THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB APPRECIATION THREAD

The Burgomaster · May 10, 2011, 01:07:49 PM

Why? Because we like you:

And let's not forget THE ADVENTURES OF SPIN & MARTY:

Silverlady · May 10, 2011, 04:29:08 PM

Mic ... key ............................. M O U S E !!!! Where are my EARS?

HappyGilmore · May 10, 2011, 07:27:38 PM

So...I only know the MMC from the early '90s years with Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

Raffine · May 11, 2011, 12:45:38 PM

I grew up with reruns of the original series on local TV at 3:30. Even as a kid I thought it was bland, corny, boring, and worse, they hardly ever seem to show any animated stuff.

Naturally, we were addicted and didn't miss an episode. I think Unca Walt had some kind of mind control ray built into the signal.

Flick James · May 11, 2011, 01:37:09 PM

I grew up watching reruns of the original MMC in the mid-70's. I remember my older sisters making a big deal out of the fact that they were starting to rerun them on a regular basis, and I definately got into them. I think the reruns in the mid-70's led to the revival of the show in the late 70's, which would include Lisa Welchel from The Facts of Life as a mouskateer. I did watch some of that revival, but didn't make it far as I was starting to get obssessed with girls and KISS by that time and was losing interest.

Allhallowsday · May 11, 2011, 07:25:14 PM

To my dismay my older brother and sister, cynics though they were, needed to watch it every afternoon...the reruns... I remember them exactly as Raffine described them, but I wasn't no devotee... Except maybe when the mini-program "Annette" came on.

The Burgomaster · May 13, 2011, 03:18:58 PM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on May 11, 2011, 07:25:14 PM
Except maybe when the mini-program "Annette" came on.

Annette was a wet dream for many young American lads.

Hammock Rider · May 24, 2011, 08:29:46 AM

Quote from: The Burgomaster on May 13, 2011, 03:18:58 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on May 11, 2011, 07:25:14 PM
Except maybe when the mini-program "Annette" came on.

Annette was a wet dream for many young American lads.

I never knew she had a singing career.

Umaril The Unfeathered · May 25, 2011, 12:10:37 AM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on May 11, 2011, 07:25:14 PM
Except maybe when the mini-program "Annette" came on.

Quote from: The Burgomaster on May 13, 2011, 03:18:58 PMAnnette was a wet dream for many young American lads.

I'll buy that. I admit being taken a by her too. And I also remember being a bit taken with the one girl in the 70's reboot of The New Mickey Mouse Club...her name was Nina if I remember right. She was kinda cute.

The Burgomaster · May 31, 2011, 04:24:02 PM

Quote from: Hammock Rider on May 24, 2011, 08:29:46 AM
Quote from: The Burgomaster on May 13, 2011, 03:18:58 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on May 11, 2011, 07:25:14 PM
Except maybe when the mini-program "Annette" came on.

Annette was a wet dream for many young American lads.

I never knew she had a singing career.

Didn't you see her singing on all those beach party movies with Frankie Avalon????

Pacman000 · May 02, 2012, 09:55:39 AM

We had some episodes on video tape. If I remember correctly, it was a bit like ZOOM.

tracy · May 03, 2012, 12:40:02 PM

We used to watch it in reruns....whenever we saw it over at our cousins' house our cousin Randy would march through the livingroom yelling,"D-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-O-S-E! Dickey Moose,Dickey Moose...". Ah,fond childhood memories.

Allhallowsday · May 03, 2012, 08:10:38 PM

Quote from: Pacman000 on May 02, 2012, 09:55:39 AM
We had some episodes on video tape. If I remember correctly, it was a bit like ZOOM.

It was really very little like ZOOM.

RCMerchant · May 04, 2012, 04:59:35 AM

I recall the old re-runs.
I'm with Raffine and Hallows on this.
I just wanted to slap them all,and scream-"WAKE UP!"
It was the equivelant of tasteless Wonderbread toast with margarine.
I'll take a garlic and onion bagel with crunchy peanut butter anyday.

Pacman000 · May 04, 2012, 10:00:19 AM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on May 03, 2012, 08:10:38 PM
Quote from: Pacman000 on May 02, 2012, 09:55:39 AM
We had some episodes on video tape. If I remember correctly, it was a bit like ZOOM.
It was really very little like ZOOM.

Yeah, my memory is probably bad. All I remember is that The Mickey Mouse Club featured a bunch of kids in a doing stuff studio, and they were interrupted by documentary shorts. Zoom also featured kids in a studio being interrupted by shorts, so that's where the comparison came in.

Interesting note: The TV show wasn't the first incarnation of The Mickey Mouse Club; the first version was made for theaters as a way to market their cartoons.