| The Mickey Mouse Club | |
|---|---|
 The title card used in 1955–1959 | |
| Also known as |
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| Created by | |
| Presented by |
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| Theme music composer | Jimmie Dodd |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 620 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Bill Walsh (1955–1959) |
| Running time | 22–44 minutes |
| Production company | Walt Disney Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | October 3, 1955 (1955-10-03) – 1959 (1959) |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | January 17, 1977 (1977-01-17) – 1979 (1979) |
| Network | Disney Channel |
| Release | 1989 (1989) – 1996 (1996) |
The Mickey Mouse Club is an Americanvariety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and briefly returned tosocial media in 2017. Created byWalt Disney and produced byWalt Disney Productions, the program was first televised for four seasons, from 1955 to 1959, byABC. This original run featured a regular, but ever-changing cast of mostly child, tween or teen performers. ABC broadcast reruns weekday afternoons during the 1958–1959 season, airing right afterAmerican Bandstand. The show was revived three times after its initial 1955–1959 run on ABC, first from 1977 to 1979 forfirst-run syndication asThe New Mickey Mouse Club, then from 1989 to 1996 asThe All-New Mickey Mouse Club (also known to fans asMMC from 1993 to 1996) airing onDisney Channel, and again from 2017 to 2018 with the monikerClub Mickey Mouse airing on internet social media.
The character ofMickey Mouse appeared in every show, not only in vintage cartoons originally made for theatrical release, but also in the opening, interstitial, and closing segments made especially for the show. In both the vintage cartoons and new animated segments, Mickey was voiced by his creatorWalt Disney, who had previously voiced the character theatrically fromSteamboat Willie toFun and Fancy Free.
The first official theater-based Mickey Mouse Club began on June 29, 1929, at the Fox Dome Theatre inVenice, California, alongside a showing of the Mickey Mouse shortThe Gallopin' Gaucho. This would later expand to other states, including the Fox Theatre inSheboygan, Wisconsin, on November 30 and the Elsinore Theater inSalem, Oregon, on December 21, with more than 60 other movie theaters hosting clubs across the country by March 31. The Club released its first issue of theOfficial Bulletin of the Mickey Mouse Club on April 15, 1930.[1] By 1932, the club had one million members, and in 1933, its first UK club opened atDarlington's Arcade Cinema.[2][3] This didn't last long as Disney began to phase out the club in 1935.[4]
The Mickey Mouse Club was hosted byJimmie Dodd, a songwriter and the Head Mouseketeer, who provided leadership both on and off the screen. In addition to his other contributions, he often provided short segments encouraging younger viewers to make the rightmoral choices. These little "homilies" became known as "Doddisms".[5]Roy Williams, a staff artist at Disney, also appeared in the show as the Big Mouseketeer. Williams suggested that the Mickey andMinnie Mouse ears should be worn by the show's cast members. Inspired by a visual gag inThe Karnival Kid,[6] he helped create these ears, along with Chuck Keehne, Hal Adelquist, and Bill Walsh.
The main cast members were called Mouseketeers, and they performed in a variety of musical and dance numbers, as well as some informational segments. The most popular of the Mouseketeers constituted the so-called red team, who appeared each day in the show’s opening roll call and closing segments. Nine of those Red Team Mouseketeers were kept under contract for the entire run of the show (1955–1959):
Other Mouseketeers who were Red Team members, but weren't under contract for the entire run included:
The remaining Mouseketeers, who were members of the white or blue teams, were Don Agrati (who was later known asDon Grady when he starred as "Robbie" onMy Three Sons),Sherry Alberoni, Billie Jean Beanblossom, Eileen Diamond,Dickie Dodd (not related to Jimmie Dodd), Mary Espinosa,Bonnie Lynn Fields,[8] Judy Harriet, Linda Hughes, Dallas Johann, John Lee Johann, Bonni Lou Kern, Charlie Laney, Larry Larsen,Paul Petersen, Lynn Ready,Mickey Rooney Jr.,Tim Rooney, Mary Sartori, Bronson Scott, Margene Storey,Ronnie Steiner, and Mark Sutherland.[9] Larry Larsen, on only for the 1956–57 season, was the oldest Mouseketeer, being born in 1939, and Bronson Scott, on only the 1955–56 season, was the youngest Mouseketeer, being born in July 1947. Among the thousands who auditioned, but did not make the cut, were futureOscar-winning vocalist/songwriterPaul Williams and futurePrimetime Emmy Award-winning actressCandice Bergen.
The 39 Mouseketeers and the seasons in which they were featured (with the team color to which they belonged are listed for each season):
| Mouseketeers | Years | Seasons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Burgess | 1955–1959 | ||||
| Annette Funicello | 1955–1959 | ||||
| Darlene Gillespie | 1955–1959 | ||||
| Cubby O'Brien | 1955–1959 | ||||
| Karen Pendleton | 1955–1959 | ||||
| Doreen Tracey | 1955–1959 | ||||
| Sharon Baird | 1955–1959 | * | |||
| Tommy Cole | 1955–1959 | * | * | ||
| Lonnie Burr | 1955–1959 | - | |||
| Dennis Day | 1955–1957 | * | - | - | |
| Nancy Abbate | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Johnny Crawford | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Mike Smith | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Don Underhill | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Bonni Lou Kern | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Tim Rooney | 1955–1956 | * | - | - | - |
| Mary Sartori | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Bronson Scott | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Mark Sutherland | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| John Lee Johan | 1955–1956 | * | - | - | - |
| Billie Jean Beanblossom | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Mary Espinosa | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Judy Harriet | 1955–1956 | - | - | - | |
| Dallas Johann | 1955–1956 | * | - | - | - |
| Paul Petersen | 1955–1956 | * | - | - | - |
| Mickey Rooney Jr. | 1955–1956 | * | - | - | - |
| Dickie Dodd | 1955–1956 | * | - | - | - |
| Ron Steiner | 1955–1956 | * | - | - | - |
| Cheryl Holdridge | 1956–1958 | - | - | ||
| Jay-Jay Solari | 1956–1957 | - | - | - | |
| Sherry Alberoni | 1956–1957 | - | - | - | |
| Eileen Diamond | 1956–1957 | - | - | - | |
| Charley Laney | 1956–1957 | - | - | - | |
| Larry Larsen | 1956–1957 | - | - | - | |
| Margene Storey | 1956–1957 | - | - | - | |
| Don Grady | 1957–1958 | - | - | - | |
| Bonnie Lynn Fields | 1957–1958 | - | - | - | |
| Linda Hughes | 1957–1958 | - | - | - | |
| Lynn Ready | 1957–1958 | - | - | - | |
Notes: Cole and Day were originally blue & white team members, but were promoted to the red team later in the first season.
Johann, Petersen, and the Rooney brothers were all let go early in the first season. Dallas's brother John Lee replaced him, while Dodd and Steiner were hired as replacements for the Rooney brothers.
For the show's fourth season, only a small amount of new footage was filmed and was interspliced with material from previous seasons. Only six of the Mouseketeers—Funicello, Gillespie, Tracey, Burgess, Pendleton, and O'Brien—were believed[according to whom?] to have been called back for the filming of new material, while Cole and Baird were merely used for some publicity material.
Other notable non-Mouseketeer performers appeared in several dramatic segments:[5]
These non-Mouseketeers primarily appeared in several original serials filmed for the series, only some of which have appeared in reruns. Other Mouseketeers were also featured in some of the serials, particularly Annette Funicello and Darlene Gillespie.
Major serials included:[5]
The opening theme, "TheMickey Mouse March", was written by the show's primary adult host, Jimmie Dodd.[5] It was also reprised at the end of each episode, with the slower "it's time to say goodbye" verse. A shorter version of the opening title was used later in the series, in syndication, and on Disney Channel reruns. Dodd also wrote many other songs used in individual segments throughout the series.
