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Hmmmmmmmm.... What to complain about? What to complain about? Can't find anything except that there are only 5 episode of the original MMC available, and this is it. I mean, it was a daily show and all. Can't really expect them to release nearly 1000 1 hour episodes on DVD. But these five, the first five, episodes are perfect in every way.
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My 55 year old baby sister and I watched this DVD together, and loved every minute of it. But my own very personal reason for purchasing the DVD was to re-visit the 'What I Want to Be' series in its entirety. I didn't realize that I wouldn't be getting the entire series when I made the purchase, so I was more than a little disappointed. But on a more positive note, I believe that our most vivid and detailed memories are for many of us, the ones that we experienced as little kids, and for me, seeing those first five episodes of the WIWTB series took me back to those times like nothing else ever could. It's actually scary for me, the way I actually remember so many of the script lines from more than fifty years ago! And I hate to think what this former would-be airline pilot would be willing to pay the folks over at Disney to be able to see episodes 6 through 10 once again. While I went on to do other things in my professional life, I will forever be inspired by that make-believe journey of that little boy Duncan in his own pilot's uniform riding shotgun in the cockpit of that magnificent TWA Constellation. What a one-of-a-kind nostalgic rush! My only reason for the four star rating (rather than five stars) is the "missing" episodes 6 through 10. Disney should consider bundling WIWTB, Spin & Marty and the other short series in future DVDs for those of us who want it all, from beginning to end. I'm waiting.....
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I have ordered this DVD set and will order any more that Disney puts on the market.
The sad part is that they will never be released as they were shot; IN COLOR.
I have read that even tho TV was still in black and white at the time. Walt Disney insisted that the Mickey Mouse Club be shot in Color. A Fact that should suprise no one.
Unfortunatly today's Disney keeps looking forward, and as a result we see poorly made remakes of the older movies. (What they did to Flubber still turns my stomach.) I know that these movies are outdated, but so am I. I still would rather see a movie that doesn't use bloody body count for ratings.
I have also heard that the old Mouseketeers (don't know how many) have filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit is indeed about residuals. And untill that is settled (maybe it has been, I don't know) we will get what falls thru the cracks.
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Being a lifelong Disney fanatic, I have heard of the Mickey Mouse Club quite often, but never actually seen it. Until I sat down to watch this set.
Part of the Walt Disney Treasures collection, this two disc DVD set contains the first week's worth of episodes from 1955. Each of the five episodes runs approximately 47 minutes and are presented in black and white, which is how they were originally filmed and broadcast.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday start off with newsreels. A foreign concept now, they highlight kids around the world and things they are accomplishing. Each episode contains another entry in the first series "I Want to Be an Airline Pilot/Hostess" which follows two kids as they get a behind the scenes tour of TWA. Some of the attitudes are definitely 1950's gender rolls, but considering that's when it was created, nothing else should be expected. Each episode also contains a Mickey Mouse cartoon. Since the show was filmed in black and white, the cartoons are black and white as well no matter what their original color release was. For those looking for the cartoons in color, it's best to look at other Disney Treasures releases.
Each episode also includes the Mouseketeers and the theme of the day. Monday they get to sing and dance with "The Friendly Farmer" and "The Shoe Song," a couple funny songs. Tuesday brings guest Wally Boag and his puppet friend doing a show. Also featured is a balloonist making animals while telling jokes. When anything can happen on Wednesday, the Mouseketeers form a gadget band with the pans, bottles, and combs found lying around the set. Thursday features the DeWaynes Acrobats for Circus Day. Finally, Friday highlights the trumpet talent of Larry Ashurst and Mouseketeer Cubby O'Brien's drumming.
Just now watching these shows as an adult, I must confess I don't quite see the appeal. Of course, I'm about 50 years too late and at least 20 years too old to be in the target audience. After the first couple episodes, I was ready to quit. Then an interesting thing happened. I started to enjoy them. Not that I want to sit down and watch every episode ever made of the show, but I was beginning to find something appealing about the hokey songs and antics. By the end, I was disappointed that I didn't have the next episode to see what happened next in the serial.
No Disney Treasures set would be complete without some kind of bonus features. Besides the introduction on both discs by Leonard Maltin, disc one features a tribute to head Mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd and disc two features six of the original Mouseketeers (Sharon Baird, Bobby Burgess, Lonnie Burr, Doreen Tracey, Cubby O'Brien, and Karen Pendleton) sharing memories of what it was like to be on the show. Both are fascinating. In addition, both discs contain stills galleries of behind the scenes pictures. Disc two also contains the opening in color (it was filmed in both originally), and some footage of the Mouseketeer performance at Disneyland's opening day.
Some of the Disney Treasures sets are designed with a specific audience in mind. This set will appeal most to Baby Boomers looking for a reminder of their childhood and confirmed Disney fanatics. Others probably won't enjoy these five programs from fifty years ago.
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When the Mickey Mouse Club aired in 1955, the New York Times predicted it would never last. But in 1955, an estimated 10 million kids tuned in, and at it's peak, Disney sold 26,000 pairs of mouse ears weekly. As reviewers have noted, this DVD is not the best of the MM Club. Instead of rating episodes, Disney went for historical value. Here's the first week of hour long shows. The talent line up went like this: Monday: Fun with Music Day; Tuesday: Guest Star Day; Wednesday: Anything Can Happen Day; Thursday: Circus Day; Friday: Talent Round-Up Day.
The best of the extras include Leonard Maltin's intros ( a staple on all Disney Treasures DVDs) and a reunion with the Mousketeers. As many people are beginning to realize, Disney's live action productions were second only to his animation. No, this isn't the best of the club run (Another video has been released with the "best" on it). But it is a trip back down memory lane to when TV was a new fantasyland, and a dreamer named Disney put kids on the stage and turned it upside down.
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