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Fun With a Camera #1
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Prod No: 8210-???
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Filmed: April-May 1956
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Broadcast: Oct 3, 1956
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Lead: Earl Theisen
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Host: Eileen Diamond
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With: Kevin Corcoran, Sherry Alberoni, Jack Jackman
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Five-part occasional series with photographer Earl Theisen from Look magazine teaching the kids how to use a camera. Filmed on location at various sites including the San Diego Zoo and Disneyland. Jack was not a Mouseketeer, but was used for two ACH Day series. He was likely related to Bob Jackman, then head of the Disney Music Department.
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Fun With a Camera #2
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Prod No: 8210-???
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Filmed: April-May 1956
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Broadcast: Oct 10, 1956
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Lead: Earl Theisen
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Host: Eileen Diamond
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With: Kevin Corcoran, Sherry Alberoni, Jack Jackman
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This series was shot on film without sound. Voiceover narration by Eileen and sound effects were added later in the studio, as was commentary by Earl Theisen. There were no titles, theme song, credits, or continuity between episodes. It was just a barebones newsreel style feature that was inexpensive and quick to make.
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Rookie Fireman #1
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: June 1956
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Broadcast: Oct 17, 1956
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Lead: Walt Disney, LAFD Personnel
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With: Eileen, Sherry, Charley, Jack
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Another educational series, this followed four kids as they trained to be rookie firemen. Walt Disney himself hosted this series. Filmed at the Disneyland Firehouse and at local Fire Department training facilities. Because of the physical exertions required the kids replaced their "ears", slacks, skirts, and dress shoes with helmets, jeans and sneakers instead.
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Fun With a Camera #3
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: April-May 1956
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Broadcast: Oct 24, 1956
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Lead: Earl Theisen
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Host: Eileen Diamond
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With: Kevin Corcoran, Sherry Alberoni, Jack Jackman
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This series was Kevin Corcoran's first Disney work. Throughout it he is referred to as "Kevin". He wouldn't be tagged with the nickname "Moochie" until after June 1956 when he did the serial Adventure in Dairyland. His work on that serial interrupted the filming of this series, which resumed in July 1956.
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Rookie Fireman #2
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: June 1956
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Broadcast: Nov 2, 1956
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Lead: Walt Disney, LAFD Personnel
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With: Eileen, Sherry, Charley, Jack Jackman
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For the second episode of this series the kids trained with an LAFD Ladder company, learning the team work necessary for handling the hoses. Charley Laney was used for this series because while a bit weak in dancing skills he was a strong athletic kid. It's to the producers credit that they not only used Sherry and Eileen but had them doing the same tough work as the boys.
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Mouskapreview #1: Secrets of Life
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: August 26, 1956 (preview intro)
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Broadcast: Nov 7, 1956
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Lead: None
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With: Ensemble
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Promotional show for a Disney nature film, Secrets of Life. Mouseka-Previews in the second season had a short musical variety introduction, with song and storyline by Sid Miller. They also likely had a Mouseketeer narrator.
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Disneyland Holiday #1: Fantasyland
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: 1956
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Broadcast: Nov 14, 1956
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Lead: None
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With: Unknown
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First of a promotional series about Disneyland, sort of a commercial within the commercial that constituted the Mickey Mouse Club. This was likely narrated by Hal Gibney, the voice of the newsreel. No other information available.
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A Day in the Life of a Mouseketeer
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: August 1956
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Broadcast: Nov 21, 1956
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Lead: Cubby O'Brien
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With: Tom Mahoney, Jean Seaman, Iron Eyes Cody
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Cubby was a popular Mouseketeers in terms of fan mail received, and also had a fine sense of comic acting. He made a good choice to show the viewing audience what being a Mouseketeer was like. The last half was a promotion for the film Westward Ho, the Wagons. Teacher Jean Seaman was able to take part in this show since it was filmed in summer when the Mouseketeers were out of school.
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Fun With a Camera #4
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: July 1956
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Broadcast: Nov 28, 1956
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Lead: Earl Theisen
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Host: Eileen Diamond
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With: Kevin Corcoran, Sherry Alberoni, Jack Jackman
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The fourth episode of this series took place at Disneyland, and as might be suspected was more about the attractions and rides than taking photos.