Each day of the week had a special show theme, which was reflected in the several segments. The themes were:
The series ran on ABC Television for an hour each weekday in the 1955 and the 1956 seasons (from 5:00 - 6:00 pm ET), and only a half-hour weekdays in 1957, the final season to feature new programming.[10] Although the show returned for a 1958 season, these programs were repeats from the first two seasons, recut into a half-hour format.The Mickey Mouse Club was featured on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, andWalt Disney's Adventure Time, featuring reruns ofThe Mickey Mouse Club serials and several re-edited segments fromDisneyland andWalt Disney Presents, appeared on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Although the show remained popular, ABC decided to cancel it after its fourth season ended, because Disney and the ABC network could not come to terms for its renewal.[5] The cancellation of the show in September 1959 was attributed to several factors: the Disney studios did not explain high profit margins from merchandise sales, sponsors were uninterested in educational programming for children, and many commercials were needed to pay for the show. After cancelingThe Mickey Mouse Club, ABC also refused to let Disney air the show on another network.[11] Walt Disney filed a lawsuit against ABC, and won the damages in a settlement the following year, but he had to agree that both theMickey Mouse Club andZorro could not be aired on any major network. This leftWalt Disney Presents (initially titledDisneyland, later retitledWalt Disney's Wonderful World of Color when it moved to NBC) as the only Disney series that was left onprime time until 1972 whenThe Mouse Factory went on the air. The prohibition, which prevented major U.S. broadcast networks from airing the originalMickey Mouse Club (or any later version of it), was disputed when Disney acquired ABC in 1996. Although it would not air on ABC again, Disney ran it on Disney Channel's "Vault Disney" block from 1998 to 2002.
Although the series had been ended in America, many members of the cast assembled for highly successful tours of Australia in 1959 and 1960. The television series was very successful in Australia, and was still running on Australian television. The cast surprised Australian audiences, as by then they had physically matured and in some cases, bore little resemblance to the cast of youths with whom Australians were so familiar. Mainstream television did not reach Australia until 1956, so the series screened well into the 1960s when the back catalog expired.
In response to continuing audience demand, the originalMickey Mouse Club went into edited syndicated half-hour reruns that enjoyed wide distribution starting in the fall of 1962, achieving strong ratings especially during its first three seasons in syndicated release. Because of its popularity in some markets, a few stations continued to carry it into 1968 before the series was finally withdrawn from syndication. Some new features were added such asFun with Science or "Professor Wonderful" (with scientistJulius Sumner Miller) andMarvelous Marvin in the 1964–1965 season; Jimmie Dodd appeared in several of these new segments before his death in November 1964. Several markets expanded the program back to an hour's daily run time during the 1960s repeat cycle by adding locally produced and hosted portions involving educational subjects and live-audience participation of local children, in a manner not unlikeRomper Room.
In response to an upsurge in demand frombaby boomers entering adulthood, the show again went into syndicated reruns from January 20, 1975, until January 14, 1977.[12] It has since been rerun on cable specialty channels Disney in the United States andFamily in Canada. The originalMickey Mouse Club films aired five days a week on theDisney Channel from its launch in 1983 until the third version of the series began in 1989. The last airing of the edited 1950s material was on Disney Channel'sVault Disney from 1997 to September 2002. During the baseball seasons in 1975 and 1976,WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois, aired the show on a delayed basis due to Cubs baseball coverages.
Annette Funicello and Tim Considine were reunited onThe New Mickey Mouse Club in 1977. Darlene Gillespie and Cubby O'Brien were also reunited on another episode of the same series.[13]
Of the 39 original Mouseketeers, 31 were reunited for a television special, which aired onDisney's Wonderful World, in November 23, 1980.[14] Paul Williams – who hosted the special – and Tim Considine were named Honorary Mouseketeers during the special.
Cast members Annette Funicello, Bobby Burgess, Tommy Cole, Sharon Baird, Don Grady, and Sherry Alberoni were reunited on the 100th episode ofThe All-New Mickey Mouse Club, during the show's third season in 1990.
Mouseketeers Doreen Tracey, Cubby O'Brien, Sherry Alberoni, Sharon Baird, Don Grady, Cheryl Holdridge, Bobby Burgess, Karen Pendleton, Tommy Cole, and Mary Espinosa performed together atDisneyland in the fall of 2005, in observance of Disneyland's 50th birthday, and the 50th anniversary of the television premiere ofThe Mickey Mouse Club.
In 1977,Walt Disney Productions revived the concept, but modernized the show cosmetically, with adisco re-recording of the theme song and a more ethnically diverse group of young cast members. The sets were brightly colored and simpler than the detailed black-and-white artwork of the original. Like the original, nearly every day's episode included a vintage cartoon, though usually in color from the late 1930s onward. The 1977 Mouseketeers were part of the halftime show ofSuper Bowl XI on January 9, 1977.
Serials were usually old Disney movies, cut into segments for twice-weekly inclusion. Movies includedThird Man on the Mountain,The Misadventures of Merlin Jones and its sequelThe Monkey's Uncle (both starringTommy Kirk),Emil and the Detectives (retitledThe Three Skrinks),Tonka (retitledA Horse Called Comanche),The Horse Without a Head (about a toy horse), andToby Tyler (starringKevin Corcoran). In addition, one original serial was produced,The Mystery of Rustler's Cave, starringKim Richards andRobbie Rist. Often shown were scenes from animated Disney films, fromSnow White toThe Jungle Book billed as "Mouseka Movie Specials".
