We kids sure had it made - Watching and hearing Wonderful World of Color on a well-crafted wood console with big speakers, big enough screen and rich sound, feeling cozy sitting on the rug together. My family had only b/w TV, but I could easily imagine the colors. I always liked poor ol' Donald Duck, with his bad temper. Something always happened to him with that gong! As for those kids tap dancing and singing - I used to be envious of their talent! Looking back, I wonder how many of them managed to have well-adjusted adulthoods.
And lest we forget, even Garfield the cat loved himself some good old Mouseketeering. Who could forget that classic 1978 strip of him sitting in front of the TV, mouse-eared hat prominently placed over his fat orange dome? Of course, he had a less-than-wholesome reason to tune in: "Shake it, Annette!" Ah, such innocent times indeed.
Having been born years after this period, having only seen brief snippets here and there of all these programs, never having felt the full Classic Disney experience until TCM started doing their wonderful Treasures from the Disney Vault blocks (while also remembering fondly the Vault Disney overnight block I sometimes got up early to watch on Disney Channel), I gotta say: you guys had the best entertainment in the world! Between Wonderful World, Mickey Mouse Club, Zorro, and everything else, Walt Disney really knew how to put on a great American variety show. Also, that meeting between Zorro, Walt, and the Mouseketeers was priceless! I'm surprised Disney doesn't try pulling that same kind of stunt with its current roster of characters. Where's Iron Man rescuing Sofia the First from Peg Leg Pete while Hiro Hamada, Lightning McQueen, and Mickey do running commentary? I'd pay good money to see something like that!
Disney was sort of a moral foundation of patriotism and goodwill. Look at it now. Even the cartoon style they use for Mickey... Like Ren and Stimpy. Yuck.
Who else was 8 years old in 1958? By day, a really "good kid" second grader; by afternoon, a swashbuckling hero in a flat hat, cape and black mask, with a plastic sword which had a piece of chalk on the tip, so that it could make the sign of the Z on the wall without cutting anything? Mickey Mouse Club was a daily part of my childhood life from the very first episode. I gave my little brother the coonskin cap. I remained the masked fighter against injustice. I haven't always lived up to the expectations that I had as a child, but somehow, I have managed to remain in my heart as Zorro, the champion for those who have no champion. Thanks, Fred.
I believe the era was special, not just because we grew up in it. So many things we saw have stood the test of time. What we didn't know at the time was that television had quickly reached its pinnacle, and it's been a steady slip down from that peak.
Thanks for you quick reply! Indeed! No truer words were said! All we have now is drama/murder and reality shows. Disgusting. Thanks again for the great trip down Disney memory lane!
Thank you so much! I am soooooo grateful to have grown up during these 50s & 60s Eras!!!! FANTASTIC MEMORIES REKINDLED🌠 This was when Children's Shows had morals, integrity, smart & original creativity, AND INNOCENCE!!!! Today's "so-called" Disney films/radio/etc are a blasphemous disgrace to Mr. Walt Disney. Shame on what "THEY" did to Walt's Genius Company of unprecedented ARTFULNESS for the raising & honing of "Golden Values & Brilliant Imaginations" in our Children. These clips of The Mickey Mouse Club & The Wonderful World Of Color are like an unknown tornado of fresh air to Today's Culture Of Dead World. *MR. WALT DISNEY, SIR, May you R.I.P. IN THE SACRED PEACE OF THE LIVING GOD IN JESUS CHRIST, Amen!
0:49 Despite the bizarre explosion-gag ending, the first color intro is an absolute masterpiece of classic animation. I would watch the HECK out of that show.
Some of them: *The gong cracks, and breaks into pieces *The gong is made out of paper, and Don flies right through it! *The gong becomes a bag of water, breaking and flooding everything in sight! *The gong is a cheese pizza- splattering Don with cheese and tomato sauce! *Don's nephews peek out from behind the gong, firing water pistols at him. He squawks, all wet.... *The gong is 'petrified'- Don shakes all over, in mid-air *Instead of hitting the gong, he sounds a triangle!
