>>>
>>> THE
>>> THE ORIGINAL MICKEY MOUSE CLUB IN THE 1950s LAUNCHED
CAREERS.
CAREERS.
CAREERS. DISNEY PUT TOGETHER A NEW GROUP
OF TALENTED TEENS IN IN THE
LATE 80s AND EARLY 90s FOR AN
ALL NEW SHOW.
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CAST
MEMBERS FROM THE ALL NEW MICKEY
MOUSE CLUB IS HOUSTON NATIVE
DAMON PAMPOLINA.
DAMON PAMPOLINA. HE'S HERE TO TELL US ABOUT AN
EXCITING REUNION OF THE CAST.
THAT IS SO COOL.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT
ENTERTAINMENT WAS IN YOUR
BLOOD.
BLOOD.
BLOOD. IT
BLOOD. IT WAS AFTER FIRST GRADE TALENT
SHOW THAT YOU REALIZED YOU
REALLY LOVED IT.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. MY SISTER WAS THE ONE THAT
TALKED ME INTO DOING THE TALENT
SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. I
SHOW. I GOT THE BUG AFTER THAT.
IT WAS A WRAP.
PERFORMING IN FRONT OF A LIVE
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE. >> DO YOU REMEMBER SOME OF IT?
>> OF COURSE.
>> GIVE US A LITTLE BIT.
>> YOU'RE KILLING ME.
I HAD ANIMAL FROM THE MUPPETS
ON MY LAP AND I WAS AT THE
TIME, I SAW MANY THIS ON TV.
SO I'M SLAPPING MY KNEE AND
DOING THE WHOLE THING.
AND THE SCHOOL WENT NUTS.
THEN IT SEGUED INTO MICHAEL
JACKSON, PLAYED THE DRUMS, TOOK
OFF FROM THERE.
>> THERE'S A WOMAN WHO TOLD
YOUR PARENTS HE'S GOT TALENT.
>> HER CHILDREN WERE ATTENDING
THE SCHOOL AS WELL.
SHE TOLD MY PARENTS.
FINALLY WE DID AND THAT'S HOW
IT STARTS.
IT STARTS. >> YOU DID SOME HEAD SHOTS.
YOU STARTED DOING LOCAL.
>> PRINTWORK.
>> PRINTWORK. >> I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
THAT WAS WHEN FOLEY'S WAS IN
TOWN.
TOWN.
TOWN. THERE YOU GO.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> ALL THE STUFF THE, THE
BEHIND THE SCENES TYPE OF
STUFF.
STUFF.
STUFF. THESE PANTS, JEANS WERE TOO
BIG.
BIG.
BIG. >>
BIG. >> THEY CLIPPED THEM IN THE
FRONT SO THAT THEY HAD A BETTER
FIT.
FIT.
FIT. OBVIOUSLY.
OBVIOUSLY. YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. A
YEAH. A LOT OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS IN
THAT BUSINESS.
THAT BUSINESS. THIS WAS PROBABLY MY FIRST
PROFESSIONAL JOB HERE IN
HOUSTON WHERE I REALLY STARTED
TO UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY AND
I REALLY STARTED TO GET THE
VISION OF WHAT I WANTED.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH YOU
GOT PAID?
GOT PAID?
GOT PAID? >> I DON'T.
>> MY SON ACTUALLY DID THE LAST
FOLEY'S AD.
FOLEY'S AD. >> THAT'S AWESOME.
>> IT WAS FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
THERE HE IS IN HIS ONESIE.
SO MAYBE GROW UP TO BE AN
ENTERTAINER.
ENTERTAINER. HE GOT $50.
HE KEEPS ASKING ME FOR IT.
AS THINGS START OPENING UP FOR
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. HOW
YOU. HOW DID MICKEY MOUSE CLUB COME
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. >>
ABOUT. >> AFTER A FEW YEARS OF DOING
LOCAL WORK, PRINTWORK,
COMMERCIALS.
COMMERCIALS. HLNP WAS ONE OF THE COMMERCIALS
I GOT TO DO AND STARTED TO
UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC OF THAT
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. THERE WAS AN AUDITION IN
DALLAS.
DALLAS.
DALLAS. THE FILM WAS GOING TO BE WHY
BECAUSE WE LIKE YOU.
A FILM ABOUT THE ORIGINAL
MOUSEKETEERS.
MOUSEKETEERS. I MET THE MAN WHO FOUND
BRITNEY, JUSTIN AND ALL THESE
GUYS.
GUYS.
GUYS. YOU'RE NOT RIGHT FOR THIS BUT
WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE COMING
UP I THINK YOU'LL BE RIGHT FOR
AND IT WAS THE MICKEY MOUSE
CLUBS.
CLUBS.
CLUBS. >>
CLUBS. >> 12,000 KIDS AUDITIONED FOR
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> WENT BACK TO DALLAS.