Theme days were:
The series debuted on January 17, 1977, on 38 local television stations in the United States, and by June of that same year, when the series was discontinued, about 70 stations in total had picked up the series. Additional stations picked up the canceled program, which continued to run until January 12, 1979; 130 new episodes, with much of the original material repackaged and a bit of new footage added, and a shortened version of the theme song, was produced to start airing September 5, 1977. Since the 1970s, the series has aired only briefly and sporadically in reruns, and only on Disney Channel's Vault Disney nighttime block (1997–2002). Unlike its 1950s predecessor and the 1989/1990s series that followed, which had DVD releases of select episodes in July 2005, this version has not had a DVD release and has been largely forgotten by many, including many kids of the 1970s who made it their club. On November 20, 1977, "The Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World" was shown onThe Wonderful World of Disney. WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois, also aired this version on a delayed basis in 1977 and 1978 during the Cubs baseball season due to game coverages.Action for Children's Television successfully got the show canceled because of their objections to the types of commercials that aired during the program. It also aired onBBC One in the United Kingdom from 1978 to 1980,[15] and onTVB Pearl in Hong Kong from 1978.[16]
The cast of 12 (five boys and seven girls) had a more diverse multiethnic background than the 1950s version. Several 1977–1978 cast members went on to become television stars and other notable icons.
The show's most notable alumna wasLisa Whelchel (born in 1963, inLittlefield, Texas), who later starred in theNBC television sitcomThe Facts of Life, which ran from 1979 to 1988, before becoming a well-known Christian author, and overall runner-up, and winner of the $100,000 viewers' choice award, on thefall 2012 season of theCBS television reality seriesSurvivor. MouseketeerJulie Piekarski (born in 1963 inSt. Louis,Missouri) also appeared with Lisa Whelchel on the first season ofThe Facts of Life. Kelly Parsons (born in 1964, inCoral Gables, Florida) went on to become abeauty queen and runner-up toMiss USA.
Other Mouseketeers (from seasons 1–2) from the 1977 show:[9]
Disneyvoice actor and sound effects editorWayne Allwine voiced Mickey Mouse in the animated lead-ins for the show, replacing Jimmy MacDonald, who in 1947 had replaced Walt Disney as the voice of Mickey for theatrical short cartoons. Walt Disney was the original voice of Mickey, voiced Mickey for the original 1954–1959 run, and provided the voice for animated introductions to the original television show, but he died in 1966. Following MacDonald's tenure, Allwine provided the voice for the character up to his death in 2009.
Future rock musicianCourtney Love (wife ofNirvana lead singerKurt Cobain) claims to have auditioned for a part on the show, reading a poem bySylvia Plath; she was not selected.[17]
Former Mouseketeers Annette Funicello and serial star Tim Considine guest-starred in one episode; former Mouseketeers Darlene Gillespie and Cubby O'Brien were also reunited on another episode.
The lyrics of the "Mickey Mouse Club March" theme song were slightly different from the original, with two additional lines: "He's our favorite Mouseketeer; we know you will agree" and "Take some fun and mix in love, our happy recipe".
A soundtrack album[18] was released with the show.
A new rendition of the "Mickey Mouse Club March" was made later on in 1999 by Mannheim Steamroller, a contemporary band, in hopes of connecting new-age children and their parents who watched theMickey Mouse Club.
This incarnation was not distributed by Disney only; while Disney did produce the series, it was co-produced and distributed bySFM Entertainment, which also handled 1970s-era syndication of the original 1950s series. (Disney since reacquired only distribution rights.)
Reruns of the originalThe Mickey Mouse Club began airing on Disney Channel with its 1983 launch. While the show was popular with younger audiences, Disney Channel executives felt it had become dated over the years, particularly because it was aired in black-and-white. Their answer was to create a brand-new, rebooted version of the club, one targeted at contemporary audiences. The all-new "club members" wore Mouseketeer varsity jackets instead of Mickey Mouse ears. This show was calledThe All-New Mickey Mouse Club (also known asMMC to fans).