1) 1957-'58 opening title (Mouseketeers pictures were rotated) 2) Complete COLOR version of "Club" theme {Walt had hoped that, someday, the show would be filmed in color- the original wasn't}; originally telecast in black and white on October 3, 1955} 3) 1957-'58 roll call [Monday-Thursday; the Friday roll call had them in their "Talent Round-Up Day" cowboy outfits] 4) 1957 opening 5) Color footage of Walt from same episode (initially telecast in black and white) 6) 1961-'62 opening titles 7) 1961 sponsor I.D. {Eastman Kodak was the alternate sponsor through the mid-'60s}; RCA hoped that, by being a primary sponsor, parents- some egged on by their kids- would rush right out and buy RCA Victor color sets to watch the show on. 8) introduction to September 24, 1961 episode, with Walt 9) 1978-'79 opening title 10) 1971-'72 opening title {"Brought to you by.......METROPOLITAN LIFE! 'We sell life insurance- but our business is LIFE'."} 11) "Davy Crockett Goes To Congress" {January 26, 1955- originally telecast in black and white} 12) 1957 opening, with AC sponsor I.D. (alternate weeks, it was 7-Up {"Nothing does it like 7-Up!"}) 13) 1957 promo 14) sequence from "Fourth Anniversary Show" {September 11, 1957} 15) 1957-'58 "Alma Mater" (complete version) 16) February 1958 closing credits
Reminds me of what Doreen Tracey once said. She and several of her fellow Mouseketeers were walking outside the Disney sound stages during the third season (around 1957) when they passed Walt and a friend of his. She overheard the friend telling him, "Those girls are sure growing up, aren't they?". "GIRLS?", Walt snorted. "They're more for the FATHERS than the kids in the audience."
Look at that smooth animation....24 FRAMES OR FIGHT, i always say!!
Awesome! Love old vintage Disney! Walt was a great host, always interesting and natural, the uncle we all wish we had.
Thank you thank you sooooooo much for this heart-warming memory! I watched them EVERY DAY when I was a child in the 60's!
You're welcome, Susie.
When Disney was Disney
sity etc BUT it was TRUE Disney has been lost for years
That was Dick Tufield speaking
Love these old Disney clips! It’s a shame what has happened to Disney.
We kids sure had it made - Watching and hearing Wonderful World of Color on a well-crafted wood console with big speakers, big enough screen and rich sound, feeling cozy sitting on the rug together. My family had only b/w TV, but I could easily imagine the colors. I always liked poor ol' Donald Duck, with his bad temper. Something always happened to him with that gong! As for those kids tap dancing and singing - I used to be envious of their talent! Looking back, I wonder how many of them managed to have well-adjusted adulthoods.
And lest we forget, even Garfield the cat loved himself some good old Mouseketeering. Who could forget that classic 1978 strip of him sitting in front of the TV, mouse-eared hat prominently placed over his fat orange dome? Of course, he had a less-than-wholesome reason to tune in: "Shake it, Annette!" Ah, such innocent times indeed.
Loved the appearance of Guy Williams as Zorro with the Mouseketeers! And I noticed that Shelley Fabares was in the cast of the Annette episode.
I just found out that Shelley Fabares is the niece of Nanette Fabray.
Toby tyler film and tv Walt Disney was a real legend
Having been born years after this period, having only seen brief snippets here and there of all these programs, never having felt the full Classic Disney experience until TCM started doing their wonderful Treasures from the Disney Vault blocks (while also remembering fondly the Vault Disney overnight block I sometimes got up early to watch on Disney Channel), I gotta say: you guys had the best entertainment in the world! Between Wonderful World, Mickey Mouse Club, Zorro, and everything else, Walt Disney really knew how to put on a great American variety show. Also, that meeting between Zorro, Walt, and the Mouseketeers was priceless! I'm surprised Disney doesn't try pulling that same kind of stunt with its current roster of characters. Where's Iron Man rescuing Sofia the First from Peg Leg Pete while Hiro Hamada, Lightning McQueen, and Mickey do running commentary? I'd pay good money to see something like that!
Disney was sort of a moral foundation of patriotism and goodwill. Look at it now. Even the cartoon style they use for Mickey... Like Ren and Stimpy. Yuck.
Who else was 8 years old in 1958?
By day, a really "good kid" second grader; by afternoon, a swashbuckling hero in a flat hat, cape and black mask, with a plastic sword which had a piece of chalk on the tip, so that it could make the sign of the Z on the wall without cutting anything?
Mickey Mouse Club was a daily part of my childhood life from the very first episode.
I gave my little brother the coonskin cap. I remained the masked fighter against injustice.
I haven't always lived up to the expectations that I had as a child, but somehow, I have managed to remain in my heart as Zorro, the champion for those who have no champion.
Thanks, Fred.
Nice comment, Evan.
Wow! Thanks for posting this! What a privilege it was to have grown up in this era!
I believe the era was special, not just because we grew up in it. So many things we saw have stood the test of time. What we didn't know at the time was that television had quickly reached its pinnacle, and it's been a steady slip down from that peak.
