Mickey Mouse Club: October 3-7 1955by Anonymous

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February 11, 2005: Finally, Disney has decided to put some of 'The Mickey Mouse Club' on dvd. I hope that there are many more dvd's to come. First the shows themselves and then the bonus material. You are going to be priviledged to see the very first week of the show. You will see the old ABC Television Network insignia from the 1950's. You're going to see the original introductions with the Mickey Mouse Club insignia flashing on a billboard near the downtown area of a city. Not only do you see it at the beginning of the show, but at the beginning of each segment. At the end of each segment, the ABC insignia appears and an announcer tells us to stay tuned for more. The downtown area reappear with the blinking Mickey Mouse Club insignia. The blinking insignia stops and there is a very short advertisement for the sponsor of the next segment appearing on the billboard. I mean, folks, this is the real deal. Monday is Fun With Music Day, however, first we see a Mickey Mouse Club newsreel with Mickey scurrying out on stage and getting behind the camera to roll the film. After the newsreel, the mouseketeers appear dancing on th screen. There are a couple of music segments with the mouseketeers. There's the serial, 'What I Want to Be' followed by the Mousekartoon. Karen is the very first mouseketeer to ever give an introduction to a mousekartoon. Jimmie closes the show telling us that he hopes that we enjoyed the show. He gives a quick synopsis of what's on the rest of the week. Tuesday is Guest Star Day, Wednesday is Anything Can Happen Day, Thursday is Circus Day and Friday (my favorite) is Talent Round-Up Day. During the introduction to Talent Round-Up Day some of the mouseketeers are dancing with their wrap around ponies! During the week you'll see 'Sooty the Puppet', another newsreel, a Jiminy Cricket educational lesson, roll call for each themed day of the week, and much, much more! The bonus material is outstanding. There's a very loving tribute to Jimmie Dodd, recently discovered color film of the mouseketeers at Disneyland on the day that it opened. I could go on and much more!This is a set that if you don't buy it you will kick yourself for not doing so when it becomes unavailable. Yes, it's politically incorrect and to that I say, 'SO WHAT!'. My goodness, my heart beats faster the more that I talk about it! Just go out and get it! Walt Disney Company, if you're reading this, we want many more shows released! Release the entire series! WOW!!