This version of the series features a number of cast members who went on to achieve global success in entertainment, including actorRyan Gosling, futureNSYNC membersJustin Timberlake andJC Chasez, singersBritney Spears andChristina Aguilera, actressKeri Russell, voice actressDeedee Magno, futureEn Vogue memberRhona Bennett, singerChase Hampton, andHallmark Channel movie starNikki DeLoach.
Throughout the show's run,Fred Newman was the main adult co-host from the beginning of the series until season six. In the first season, Newman was joined by other co-host Mowava Pryor. She was then replaced by Terri Eoff from the fourth until the sixth season. By the show's final season, two original members,Chase Hampton andTiffini Hale, became the co-hosts.
This was also the first version of the club to have any studio audience, though only a moderate-sized group.
Former Mouseketeer Don Grady guest-starred in the season-one finale. Grady, along with fellow Mouseketeers Annette Funicello, Bobby Burgess, Tommy Cole, Sharon Baird, and Sherry Alberoni, were reunited on the 100th episode, during the show's third season. Funicello later appeared on the show again, in an interview with the MouseketeerLindsey Alley.
For the first five seasons, the series aired Monday through Friday at 5:30 pm. The show's sixth season aired Monday to Thursday. In its final season, it aired Thursdays only at 7:00 pm (later moved a half hour later, to 7:30 pm). The series premiered Monday, April 24, 1989, ended production in October 1994, and aired its last original episode in 1996. Seasons three and five had the most episodes at 55 each, with seasons one, two, and seven running about 45 episodes. Seasons four and six had about 36 episodes each.
The show was known for its sketch comedy. Some of the sketches played off famous movies, musicals, and even cartoons, as well as holiday-related skits. During the final season, some of the skits showed everyday occurrences in the lives of adolescents.
The series featured music videos of the Mouseketeers singing their versions of popular songs in front of a live studio audience or at locations withinWalt Disney World. This became one of the most popular segments. Due to the age of both the performers and the target demographic, lyrics with objectionable content were generally edited out of the songs and replaced with more appropriate language.
A unique feature of the show was the Mouseketeers performing concerts on different days (which were usually taped the day before or in the summer, when the kids had more time). During the final season, the concerts were replaced primarily by live performances that featured singing and dancing in front of the audience.
This version maintained the "theme day" format from the previous two versions. When Disney decided to revamp the show for its final season, the show was reduced to a single weekly airing, shown only on Thursdays. Although still produced as a daily series during the final season taping in 1994, Disney Channel, after canceling the series once season-seven production had ended, decided to air the final season in a weekly format, therefore stretching the first-run episodes into early 1996. The final season premiered in May 1995, almost a year after production had started and more than six months after the series finale was taped.
Theme days were:
The adult co-hosts for the show wereFred Newman (1989–1993), Mowava Pryor (1989–1990), Terri Misner Eoff (1991–1993),Tiffini Hale (1994), andChase Hampton (1994).
The 35 Mouseketeers and the seasons in which they were featured are:[5]
| Mouseketeers | Year(s) | Seasons | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Josh Ackerman | 1989–1994 | |||||||
| Lindsey Alley | 1989–1994 | |||||||
| Jennifer McGill | 1989–1994 | |||||||
| Tiffini Hale | 1989–1991, 1994 | * | - | - | ||||
| Chase Hampton | 1989–1991, 1994 | * | - | - | ||||
| Albert Fields | 1989–1991 | * | - | - | - | |||
| Deedee Magno | 1989–1991 | * | - | - | - | |||
| Damon Pampolina | 1989–1991 | * | - | - | - | |||
| Brandy Brown | 1989–1990 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Raquel Herring | 1989 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Braden Danner | 1989 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| David Kater | 1989 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kevin Osgood | 1989–1992 | - | - | - | ||||
| Ricky Luna | 1990–1994 | - | - | |||||
| Ilana Miller | 1990–1994 | - | - | |||||
| Marc Worden | 1990–1994 | - | - | |||||
| Mylin Brooks Stoddard | 1990–1992 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Jason Minor | 1990–1992 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Rhona Bennett | 1991–1994 | - | - | - | ||||
| Nita Booth Young | 1991–1994 | - | - | - | ||||
| JC Chasez | 1991–1994 | - | - | - | ||||
| Dale Godboldo | 1991–1994 | - | - | - | ||||
| Tony Lucca | 1991–1994 | - | - | - | ||||
| Matt Morris | 1991–1994 | - | - | - | ||||
| Keri Russell | 1991–1993 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Blain Carson | 1991–1992 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tasha Danner | 1991–1992 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Terra McNair Deva | 1991–1992 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 1993–1994 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Nikki DeLoach | 1993–1994 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| T.J. Fantini | 1993–1994 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Ryan Gosling | 1993–1994 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tate Lynche | 1993–1994 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Britney Spears | 1993–1994 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Justin Timberlake | 1993–1994 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Note: For the show's fourth season,Albert Fields,Tiffini Hale,Chase Hampton,Deedee Magno, andDamon Pampolina were featured in segments asthe Party, primarily in footage separate from the rest of the cast.
