands using the custom MMC station wagon seen in earlier serials.
The ferocious Captain Cubby commands this jolly crew. Weak skit has pirate Mouseketeers looking for treasure in a spooky cave. Voice-overs for the pirates were provided by the Mellomen.
The short travelogue English Correspondent had originally been created by Perce Pearce for the show's first season, and was returned for the second with new episodes. For the third though, the series was retitled and given a US based hosting and narration by Annette. Robbie Serpell, who had replaced original host Dirk Metzger, continued to be the in-country lead.
Mouseketeer Don Agrati (Don Grady) hosted and narrated this short science focused serial (3 Parts), which followed three youngsters, Mike Blye, Johnny Green, and Jerry Goldenson, as they learned about modern mining and how to find uranium ore.
As geeky Darlene waits for her blind date, happy couples waltz by, and a waif importunes her. No dialogue or dancing, until near the end when Darlene sings.
With the budget cut in half and key personnel and equipment reassigned to Zorro, recycled material from earlier seasons was used to fill up the schedule. A new musical intro was filmed with the younger third season girls posing as switchboard operators. This was one of the first season's best numbers, but it was still a rerun.
The Mouseketeers take a trip to Mexico, where Señorita Doreen greets them. Choreographer Tom Mahoney does a flamenco dance atop a table.
Another terrific number from the first season, recycled to fill out the budget-impacted schedule.
The first number featured Bobby singing and dancing with his own "shadow" (choreographer Tom Mahoney). The second had Bobby and Annette dancing in silhouette, then in shadows, while Darlene sang.
This episode in the third series of the renamed English Correspondent travelogue has Robbie Serpell visiting the famous wax museum of Madame Tussaud.
The first half has the four older kids singing and dancing on the boardwalk while an elderly sidewalk photographer (Bob Amsberry) looks on. The second part has Doreen and Don Agrati (Don Grady) join in; the scene dissolves to an old time silent movie with jerky motion and rinky-tink music. Bob Amsberry plays a Keystone Kop, with Bobby as the villain, Roy as the victim and Don Agrati (Don Grady) as the hero.
Song and dance numbers built around Jimmie and Bobby resembling one another. First half is a soft shoe duet, followed by Jimmie doing a banjo solo while Bobby does some scene stealing.
Another recycled bit, this time from a first season 'Talent Roundup Day'. Karen performed a song by Bob Amsberry and Muzzy Marcellino called "Gee It's Hard to be Eight."
Episode 23: "The Ghost of Anne Bolyn" (sic): The gang receives ticket orders for their show from relatives. Perkins performs his "The Ghost of Anne Bolyn" number for an appreciative Darlene and she decides he'll be the curtain-raiser for the production. Spin and Marty quarrel as they rehearse their duel for the Robin Hood skit and even Annette admits Skip's fencing needs a lot of practice. Marty confronts Spin after the run-through and tells him he thinks Spin is still upset because Darlene gave Marty the role of Robin Hood. Spin tells Marty to dry up and heads into the barn, where he sees clouds of smoke coming from behind a wall. Spin grabs a bucket of water and hurls it at the smoke, only to find he's doused Ambitious, who was practicing puffing on his corncob pipe in preparation for the snowman dance scene. Ambitious tells Spin he enjoys the pipe and Spin says he'd like to try smoking, but Ambitious tells Spin he'd probably turn green.
The first half of the skit has the Mouseketeers visiting Wally Boag in his new Boagy Shoppe, where he does some fast one-liners and an array of balloon tricks. The second half is a song and dance by Wally with a few impressive tumbling moves, to which the four girls join in at the end. Very entertaining by all, especially Wally Boag.
Another episode in the third series of the renamed 'English Correspondent' travelogue.
Nine part series had each episode introduced by Tommy Cole, whose in-studio co-host/narrator was Billy Almeida. The storyline followed two young brothers living on a ranch in the Pampas as they learned the Gaucho way.
Preview of the soon to be released Disney live-action drama with Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran.
Nine part series had each episode introduced by Tommy Cole, whose in-studio co-host/narrator was Billy Almeida. The storyline followed two young brothers living on a ranch in the Pampas as they learned the Gaucho way.
