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Disneyland The Mouseketeer Reunion (1954–1991) Online

Disneyland The Mouseketeer Reunion (1954–1991) Online
Original Title :
The Mouseketeer Reunion
Genre :
TV Episode / Adventure / Biography / Drama / Family / Western
Year :
1954–1991
Cast :
Sherry Alberoni,Sharon Baird,Bobby Burgess
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
2h
Rating :
9.2/10
Disneyland The Mouseketeer Reunion (1954–1991) Online

Episode credited cast:
Sherry Alberoni Sherry Alberoni - Herself
Sharon Baird Sharon Baird - Herself
Bobby Burgess Bobby Burgess - Himself
Lonnie Burr Lonnie Burr - Himself
Tommy Cole Tommy Cole - Himself
Tim Considine Tim Considine - Himself
Johnny Crawford Johnny Crawford - Himself
Eileen Diamond Eileen Diamond - Herself
Annette Funicello Annette Funicello - Herself
Darlene Gillespie Darlene Gillespie - Herself
Judy Harriet Judy Harriet - Herself
Cheryl Holdridge Cheryl Holdridge - Herself
Cubby O'Brien Cubby O'Brien - Himself
Karen Pendleton Karen Pendleton - Herself
Lynn Ready Lynn Ready - Himself


User reviews

Rias

Rias

While it's wonderful that Walt Disney Productions was able to invite as many of the original Mouseketeers as they could, this otherwise charming, nostalgic special was inarguably marred by the absence of one of the studio's biggest stars of the late Walt-era: Tommy Kirk.

According to the book "Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out," by Sean Griffin, Kirk had already kicked drugs and retired from show business, now working in a cleaning and upholstery firm. Though the book implies he was in the special, it isn't true. But the reason for that, along with an inaccurate statement that all this happened in 1984, was that a member of the studio's publicity department said to him, "If I had my way, all you people would be buried in the same grave." The "you people" he was talking about: gay people.

It is therefore ironic that out gays and gay allies would play a major part in the studio's return to prominence just a few years later. But Kirk's absence still cast an unhappy shadow over the reunion.

7/10: Three points off for the sin of omission. However, the aforementioned book is also guilty of the sin of omission: it fails to mention the presence of Dennis Day, the other (known) gay male Mouseketeer from the original MICKEY MOUSE CLUB, in this reunion.