This was The Mickey Mouse Club when my mom was little. The Mickey Mouse Club I in my time (90's) was early non-Disney Channel. DARNIT DISNEY, GO BACK TO MICKEY MOUSE, MINNIE, DONALD, DAISY, GOOFY, PETE, PETE'S DRAGON, ROBIN HOOD, PINOCCHIO... AND GET THAT STUPID POP-IDOL WANNABE BS OFF YOUR CHANNELS.
Actually I think this version was better than the original. First of all, it is in color, as most cartoons look better, and second it always had something different happen to Donald at the end. I remember one time he hit the gong and nothing happened. When he went to check out the gong, he pressed his ear to it, and then it rang. LOL
Not true at all. What Disney did in the 1930s was completely transform animation from crude, badly drawn filler into a sophisticated acting medium. All the breakthrough and discovery was done between 1930 and 1940. Everything done since has been done using the principles perfected during that very short period of time. But in the 50s, outside of the innovative UPA studio, the rest of the industry including Disney was beginning to decline.
@DarkridesDisney That just goes back to what RayPointer said about them losing touch with their original audience and going with an "instant success" lifestyle. And of course, Walt never saw how downhill entertainment itself has become since he died, not just his own company, but everywhere in Hollywood.
0:10 pause it and look at the mickey mouse graphic. am i the only one who thinks that is a really dodgy drawing? the ears are too big and barely connected, hes not round enough and the facial expression is just ew
I've never liked most 1950s Mickey designs either. Unhappily they insisted on using some variation of them for about forty years. Only in the mid-90s did most official stuff finally revert back to how he looked in the 40s.
I'm so glad in the wave of all the ridiculous nostalgia I read in these old Disney vid comments, I'm glad there are a few people who understand what the hell is going on and aren't wrapped up in the nonsense.
@classicphile... I feel for you. Right now that's happening to me-- except luckily my mom isn't a monster :) but how I live to seek solace in tv shows of other decades as well xD!!
So this is what Tiny toons was spoofing, as a Kid I never heard of the mickey mouse club, probaly because this was in the 70s, I wasn't born until 1989, and grew up in the 90s, so the tiny toons spoof, was the only thing I ever saw.
You must be refering to The Buster Bunny Bunch, Right?
That is what it was. The Tiny Toon Adventures Spoof of the Mickey Mouse Club, " The Buster Bunny Bunch ".
I used to watch this and that back in the days when good cartoons came on Saturday Mornings and Weekday Afternoons Afterschool, before a lot of things started going out of control.
Back then, they used to show Good Cartoons and things like this on weekday afternoons afterschool, and Saturday Mornings, before the FCC forced the Execs to take this away for more educational / instructional programming because some politicians are too self consuming to pay our teachers, schools, or fund the non - commercial PBS, because they are too financially self consuming to fund any form of, or better up the quality of our Public Educational System. Sad, isn`t it?
@djthereplay to me the 90s was a good era of cartoons, since I used to see good shows on disney, cartoonnetwork and Nickelodeon, we had shows from the 40s-90s, those were the good old days, now disney channel is nothing more then entertainment for preteen girls, not a single good cartoon anymore, cartoonetwork got rid of all the good stuff and now has poorly made show and a lot of live action junk, and nick has maybe 2 cartoons, and tons of live action junk, and too much spongebob.
That's right also. You`ve said it . The REAL Mess i thought was supposed to be happening to more of the major networks, not the cable networks. Part of Nick's drop to shame has partially been the corporate decision to let Doug go to Disney, and Let Ren and Stimpy go to Spike TV and turn that into an adult cartoon. Cont`d on my next post.
Also, I see that A LOT of entertainers are having to deal with certain issues about the content of today's entertainment. One of those issues that I keep hearing some people come on and bring up is about the action in the cartoons. I hear some experts come on tv, and complaining about " Violence in cartoons, etc. ", when we can't even stop the violence happening in the real world caused by street gangs, coultural / religious discrimination to occupy other countries, etc.
@djthereplay not to mention how bad many of these new cartoons look, most of them , it looks like who ever drew the charatcers and backgrounds had no artistic talent at all, the character designs look flat, with thick outlines, like which began with dexter's lab, powerpuff girls, Fairly odd parents, jhonny test, regular show, etc.. and epecially with what they did too the loony toons in the new loony toon show.