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Disneyland Holiday #2: Tomorrowland
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: 1956
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Broadcast: Dec 5th, 1956
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Lead: None
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With: Unknown
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Another in the series of Disneyland promotion shows.
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Art Class
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed:
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Broadcast: Dec 12, 1956
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Lead: Duke Art, Jr
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With: Unknown
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This may have been originally planned as a Guest Star Day show with actor Duke Art playing a sculptor. He was a veteran of The Colgate Comedy Hour and other television variety shows in the early fifties.
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Fun With a Camera #5
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Prod No: 8210-00?
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Filmed: July 1956
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Broadcast: Dec 19, 1956
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Lead: Earl Theisen
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Host: Eileen Diamond
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With: Kevin Corcoran, Sherry Alberoni, Jack Jackman
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The final episode of this series took place at the San Diego Zoo. Sherry's status during the spring of 1956 is somewhat of a puzzle. TV Guide, which covered the MMC auditions that season, didn't list her as one of the six winners. Aside from this series and Rookie Fireman she didn't appear in any other segments of the show until mid-August 1956, when she began to take part in FWM Day skits.
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Disneyland Holiday #3: Frontierland
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: 1956
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Broadcast: Dec 26, 1956
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Lead: None
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With: Unknown
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Surprisingly, the final episode in the series of Disneyland promotion shows. Why Adventureland didn't have an episode is unknown.
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Rookie Fireman #3
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: June 1956
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Broadcast: Jan 2, 1957
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Lead: Walt Disney, LAFD Personnel
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With: Eileen, Sherry, Charley, Jack Jackman
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The final episode of this series had the kids complete their training and receive certificates from an LAFD battalion chief.
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Gadget Tree and What Am I #2
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: 1955
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Broadcast: Feb 6, 1957
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Lead: Jimmie Dodd
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With: Unknown
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Two short first season ACH Day features were reused in what was otherwise a new show. So far as is known this was the first time feature content from an earlier season, was recycled, as opposed to a full rerun. The gap in time from the previous listing was due to reruns being shown through most of January.
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Mousekepreview #2: Cinderella
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: August 23, 1956 (preview intro)
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Broadcast: Feb 13, 1957
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Lead: Unknown
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With: Unknown
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Promotional show for the re-release of the 1950 Disney animated feature.
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Robert Lamouret #2
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed:
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Broadcast: Feb 20, 1957
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Lead: Robert Lamouret
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With: Ensemble
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Another of Sid Miller's out-of-work friends, Robert Lamouret (1915-1969) had played the same nightclub circuit as Sid and Donald O'Conner. His act for the show included using an early version of Donald Duck as a manic sidekick. His "Donal" was incoherent since Lamouret's heavy French accent precluded any effective ventriloquism.
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Dr Krick
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Prod No: 8210-037
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Filmed: August 28, 1956
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Broadcast: April 17, 1957
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Lead: Dr Irving Krick
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With: Cheryl, Charley, Dennis, Sherry
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Dr Krick was a famous meteorologist who pioneered the science of long-range forecasting. He demonstrated weather events and how to predict them in the studio, with the help of some Mouseketeers. The date gap from the previous show was due to reruns all during March and early April 1957.
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Gymnastics
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: 1956
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Broadcast: April 27, 1957
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Lead: Interscholastic Champions
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With: Unknown
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This was an exhibition of gymnastic events by interscholastic athletes and their coaches. It is not known whether any Mouseketeers participated, though Charley Laney, whose background included gymnastics, may have taken part.
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Mouska-Preview #3: Johnny Tremain
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Prod No: 8210-0??
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Filmed: August 23, 1956 (preview intro)
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Broadcast: May 1, 1957
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Lead: Hal Stalmaster
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With: Unknown
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Promotional show for the Disney live-action film, Johnny Tremain (1956). The second photo is from a Chicago publicity tour the Mouseketeers took with Hal Stalmaster in early July 1957, not from the broadcast.
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