As an "old guy", when I was in school all the girls wore dresses. I miss seeing a lady in a dress. They all wear slacks now! As an aside the guys dressed nice too!
wow... im in high school now and seeing how different teenagers were then, i have no words. i wish we were all as polite and modest as those teens. i for some reason cant imagine them cussing, spreading gossip and disobeying their parents... so compared to now, well you understand what i mean.
Funicello was the last of the original Mousketeers chosen; she was personally picked by Walt Disney himself. She quickly rose to the top in popularity; at one point in time, she was getting nearly 8,000 fan mail letters per week. David Stollery (Mike in the serial) followed the lead of most child/teen actors on the Mickey Mouse Club by leaving show business soon after the series ended. He went on to be an automobile designer for General Motors and Toyotal.
This serial was, in my opinion, the ultimate Mouseketeer showcase, having featured Sharon Baird, Doreen Tracy, Cheryl Holdridge, Tommy Cole and Bonnie Fields, to possibly name a few.
It was also a reflection of their upbringing and education. It used to be that High School was designed to prepare a workforce. Now High School graduates have to go to college to learn what they should have learned the first 12 years of their education. In many ways, this has extended adolescence, which explains the contrast in maturity that is noticed.
Roberta Shore ( Laura)was talented WAY beyond her years. When you see her perform this "Three R's Of Today(Reading, Writing, and Rhythm) hard to believe she only FOURTEEN at the time! Amazing! I hate that she gave up performing when she got to be about 21. Anyhow that's an amazing performance. Anyone Agree?
Wasn't Roberta Shore in The Virginian later? I could be confusing her with someone else. Pop culture tends to wash over me. Asked a gazillion years after the original comment! 🙃 While I remember the original MMC, I wasn't able to watch it very often. Was at the ballet studio most days after school. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ...Teale 🏜️
@@poetryjones7946 It's hard to know how long her career would have lasted since tastes changed in the mid 60s. Most younger performers took the wise decision to live a normal life and be happy to avoid the traps that other younger performers fell into and ended up being consumed and destroyed by the very industry that made them famous.
She is empathetic and kind. When I was a teen, the gorgeous girls made the guys who weren't much older and didn't own an expensive car feel like losers. The pretty teen girls still do. I see my neighbor's daughters only going out with guys like this.
I've heard her talk about that. Even today at age 69 she is very recognizable. She has also shown her talent for doing different dialects and accents. She was very convincing as French Girl named Francesca who spoke only minimal English in THE SHAGGY DOG. She also sang the them song!
It is with sadness that I inform you that Bonnie Lynn Fields, seen in the 'Annette' serial, passed away recently after a battle with throat cancer. She was 68.
I agree. By the way, Miss Shore appeared as Betsey (spelling correct) in 'The Virginian' for about three or four seasons before she left to get married.
RE: the dancing scene at 7:50.....I used to work with a woman who graduated from high school in 1957. I remember her telling me that when she was a teenager, it was "kinda cool" to get nostalgic about the "Roaring '20s". She understood how and why a song like Connie Francis' "Who's sorry now?" was such a huge hit. Yes, teens quickly gravitated to the fun sounds of rock-n-roll and rhythm -n-blues, but there was a certain "Aaaaw! How sweet. I love it!" when looking at vintage stuff from the 1920s...the cloche hats and coats and head bands with little feathers, long necklaces to swing around while dancing, etc.
Hard to believe these segments are really only 10 minutes long. When I first saw these as a boy -- and had no concept of time -- the episodes seemed to last forever.
It would have been interesting casting if they had gotten Darlene Gillespie to play Laura instead of the Jet role they originally offered her before she dropped out. Darlene as Laura Rogan would have perfectly reflected her and Annette's relationship on the '' Mickey Mouse Club ''. That i would have loved to have seen.
Hey!who cares about the dresses? It's all about Annette funicello . She's such a wonderful person. She is truly a wonderful person. She's clean. So praise God for some eons like her.