@Akira89M Mind if I interject on this conversation? Indeed, cartoons nowadays stink. But let me just say that it's not completely the artists' fault, it's more the writers'. These cartoonists grew up on the Hannah-Barbera style and thus took its influence. The writers, however, are suffering from creative blockage probably due to standards & practices. If I were them, I'd either find ways to be creative while staying in those guidelines OR even try to reverse whatever the FCC did.
Well, the earlier modern shows with that look, like Dexter, Powerpuff Girls, etc., were the ones who did it WELL. At the time (mid-90s) it was a new yet retro look, kind of going against the Disney-style grain, that was inspired by old 60s cartoons. But this time with smart writing to back up the smart designs. That early crop of shows was great. Unfortunately the look became a fad, everyone started copying it badly, and now most of it just looks cheap and bloodless.
I was 8 years old when this debuted in 1977. I have mixed feelings watching this all over again. You see, my parents split up for good only a couple years before. My mother got custody of us kids. It was after the split that she turned into a mentally ill, abusive, psychotic monster. It was a living hell and I turned to watching television for solace. God, how I wished I could escape from her, become a mousketeer on tv and be as happy & joyful as they were on screen. Lord, I just want to cry.
And people complain that Disney has gone too far trying to be hip and modern these days. Even in the 70's, as it sounds here, they were trying to keep up with the times. The only difference between this and what they do now is that now we're dealing with competition from Nickelodeon and Dreamworks and they lowered the standards for entertainment values, thus Disney had done the same.
@Pooleman96 Much of this is due to the fact that the people at Disney ceased being the trend setters, failing to realize their own unique brand. They have fallen out of touch with their audience, which is Middle America and its values. Instead their "creative people" are out for an instant success model in imitating the successes of others, which has lessened their impact and uniqueness.
There is a way to be relevant to the times and still be original. But they don't seem to realize this.
@RayPointer "There is a way to be relevant to the times and still be original."
Nowadays it seems like only Pixar knows how to do that, which is why the folks at Disney are so dependent on them, which is kind of a sad thing, not that Pixar sucks or anything.
@Pooleman96 what are you talking about disney is still great have you seen tangled, bolt, or the princess and the frog there instant classics pixars good but disney is great too.
@newcartoontv Well ok, I do admit that they are at least trying to get that classic quality back little-by-little. All they need to do is remember who their original audience is, which is Middle America like RayPointer pointed out, put more actual creativity in their work, and vice versa, then they might just come back. Just might...
@Pooleman96 the story was lacking but how it looked and the animation looked really good but i see what you mean you cant even compair chicken little to the lion king or even tangled
Part of the problem is that they became victims of their own success. Little Mermaid, Beauty, Aladdin and especially Lion King were such unprecedented smash hits that suddenly the pressure was on for EVERY new film to duplicate that kind of success, so inevitabley the executives started meddling more, the artists got more timid and conservative, and a whole crop of mediocre movies were the result. Even Princess and the Frog suffered from "too many cooks" syndrome.
@Marbles471 True. Let's not forget all those ill-conceived sequels they made, Aladdin was such a success that they tried to bank on its success by making a dimestore direct-to-video follow-up and once people got that, they decided to do the same for another film, and another, and before you knew it, it was like eating peanuts! Or a virus even!
@Pooleman96 What's interesting is I grew up in the '70s to reruns of the MM Club (until they brought it back mid-'70s with a new cast, which, even as a 4-y-o, I hated), and they would sometimes show b&w reruns, sometimes color ones -- and I can tell you, I NEVER saw this disco-fied version of the theme. So, in syndication, I guess they kept the original...which is good...very, very good.
This is the opening to "THE NEW MICKEY MOUSE CLUB" (1977-'79). Since the studio filmed the original "club song" in color (towards the day they thought the original show would be filmed in color), parts of that was used for the "new" '70s opening...
Oh wow. Does this bring back memories. I was 8 years old when the NMMC debuted in 1977. The problem was that the local tv station aired it on the weekdays around 2pm in the afternoon and school didnt let out until 3pm. So the only way I could see an episode here and there was if I was sick, on vacation, or cut out of school early. I think the ratings would have improved if they only aired it at a better time when we kids could see it. And I had the maddest crush on Kelly!!! (who didnt?)
i like the orginal one better
sorabrown 1 day ago
This was The Mickey Mouse Club when my mom was little. The Mickey Mouse Club I in my time (90's) was early non-Disney Channel. DARNIT DISNEY, GO BACK TO MICKEY MOUSE, MINNIE, DONALD, DAISY, GOOFY, PETE, PETE'S DRAGON, ROBIN HOOD, PINOCCHIO... AND GET THAT STUPID POP-IDOL WANNABE BS OFF YOUR CHANNELS.