The last three seasons of MMC had a prerecorded drama series calledEmerald Cove with the older cast members:
The Mickey Mouse Club was rebooted under the nameClub Mickey Mouse with a new set of Mouseketeers in September 2017,[19] and for the first time, the series was made available onFacebook andInstagram, rather than its original half hour to full hour format on television, and is more like a reality show than a variety show, with about 90% of its content being behind the scenes. The series is unrelated to a Malaysian television series of the same name produced around the same time, which bears more resemblance to the structure of previousMickey Mouse Club productions.
This incarnation ofThe Mickey Mouse Club featured eight Mouseketeers who ranged in age from 15 to 18: Regan Aliyah, Jenna Alvarez,Ky Baldwin, Gabe De Guzman, Leanne Tessa Langston, Brianna Mazzola, Sean Oliu, and Will Simmons.[20] The Mouseketeers were also joined by the guest starTodrick Hall, who also served as a mentor to the cast during the casting, and Jennifer Chia as the host.[21]
The series was produced byDisney Digital Network.[20][22] No new episodes or music videos have been produced since 2018, as DDN had undergone financial difficulties and shut down the year after, effectively cancelingClub Mickey Mouse.[23]
A new version of the series debuted on July 23, 2015, onDisney Channel Korea. The format of revival included musical performances, games, and skits, as same as the original one in the US. The series had two pilot episodes and 10 regular episodes. The Mouseketeers consisted of nine members ofS.M. Entertainment's pre-debut trainees teamSM Rookies, consisting of five boys –Mark,Jeno,Haechan,Jaemin, andJisung – and four girls – Koeun, Hina, Herin, and Lami.
The series was hosted byLeeteuk of boy bandSuper Junior.[24]
The show ended on December 17 the same year.
| The Mickey Mouse Club | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Club Mickey Mouse Malaysia |
| Based on | The Mickey Mouse Club |
| Country of origin | Malaysia |
| Original languages | English Malay |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 48 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22–28 minutes |
| Production company | Red Communications Sdn. Bhd. |
| Original release | |
| Network |
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| Release | September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) – July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) |
Club Mickey Mouse was created in Malaysia.[25] The format included musical performances, games and comedy sketches.
The series was hosted by YouTube personality, Charis Ow, and premiered onDisney Channel Asia on September 15, 2017.[26] The series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on July 6, 2018, and a third season which premiered on June 14, 2019. All members appeared as guest stars (except Dheena Menon) on Episode 14 ("Friends in Need, Indeed!") onDisney Channel Asia Original Series,Wizards of Warna Walk.
Charis and Dheena did not return for the following the season. Disney Channel Asia subsequently cast two new Mouseketeers for an audition, Eric and Melynna. Following the shutdown of the channel, season four ofClub Mickey Mouse aired in 2021 exclusively onDisney+ Hotstar, instead, and SKTV Kids in 2023.
In November 2021, the fourth season of the show aired onDisney+ in selected territories.[27] The series was removed from Disney+ on May 26, 2023, amid the Disney+ andHulu purge.[28]
| Mouseketeers | Year(s) | Notes[29] |
|---|---|---|
| Charis Ow | 2017–2020 | Head Mouseketeer |
| Dheena Menon | 2017–2020 | |
| Erissa Puteri Hashim | 2017–2021 | |
| Nur Alianatsha Hanafi | 2017–2018 | |
| Mohd Wafiy Ilhan Johan | 2017–2021 | |
| Ahmad Faiz Najib | 2017–2021 | |
| Gabriel Noel Pountney | 2017–2021 | |
| Ellya Keesha | 2018–2021 | |
| Eric Lau Löfstedt | 2021 | Head Mouseketeer |
| Melynna Rose | 2021 |
