![]() They will huff up to lodge quiet air in their feathers and quiet air is a good thermal insulator so it retains their body heat." ![]() And I enjoy watching them because pretty soon, as darkness consumes I will see them do something which I am sure you never saw them do. See those birds on the aerial, on the antenna there. "It's coming sundown and darkness will soon be here. "Now look what's happening," he said, quietly. Julius Sumner Miller, professor, from Torrance, California, is really a sombre, almost sad, old man, albeit a fascinating one, who, when he is not propounding, is still a consummate observer. It was a good act.īut suddenly he was there, an ordinary man with an ordinary man's doubts. Two hours in which he had moved chameleon-like through his life: from farmboy, to butler, teacher, brilliant physicist, television name, stand-up comedian and mad professor, without really stepping out of his life role: professional sage and entertainer. It had taken two hours to find that old man, two hours of bombast, self-opiniation, irascibility, histrionics, anger (or was it pseudo-anger?), egomania, pedantry, and intolerance. The evening was suddenly still - like the old man who lay on one of the single beds in the room, his curly grey chest hair crinkling over the top of his singlet, his dishevelled white hair a halo around his head. As it dropped, six Indian mynahs had come to roost on the television aerials on the roofs outside. Many markets stretched the program back to an hour’s daily run time during the 1960s rerun cycle by adding locally produced and hosted portions involving educational subjects and live audience participation of local children.The wind had stopped whistling and rattling the aluminium frame windows. Some new features were added such as Fun with Science, aka “Professor Wonderful” (with scientist Julius Sumner Miller) and Marvelous Marvin in the 1964–1965 season Jimmie Dodd appeared in several of these new segments before his death in November 1964. Because of its popularity in some markets, a few stations continued to carry it into 1968 before the series was finally withdrawn from syndication. In response to continuing audience demand, the original Mickey Mouse Club went into edited syndicated half-hour reruns that enjoyed wide distribution starting in the fall of 1962, achieving strong ratings especially during its first three seasons in syndicated release. Walt Disney filed a lawsuit against ABC, and won the damages in a settlement however, he had to agree that both the Mickey Mouse Club and Zorro could not be aired on any other major network. ![]() ABC wanted to add more commercials…Disney did not want more.Īfter canceling The Mickey Mouse Club, ABC also refused to let Disney air the show on another network. The cancellation in September 1959 was attributable to several factors: the Disney studios did not realize high-profit margins from merchandise sales, the sponsors were uninterested in educational programming for children, and many commercials were needed in order to pay for the show. The animated intro linked here is an ingenious creation that has many edit points to adjust the length of the intro after the rest of the show has been edited together.Īlthough the show remained popular, ABC decided to cancel the show after its fourth season, as Disney and the ABC network could not come to terms for renewal. The Mickey Mouse Club was featured on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and Walt Disney’s Adventure Time, featuring re-runs of The Mickey Mouse Club serials and several re-edited segments from Disneyland and Walt Disney Presents, appeared on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This was the final season to feature new programming on the original Mickey Mouse Club.Īlthough the show returned for the 1958–1959 season (5:30 to 6:00 pm ET), these programs were actually footage from the first two seasons, re-cut into a half-hour format. The series ran on ABC Television for an hour each weekday in the 1955–19–1957 seasons (from 5:00 to 6:00 pm ET), but went to a half-hour show in the ’57-58 season airing weekdays (5:30 to 6:00 pm ET). The Original Mickey Mouse Club’s Broadcast History ![]()
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