CosplayCore 1 week ago
Actually I think this version was better than the original. First of all, it is in color, as most cartoons look better, and second it always had something different happen to Donald at the end. I remember one time he hit the gong and nothing happened. When he went to check out the gong, he pressed his ear to it, and then it rang. LOL
10BigBrian 1 month ago
this [animation] totally doesnt even look like it was made in the 50/60's
xDaXAFImoshmonkey 3 months ago 3
@xDaXAFImoshmonkey
What do you mean? Keep in mind that Snow White was made in the 1930s.
Marbles471 7 hours ago
@Marbles471 from this intro. and I know they really didnt get innovative til the 50's
xDaXAFImoshmonkey 5 hours ago
@xDaXAFImoshmonkey
Not true at all. What Disney did in the 1930s was completely transform animation from crude, badly drawn filler into a sophisticated acting medium. All the breakthrough and discovery was done between 1930 and 1940. Everything done since has been done using the principles perfected during that very short period of time. But in the 50s, outside of the innovative UPA studio, the rest of the industry including Disney was beginning to decline.
Marbles471 3 hours ago
@DarkridesDisney That just goes back to what RayPointer said about them losing touch with their original audience and going with an "instant success" lifestyle. And of course, Walt never saw how downhill entertainment itself has become since he died, not just his own company, but everywhere in Hollywood.
Pooleman96 5 months ago
the donald duck gong scene inspired the simpsons couch gags
TheDanHarveyChannel 6 months ago
0:10 pause it and look at the mickey mouse graphic. am i the only one who thinks that is a really dodgy drawing? the ears are too big and barely connected, hes not round enough and the facial expression is just ew
SirWillig 6 months ago
@SirWillig
I've never liked most 1950s Mickey designs either. Unhappily they insisted on using some variation of them for about forty years. Only in the mid-90s did most official stuff finally revert back to how he looked in the 40s.
Marbles471 7 hours ago
Blows
RaeRae914 6 months ago
This is the version I grew up with :) Great memories.
CadillacL 6 months ago
0:07 - 0:11 WHAT A DREARY GODAWFUL MESS!
SirWillig 6 months ago
I actually like this version. Fun and even at 45 I could imagine dancing to it....
xr6lad 7 months ago
I loathed the 70's version of this show Hell I remember the colorful polyester those kids wore too
Teletran35 8 months ago
i cant get over how cute and funny mickey's little march is at the beginning :D
canadianbaconbro 8 months ago
Hope this stays on YOuTube. I posted a similar intro, from the 50s, in color, and Disney took it down.
videoholiccollection 8 months ago
I'm so glad in the wave of all the ridiculous nostalgia I read in these old Disney vid comments, I'm glad there are a few people who understand what the hell is going on and aren't wrapped up in the nonsense.
AirplaneRadio 8 months ago
@classicphile... I feel for you. Right now that's happening to me-- except luckily my mom isn't a monster :) but how I live to seek solace in tv shows of other decades as well xD!!
chumshot1 9 months ago
So this is what Tiny toons was spoofing, as a Kid I never heard of the mickey mouse club, probaly because this was in the 70s, I wasn't born until 1989, and grew up in the 90s, so the tiny toons spoof, was the only thing I ever saw.
Akira89M 9 months ago
@Akira89M
You must be refering to The Buster Bunny Bunch, Right?
That is what it was. The Tiny Toon Adventures Spoof of the Mickey Mouse Club, " The Buster Bunny Bunch ".
I used to watch this and that back in the days when good cartoons came on Saturday Mornings and Weekday Afternoons Afterschool, before a lot of things started going out of control.
Cont`d on my next post.
- Dwight
djthereplay 9 months ago
@Akira89M
Back then, they used to show Good Cartoons and things like this on weekday afternoons afterschool, and Saturday Mornings, before the FCC forced the Execs to take this away for more educational / instructional programming because some politicians are too self consuming to pay our teachers, schools, or fund the non - commercial PBS, because they are too financially self consuming to fund any form of, or better up the quality of our Public Educational System. Sad, isn`t it?