@MsPinoke Even the most ill-mannered kids in those days were better behaved than kids today! And these kids understood that dance involves rhythmic movement and some measure of practice, not just grinding against each other like cats in heat!
Has anyone ever listened to the RECORDED versions of "How Will I Know My Love" and "Don't Jump To Conclusions"? They are different from the versions sung in the serial "How Will.." is much slower on the record, and Don't Jump... is sung by Annette With The After Beats a studio vocal group rather than Roberta Shore and Company in this serial. Also I once had a Mickey Mouse Club record, and "Meet Me At The Malt Shop" was sung by The Disneyland Record singers rather than Annette and David
It's a show and theses are actors going by a script. You really believe this is an accurate representation how the kids really were in real life during the times? Dont get me wrong, the shows during these times are indeed charming but the style of reminds me of a 5th grade school play. Go watch the movie "Stand by Me," which is a more of accurate portrayal of 50's life and has a more realistic way people conversed with each other.
True, and they were all professionally trained dancers wearing expensive suits and dresses . Most people did dress and behave (in public, not necessarily at home) better back then in general.
@MsPinoke This was an idylic view of middle class life in the mid 50s. Basically, there were some nice people like this. But like all fantasies, this is not exactly a documentary. Many of the films and television shows of this nature portrayed a suggestion of how we wanted things to be, not exactly how they really were. While there was a crowd of people with manners and tasteful fashions, there were also Juvenile Deliquents and rebels as depicted in the James Dean films.
LOL ..... how when she was singing at the Piano all of a sudden there was a full orchestra backing her up .... That was wayyyyyyyyy before Karaoke wonder if she knew I made an MP3 out of her song ??ROFLMAO
Who would've guessed that this teen party - and in fact, the whole town - was such a hotbed of social castes, jealousies, competitions, and intrigue? And yet, here they are, in one innocent episode of "Annette".
The kids here have a decent dress style compared to today's youth...also: they have manners! Yes, you still have a bad egg here & there, but the kids back then could show the kids today some rightious things! Ya know?
I wish that Disney would go back in and at least change the music for the party scenes...I understand that in 1958, there were more than a few parents that did not like the 'corrupt' influence of Rock 'n Roll...and back then, rather than stir up controversy, it seems as if Walt Disney 'side-stepped' all that by going the 'never heard of it' route when it comes to music..Shame, really. Too, those spotlight songs at the kids 'gatherings'... Yeah, I wouldn't change much else, but definitely the music. Thanks.
@Gnillob802 Right! Seems they listened to the same music as their parents...i.e.- whatever was on the Hit Parade. I'm sure one or two of the staff suggested some rock 'n' roll tunes, but I have a feeling ol' Walt vetoed that idea. And there was probably concern that parents of the kids watching this when it first aired would be outraged.
I like'ed the Mickey mouse show on tv when I was growing up. On the tv show's when I was growing up, the show's on tv were good clean show's on tv. The girls all wore dress'es down to there ankles & the boys wore suites. The girls wore dress'es that cover'ed everything, not like tv is today where people are showing everything. TV back when I was a kid growing up, the tv show's were all clean fun to watch & there was no cussing. Look how tv today has change'ed over 50 years sence I was growing up. ( a lot!!!)
Gotta love '50s teens hangin' out in the malt shop! 7:24--Where'd the invisible jazz band come from? Good thing I've seen the episode after this one. Otherwise I'd have been like, "Spin the bottle!?! WTF?!?! Five episodes of pure Disney '50s innocence and then they bust THAT out?!!" Hahaha
Correct me if I'm wrong,but isn't this almost the same cast verbatim as in SPIN AND MARTY, playing different but similar roles? Tim Considine and Mike Stollery act similar to those characters as they do in these roles. I know Annette had a part in one of their adventures, if not the original, then in one of the two sequels.
