The Mickey Mouse Club

The Mickey Mouse Club, otherwise referred to as MMC for short, was an American variety television series that began in 1955, ran intermittently, and left the air in 1996. It was directed by Walt Disney Productions.

The Mickey Mouse Club
Also known as	The New Mickey Mouse Club (1977–1979) The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (1989–1996) Club Mickey Mouse (2017–2018)
Created by	Walt Disney Hal Adelquist
Presented by	Fred Newman (1989 revival, seasons 1-6) Mowava Pryor (1989 revival, seasons 1-3)
Theme music composer	Jimmie Dodd
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	14
No. of episodes	360
Production
Producer	Bill Walsh (1955–1958)
Running time	22-44 minutes
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Original release
Network	United States: ABC (1955–1959) Syndication (1977–1979) The Disney Channel (1989–1996) Canada: Family Channel (1989–1996)
Release	October 3, 1955 (1955-10-03) – March 7, 1996 (1996-03-07)

Over the years, the series featured many stellar teenage performers including Annette Funicello, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake. The original series ran newsreels, cartoons, talent segments, and Disney produced serials such as The Hardy Boys with Tommy Kirk and Tim Considine.

Mickey Mouse Club was hosted by Jimmie Dodd, a songwriter and the Head Mouseketeer. He provided leadership both on and off screen. In addition to his other contributions, he often provided short segments encouraging young viewers to make the right moral choices. These little sermons became known as "Doddisms".^[1]

Related pages

• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse