"The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955) TV series 1955-1959

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Release Date:

3 October 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Comedy | Drama | Music

Plot Keywords:

Different Gags During Credits | Part Animation

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Jimmie Dodd	...	Himself (as Jimmie) / ... (127 episodes, 1955-1957)
Tommy Cole	...	Himself (61 episodes, 1956)

Series Directed by
Sidney Miller		(121 episodes, 1955-1957)
Charles F. Haas		(5 episodes, 1955)
Dick Darley		(4 episodes, 1955)
William Beaudine		(2 episodes, 1955)

Series Writing credits
Stirling Silliphant		(5 episodes, 1955)

Series Produced by
Bill Walsh	....	producer (12 episodes, 1955-1956)

Series Original Music by
William Lava		(5 episodes, 1955)
Buddy Baker		(3 episodes, 1955)
Joseph Dubin		(2 episodes, 1955)

Series Film Editing by
Joseph Dietrick		(5 episodes, 1955)
Ellsworth Hoagland		(5 episodes, 1955)
Wayne Hughes		(5 episodes, 1955)
Bill Lewis		(3 episodes, 1955)
Jack Vandagriff		(3 episodes, 1955)

Series Art Direction by
Bruce Bushman		(5 episodes, 1955)
Marvin Aubrey Davis		(5 episodes, 1955)

Series Set Decoration by
Harriet Burns		(126 episodes, 1955-1957)

Series Production Management
Mike Holoboff	....	production manager / production supervisor (6 episodes, 1955-1956)
Hal Adelquist	....	production supervisor (5 episodes, 1955)
Ben Chapman	....	production manager (5 episodes, 1955)
Stirling Silliphant	....	production supervisor (5 episodes, 1955)
Bill Park	....	production supervisor (4 episodes, 1955-1956)

Series Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound (5 episodes, 1955)

Series Special Effects by
Johnny Borgese	....	special effects (126 episodes, 1955-1958)

Series Visual Effects by
Ub Iwerks	....	special processes (3 episodes, 1955)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
James V. King	....	camera operator (100 episodes, 1955-1956)
Calvin A. Maehl	....	gaffer (65 episodes, 1955)
Gordon Avil	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 1955)
Edward Colman	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 1955)

Series Animation Department
Xavier Atencio	....	layout artist (1 episode, 1955)
Barbara Begg	....	background artist (1 episode, 1955)
Jack Boyd	....	animator (1 episode, 1955)
Al Coe	....	animator (1 episode, 1955)
Phil Duncan	....	animator (1 episode, 1955)
John Freeman	....	animator (1 episode, 1955)
Fred Hellmich	....	animator (1 episode, 1955)
Cliff Nordberg	....	animator (1 episode, 1955)
Jack Parr	....	animator (1 episode, 1955)
Thelma Witmer	....	background artist (1 episode, 1955)

Series Music Department
Buddy Baker	....	musical director (unknown episodes)
Jimmie Dodd	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Tom Mahoney	....	choreographer (5 episodes, 1955-1956)
Alan Currier	....	assistant choreographer (5 episodes, 1955)
Burch Mann	....	choreographer (5 episodes, 1955)

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1955-1959) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:30 min (1957-1959) | USA:60 min (1955-1957)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Morrison Ranch, Agoura, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

In the animated inserts, Walt Disney provided the voice of Mickey Mouse for the very last time. He retired from voicing the character during the production of Fun & Fancy Free (1947) because he simply could not do the required falsetto anymore, and let sound effects man James MacDonald take over.

Quotes:

Jiminy Cricket:As I said to Pinocchio, "Pinoc, there are two ways to do anything - the right way and the wrong way. If you wanna be right, do things the right way, because if you do things the wrong way, that's the foolish way, and only fools do things the foolish way, which is the wrong way. Right?" Anyway, let me see? Where was I?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Animaniacs: Cartoons in Wakko's Body/Noah's Lark/The Big Kiss/Hiccup (#1.33)" (1993)

The best kids' show of all for us baby-boomers!

When our first TV arrived in March, 1959, this was the show which materialised out of the ether. 6.05 PM on a Tuesday night, if my memory serves me correctly. And thus began a decade-long love affair with the lovely Annette Funicello - only she didn't know it! A wonderful team of young performers who could do just about anything, a cartoon or two, a guest star and the serial which probably starred Tim Considine. Was it 'The Hardy Boys'? I watched every episode and it was a sad day when due to changing times, the MMC left our screens.

When several members toured Australia (Jimmy, Darlene and possibly Karen or Annette) they were mobbed by thousands. I wasn't one of them as we didn't have a car and I had no easy way of reaching Mascot Airport. It would be years before I came across the souvenir brochure, my one small memento of those great times ...