- ♪ M-O-U-S-E ♪
- Oh my gosh. This is so adorable.
- When I was a kid, that was what a cool kid to me was.
- ♪ (industrial music) ♪
- What is this?
- ♪ Tell me whose the original ♪
♪ I mean everything literal ♪
- Okay. I have no idea who this is.
- Oh, are you kidding me? The new Mickey Mouse Club, isn't it?
- Yeah, this is like the new Mickey Mouse Club.
Oh, shit! Disney Channel getting a makeover.
- I can't tell how old they are.
- ♪ Mickey Mouse It's legendary ♪
♪ Mickey Mouse ♪
- Oh hey, he's from here.
- Oh, that's my dude Will.
- ♪ All around the world Yeah, we go march ♪
- Oh my gosh, look at him. I'm so proud.
- ♪ Mickey Mouse I thought you knew ♪
♪ Mickey Mouse Hey, come on ♪
- I kind of like this song, actually.
- I assume half of these people are gonna be big pop stars
at some point.
- Was Justin Timberlake on this back in the day or something?
- Is this the new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
that Britney was in and stuff?
- ♪ M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E ♪
- They should have me on there.
- Aw, that's so cute. I love Mickey Mouse.
- I'm getting old.
- ♪ Mickey Mouse ♪
- Oh yeah, that's Mickey Mouse Club, right there.
How cool!
- I wanna be friends with all of these children.
- Yeah, get it, Will.
- I don't know anything about the Mouseketeers.
I just know Will was on it, so it's sick now.
- (FBE) For the first time in over 20 years,
the Mickey Mouse Club is back.
- Oh wow! All right.
We'll see if that works.
- (FBE) But it's been revamped for a new generation of audiences,
releasing videos on Facebook and social media.
- Oh, so no TV?
- (FBE) Did you ever watch the Mickey Mouse Club growing up?
- Yeah, I did. Yes, back in the day
when I was very little.
- I mean, how can someone say they're not a fan
of Mickey Mouse Club? Let's just be honest.
- All I know is who comes from it. Like Justin Timberlake
and Britney Spears and I'm forgetting who else
comes from that show. Isn't Ryan Gosling
was also on it, too?
- (FBE) So the Mickey Mouse Club has had many versions
over the years, starting in the early days
of television in the 1950s. Then it returned again
in the '70s and '90s. So we're gonna show you
some videos from the history of the Mickey Mouse Club.
- Perfect. I've seen a couple of these,
not recently, but the '50s one, it's kind of creepy.
- Aww, yay! That's what I wanted to hear!
- ♪ (Big band music) ♪ - Vintage.
- Oh boy, black and white. (laughs)
- Oh yeah, looks a bit different. But still super talented.
- Oh, it's lit. Okay.
Footwork game on point.
- Yeah, get it.
- Oh, I love it. Oh my gosh,
this is so adorable.
- ♪ We're the Mouseketeers ♪ - Oh God, those dresses.
I guess it is the '50s, isn't it?
- ♪ For all of you who see us ♪ - They've definitely become
a little more trendy nowadays.
- Look at the diversity. She clearly has short hair.
She has dark hair.
- It's really non-loose. It's very rigid.
- I mean, for its time, it makes sense,
but I just-- why so robotic and so proper?
- ♪ So proudly put on you Mouske-ears ♪
- I feel like they used to even show this when I was a kid.
- (man) Roll call! - (girl) Cheryl!
- (laughing) Oh.
- (girl) Annette. - That's Annette Funicello.
- Oh God. - (boy) Cubby!
- (girl) Sharon. - (girl) Darleen.
- (boy) Tommy!
- I feel like it's like It's a Small World a little bit.
- (man) Roy. - Ah.
(laughing) Roy.
- Who's Roy? How did he get on there?
- ♪ Put on your Mouseke-ears ♪
- How many of these people are dead?
- ♪ Mouseketeers ♪ - Oh my God.
Watching that first one to this is a huge, huge difference.
- I really like it. I think it's really cute.
I wanna do one of those, like Britney!
- ♪ (synth opening) ♪
- They have color now.
- They have the ears!
- Oh, look at that. The spin.
My dude on the skateboard.
- (boy) Shawnte.
- It's got a very Brady Bunch kind of feel.
- She looks really anxious for the show to start.
- (boy) Curtis! - This looks more for kids.
I understand this more.
- Oh for sure. Give that kid the basketball, huh.
- (girl) Mindy! - (boy) Angel!
- All right, Angel. That diversity.
- This-- okay, I'm good, I'm good.
(laughing) No, I'm not.
- This is awesome. Yeah!
That was probably some of the best dance moves
I've ever seen.
- From the '50s all conservative, the poodle skirt look,
and now they're a little more, I don't know, classic '70s
bright color vibe.
- This would only fly in the '70s. Everyone was stoned!
Nobody cared! They probably just love the colors.
They're like "Wow, this Mickey Mouse Club, man.
