The Original Mickey Mouse Club Show

In December 2006 the Disney Company issued this entry in their popular Treasures series of DVDs. Like the rest of the series, this DVD comes in a two-part metal tin, that opens to reveal a standard size black plastic case with a silver-gray wraparound paper cover. Inside are two discs, a numbered certificate of authenticity signed by Leonard Maltin and Roy E. Disney, a small reproduction of the cover of a Hardy Boys comic book, and an eight-page color booklet on the disc contents.

The discs contain nineteen eleven-minute episodes from the show's second most popular serial, and some bonus material. The episodes have been taken from re-mastered originals, and are quite nice looking, though they do appear darker than the other MMC discs in the Disney Treasures series. Each episode opens with the Mickey Mouse Club emblem and the Gold Dubloons and Pieces of Eight theme song, but ends abruptly without credits.

The unavoidable Leonard Maltin introduces both discs, and the full-length hour-long second season Mickey Mouse Club episode that introduced the serial. Leonard mentions the names and shows the faces of nine of the ten Mouseketeers returning from the first season; Darlene Gillespie is omitted, probably as a legal precaution. Bonus features include a documentary on adapting the Hardy Boys books to television, two sets of still galleries, and an interview with Tim Considine and Tommy Kirk. (The studio was either unable to locate Carole Ann Campbell, or, more likely, unable to persuade her to take part).

There's a phony bonus option to register your DVD, like there was for the Mickey Mouse Club Treasures DVD; it simply lists the website address to visit. Credits for the serial, including cast, are only present at the end of the introductary Mickey Mouse Club episode. That episode has no scene selections, so you'll have to fast forward or use the "Next Chapter" button to find the credits.