Linda, Karen, and Bonnie play a trio of librarians who sing "Put Away Your Books, Put Away Your Dreams" while musing over romantic heroes. When the other two leave for the evening, Linda encounters Don, who asks for help with the dictionary. He sings the Johnny Mercer song "Too Marvelous for Words" to Linda, who in turns performs the George and Ira Gershwin song "S Marvellous" for him; both pretend to forget the lyric "Amorous". The skit ends with a cute sight gag that hints at an uncompleted move to kiss behind the bookshelves.
Another recycled bit from the first season.
The Encyclopedia Special: Japan series were a very loose continuation of the Japanese Correspondent series from previous seasons. All four episodes were hosted and narrated by Tommy Cole. The first aired on December 27, 1957 and was entitled "Cormorant Fishing."
A Mexican version, with Karen as Goldilocks, Bob as the narrator, Roy as Papa Bear, Doreen as Momma Bear, and Cubby as, well, the cub. A Fun with Music Day with little music and less fun.
Another rerun production number from the first season.
Karen and Cubby sing the first song while nursemaid Cheryl pushes Linda around in an oversized pram. For the second song, Darlene and the rest put on an impromptu fashion show using a backyard clothesline.
Rerun from first season has a Bob Amsberry-Muzzy Marcellino comical song and a delightful little bit of muggery from Doreen.
Lonnie and Tommy are barbers in 1900 who form a quartet with customers Lynn and Don for the first number, with voice-over singing by the Mellomen. Cubby as another customer and Jimmie as Mighty Casey lead the second number.
Rerun two-part number from a first season 'Fun with Music Day.'
The Encyclopedia Special: Roaring Midgets was hosted and narrated by Tommy Cole. The title refers to one-quarter sized race cars for kids at a private track in Glendale, California.
The Encyclopedia Special: Japan was a very loose continuation of the Japanese Correspondent series from previous seasons. There were a total of four specials hosted and narrated by Tommy Cole.
Encyclopedia Special: Lobsters was a standalone special hosted and narrated by Doreen Tracey.
In the Encyclopedia Special: Japan, Tommy Cole hosted and narrated a segment entitled "Shooting the Rapids."
The 'Inside Washington' segment has Dirk visiting the FBI Identification Division.
The 'Inside Washington' segment has Dirk visiting the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia for a crime scene search and to see the examination of evidence.
The 'Inside Washington' segment has Dirk following up the previous episode with more time in the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia.
Newsreel Special: Inside Report on Washington has Dirk Metzger, host of English Correspondent in the earlier seasons, doing the introduction and narration, and is also the on-camera visitor to the various locales around the capital.
Newsreel Special: Inside Report on Washington. Dirk Metzger, host of English Correspondent in the earlier seasons, does the introduction and narration, and is also the on-camera visitor to the various locales around the capital.
Newsreel Special: Inside Report on Washington (Money - Part 1). Dirk Metzger does the introduction and narration, and is also the on-camera visitor to the various locales around the capital.
Newsreel Special: Inside Report on Washington (Money - Part 2). Dirk Metzger, host of English Correspondent in the earlier seasons, does the introduction and narration, and is also the on-camera visitor to the various locales around the capital.
Mousekapreview #4: Snow White is a promotional show hosted by Annette for a re-release of the Disney animated film.
Newsreel Special: Inside Report on Washington (The White House - Part 1). Dirk Metzger, host of English Correspondent in the earlier seasons, does the introduction and narration, and is also the on-camera visitor to the various locales around the capital.
Newsreel Special: Inside Report on Washington (The White House - Part 2). Dirk Metzger, host of English Correspondent in the earlier seasons, does the introduction and narration, and is also the on-camera visitor to the various locales around the capital. This was the 11th and final episode of the series of Inside Report on Washington Newsreel Specials.
Sharon, Karen, Lynn, and Cubby sing a song as other Mouseketeers waltz by. The action then shifts to a music shop whose outdoor speaker broadcasts snippets of different styles of music. Mannequins from a nearby store window dance to the music, abruptly shifting to each change of style.
Annette McCloud, an orphan from Nebraska, arrives unannounced at the home of her Uncle Archie and Aunt Lila in the town of Ashford. She is the daughter of their deceased younger brother, and was previously unknown to them. Though initially suspicious, they take the country girl in, and prepare her for a life in town.
