The
Mickey Mouse Club was a very long-running variety
television series in the
1950s, produced and televised by the
Walt Disney Company, featuring a regular but ever-changing cast of teenage performers, of which the most popular was
Annette Funicello[?]. Each show would have a dramatic portion in which teens faced challenges in everyday situations, often overcome by their common sense or through recourse to the advice of respected elders.
In the 1980s, the Disney Channel revived the show with a different format. The teens pretty much ran their own lives, getting into trouble that would have seemed scandalous to 1950s audiences. The characters rarely sought or followed adult advice.
Notable performers from the new Mickey Mouse Club show: