The Mickey Mouse Club

The Mickey Mouse Club was produced by Disney American television program for children and young people and ran in the 1950s, 1970s and 1990s on ABC in the U.S. Disney Channel.

The series of the 1950s

In the 1950s, the series ran on weekdays from 1955 until 1959. Between 1955 and 1957 she had a duration of one hour, from 1957 it was shortened to half an hour. The show was canceled in the spring of 1959 by Walt Disney. Until the late 1970s, but it was repeated at irregular intervals in U.S. television.

The members of the original cast came together again in 1980 for a TV special.

The series consisted of a played scene in which young people had in everyday scenes obstacles overcome by showing common sense or listened to the advice of adults. The main cast of the series (also known as Mouseketeers ) also appeared in music and dance numbers. Moderator and upper - Mouseketeer ( Head Mouseketeer ) was Jimmie Dodd, who wrote the text of the title song.

The show of the 1970

On January 17, 1977 a new edition of the original series in U.S. television was demonstrated for the first time. The Walt Disney Company had modernized the concept. The title song was a disco number, the sets were colorful and straightforward. Among the Mouseketeers for the first time were members of ethnic minorities.

The series proved to be a flop, as only 70 TV stations bought up the series and it was discontinued despite minor changes in the concept, which should increase the success, after a year.

The remake of the 1980s and 1990s

In 1989, the " Mickey Mouse Club " under the title of MMC was reissued with a different format. The characters of the main cast have now been shown independently, and often found themselves in situations that would have caused a scandal in the 1950s. In addition, they often followed the advice of adults. This series ran until 1994 and was for some members of the cast of the start of a successful career, so for Christina Aguilera ( 1993-1994), Keri Russell, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Ryan Gosling and Britney Spears.

Disney Club ( Germany )

The Disney subsidiary Buena Vista International produced from 1991 to 1995 the Disney Club, which was hosted, among others, by Antje Pieper, Ralf Bauer and Stefan Pinnow and was broadcast in the afternoon program of the ARD.