The WORST episodes of The Mickey Mouse Club
Every episode of The Mickey Mouse Club ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Mickey Mouse Club!
"Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?" Next to Howdy Doody (which it helped unseat), The Mickey Mouse Club was the defining children's television program of the 1950's. The show, which aired daily, featured a true variety of entertainment: singing, dancing, guest stars, classic… More Disney cartoons, serials, and a group of talented kids who became overnight sensations—the Mouseketeers. Led by adult leader Jimmy Dodd, and flanked by hefty Disney animator Roy Williams, the Mouseketeers sang and danced their way into the hearts of the first TV generation. The standout of the group was Annette Funicello. Young America watched as the lovely and talented teenaged beauty developed before their very eyes. Annette soon starred in her own serial on the show, and went on to a successful career in film and music. Another popular element of the show was the serialized adventures of The Hardy Boys and Spin and Marty. Veteran Disney child actor Tim Considine starred in both, making him what many refer to as the "Honorary Mouseketeer." Other serial performers included Tommy Kirk, David Stollery, and Roy Barcroft. Days of the Week : Monday - Fun With Music Day Tuesday - Guest Star Day Wednesday - Anything Can Happen Day Thursday - Circus Day Friday - Talent Round-Up Day Theme Song: Who's the leader of the club That's made for you and me M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there You're as welcome as can be M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse! Forever let us hold our banner High! High! High! High! Come along and sing a song And join the jamboree! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Mickey Mouse club We'll have fun We'll be new faces High! High! High! High! We'll do things and We'll go places All around the world We'll go marching Who's the leader of the club That's made for you and me M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there You're as welcome as can be M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse! Forever let us hold our banner Hi
#1 - Cartoon Day - 'Pluto's Heart Throb'
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/22/1957
#2 - Cartoon Day - 'Bath Day'
Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 11/5/1957
#3 - Fun with Music Day: Blind Date
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/4/1957
As geeky Darlene waits for her blind date, happy couples waltz by, and a waif importunes her. No dialogue or dancing, until near the end when Darlene sings.
#4 - Talent Roundup Day - Virginia Lee
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/1/1957
#5 - Encyclopedia Special: Uranium Hunt - Part 2
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/31/1957
Mouseketeer Don Agrati (Don Grady) hosted and narrated this short science focused serial (3 Parts), which followed three youngsters, Mike Blye, Johnny Green, and Jerry Goldenson, as they learned about modern mining and how to find uranium ore.
#6 - Anything Can Happen Day: Mousekatour to England with Annette - Punch and Judy Show
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/30/1957
The short travelogue English Correspondent had originally been created by Perce Pearce for the show's first season, and was returned for the second with new episodes. For the third though, the series was retitled and given a US based hosting and narration by Annette. Robbie Serpell, who had replaced original host Dirk Metzger, continued to be the in-country lead.
#7 - Cartoon Day - 'Boat Builders'
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/29/1957
#8 - Fun with Music Day: Pirate Show
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/28/1957
The ferocious Captain Cubby commands this jolly crew. Weak skit has pirate Mouseketeers looking for treasure in a spooky cave. Voice-overs for the pirates were provided by the Mellomen.
#9 - Talent Round-Up Day - Cheryl Weinberg, Ronnie Wilson & Riley Wilson
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/25/1957
#10 - Newsreel Special: Hawaiian Adventure - Part 4
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/24/1957
Newsreel Special: Hawaiian Adventure - Interest in the island territory was building with impending statehood and the arrival of commercial jet travel. This serial was introduced by Annette, who also provided the voice-over narration. Pamela Bornemann, Barbara Olin, and Paul Roelofs were the three youngsters who traveled by steamship from California to Oahu, then explored the islands using the custom MMC station wagon seen in earlier serials.
#11 - Anything Can Happen Day:Mousekapreview #2 - Perri
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/23/1957
A rerun of the featured preview of 'Perri' two weeks after its original broadcast. The rest of the day's show was different, so it was not a true rerun.
#12 - Anything Can Happen Day: Mousekarequest #1 - Cooking with Minnie Mouse
Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/6/1957
With the budget cut in half and key personnel and equipment reassigned to Zorro, recycled material from earlier seasons was used to fill up the schedule. A new musical intro was filmed with the younger third season girls posing as switchboard operators. This was one of the first season's best numbers, but it was still a rerun.
#13 - Fun with Music Day: Japanese Cinderella
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/21/1957
This skit featured guest Virginia Lee in the title role. Bob Amsberry was the storyteller, Don the handsome Prince, Roy the Fairy Godfather. The three older girls were wicked step-sisters, the younger ones a singing trio. The first half was really a standalone number making a play on the flood of cheap consumer goods then entering the US from Japan. The second half was the Cinderella skit, with just spoken narration by the storyteller.
#14 - Talent Roundup Day - Bonnie Fields & Maxine Grossman
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/18/1957
Mouseketeer "Bonnie" performs as a Talent Round-Up Day winner with dancing partner Maxine Grossman. A third season replacement Mouseketeer, Bonnie Lynn Fields had strong dancing and singing skills, but no real experience before joining the show. After her time as a Mouseketeer had ended, she became a professional dancer, appearing in Broadway musicals, on television, and in films during the sixties.
#15 - The Hardy Boys in 'The Mystery of Ghost Farm' - Episode 13
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/17/1957
#16 - Anything Can Happen Day: Angels in Pigtails #1
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/16/1957
A mainly female choir founded in 1949 in then West Germany, the Oberkirchen Children's Choir performed three songs in German, then both German and English choruses of their trademark hit Happy Wanderer. Annette introduced teen spokesman Karleen Reinhekamp, who described the songs.
#17 - Cartoon Day - 'Mickey's Delayed Date'
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/15/1957
#18 - Fun With Music Day: The Lennon Sisters
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/14/1957
The Lennon sisters performed three songs from the Disney film 'Perri', released August 1957, with help from Linda, Doreen, Annette, Tommy, and their future co-star on 'The Lawrence Welk Show' - Bobby Burgess.
#19 - Talent Roundup Day - Linda Hughes
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/11/1957
#20 - The Hardy Boys in 'The Mystery of Ghost Farm' - Episode 8
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/1957
#21 - Anything Can Happen Day: Mousekapreview #1 - Perri
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/1957
This had Annette hosting scenes from the first "True Life Fantasy," about a female pine squirrel called Perri.
#22 - Anything Can Happen Day: Mousekatour to England with Annette: Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Season 3 - Episode 38 - Aired 11/20/1957
This episode in the third series of the renamed English Correspondent travelogue has Robbie Serpell visiting the famous wax museum of Madame Tussaud.
#23 - Anything Can Happen Day: Mousekarequest #3 - Gee It's Hard to be Eight
Season 3 - Episode 48 - Aired 12/4/1957
Another recycled bit, this time from a first season 'Talent Roundup Day'. Karen performed a song by Bob Amsberry and Muzzy Marcellino called "Gee It's Hard to be Eight."
#24 - Cartoon Day - 'Mail Dog'
Season 3 - Episode 47 - Aired 12/3/1957
#25 - Fun With Music Day: Father and Son
Season 3 - Episode 46 - Aired 12/2/1957
Song and dance numbers built around Jimmie and Bobby resembling one another. First half is a soft shoe duet, followed by Jimmie doing a banjo solo while Bobby does some scene stealing.