Mark Hickson of the fabulous Disney By Mark blog has a long and ranging interview with one of Walt Disney’s original Mouseketeer’s Lonnie Burr. In it the two reminisce over celebrities they both know, time spent with the Sherman Brothers and brag a bit over… Read More »Reminiscing with Mouseketeer Lonnie Burr
Britney Spears poses March 5, 2009 with her two sons Preston (left) and Jayden (right) in Mickey’s Toontown Fair at the Magic Kingdom. Spears just kicked off her international “Circus” concert tour. As a young performer, one of Spears’ big breaks came as a cast… Read More »Britney Spears brings family circus to Walt Disney World
LaughingPlace.com is reporting that Walt Disney Mouseketeer Chery Holdridge has died at the age of 64. Cheryl joined the Mickey Mouse Club in 1956, its second year. There’s a very nice article on Cheryl over at Wikipedia and Chery’s page on the Unofficial Mickey Mouse… Read More »Original Mouseketeer Cheryl Holdridge passes away
This is a great find. This ultra rare color film from the early days of Disneyland is the first time I can recall seeing such great shots of the Mickey Mouse Club Circus. The circus is the exception that proves the genius of Walt Disney. Opening around Thanksgiving of 1955, the MMCC featured Mickey Mouse… Read More »Rare 1955 Disneyland Color Footage of the Mickey Mouse Club Circus
Ryan Gosling, a Mouseketeer from the 90s era re-incarnation of the Mickey Mouse Club (you know, the one with Britney and Justin), is staring in a suspense thriller ‘Fracture’. Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel film critic, interviewed Gosling and asked him of his days spent in Orlando. "We learned a certain work ethic that served us… Read More »Ryan Gosling, a Mouseketeer life
I wasted many a study session watching the Disney Afternoon back at the college dorm. That was a really great time for Disney television, certainly the greatest since the prime of the Mickey Mouse club and the Disneyland show. I’m not alone apparently, here Steve downloads a copy off alt.binaries.* and reminisces. Of course, if… Read More »Disney Afternoon Soundtrack bling
There comes a time in the life of every teenage girl who works for the Disney Corp. when that girl realizes she has suddenly — how shall we phrase this? — “broadened her appeal.” For Annette Funicello, back on the original Mickey Mouse Club, that… Read More »Lindsay Rolls on