Thanks for you quick reply! Indeed! No truer words were said! All we have now is drama/murder and reality shows. Disgusting. Thanks again for the great trip down Disney memory lane!
Bob Zwolinski I agree , t v for the most part is a waste of time.
Used to watch WWof Disney growing up. Loved it. Just heard Batman has passed away. Adam West will forever be Batman. RIP Adam.
Thank you so much!
I am soooooo grateful to have grown up during these 50s & 60s Eras!!!! FANTASTIC MEMORIES REKINDLED🌠
This was when Children's Shows had morals, integrity, smart & original creativity, AND INNOCENCE!!!! Today's "so-called" Disney films/radio/etc are a blasphemous disgrace to Mr. Walt Disney. Shame on what "THEY" did to Walt's Genius Company of unprecedented ARTFULNESS for the raising & honing of "Golden Values & Brilliant Imaginations" in our Children.
These clips of The Mickey Mouse Club & The Wonderful World Of Color are like an unknown tornado of fresh air to Today's Culture Of Dead World.
*MR. WALT DISNEY, SIR, May you R.I.P. IN THE SACRED PEACE OF THE LIVING GOD IN JESUS CHRIST, Amen!
Going to go google search the original Mouseketeers now. Thanks Fred !
THIS was the real Disney.
Another great job, Fred!
0:49 Despite the bizarre explosion-gag ending, the first color intro is an absolute masterpiece of classic animation. I would watch the HECK out of that show.
There were at least 11 different variations of Donald hitting that gong, with different results.......
Some of them:
*The gong cracks, and breaks into pieces
*The gong is made out of paper, and Don flies right through it!
*The gong becomes a bag of water, breaking and flooding everything in sight!
*The gong is a cheese pizza- splattering Don with cheese and tomato sauce!
*Don's nephews peek out from behind the gong, firing water pistols at him. He squawks, all wet....
*The gong is 'petrified'- Don shakes all over, in mid-air
*Instead of hitting the gong, he sounds a triangle!
Disney always produced his shows in color even when they were shown in black and white.
My favorite club.
Also these segments should be on some home release format or reshown on TV as it was years ago
Also do the Store cast still sing the closing anthem?
Nice compilation, thanks again!
You're welcome, DJTechnoid.
Funny, now days they're all Tinker Bells!
There's something Orwellian about that intro.
thank you for posting!
Sunday nights at 7:00 pm on abc channel 7 in nyc was disney night in the 1960’s and the 1970’s
every sunday night!
I.n. Syndication I used to watch Mickey mouse club at 4 I clock in the afternoon and the new one
The living desert
Your videos are generally good, but you really need to add CC, thanks.
1) 1957-'58 opening title (Mouseketeers pictures were rotated)
2) Complete COLOR version of "Club" theme {Walt had hoped that, someday, the show would be filmed in color- the original wasn't}; originally telecast in black and white on October 3, 1955}
3) 1957-'58 roll call [Monday-Thursday; the Friday roll call had them in their "Talent Round-Up Day" cowboy outfits]
4) 1957 opening
5) Color footage of Walt from same episode (initially telecast in black and white)
6) 1961-'62 opening titles
7) 1961 sponsor I.D. {Eastman Kodak was the alternate sponsor through the mid-'60s}; RCA hoped that, by being a primary sponsor, parents- some egged on by their kids- would rush right out and buy RCA Victor color sets to watch the show on.
8) introduction to September 24, 1961 episode, with Walt
9) 1978-'79 opening title
10) 1971-'72 opening title {"Brought to you by.......METROPOLITAN LIFE! 'We sell life insurance- but our business is LIFE'."}
11) "Davy Crockett Goes To Congress" {January 26, 1955- originally telecast in black and white}
12) 1957 opening, with AC sponsor I.D. (alternate weeks, it was 7-Up {"Nothing does it like 7-Up!"})
13) 1957 promo
14) sequence from "Fourth Anniversary Show" {September 11, 1957}
15) 1957-'58 "Alma Mater" (complete version)
16) February 1958 closing credits
God has spoken!
Thank you.
Wow! You really know your vintage Disney! Thank you for all the infos!
All that matters is Annette shaking it...
Reminds me of what Doreen Tracey once said. She and several of her fellow Mouseketeers were walking outside the Disney sound stages during the third season (around 1957) when they passed Walt and a friend of his. She overheard the friend telling him, "Those girls are sure growing up, aren't they?". "GIRLS?", Walt snorted. "They're more for the FATHERS than the kids in the audience."
Always hoped cartoons were going to be on the show
So sad what Disney has become
Boo to the colorized Mickey Mouse club intro!