Actually, this was the way parties went in the suburbs. Rich kids dressed well and most teens in the '50's could dance. Kids now-a-days black or white can't dance for shit.
@@larrysmith647 Well, you're entitled to your opinion, BUT YOU'RE WRONG! In the 50's and especially 60's, we had The Monkey, The Jerk, The Swim, The Frug, The Twist, The Watusi, among others. Dancing was an art form...it was cool, trippy and wild, baby.
If you near Dania(Ft.Lauderdale,) there's the best ice cream place that's been there since the 50'scalled Jaxons. If you dream of malts or ice cream sodas GO!!
I love the dresses. I wish they made more dresses like those these days. And people then knew how to dance!
As an "old guy", when I was in school all the girls wore dresses. I miss seeing a lady in a dress. They all wear slacks now! As an aside the guys dressed nice too!
Dress was definitely better back then, but remember these kids are (were) professional, auditioned, performers and were all well trained dancers.
ModCloth.com has a lot of vintage dresses
And men should wear more trousers, jackets and ties. AND HATS! When will the dress pendulum swing back to more formal styles?
They still make dresses like those where I live where do you live? I live in Seattle Washington.
A lot of professional dancers and singers went to that high school🤣
I was born in the wrong era. They dressed so elegant in the '50's, so classy.
I was born in 1966. Wish i was born 20 years earlier. L.O.L.🤣🤣🤣
Not to mention the segregation 🤩
That time was amazing had fun born in mid 50 especially Davy Crockett series and Zorro series
It was a rough Time!
wow... im in high school now and seeing how different teenagers were then, i have no words. i wish we were all as polite and modest as those teens. i for some reason cant imagine them cussing, spreading gossip and disobeying their parents... so compared to now, well you understand what i mean.
Funicello was the last of the original Mousketeers chosen; she was personally picked by Walt Disney himself. She quickly rose to the top in popularity; at one point in time, she was getting nearly 8,000 fan mail letters per week.
David Stollery (Mike in the serial) followed the lead of most child/teen actors on the Mickey Mouse Club by leaving show business soon after the series ended. He went on to be an automobile designer for General Motors and Toyotal.
Good morning!
"Do I look OK?...No Annette, you look terrific."
She always did!
This serial was, in my opinion, the ultimate Mouseketeer showcase, having featured Sharon Baird, Doreen Tracy, Cheryl Holdridge, Tommy Cole and Bonnie Fields, to possibly name a few.
Show came out when I was only 9 years old in1958 I became a big fan of Elvis presley then❤❤❤
Gosh, I just adore how mature and sophisticated these kids were back in the day. Such Class.
It was also a reflection of their upbringing and education. It used to be that High School was designed to prepare a workforce. Now High School graduates have to go to college to learn what they should have learned the first 12 years of their education. In many ways, this has extended adolescence, which explains the contrast in maturity that is noticed.
Roberta Shore ( Laura)was talented WAY beyond her years. When you see her perform this "Three R's Of Today(Reading, Writing, and Rhythm) hard to believe she only FOURTEEN at the time! Amazing! I hate that she gave up performing when she got to be about 21.
Anyhow that's an amazing performance. Anyone Agree?
Wasn't Roberta Shore in The Virginian later? I could be confusing her with someone else. Pop culture tends to wash over me. Asked a gazillion years after the original comment! 🙃
While I remember the original MMC, I wasn't able to watch it very often. Was at the ballet studio most days after school. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
...Teale 🏜️
Totally agree! I read that she was a very devoted Mormon & left acting to devote herself to marriage and children.
@@poetryjones7946 It's hard to know how long her career would have lasted since tastes changed in the mid 60s. Most younger performers took the wise decision to live a normal life and be happy to avoid the traps that other younger performers fell into and ended up being consumed and destroyed by the very industry that made them famous.
Heck, in 1959 we could get a movie ticket, box of popcorn and a green river drink for $.50 (I was in the 4th grade).
