The Original Mickey Mouse Club Show

This section covers a variety of articles, from specialized journals to Disney in-house publications to commercial fan magazines. It is by no means comprehensive, particularly of fan magazines. (Annette alone must have a thousand articles devoted to her from 1959 to 1965). There are two sections, each arranged chronologically in order of publication. The first is devoted to Disney published or orientated material, the second to publications from independent sources.

Disney In-house Publications

	The Disney World Vol 6 No 2 - November 1968 - 26 pages The Fortieth Anniversary of Mickey Mouse was celebrated with two events featuring Mouseketeers; a parade in Disneyland, and a television special broadcast Dec 22, 1968. There's a half-page group photo from the TV special showing the twelve mice who took part.
	Disney News Vol 10 No 4 - Fall 1975 - 21 pages Official Magazine for Magic Kingdom Club Families A four page layout called "The Mouseketeers Revisited 1955-1975" has a spread with then and now pictures and brief updates on nineteen Mouseketeers. These mostly follow Keith Keller's book.
	Disney News Fall 1985 A photo-laden multipage article focuses on Sherry Alberoni and Bobby Burgess as the exemplars of what Walt Disney would have wanted Mouseketeers to grow up to be. Sherry is given extensive coverage, not bad for a little girl who was nearly invisible on the original show.
	Storyboard July-August 1989 Article by Lonnie Burr brings readers up to date on the original Mouseketeers, a term they prefer to "old Mouseketeers" (The Disney Channel MMC had just launched that year). Some nice color candid photos of Lonnie, Tommy, their wives, Larry Larsen, and Sherry Alberoni.
	Persistence of Vision Issue #10 (1998) - 100 pages An Unofficial Historical Journal Celebrating the Legacy of Walt Disney Contains several articles of interest, including the Mickey Mouse Club Circus of Nov-Dec 1955 by John Kenworthy, and articles on Spin & Marty by Dave Smith, and on all the other MMC serials by Bill Cotter.

Independent Publications

	TV Star Parade Oct 1957 Darlene has a photo taken from a studio publicity shot. Freddie the dog bears a passing resemblance to Toto from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. This is from "Pet Shop", broadcast Sept 30, 1957, about the same time as the Disneyland episode in which she played Dorothy.
	Playmate Nov 1957 The cover shows Lonnie and Annette from the first season (note the cap logo) while inside are a dozen small photos from the second and third seasons, and a few short paragraphs on the Mouseketeers. Otherwise, the contents look like they're from 1927.
	Movie Star Parade Jun 1958 The studio took out a full page ad for The Light in the Forest, so they were entitled to this two-page photo layout of the Annette serial cast party. Others pictured are Darlene, Cheryl, Sharon, Doreen, Shelley Fabares, Rudy Lee, Sammy Ogg, and Steve Stevens.
	TV Yearbook No 5 Fall 1958 Annette and Tim Considine get nice photos, but the accompanying short paragraphs in this two page article were poorly researched. The news that the Mouseketeers were soon to be dropped was the only thing they got right.
	TV World Dec 1958 A small photo on the cover and an interview with Darlene. Though her Mouseketeer contract was over, she still had a separate recording contract with Disney. She denies any romance between herself and Sal Mineo; it's just a date layout.
	Movie Screen Yearbook No 4 1959 Judy Harriet does the Hula, while Annette and Roberta Shore sip pineapple punch at the Luau Cafe in Beverly Hills. To judge by the expressions there may have been more than just pineapple in the punch. Roberta Shore, who is a Mormon, keeps the straw away from her lips.
	TV Picture Life Mar 1959 Solo article on Darlene manages to avoid discussing her career or mentioning Disney. Her hair, no longer maintained by studio hair stylists, has gone back to it's natural dark brown color. Contains comments from Darlene, her parents, and her older sister Pat.
	Australasian Post Jun 1959 Doreen does Down Under. The Aussies went wild for Doreen when she and other Mouseketeers toured Oz in May 1959. A short article with original photos, including one with her mother. Doreen was again a cover girl for this news weekly in 1960, on the Mouseketeers second tour.
	Movie TV Record Stardom Sep 1959 Just a blurb on the cover, but plenty of photos and a five page interview inside for Darlene. She had recently put henna in her hair, hence the title. The interviewer, though gentle, elicits comments depicting a sensitive girl trying to mask her disappointment at her lack of career.
	The Rolling Stone June 24, 1971 More a newspaper than a magazine, this issue contains the infamous interview of Dennis Day by Amie Hill. Leaving aside the declaration of his bisexuality and the obligatory references to getting high, what you have is the first honest look at the show from the inside, and what it was like for a kid to be a Mouseketeer. He blows the cover on Mouseketeer romances, frankly admitting the studio cooked most of them up. Dennis and Cheryl were assigned to each other, but Dennis admits disliking her intensely because she was a one-take wonder in close-ups, whereas he had to do them over and over. He also provides a very funny recounting of the 1968 Mouseketeer reunion for Mickey Mouse's 40th Anniversary on The Wonderful World of Color.
	The Baum Bugle Winter 1980-81 - 24 pages The Journal of the International Wizard of Oz Club Contains an article by Dave Smith on Disney's project to film The Rainbow Road to Oz. Roughly six pages, with numerous design sketches and a few photos from the Disneyland episode promoting the project.
	Good Housekeeping May 1999 Very well-written and researched article on Darlene's life and legal troubles. Presents Darlene's viewpoint in a judicious manner, reflecting sympathy for her predicament but skepticism for her explanation of what happened. Its too bad Elisabeth Bumiller didn't write a book on the MMC.