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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936775037
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
MPN: DISD58392D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Running Time: 240 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Video
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Product Description:
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008
Amazon.com:
Annette Funicello was "was the perfect girl next door!" enthuses former teen actress and pal Shelley Fabares in the excellent documentary included in Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents Annette, 1957-1958. But Annette, TV's first true breakout kid star, was so much more--the Britney/Miley/Lindsay of her day, loved by children as well as their moms and dads. This wonderful boxed set is rich with Disney memories, including 20 Mickey Mouse Club Annette episodes, and extras including the lovely documentary (featuring an interview with the adult, still lovely Funicello, done in the early 1990s) and two complete special MMC episodes focusing on music. There is also an invaluable introduction and ongoing commentary by film historian Leonard Maltin, who gives great context for Funicello's career. She was the only Mouseketeer hand-picked by Walt himself, and her appearance on the show marked a departure for the previously very white-bread medium, as Funicello was "ethnic-looking," her dark Italian features unusual on '50s TV.
This set focuses on episodes when Annette comes to California to stay with her aunt and uncle, and basically does teenager stuff, like hanging out at the malt shop, making plans for the weekend sock hop, and figuring out how to pin on corsages. At one point, Annette's stuffy uncle suggests she attend a school different from one a new pal goes to, and the usually compliant Annette simply has to burst out, "Oh, please, Uncle Archie, can't I go to Old South High, Jet says it's keen!" It's all very quaint and endearing, and a reminder of how winsome the young Annette was, before she became a singing sensation ("Tall Paul") and boogied on the beach with Frankie Avalon in the '60s. Disney and early-television fans will want this sweet--make that keen collection. --A.T. Hurley
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I was absolutely thrilled to get this DVD. I watch the stores for the newest "Treasures" but found quite a few online that I didn't know existed. This was one of them. I received in excellent condition, quite promptly and completely satisfied with it. I will be looking for more Disneyana online in the future.
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This was the best money I've ever spent on a DVD since DVDs first started coming out. It's an expensive DVD set, especially now that it's out of print. But it was worth every penny to get it.
First off, I am still amazed that the Disney company even released the "Annette" serial on DVD. I wasn't around in '58 to see its original run. I first saw "Annette" when I used to watch reruns of the Mickey Mouse Club in 1975 as a young teenager. I had never seen the Mickey Mouse Club show ... Read More
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What a delight it is to see fresh-faced Disney darling Annette Funicello, starring in her very own self-titled TV serial. The twenty-part story of ANNETTE aired during the third and final season of "The Mickey Mouse Club". It had originally been planned as a co-starring vehicle for both Annette and fellow Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie (who had already headlined the "Corky and White Shadow" serial) but Walt Disney later removed her from the cast--presumably because Gillespie would instead play Dorothy ... Read More
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I love my dvd of annette the serial. she was my favorite star of all time. I sure wish they had more things of annette and just not the beach party movies. I waited 50 years for this to come out. Much thanks!!!
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Loved it! Took me back 54 years to my childhood. I never missed an episode of Spin & Marty. Wish I could buy the later versions! Highly recommended for fellow baby-boomers!
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