In the 2nd episode of the Mickey Mouse Club Serial: Annette, while shopping for new clothes with Aunt Lila, Annette meets Val Abernathy, her mother, and Moselle Corey. Annette is invited to a party at Val's home, given in honor of Moselle's house guest, Laura Rogan, who will attend Old South High with the other kids this year. Through a mix-up, Annette's escort to the party turns out to be a perpetually-hungry, smart-aleck kid named Olmstead Ware. "Steady" takes Annette to the local malt shop first, and introduces her to another country kid, soda jerk Mike Martin.
Episode 3 of the Mickey Mouse Club Serial: Annette is titled 'An Invitation'. Annette McCloud is invited to a party at Val Abernathy's home, given in honor of Moselle's house guest, Laura Rogan, who will attend Old South High with the other kids this year.
Ten year old Donna Zukor later adopted the stage name Donna Loren and made some "Beach Movies" in the 1960's with Annette. For 'Talent Round-Up Day' she sand "Pennies From Heaven" and "I Didn't Know the Gun was Loaded."
Annette is invited to a party at Val's home, given in honor of Moselle's house guest, Laura Rogan, who will attend Old South High with the other kids this year. Through a mix-up, Annette's escort to the party turns out to be a perpetually-hungry, smart-aleck kid named Olmstead Ware. "Steady" takes Annette to the local malt shop first, and introduces her to another country kid, soda jerk Mike Martin. Despite her shy manner and quiet voice, Annette catches the eyes of the boys at the party, annoying the snobby Laura.
Despite her shy manner and quiet voice, Annette catches the eyes of the boys at the party, annoying the snobby Laura. While playing a party game, Laura loses track of her expensive necklace, and halfway accuses Annette, who left the party early, of taking it.
The Mousekapreview was a promotional show hosted by Annette for the forthcoming release of the Disney live-action film 'The Light in the Forest'. Several cast members appear.
While playing a party game, Laura loses track of her expensive necklace, and halfway accuses Annette, who left the party early, of taking it. The following Monday at Old South High School, Annette finds her transfer from a country school means she must go down a level to the tenth grade, instead of joining the other kids in eleventh grade. Her friend, Jet Maypen, who lives on a farm just outside Ashford, takes Annette to the soda shop during lunch. When the other kids arrive at the soda shop, Laura again insinuates that Annette took the necklace. Annette overhears her and leaves the shop. Thereafter, Annette avoids the crowd at school, eating lunch with Jet. Later, Steve Abernathy, who is the student body president, appoints Annette to the entertainment committee as tenth-grade chairman. Surprisingly, Annette accepts and comes to the committee meeting at the Abernathy home.
The Twin Tones were twin sisters Penny and Patty Pollack who sang regularly on a local Los Angeles show "Western Varieties."
In this third season segment, the Mouseketeers are at summer camp. Campers Cubby, Karen, and Linda sing their own version of "Heigh Ho" about their summer perils. Camp counselors Tommy and Bonnie sing "Who Knows?," a romantic duet.
Promotional show for the forthcoming Disney film 'The Light in the Forest', this had fifteen year old female lead Carol Lynley discussing modeling and screen kisses with the Mouseketeers. Annette took over the narration for the preview scenes.
The Ray Littee Accordion Band was a 20 member all-accordion playing band comprised of teen and pre-teen performers.
Steve Abernathy decides to have a barbecue at his parent's country house. He invites Annette, but she declines, since she and Uncle Archie are going to visit Jet Maypen and her father at their farm. The kids ride a hay wagon out to the Abernathy place. Laura is happy to have Mike and Steve to herself, but gets miffed when they stop the wagon at the Maypen farm. The boys persuade Jet and Annette to come along with them, sending Laura into a funk. At the barbecue Steve pays attention to Annette, ignoring Laura, who throws a fit.
Steve Abernathy decides to have a barbecue at his parent's country house. He invites Annette, but she declines, since she and Uncle Archie are going to visit Jet Maypen and her father at their farm. The kids ride a hay wagon out to the Abernathy place. Laura is happy to have Mike and Steve to herself, but gets miffed when they stop the wagon at the Maypen farm. The boys persuade Jet and Annette to come along with them, sending Laura into a funk. At the barbecue Steve pays attention to Annette, ignoring Laura, who throws a fit. Jet forces Laura to come right out and accuse Annette of theft, and when she does jumps in and tackles her. They fall into the swimming pool, which ends the fight and barbecue.
In the 'Anything Can Happen' segment, Fess Parker and Tim Considine appear to promote two new Disney motion pictures: 'The Light in the Forest' and 'Old Yeller.'
At the barbecue Steve pays attention to Annette, ignoring Laura, who throws a fit. Jet forces Laura to come right out and accuse Annette of theft, and when she does jumps in and tackles her. They fall into the swimming pool, which ends the fight and barbecue. Mrs Abernathy gets the necklace story out of Val, and very quickly all the other parents know it as well. Feeling she has brought trouble to her Aunt and Uncle, Annette runs away but is brought back by Mike. At the next entertainment committee meeting at the Abernathy residence, Laura, Jet, and Annette all show up. To forestall trouble, Steve asks Laura to do her song.
At the next entertainment committee meeting at the Abernathy residence, Laura, Jet, and Annette all show up. To forestall trouble, Steve asks Laura to do her song. She tries to play the piano, but it produces off-key noises. Steve and Drew Stafford open it up and discover the necklace deep inside. Laura apologizes to Annette, Jet apologizes to Laura, and everything ends happily.
Newsreel Special: Get That Story. is a ten-part series which followed several cub reporters in New York City as they learned the newspaper trade. Series was hosted and narrated by Mouseketeer Tommy Cole.
Mousekarequest #9: George Keller's Feline Fantastics is a recycled Circus Day show from the first season. Newsreel Special: Get That Story. is a ten-part series that followed several cub reporters in New York City as they learned the newspaper trade. Series was hosted and narrated by Tommy Cole.
Newsreel Special: Get That Story. is a ten-part series followed several cub reporters in New York City as they learned the newspaper trade. Series was hosted and narrated by Mouseketeer Tommy Cole.
Don, as a Trinidad native, teaches the mice calypso singing, while they take him on a tour of Disneyland.
The Mousekapreview was a promotional segment hosted by Annette for the forthcoming release of the Disney True Life Adventure film 'White Wilderness.'
The Encyclopedia Special: Japan was the fourth and last episode of the series hosted and narrated by Tommy Cole. This episode was entitled "Geisha Girl."
This is a syndicated show, with a second season Guest Star Day opening and main feature. The first guest star is introduced by Margene, with Charley and Larry watching. "Bewildered Ballerina" features the Ice Capades Willie Krall doing a comic skating routine in drag. The second guest of this episode is 1956 Olympic Ice Skating Silver Medalist Ronnie Robertson talking with Bob Amsberry, Margene, Larry, and Charley, then skating. This is followed by the Mousekartoon "Ferdinand the Bull", introduced by Cubbie and Karen, and ends with a very short third season Alma Mater.
This syndicated show appears to have been cut down from a single second season Circus Day episode. It has a shortened opening, followed by Circus Barker Bob Amsberry introducing a South American juggling act called the Half Brothers. A fairly interesting duo, they pull Roy into their act at the end. Look for a continuity goof: Margene, Larry and Jay-Jay are in the audience in v-neck polo shirts, but when talking with the act are in turtlenecks. This episode also has a Mousekartoon introduced by all six second season Red Team girls, and the full version of the second season closing song.
This show from syndication starts with the second season "Anything Can Happen Day" opening, then goes to a first season "Anything Can Happen Day" performance. A quick song by Jimmie, Darlene, and Sharon introduces the Firehouse 5+2. This dixieland combo features a host of Disney studio employees, including animator Ward Kimball and composer George Bruns, in two swinging numbers. The first, "I Want to be a Fireman", is sung and danced by the Mouseketeers, with quick solos by Annette, Doreen, Bonni, Mary Sartori, Mike, Karen, and Lonnie. The second, "Tiger Rag" has Cubby on drums accompanying the band while Sharon, Bonni, Bobby, and Lonnie do a fast run through of dances from the 1920's. The show continues with Mousekartoon Mickey's Nightmare, introduced by Darlene, and concludes with a third season closing.
Fun with Music Day - September 30, 1957 Guest Star Day - August 28, 1962 Anything Can Happen Day - November 12, 1964 Circus Day - October 11, 1962 Talent Roundup Day - October 25, 1957