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Mouseketeers
''The Mickey Mouse Club'' is an American variety show, variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and briefly returned to social media in 2017. Created by Walt Disney and produced by The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Productions, the program was first televised for four seasons, from 1955 to 1959, by American Broadcasting Company, ABC. This original run featured a regular, but ever-changing cast of mostly teen performers. ABC broadcast reruns weekday afternoons during the 1958–1959 season, airing right after ''American Bandstand''. The show was revived three times after its initial 1955–1959 run on ABC, first from 1977 to 1979 for Broadcast syndication#First-run syndication in the U.S., first-run syndication as ''The New Mickey Mouse Club'', then from 1989 to 1996 as ''The All-New Mickey Mouse Club'' (also known to fans as ''MMC'' from 1993 to 1996) airing on Disney Channel, The Disney Channel, and again from 2017 to 2018 with the moniker ''Club Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonnie Burr
Lonnie Burr (born May 31, 1943) is an American actor, entertainer and writer best known as one of nine of the original thirty-nine Mouseketeers who remained under a seven-year contract for the complete filming (1955–1959) of Walt Disney’s children’s television show the ''Mickey Mouse Club''. The ''Mickey Mouse Club'' was the first national TV show to star children who appeared primarily as themselves as well as acting as characters in scenes and musical numbers. The original show aired in syndication in the 1960s, reran again in 1975, then on the Disney Channel in the 1980s through the early 2000s. After appearing on the show, Burr's entertainment career included work as a character actor, dancer, singer, and choreographer. His career as a writer included being a book author, playwright, lyricist, journalist, critic and poet. Throughout adulthood, he continued to honor his Disney experience. As he was quoted in an interview, "Whether I someday scale the Matterhorn or win my ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasen Hampton
Chasen Cord Hampton (born January 12, 1975) is an American actor, performer, singer, songwriter, musician, and mentor. Early life and career Born of Cherokee and Sac- Fox descent in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Hampton is the only child of Bill and Kenyan Hampton and is a 5th generation American roots soul singer. He has been singing since age 2, and by age 15 signed his first recording contract with Disney's Hollywood Records. Hampton has performed his music on stages all over the world, as well as appeared on MTV, VH1, E! channel's '' The E! True Hollywood Story'', A&E's ''Biography'', and starred on serial television shows such as Fox's ''The X-Files'' and HBO's ''Big Love'', among others. As co-founder of the Buzzfly Records record label with producer Mike Vizcarra, Hampton has had the freedom to write and perform with some of the most celebrated musicians in the industry. Hampton began his career as a student of the circus arts, working in childhood as a professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Baird
Sharon Baird, born August 16, 1943 in Seattle, Washington, is an American actress, voice actress, singer, dancer and puppeteer who is best known for having been a Mouseketeer. Early life She has one younger brother, Jimmy, also a former child actor. She began dance lessons at age three and won a "Little Miss Washington" contest at five. Her mother took her to California for the national competition and fell in love with the climate. The family relocated to Los Angeles, California, where Baird continued her dance lessons with Louis da Pron, among others.Jerry Bowles, ''Forever Hold Your Banner High'', 1976, pg 113; Career Baird appeared in her first film, '' Bloodhounds of Broadway'', in 1950. At age nine she began regular appearances on ''The Colgate Comedy Hour'' television show with Eddie Cantor. She did episodes of several different television shows, and an unbilled song-and-dance number with Dean Martin in ''Artists and Models'' (1955) (which also featured fellow Mousek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Cole
Tommy Cole (born December 20, 1941) is an American make-up artist, actor, and singer who appeared as a Mouseketeer on the '' Mickey Mouse Club'' television series. Early life Although born in Burbank, California, Tommy Cole grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of La Cañada. He was self-motivated toward performing from an early age, despite some disapproval from his family.''Forever Hold Your Banner High'', by Jerry Bowles, 1976, p. 52; His father was an editor of the ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner''; his mother later worked part-time at movie studios as a welfare guardian for minor children. He has one older brother, John Cole. Career Performer Cole started as a musician, playing the accordion as a young teenager with three other kids in a western swing band. The band played in amateur contests and small clubs, and even managed to get a one-time gig on Ray Bolger's mid-1950s television show ''Where's Raymond?'' Besides playing the accordion, he was also the band's singer. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Dodd
James Wesley Dodd (March 28, 1910 – November 10, 1964) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter best known as the master of ceremonies for the popular 1950s Walt Disney television series ''The Mickey Mouse Club,'' as well as the writer of its well-known theme song, "The Mickey Mouse Club March". A different version of this march, much slower in tempo and with different lyrics, became the ''alma mater'' that closed each episode. Dodd grew up in Cincinnati. where he was an outstanding amateur tennis player, even reaching the round of 16 twice at his hometown tournament, now known as the Cincinnati Open. Later, a heart ailment made him ineligible to serve in combat in World War II, but his wife Ruth and he traveled extensively, entertaining the troops. Career Dodd moved from Cincinnati to Florida, where he worked in radio before moving to California to become a songwriter. Of the estimated 400 songs he wrote, his best-known are "Amarillo", "He Was There", "I Love Girls", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Party (band)
The Party is an American pop band. The group was initially composed of Albert Fields, Tiffini Hale, Chase Hampton, Deedee Magno Hall, and Damon Pampolina, all of whom were cast members of ''The All New Mickey Mouse Club'' from 1989 to 1991. In 2013, the group reunited, without the involvement of Tiffini Hale. History In 1990, the Disney Channel formed a pop band composed of then-current cast members of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''. As part of the promotion for the band, a name-the-band contest was held. The result was "The Party," which is a backronym for "Positive Attitude Reflects Today's Youth." The group was also the first signing to the Walt Disney Company's pop-music-oriented label Hollywood Records, which, at the time, was distributed by Elektra Records. Success The band's self-titled debut album was released in August 1990 on Hollywood Records. The first single, "Summer Vacation," was moderately successful, peaking at #72 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Burgess
Robert Wilkie Burgess (born May 19, 1941) is an American dancer and singer. He was one of the original Mouseketeers. Later, he was a regular on ''The Lawrence Welk Show''. Early life Growing up in Southern California, Burgess started performing at age five, which included dancing, singing and playing the accordion. At the age of 13, in 1955, he was selected as one of the original Mouseketeers by Walt Disney to appear on his new ABC television series, ''The Mickey Mouse Club'', giving young Burgess his first taste of celebrity. He also guest starred on ''The Donna Reed Show'' as a suitor of Mary Stone ( Shelley Fabares). Burgess attended Southern California Military Academy in Long Beach for his elementary and junior high school. By the time Burgess turned 11, he had appeared in at least 75 television programs. After Disney When the series ended in 1959, Burgess returned to a normal teenager's life, and graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He then began attendin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Williams (artist)
Roy Williams (July 30, 1907 – November 7, 1976) was an American artist and entertainer for the Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney Studios, best known as "Big Roy," the adult mouseketeer for four seasons on the ''Mickey Mouse Club'' television series and for his invention of the Mickey Mouse hats. Early life and career Williams was born in Colville, Washington and raised in Los Angeles, where he attended John C. Fremont High School, Fremont High School. After graduating, he was hired as an artist by Walt Disney in 1930. He worked on animated shorts while attending Chouinard Art Institute at night. He later also developed story ideas for Disney. He also designed over 100 insignias for the U.S. armed forces during World War II, and is credited with designing the mouse ears worn on the ''Mickey Mouse Club'' which would later be sold at Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Disney Parks. Williams also produced one-panel gag cartoons for ''The New Yorker'', ''The Saturday Evening P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, as an animation studio, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Oliver Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it later operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before adopting its current name in 1986. In 1928, Disney established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film ''Steamboat Willie.'' The film used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon, and popularized Mickey Mouse, who became Disney's mascot and corporate icon. After becoming a success by the early 1940s, Disney diversified into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. However, following Walt Disney's death in 1966, the company's profits, especially in the animation sector, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gallopin' Gaucho
''The Gallopin' Gaucho'' is a 1928 American animated short film and the second short film featuring Mickey Mouse to be produced, following '' Plane Crazy'' and preceding ''Steamboat Willie''. The Disney studios completed the silent version in August 1928, but did not release it in order to work on ''Steamboat Willie''. ''The Gallopin' Gaucho'' was released, with sound, after ''Steamboat Willie'' on December 30 of the same year. Both Mickey and Minnie Mouse had already made their initial debuts with the test screening of ''Plane Crazy'' on May 15, 1928, but that film had failed to catch the attention of distributors when first produced as a silent film. ''The Gallopin' Gaucho'' was a second attempt at success by co-directors Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The latter also served as the sole animator for it. Roy O. Disney wrote down the total budget of the short in his ledger book, which ended up costing $4,249.73, which was about $720 more than the costs of ''Plane Crazys $3,528.50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnie Mouse
Minerva "Minnie" Mouse is an American cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. The longtime sweetheart of Mickey Mouse, she is an anthropomorphic mouse with white gloves, a red or pink bow, blue (or pink or red) polka-dotted dress, white bloomers and yellow low-heeled shoes occasionally with ribbons on them. The comic strip story "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers" (published September 22 – December 26, 1930) introduced her father Marcus Mouse and her unnamed mother, both farmers. The same story featured photographs of Minnie's uncle Milton Mouse with his family and her grandparents Marvel Mouse and Matilda Mouse. Her best-known relatives, however, remain her uncle Mortimer Mouse (Mortimer was almost the name of Mickey) and her twin nieces, Millie and Melody Mouse, though most often a single niece, Melody, appears. In many appearances, Minnie is presented as the girlfriend of Mickey Mouse, best friend of Daisy Duck and a friend to Clarabelle Cow. In honor of her 90t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hachette Books
Hachette Books, formerly Hyperion Books, is a general-interest book imprint of the Perseus Books Group, which is a division of Hachette (publisher), Hachette Book Group and ultimately a part of Lagardère Group. Established in 1990, Hachette publishes general-interest fiction and non-fiction books for adults. A former subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, it was originally named after Hyperion Avenue, the location of Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios prior to 1939. Hachette took over a 1,000 book backlist when Hyperion was purchased from Disney in 2013 with 250 bestseller, bestselling novels, including Mitch Albom’s ''The Five People You Meet in Heaven''. History Hyperion Books Hyperion Books was founded in 1990 from scratch with no backlist under Disney's then-C.E.O. Michael Eisner and Robert S. Miller.Getlin, JoshHyperion founder exits April 04, 2008. Los Angeles Times. Accessed July 3, 2013. Hyperion's strategy was to not purchase backlists, but to go aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
