A country bumpkin goes to live with her upperclass relatives and learns to adapt amongst her peers, without changing who she is.A country bumpkin goes to live with her upperclass relatives and learns to adapt amongst her peers, without changing who she is.A country bumpkin goes to live with her upperclass relatives and learns to adapt amongst her peers, without changing who she is.
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- TriviaThe serial "Annette" ran during the third and final year of "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955-1958). It consisted of 19 episodes: 1. The Newcomer Feb 11, 1958 2. Annette Meets Jet Feb 12, 1958 3. An Invitation Feb 13, 1958 4. The Escort Feb 14, 1958 5. The Party Feb 17, 1958 6. Paying the Piper Feb 18, 1958 7. The Missing Necklace Feb 19, 1958 8. What Happened at School Feb 20, 1958 9. Almost a Fight Feb 21, 1958 10. Steady Gets an Idea Feb 24, 1958 11. The Explosion Feb 25, 1958 12. The Turned Down Invitation Feb 26, 1958 13. Annette Makes a Decision Feb 27, 1958 14. The Hayride Feb 28, 1958 15. The Barbecue Mar 3, 1958 16. The Fight Mar 4, 1958 17. The Farewell Letter Mar 5, 1958 18. Mike to the Rescue Mar 6, 1958 19. The Mystery is Solved Mar 7, 1958
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Country Values
The big serial for the Mickey Mouse Club in its final year was Annette, starring of course Annette Funicello. The young men of America watched Annette have a rather public puberty so Walt Disney no doubt figured in the last season of the club it was altogether fitting and proper to recognize this.
Funicello plays a role somewhat akin to something Janet Gaynor might have done back in her day. Gaynor was always a girl fresh off the farm who comes to the big city and wins the heart of whomever the leading man was. She was always down to earth and full of common sense.
And that's exactly what Funicello plays in Annette. She's lived in a rural background until her teens when she's orphaned. Her rich uncle Richard Deacon and aunt Sylvia Field take her in.
These people are pretty rich, but Annette doesn't gravitate at first to the kids in her aunt and uncle's economic class. She likes young Judy Nugent who delivers milk and eggs from her farm and young David Stollery who has to work after school. Gradually though she not only becomes accepted with the cool kids, but they actually start developing some nice values of their own.
Except for one that is, Roberta Shore who played a lot of teen queen roles that Annette didn't get is the villain of the piece. She gets insanely jealous of this country bumpkin's new found popularity and schemes for her downfall.
This series ran 19 episodes and granted they're only 15 minutes in length each chapter, still it's one of the longest if not the longest serial Disney had on the Mickey Mouse Club. It was a picture of the Fifties and the values we had at the time. Note the lack of any minority faces in Annette.
Still it wasn't a bad show. Annette Funicello was launched on her way to teen and adult stardom. She established her image that carries on right up to today in Annette. And it's not a bad image for a very brave lady to have.
Funicello plays a role somewhat akin to something Janet Gaynor might have done back in her day. Gaynor was always a girl fresh off the farm who comes to the big city and wins the heart of whomever the leading man was. She was always down to earth and full of common sense.
And that's exactly what Funicello plays in Annette. She's lived in a rural background until her teens when she's orphaned. Her rich uncle Richard Deacon and aunt Sylvia Field take her in.
These people are pretty rich, but Annette doesn't gravitate at first to the kids in her aunt and uncle's economic class. She likes young Judy Nugent who delivers milk and eggs from her farm and young David Stollery who has to work after school. Gradually though she not only becomes accepted with the cool kids, but they actually start developing some nice values of their own.
Except for one that is, Roberta Shore who played a lot of teen queen roles that Annette didn't get is the villain of the piece. She gets insanely jealous of this country bumpkin's new found popularity and schemes for her downfall.
This series ran 19 episodes and granted they're only 15 minutes in length each chapter, still it's one of the longest if not the longest serial Disney had on the Mickey Mouse Club. It was a picture of the Fifties and the values we had at the time. Note the lack of any minority faces in Annette.
Still it wasn't a bad show. Annette Funicello was launched on her way to teen and adult stardom. She established her image that carries on right up to today in Annette. And it's not a bad image for a very brave lady to have.
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