It's really changing the world."
- I'm about to feel real old right now.
- (singing along) ♪ Made for you and me ♪
♪ M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E ♪
- Now this is gonna have Justin Timberlake, right?
And Ryan Gosling?
- I remember this.
(singing along) ♪ K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E ♪
- All the patterns is kind of hurting my eyes.
- (boy) Dale. - (girl) Jennifer.
- (boy) Justin. - Justin Timberlake!
- (girl) Keri. - Oh, Keri?
- (girl) Britney. - Oh, right.
- (girl) Britney. - Britney!
- (girl) Rhona. - (boy) TJ.
- (girl) Ilana. - (boy) Ricky.
- Christina. Legend.
I love them. Ryan's good, too.
- Oh my Gosh. Look at all those people, what?
That's a trip.
- (girl) Lindsey. - Lindsey!
That's who I had a crush on.
- Who the hell is Terri and Fred?
- (man) Fred. You. - Me!
They look like they're for sure in the '90s.
- I was born in '84, so I grew up,
all my childhood, is in the '90s.
So all the radial flashing colors and zebra print, hmm.
- When I was a kid, that was what a cool kid,
to me, was. Coming out in a letterman jacket.
That's what I aspired to be. Never got to be there,
you know what I mean? But, that was pretty sick.
- They're all kind of terrible, to be hon--
like, the old ones, they're all creepy and weird
and why is the roll call the most important part?
Don't you know the cast members?
- (FBE) So a lot of famous people came from the show,
especially in the '90s, and we have a picture
of some of the most notable ones.
- Wait, Britney Spears? Seriously?
I didn't know that was Britney Spears.
I knew Justin Tim-- Christina Aguilera?
What?
- When he said "Ryan" and "Keri" I was like, hey that's Kerri Russell.
- That was Christina Aguilera. I thought that was Stephanie
from Full House.
- Keri Russell. Do I know JC...
- (FBE) He's from NSYNC. - So, no.
- They're so adorable. Honestly, if they didn't say
their names, 'cause I'm glad they did,
I wouldn't have recognized half of them,
'cause they are so little.
- Yes, look at them! They're such babies.
They're all so tiny. This is the cutest thing.
I want this picture framed on my wall.
- (FBE) Mickey Mouse Club has gone through several
iterations throughout several decades.
With how much everything has changed,
from fashion and music, why do you think
the idea of the Mickey Mouse Club
has appealed to so many different generations
that they keep bringing it back every 20 years or so.
- You know, like anything else, you will continue to do what works.
If it makes you money, if it's popular,
you're going to do it.
- It's, like, everyone who you would want to be friends with
in one place and they're always doing cool stuff.
Especially if you're a loser, like me.
You know what I mean? Like, I would be like,
"Wow, I wish I could be like those cool
Mickey Mouse Club kids."
- I think any show that has a bunch of little kids on it
everyone's going to somehow have some sort of affinity towards.
So everyone can relate to some character on that show
and there's so many of them. You're gonna find one you like.
- As generations grow, it's something that
if you take away for a little bit and you bring it back,
a whole new generation's gonna be like,
"Oh, what's this? I've never heard of this."
- Part of it is because the parents are gonna have a nostalgia to it
and so, when it comes time for their kid to watch it,
they're gonna go "Oh, I loved
the Mickey Mouse Club. Yeah, you should
totally watch that." So, I would imagine
that if it were now, my parents would be
all in on that. My parents know all about
the Mickey Mouse Club, even.
- (FBE) So finally, with this back
for a new generation, do you think that this
will be it, or do you think in the future decades,
we'll be talking about another generation of Mouseketeers.
- Aw, I don't think Disney's ever gonna settle
for this is it.
- There will always be generations of Mouseketeers.
I'm sure, I'm sure. Especially 'cause everything's
constantly like, "Look how great everything was in the past.
Let's redo that!"
- It's hard to say, because like you said, it's not gonna
be on TV this time, so it's kind of like,
okay, it's gonna be on Facebook and social media.
So maybe it will come back. I just don't--
I think we're progressing so much that it can get lost.
- We have more and more and like-- that's like a never ending thing.
What are you gonna think, the NFL was only supposed
to be 'til the 1990s? 'Cause after that,
out of nowhere, no one's gonna play football?
Like, no. Same thing with this.
Everyday there's new crops of talent coming up.
- Disney is timeless and people are gonna love
seeing Mickey Mouse, I guess, but it always seemed
so cheesy back in the day and this seems like
they're trying to make it new and fun.
I don't know if that-- we'll see.
- If Kidz Bop continues coming around,
as stupid and lame as that is, and now they're on version
8,000,042 Mickey Mouse Club
is certainly gonna be around for a very long time.
- If it works, then they will continue to do it.
If it needs to be tweaked, then that's what they'll do.
They're very smart, "they" being Disney.
They're not stupid. They're gonna do what works
and makes them money.
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