AUDITIONED FOR HIM AND THE NEXT
STEP WAS A SCREEN TEST IN
ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA. THEN THE REST IS HISTORY AS
THEY SAY.
THEY SAY.
THEY SAY. THERE WE ARE.
>> THERE'S A THING WHERE THEY
PAIRED YOU WITH SOME OF THE
ORIGINAL MOUSEKETEERS.
ORIGINAL MOUSEKETEERS. >> THEY BROUGHT A LOT OF THE
BIG GUYS BACK.
WE DID A ONE WEEK RUN OF A
REUNION SHOW.
REUNION SHOW. >> WHAT WAS INCREDIBLE IS ALSO
THE KIND OF CAREERS IT
LAUNCHED.
LAUNCHED.
LAUNCHED. BRITNEY SPEARS, JUSTIN
TIMBERLAKE, CHRISTINA AGUILERA.
SO MANY FOLKS.
THEY LAUNCHED THOSE CAREERS
RIGHT THERE AND LOTS OF
CELEBRITIES CAME TO THE MICKEY
MOUSE SET THAT YOU GOT TO SEE A
LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY
WANTED TO BE SEEN.
>> GEORGE LUCAS, MICHAEL
JACKSON.
JACKSON.
JACKSON. THEY WOULD LET US MEET THEM.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
>> THE MUSIC GROUP THE PARTY.
>> HOLLYWOOD RECORDS WAS
FORMED.
FORMED.
FORMED. WHICH IS LIKE TOUCHSTONE TO
DISNEY.
DISNEY.
DISNEY. IT WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION TO
TAKE FIVE KIDS FROM THE SHOW
AND FORM A POP GROUP.
THE PARTY WAS FORM.
THAT'S A CLIP OF US.
>> THERE THEY ARE.
BACK IN THE DAY THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN BIKINI BEACH.
>>> YOU MOVED BACK TO HOUSTON
BUT ENTERTAINMENT IS A PART OF
YOUR LIFE.
YOUR LIFE. >> GOD BLESS MY FATHER.
HE WAS STARTING UP AN
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY.
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. EMCEEING AND HOST FOR PRIVATE
EVENTS.
EVENTS.
EVENTS. IT WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION
FROM DOING WHAT I WAS DOING TO
WHEN I CAME BACK TO HOUSTON TO
START HOSTING PRIVATE EVENTS.
THE LAST TEN YEARS I'VE TAKEN
IT ON AS A FULL TIME JOB.
>> HOSTING PRIVATE EVENTS.
YOU CAN SET EVERYTHING, THE
ATMOSPHERE FOR THE RADIOROOM.
DO YOU WANT DANCERS BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE ENTERTAINMENT.
>> PARTY STARTERS WE CALL THEM.
THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WAS A
CORPORATE EVENT.
CORPORATE EVENT. THAT WAS A PRIVATE EVENT WHERE
THEY RENTED OUT THE CLUB AND
BROUGHT US IN TO ENTERTAIN
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. NATIONWIDE.
NATIONWIDE. WE'VE GONE INTERNATIONAL FOR
SOME.
SOME.
SOME. IT'S BEEN AWESOME.
>> THAT'S COOL.
THE REUNION.
THE REUNION. >> YES, MA'AM.
30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY NEXT WEEK
IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
THE STOMPING GROUNDS AND THE
MOTHERLAND, IF YOU WILL, OF
WHERE THIS STARTED.
WE'RE BACK AT MAGIC KINGDOM ON
FRIDAY FOR A PARADE.
WE'RE AT EPCOT FOR A PARTY
SATURDAY NIGHT.
SATURDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE GREAT STUFF GOING ON.
>> YOU'RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE THIS WITH THE NEXT
GENERATION.
GENERATION. THAT'S COOL ABOUT THE WHOLE
DISNEY MACHINE.
DISNEY MACHINE. IT'S GENERATION AFTER
GENERATION OF HAPPINESS.
>> SO MY SON IS NOW GETTING
INTRODUCED TO WHAT DAD USED TO
DO WHEN HE WAS ALMOST HIS AGE.
WE'RE BRINGING HIM WITH US.
GET TO EXPERIENCE THIS THAT'LL
BE INCREDIBLE.
BE INCREDIBLE. >> AND MICKEY IS WHAT, 90 YEARS
OLD?
OLD?
OLD? >>
OLD? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. HE LOOKS GREAT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT DISNEY
DUST IS.
DUST IS.
DUST IS. >> MICKEY IS GOING TO DO AN
APPEARANCE SATURDAY NIGHT.
THAT'S COOL.
THAT'S COOL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. YOU'LL STAY WITH US FOR SOME
MUSIC.
MUSIC.
MUSIC. NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
>> TO ALL OUR COMPANY.
>> M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.
>> THE 30th REUNION IS NEXT
WEEKEND IN ORLANDO.
TICKETS FOR THE GALA AND
AFTERPARTY BENEFIT GIVE KIDS
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