Are you trying to say "50 cents"? The reason why I ask is if it is $ 0.50¢ then you are referring to half a cent.
She is empathetic and kind.
When I was a teen, the gorgeous girls made the guys who weren't much older and didn't own an expensive car feel like losers.
The pretty teen girls still do. I see my neighbor's daughters only going out with guys like this.
"55 CENTS FOR A MALT?" Hahah
+Freaksoftheinternet No, 35 cents for the malt, 20 cents for the rootbeer float!
+Pamhamlet "what are you guys tryna do? Bankrupt me?!" Lol
the good old days ..
I wish I grew up in the 1950s-1960s.
Now THIS is what parties should look like. :)
I've heard her talk about that. Even today at age 69 she is very recognizable. She has also shown her talent for doing different dialects and accents. She was very convincing as French Girl named Francesca who spoke only minimal English in THE SHAGGY DOG. She also sang the them song!
Great soda shop!! Cool milkshake makers! I could go for a chocolate milkshake there right now!!
It is with sadness that I inform you that Bonnie Lynn Fields, seen in the 'Annette' serial, passed away recently after a battle with throat cancer. She was 68.
That Olmstead kid looks like a miniature Mel Torme.
I agree. By the way, Miss Shore appeared as Betsey (spelling correct) in 'The Virginian' for about three or four seasons before she left to get married.
RE: the dancing scene at 7:50.....I used to work with a woman who graduated from high school in 1957. I remember her telling me that when she was a teenager, it was "kinda cool" to get nostalgic about the "Roaring '20s". She understood how and why a song like Connie Francis' "Who's sorry now?" was such a huge hit. Yes, teens quickly gravitated to the fun sounds of rock-n-roll and rhythm -n-blues, but there was a certain "Aaaaw! How sweet. I love it!" when looking at vintage stuff from the 1920s...the cloche hats and coats and head bands with little feathers, long necklaces to swing around while dancing, etc.
Well you gotta say one thing good about Steady, at least he held the door open for Annette!
Hard to believe these segments are really only 10 minutes long. When I first saw these as a boy -- and had no concept of time -- the episodes seemed to last forever.
It would have been interesting casting if they had gotten Darlene Gillespie to play Laura instead of the Jet role they originally offered her before she dropped out. Darlene as Laura Rogan would have perfectly reflected her and Annette's relationship on the '' Mickey Mouse Club ''. That i would have loved to have seen.
First time I’ve heard that, interesting! Did she and Darlene not get along? Hard to imagine anyone having a problem with Annette Funicello❣️
Hey!who cares about the dresses? It's all about Annette funicello . She's such a wonderful person. She is truly a wonderful person. She's clean. So praise God for some eons like her.
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Shows what era this is since Steady freaked out over 55 cents. These days 55 cents doesn't buy much.
35 cents for one measly malt! Inflation! 😂
I second that. I saw this when it was first broadcast on the Mickey Mouse Club.
(Uh-uh, don't figure out my age, LOL).
If you were born sometime around Annette Funicello then you have to be 77 or 78 years young.
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My,oh my,the soldier who gets slapped in the film Patton.
Steady is a little short! 😂
@MsPinoke Even the most ill-mannered kids in those days were better behaved than kids today! And these kids understood that dance involves rhythmic movement and some measure of practice, not just grinding against each other like cats in heat!
What makes you say that, exactly? Just curious.
I love this serial and I'm SO GLAD this person uploaded it to UA-cam.
Is this how kids really used to have parties? So sophisticated lol
Has anyone ever listened to the RECORDED versions of "How Will I Know My Love" and "Don't Jump To Conclusions"? They are different from the versions sung in the serial "How Will.." is much slower on the record, and Don't Jump... is sung by Annette With The After Beats a studio vocal group rather than Roberta Shore and Company in this serial. Also I once had a Mickey Mouse Club record, and "Meet Me At The Malt Shop" was sung by The Disneyland Record singers rather than Annette and David
It's a show and theses are actors going by a script. You really believe this is an accurate representation how the kids really were in real life during the times? Dont get me wrong, the shows during these times are indeed charming but the style of reminds me of a 5th grade school play. Go watch the movie "Stand by Me," which is a more of accurate portrayal of 50's life and has a more realistic way people conversed with each other.
