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Conference turris::womannotes-v2

Title:ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE
Notice:V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1105
Total number of notes:36379

294.0. "A Mickey Mouse kind of question--purely fun" by USCTR1::RMCCAFFREY (Love, Loyalty and Friendship) Mon Nov 14 1988 13:37

    
    	OK, so this is probably going to be a silly note....I just got
    finished with Vanity Fair and The Mists of Avalon so I figure I
    deserve something silly.
    
    	I'm 22 years old, almost 23 and I want to be a Mouseketeer.
     It's the only job in the world that I'd give up my commission for,
    provided of course the AF would let me :-).  And I have no idea
    why.  Last night when I got home from work, Disney was on and it
    was a celebration of Mickey's 60th birthday.  If you looked closely
    during the parade at the end, you saw the new Mouseketeers.  Yes,
    the Mickey Mouse Club is coming back this spring.  It's going to
    be on the Disney Channel (DTV), which of course my family gets on
    both TVs because I pay for it.  I have Mouse ears, I watch Winnie-the
    Pooh every weekend and I love all of the full length animated features
    and can't wait for the new one, Oliver and Company which stars the
    voice of Billy Joel as the Dodger, to come out at Thanksgiving.
    
    	Anyway, after that background, the point of this note is to
    find out if there are any other Disney lovers out there and if any
    of you ever wanted to be (or still want to be) Mouseketeers and
    why.  I found out last night that it was one of my mothers most
    passionate dreams to be a Mouseketeer when she was younger and I
    thought it was great.  One more piece of info...on Friday at 9:50
    eastern time there will be a worldwide sing-along on radio stations
    across the world, led by Rick Dees, of the Mickey Mouse Club song
    in honor of Mickey's 60th birthday....I have to figure out a way
    to smuggle my radio in...
    
    
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294.1Mouseketeer roll call, sound off now!WOODRO::FAHELAmalthea, the Silver UnicornMon Nov 14 1988 15:1914
    I am 24, and love Disney!  I only have Lady & the Tramp and Pete's
    Dragon, and am trying to get everything else!  (FYI, L&tT was a
    Christmas gift from my more-than-understanding father-in-law.)
    
    Sure, I wanted to be a Mouseketeer, and the great thing is, even
    for my age, I look young enough to get in!  The problem is, that
    is one HECK of a commute!  And I don't relish the idea of living
    in California or Florida.
    
    K.C.
    
    P.S.  My Maiden name used to fit the Mickey Mouse theme.
    	  C-O-U  T-E-R  M-A-R-S-H!  And one friend could only spell
    	  it that way.
294.2LEZAH::BOBBITTrecursive fingerpointing ensued...Mon Nov 14 1988 15:3911
    I never really wanted to be a Mouseketeer....however
    
    I have loved almost every feature-length movie that Disney has made,
    as well as the older cartoons...
    
    And, truth be told, if Fantasia every comes out on videotape, I
    would have no qualms buying the tape and the VCR to play it on...
     it's my favorite movie of all time...
    
    -Jody
    
294.3Usually a once-a-month occurance at bestPSG::PURMALIf not satisfied, return for refundMon Nov 14 1988 19:104
        I wore a tie today just so that I could wear my Mickey Mouse
    tie tack in honor of his 60th birthday.
    
    ASP
294.4AKOV75::BOYAJIANHe's baaaaacccckkkk!!!!Tue Nov 15 1988 04:238
    Sure, I always wanted to be a Mousketeer (if for no other reason
    than to be near Annette and Darlene :-)).
    
    I really wonder how well a new MMC show will end up being. For a
    while, I was catching the original every afternoon on the Disney
    Channel.
    
    --- jerry
294.5Sh-booms is celebrating, too!LEZAH::BOBBITTrecursive fingerpointing ensued...Tue Nov 15 1988 09:129
    Sh-booms, a 50's-60's club in Worcester (at the low-numbered end
    of Main St, near the Marriott and the Courthouse and Lincoln Square)
    will be celebrating the Mickey Mouse Club all week, in honor of
    his birthday.  Everyone will get mouse-ke-ears and they'll probably
    be showing reruns of the shows and you can win a free trip to
    Disneyworld and so forth and so on....
    
    -Jody
    
294.6COGMK::CHELSEAMostly harmless.Tue Nov 15 1988 13:294
    Re: .4
    
    There was a 'new' MMC show in the mid-70s.  The format was pretty
    much the same, although it looked and felt much different.
294.7HANDY::MALLETTSplit DecisionMon Nov 21 1988 09:4416
    re .2
    
    � And, truth be told, if Fantasia every comes out on videotape. . ."
    
    Amen, Jody; I've been holding my breath a long time for that
    one.  I'm guessing that we won't see it soon (in our lifetimes?);
    guess we'll have to make do with the periodic theater re-releases.
    
    re: Mousketeers
    
    I never really wanted to be a Mousketeer. . .I wanted to be Spin
    and/or Marty (and to try and get in the Annette/Darlene line with
    Jerry).
    
    Steve
    
294.8Yesteryear...SALEM::LUPACCHINOThere's a world outside this roomMon Nov 21 1988 11:3411
    
    Wow, Steve, I was gonna ask about "Spin and Marty" but I thought
    I'd get strange looks. (Like I was dating myself or something)
    
    I loved S & M (ok, don't get uptight..it was part of the Mickey
    Mouse Club) on their dude ranch. Spin (Tim Considine) was my favorite.
    
    am
    
   
    
294.9AKOV12::MILLIOSSee CXCAD::PHYSCHALLENGED, Note 40Wed Nov 30 1988 15:4310
    re: .6
    
    Being too young to have seen the original shows (they were more
    my mom's era :^) except for reruns, I remember the upstart attempt
    at revival in the 70's.  It flopped.
    
    The scratchy reruns were much better, anyway.  Much less commercial,
    more down-home let's have fun.
    
    Bill