- Dwight
djthereplay 9 months ago
@djthereplay to me the 90s was a good era of cartoons, since I used to see good shows on disney, cartoonnetwork and Nickelodeon, we had shows from the 40s-90s, those were the good old days, now disney channel is nothing more then entertainment for preteen girls, not a single good cartoon anymore, cartoonetwork got rid of all the good stuff and now has poorly made show and a lot of live action junk, and nick has maybe 2 cartoons, and tons of live action junk, and too much spongebob.
Akira89M 9 months ago
@Akira89M
That's right also. You`ve said it . The REAL Mess i thought was supposed to be happening to more of the major networks, not the cable networks. Part of Nick's drop to shame has partially been the corporate decision to let Doug go to Disney, and Let Ren and Stimpy go to Spike TV and turn that into an adult cartoon. Cont`d on my next post.
- Dwight
djthereplay 9 months ago
@Akira89M
Also, I see that A LOT of entertainers are having to deal with certain issues about the content of today's entertainment. One of those issues that I keep hearing some people come on and bring up is about the action in the cartoons. I hear some experts come on tv, and complaining about " Violence in cartoons, etc. ", when we can't even stop the violence happening in the real world caused by street gangs, coultural / religious discrimination to occupy other countries, etc.
- Dwight
djthereplay 9 months ago
@djthereplay its ridiculous.
Akira89M 9 months ago
@Akira89M
You're dang right, It`s ridiculous. This is what I`ve been seeing and the results I`m seeing today, BORING TV, or Moron Television.
- Dwight
djthereplay 9 months ago
@djthereplay not to mention how bad many of these new cartoons look, most of them , it looks like who ever drew the charatcers and backgrounds had no artistic talent at all, the character designs look flat, with thick outlines, like which began with dexter's lab, powerpuff girls, Fairly odd parents, jhonny test, regular show, etc.. and epecially with what they did too the loony toons in the new loony toon show.
Akira89M 9 months ago
@Akira89M Mind if I interject on this conversation? Indeed, cartoons nowadays stink. But let me just say that it's not completely the artists' fault, it's more the writers'. These cartoonists grew up on the Hannah-Barbera style and thus took its influence. The writers, however, are suffering from creative blockage probably due to standards & practices. If I were them, I'd either find ways to be creative while staying in those guidelines OR even try to reverse whatever the FCC did.
Pooleman96 8 months ago
@Akira89M
Well, the earlier modern shows with that look, like Dexter, Powerpuff Girls, etc., were the ones who did it WELL. At the time (mid-90s) it was a new yet retro look, kind of going against the Disney-style grain, that was inspired by old 60s cartoons. But this time with smart writing to back up the smart designs. That early crop of shows was great. Unfortunately the look became a fad, everyone started copying it badly, and now most of it just looks cheap and bloodless.
Marbles471 7 hours ago
i love mickeys lil march at the beginning. so unbelievably cute and awesome
canadianbaconbro 10 months ago
this actually sounds like the Brady Bunch lol
Evilhikarus 1 year ago
better than Justin Bieber XD
ceen10000 1 year ago 7
@ceen10000 Almost ANYTHING is better than Justin Bieber.
Dawnpool93 1 year ago 4
i love disney
newcartoontv 1 year ago
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the old one is wayyy better
New023 1 year ago
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VileTheReject 1 year ago
I was 8 years old when this debuted in 1977. I have mixed feelings watching this all over again. You see, my parents split up for good only a couple years before. My mother got custody of us kids. It was after the split that she turned into a mentally ill, abusive, psychotic monster. It was a living hell and I turned to watching television for solace. God, how I wished I could escape from her, become a mousketeer on tv and be as happy & joyful as they were on screen. Lord, I just want to cry.
classicphile 1 year ago
I like the original 50's version better.
agent4051 1 year ago 39
@agent4051 You said it.
jtomally9681 8 months ago
And people complain that Disney has gone too far trying to be hip and modern these days. Even in the 70's, as it sounds here, they were trying to keep up with the times. The only difference between this and what they do now is that now we're dealing with competition from Nickelodeon and Dreamworks and they lowered the standards for entertainment values, thus Disney had done the same.