True, and they were all professionally trained dancers wearing expensive suits and dresses . Most people did dress and behave (in public, not necessarily at home) better back then in general.
This is true. We must remember this dialogue was probably written by middle-aged MEN who wrote how they think young people talk.
Yes, and sadly it got very little attention. She was so pretty and cute
Adjusting for inflation, that 55 cents in 1958 dollars had the purchasing power of nearly $4.50 today. So yeah, 55 cents was a lot for a 14 yr old
when girls were girls... I remember it well
yup yup ..
@MsPinoke This was an idylic view of middle class life in the mid 50s. Basically, there were some nice people like this. But like all fantasies, this is not exactly a documentary. Many of the films and television shows of this nature portrayed a suggestion of how we wanted things to be, not exactly how they really were. While there was a crowd of people with manners and tasteful fashions, there were also Juvenile Deliquents and rebels as depicted in the James Dean films.
LOL ..... how when she was singing at the Piano all of a sudden there was a full orchestra backing her up .... That was wayyyyyyyyy before Karaoke wonder if she knew I made an MP3 out of her song ??ROFLMAO
Apparently no one at that party liked Elvis or Buddy Holly music.
Theres Shelley Fabres!
35 cents for one measily malt. lmao. dat cracks me up
Don't you mean to say "that cracks me up" in place of "dat cracks me up"?
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Who would've guessed that this teen party - and in fact, the whole town - was such a hotbed of social castes, jealousies, competitions, and intrigue? And yet, here they are, in one innocent episode of "Annette".
Suits at a teen party> Is this Mars???
+Turtles Run No. It was the '50s
Linda Teuling
and TV.
Right. And it IS true about "hiding orchestras."
I saw no cast but girl friend with pony tail looks like Shelly FabraresCant remember maids name.
these are great! Thanks....good stuff
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The kids here have a decent dress style compared to today's youth...also: they have manners! Yes, you still have a bad egg here & there, but the kids back then could show the kids today some rightious things! Ya know?
I wish that Disney would go back in and at least change the music for the party scenes...I understand that in 1958, there were more than a few parents that did not like the 'corrupt' influence of Rock 'n Roll...and back then, rather than stir up controversy, it seems as if Walt Disney 'side-stepped' all that by going the 'never heard of it' route when it comes to music..Shame, really. Too, those spotlight songs at the kids 'gatherings'... Yeah, I wouldn't change much else, but definitely the music. Thanks.
Even ROCK & ROLL is very tame compared to today's HIP HOP & HEAVY METAL. L.O.L.🤣🤣🤣
Annette....this is what the kids tody ALL need to watch....
@Gnillob802 Right! Seems they listened to the same music as their parents...i.e.- whatever was on the Hit Parade.
I'm sure one or two of the staff suggested some rock 'n' roll tunes, but I have a feeling ol' Walt vetoed that idea. And there was probably concern that parents of the kids watching this when it first aired would be outraged.
At approximately 0:57 you can see David Stollery who plays Mike was a Mouseketeer himself.
I wonder what ever happened to him.
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At approximately 0:45 Steady opens the door for Annette so that she an enter it before him and when it came to paying the 55 cents he didn't have any money with him at all.
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Who are those two people talking to each other, at approximately 4:41, plus the teenager that is sitting down looking at her right?
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No chaperones at a teen party? Racy!
Music provided by an invisible band.
+emerybayblues The days of records.
Eliot Brothers
mouseketeer Sharon B Plays Kitty .
I wondered..
Now I do remember "Spin the Bottle" but that is a chance on takes if you are going to play that game.. Does anyone remember that?
