# How Many "Mouseketeers" Remain? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086 "2009-11-10T20:04:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/1 "2009-11-10T20:04:47Z")
In the late 1950’s, Walt Disney productions had a kid’s TV show, that featured the “Mouseketeers”-they were sort of a club, headed by a young-looking guy. The mouseketeers got to wear beany-style hats (with foan rubber mouse ears), and did varoius stuff on the show. They also got to travel, and many became actors as adults. How many are still around? How did you get to be a mousketeer? I remember those beany caps-my late great aunt bought me one (she got it on a trip to Disneyland). ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/2 "2009-11-10T20:14:11Z")
The original 1950s Mouseketeers were made up of the following people (this is just the main cast; I guess there were a bunch of auxiliary Mouseketeers but frankly I don’t feel like looking up all of their names on Google to see if they are dead or not 😃 ) Annette Funicello, Tommy Cole, Darlene Gillespie, Bobby Burgess, Doreen Tracey, Cubby O’Brien, Karen Pendleton, Lonnie Burr, Sharon Baird, and Cheryl Holdridge. Believe it or not, they are still alive except Cheryl Holdridge, who died in January 2009. There were also 1970s and 1990s revivals of the Mickey Mouse Club, but I’m going to assume most of those Mouseketeers are still alive as well. Source: [The Mickey Mouse Club - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mickey_Mouse_Club) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/3 "2009-11-10T20:15:29Z")
> **[The Mickey Mouse Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Club)** > > The Mickey Mouse Club is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned to social media in 2017. Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first televised for four seasons, from 1955 to 1959, by ABC. This original run featured a regular, but ever-changing cast of mostly teen performers. ABC broadcast reruns weekday afternoons during the 1958–1959 season, airing right after American Bandstand. The show was revive... According to Wiki the Mouseketeers are still with us minus one…Cheryl Holdridge (joined the second year) died last January. The adults: Jimmy Dodd died in 1964 and Big Roy in 1976 edit: Whoops, MsWhats it beat me by a minute ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/4 "2009-11-10T20:18:07Z")
I guess the most infamous has to be Britney Spears. Man, what a human train wreck ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/5 "2009-11-10T20:20:39Z")
[Original Mickey Mouse Club Cast](http://www.originalmmc.com/cast.html) Heres your baseline if you want to look them up. Holeridge died recently from lung cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/6 "2009-11-10T20:23:44Z")
The most visible of the '50s group would be Anette (those '60s movies) and Bobby (went on to dance every week on the Welk show). The Welk group still puts together specials that get pledged around. Anyone know if Burgess is still dancing with them? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/7 "2009-11-10T20:31:40Z")
> [@Doug\_Bowe](#): > > Anyone know if Burgess is still dancing with them? Wikipedia says he is. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/8 "2009-11-10T20:33:11Z")
Darlene was recently sent to prison for writing bad checks. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/9 "2009-11-10T21:16:39Z")
Sharon Baird did work with the Krofft brothers in the 70s, on _H.R. Pufnstuf_, _Land of the Lost_ and other shows. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/10 "2009-11-10T21:31:27Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Sharon Baird did work with the Krofft brothers in the 70s, on _H.R. Pufnstuf_, _Land of the Lost_ and other shows. And toured with Gallagher (yes, of the Sledge-O-Matic) at least once. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/11 "2009-11-10T21:40:17Z")
I wonder how Annette Funicello is doing. I don’t think she’s been seen publicly for years. Multiple sclerosis is such a horrible debilitating disease. I hope Annette is ok. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/12 "2009-11-10T21:44:12Z")
And, as far as the most recent incarnation (the 1990s), since someone already mentioned Britney Spears, it should be noted that Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake are also alumni. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/13 "2009-11-10T21:53:47Z")
I remember the 70’s version growing up. According to what I just read on Wiki, it was a total failure with only about a year’s worth of episodes made. Two of them have already died and the only one to have any sort of fame was the one who played the hot blond on _Facts of Live_. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/14 "2009-11-10T23:20:16Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > And, as far as the most recent incarnation (the 1990s), since someone already mentioned Britney Spears, it should be noted that Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake are also alumni. Not to mention actor Ryan Gosling. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/15 "2009-11-11T00:42:47Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > The original 1950s Mouseketeers were made up of the following people (this is just the main cast; I guess there were a bunch of auxiliary Mouseketeers but frankly I don’t feel like looking up all of their names on Google to see if they are dead or not 😃 ) > > Annette Funicello, Tommy Cole, Darlene Gillespie, Bobby Burgess, Doreen Tracey, Cubby O’Brien, Karen Pendleton, Lonnie Burr, Sharon Baird, and Cheryl Holdridge. Those are simply the most popular ones – the infamous “Red Team” (and more precisely, the final line-up of the red team). As you correctly emphasized, there were more Mouseketeers than that. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/16 "2009-11-11T00:49:54Z")
Doreen posed nude in the late 70’s for Gallery, IIRC. And not coyly nude either, but spread-eagle. Some things were best left to my imagination, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/17 "2009-11-11T01:05:43Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Doreen posed nude in the late 70’s for Gallery, IIRC. And not coyly nude either, but spread-eagle. > > Some things were best left to my imagination, that’s for sure. I just found that online. She is wearing her mouse ears, Mickey tights and DOREEN sweater in that picture. Is nothing sacred? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/18 "2009-11-11T02:08:19Z")
Karen was paralyzed from the waist down in car accident when she was in her mid-30’s. ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/19 "2009-11-11T04:08:48Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wonder how Annette Funicello is doing. I don’t think she’s been seen publicly for years. Multiple sclerosis is such a horrible debilitating disease. I hope Annette is ok. The last I heard, Annette is not doing too good. She has lost her voice. She also is basically blind. She cannot feed herself nor do much of anything for herself, and Annette is either in a bed or a wheelchair. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086/20 "2009-11-11T04:09:53Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I just found that online. She is wearing her mouse ears, Mickey tights and DOREEN sweater in that picture. Is nothing sacred? That’s just nasty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mouseketeers-remain/517086.md?page=2)