Pooleman96 1 year ago 46
@Pooleman96 Much of this is due to the fact that the people at Disney ceased being the trend setters, failing to realize their own unique brand. They have fallen out of touch with their audience, which is Middle America and its values. Instead their "creative people" are out for an instant success model in imitating the successes of others, which has lessened their impact and uniqueness.
There is a way to be relevant to the times and still be original. But they don't seem to realize this.
RayPointer 1 year ago
@RayPointer "There is a way to be relevant to the times and still be original."
Nowadays it seems like only Pixar knows how to do that, which is why the folks at Disney are so dependent on them, which is kind of a sad thing, not that Pixar sucks or anything.
Pooleman96 1 year ago
@Pooleman96 what are you talking about disney is still great have you seen tangled, bolt, or the princess and the frog there instant classics pixars good but disney is great too.
newcartoontv 1 year ago
@newcartoontv Well ok, I do admit that they are at least trying to get that classic quality back little-by-little. All they need to do is remember who their original audience is, which is Middle America like RayPointer pointed out, put more actual creativity in their work, and vice versa, then they might just come back. Just might...
Pooleman96 1 year ago
@Pooleman96 what of there work isn't creative
newcartoontv 1 year ago
@newcartoontv "Chicken Little", for example.
Pooleman96 1 year ago
@Pooleman96 the story was lacking but how it looked and the animation looked really good but i see what you mean you cant even compair chicken little to the lion king or even tangled
newcartoontv 1 year ago
@Pooleman96
Part of the problem is that they became victims of their own success. Little Mermaid, Beauty, Aladdin and especially Lion King were such unprecedented smash hits that suddenly the pressure was on for EVERY new film to duplicate that kind of success, so inevitabley the executives started meddling more, the artists got more timid and conservative, and a whole crop of mediocre movies were the result. Even Princess and the Frog suffered from "too many cooks" syndrome.
Marbles471 7 hours ago
@Marbles471 True. Let's not forget all those ill-conceived sequels they made, Aladdin was such a success that they tried to bank on its success by making a dimestore direct-to-video follow-up and once people got that, they decided to do the same for another film, and another, and before you knew it, it was like eating peanuts! Or a virus even!
Pooleman96 3 hours ago
@RayPointer Could NOT agree more!!!
tulinmusclefan86 1 year ago
@Pooleman96 What's interesting is I grew up in the '70s to reruns of the MM Club (until they brought it back mid-'70s with a new cast, which, even as a 4-y-o, I hated), and they would sometimes show b&w reruns, sometimes color ones -- and I can tell you, I NEVER saw this disco-fied version of the theme. So, in syndication, I guess they kept the original...which is good...very, very good.
PlanitReality 2 months ago 3
@Pooleman96
Yeah but you can't argue that this sounds awesome. Its so....CATCHY. O_o
TheInkySea 2 months ago
Wouldn't Be Awesome If Mickey Mouse Guest Hosted "Raw"?.
DimeraFan28 1 year ago
@DimeraFan28 + *raspberry* no it fucking wouldn't
jordanwinehouse 1 year ago
@jordanwinehouse 'tis a sad day when you're watching mickey mouse and see the f word :(
spongebobandh2o 1 year ago
@spongebobandh2o seriously wwes already gone pg since vince mcmahons possessed by a DEMON!!! i dont wanna see mickey host raw
jordanwinehouse 1 year ago
Could they not do a new sequence, instead of just doing a disco version of the theme with the same visuals?
OldSchoolRasslin 1 year ago
This is the opening to "THE NEW MICKEY MOUSE CLUB" (1977-'79). Since the studio filmed the original "club song" in color (towards the day they thought the original show would be filmed in color), parts of that was used for the "new" '70s opening...
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
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joshualiu1993 1 year ago
Enjoyed seeing this on WGNO-TV Channel 26! Even had the soundtrack LP! 8^)
AarHan3 1 year ago
In Brazil: "Hey Mickey!!!... Hey Mickey!!!... Viva o Clube do Mickey!!!".
nsrbr 2 years ago
Good Memories
fdezarra 2 years ago
Oh wow. Does this bring back memories. I was 8 years old when the NMMC debuted in 1977. The problem was that the local tv station aired it on the weekdays around 2pm in the afternoon and school didnt let out until 3pm. So the only way I could see an episode here and there was if I was sick, on vacation, or cut out of school early. I think the ratings would have improved if they only aired it at a better time when we kids could see it. And I had the maddest crush on Kelly!!! (who didnt?)
classicphile 2 years ago