Oops!! That should be DAVID Stollery I said "Mike" Mike was his character, My mistake.
I bet that first record is the Eliot Brothers.
I like'ed the Mickey mouse show on tv when I was growing up. On the tv show's when I was growing up, the show's on tv were good clean show's on tv. The girls all wore dress'es down to there ankles & the boys wore suites. The girls wore dress'es that cover'ed everything, not like tv is today where people are showing everything. TV back when I was a kid growing up, the tv show's were all clean fun to watch & there was no cussing. Look how tv today has change'ed over 50 years sence I was growing up. ( a lot!!!)
I'm Karis' mom ,was that dance called the lindy.I watched this when on.
Gotta love '50s teens hangin' out in the malt shop!
7:24--Where'd the invisible jazz band come from?
Good thing I've seen the episode after this one. Otherwise I'd have been like, "Spin the bottle!?! WTF?!?! Five episodes of pure Disney '50s innocence and then they bust THAT out?!!" Hahaha
I like how the girl Drew was dancing with at 4:34 got upset with him after he made that comment about Laura.
Who is she?
Her character's name is Pat Boran, and she was played by Mouseketeer Bonnie Lynn Fields.
@@mickeymouseclubchannel9733
From what time segment does Bonnie Lynn Fields appear at?
spin the bottle is a kids game?
Who is the lovely girl singing read write and rhythm at the end?
Roberta Shore
good 'ole fashioned fun
What's the name of the song playing when they are walking into the soda shop?
At approximately 6:12, can anybody please tell me who are the actors and actresses beginning from far left to far right?
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Who is dancing at approximately 7:30? And at 7:50? And at 8:20? And at 8:40?
Correct me if I'm wrong,but isn't this almost the same cast verbatim as in SPIN AND MARTY, playing different but similar roles? Tim Considine and Mike Stollery act similar to those characters as they do in these roles. I know Annette had a part in one of their adventures, if not the original, then in one of the two sequels.
Have to laugh the teens party had guys in suits and girls dressed up. Things sure have changed.
C'mon dudes, what about charades!?
The music is carefully not rock'n'roll, too raw for Disney in 1958.
What is the name of the song they are dancing to.
I realize that but still, in today's standards, again I say jeese!
Did you really? can i find it somewhere or may i have a copy?
@rentatrip1 I soooo agree with you ..
Actually, this was the way parties went in the suburbs. Rich kids dressed well and most teens in the '50's could dance. Kids now-a-days black or white can't dance for shit.
@ bodensick----the dances back THEN were SHIT--very silly, and arrogant, if you ask me !!
@@larrysmith647 Well, you're entitled to your opinion, BUT YOU'RE WRONG! In the 50's and especially 60's, we had The Monkey, The Jerk, The Swim, The Frug, The Twist, The Watusi, among others. Dancing was an art form...it was cool, trippy and wild, baby.
55 cent! 😆
Musical chairs, Spin the bottle, serades? How old fashion can you get?
Kids haven't changed that much. Don't you know someone like the nasty Laura from this story?
When do they get nekked?
The kids would look a lot better in sweatshirts and torn jeans.
I saw The Shaggy Dog back in the day.
Don't figure out my age, LOLOLOLOL.
I'm not liking the short hair cut. It makes Annette look too old.
She has a wierd stick in her hair. i so didn't like that girl Laura.
Roberta's performance as Laura is still inspiring aggravation...I dont like Laura either ...
STEADY is such a distraction to a good movie....he us exhausting to say the least ha ha ha ha
I know its the 50s but still, all that fuss over 55 cents, jese!
You have no perspective! In the 60s I had to BEG my parents for 40 cents to get a toy! ♥
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Great soda shop!! Cool milkshake makers! I could go for a chocolate milkshake there right now!!
If you near Dania(Ft.Lauderdale,) there's the best ice cream place that's been there since the 50'scalled Jaxons. If you dream of malts or ice cream sodas GO!!