I find it interesting that so many stars developed their career start as a member of the "Mickey Mouse Club" and other popular kid tv shows.
I hadn't thought about that but that
initial 1955–1959 run on ABC, first from 1977 to 1979 for first-run syndication as The New Mickey Mouse Club, then from 1989 to 1996 as The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (also known to fans as MMC from 1993 to 1996) airing exclusively on cable television's The Disney Channel, and again in 2017 with the moniker Club Mickey Mouse airing exclusively on internet social media.
Mickey Mouse himself appeared in every show, not only in vintage cartoons originally made for theatrical release, but also in the opening
Mouse Club" alongside Tim Considine. Considine also played a role, as did Annette Funicello who had been the most popular member of "The Mickey Mouse Club". 
It took several months for Disney to find the right dog.
Kirk later said, "At the time, I viewed it as a fairy tale, but in later years, I've come to think that the film has one of the screwiest combinations of plot elements in any movie ever made. It has all the realistic elements of the Cold