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Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.
Annette McLeod was an outsider. Kids saw something of themselves in her as she struggled to be understood.
As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble my career caused my family.
As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.
As my balance has worsened, I've found it more difficult to walk on hard surfaces.
At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.
Being famous didn't in any way hamper my being a typical teenager when it came to boys.
By my teens I had decided to quit show business as soon as I was married.
Canada has double the rate of MS the United States has.
Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.
For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.
For most of the kids, getting discovered by the Disney people and brought to Los Angeles to tape the show was the thrill of a lifetime.
Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.
I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.
I began my career at the age of 12 almost by accident.
I hate regrets, so I pushed the fear aside.
I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.
I made no films in 1959, instead concentrating on my recording career.
I never went anywhere without my gloves. It may have looked a little odd at first, but this was the '50s.
I never worried; I knew that when the time was right, my true love would arrive.
I spent a lot of time worrying about whether I could handle the rigors of touring and facing a live crowd every night.
I still can't understand how you can see a group of people day in and day out for several months, get to know them, then never hear from them again.
I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.
I think girls liked me because my life resembled theirs in so many ways.
I try to see the best in people and in life. I've been blessed.
I was being offered scripts that were unacceptable to me. I was not a good enough actress to be something I wasn't, or to do things I wouldn't do otherwise.
I was not prepared to live as a single parent.
I'd never find a work environment as safe and supportive as the one I'd known at Disney.
I'm a little leery of anyone who claims to have all the answers.
I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.
I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart.
If a mother ever got caught leaving the lot during a workday, her child's contract would be canceled immediately.
In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down.
It's safe to say that I was a teen role model.
Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.
Late one evening in 1976, the room grew dark and started spinning and I heard bells that sounded so real I had to cover my ears. Everything went black.
Life is forever going to change, you know?
MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.
Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.
Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.
Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.
Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.
Mr. Disney was adamant that the show not talk down to kids.
My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.
Of all my films, Babes in Toyland is my favorite.
Of all the places my work had led us, Italy still stands as out as our favorite. After all, we are Italian.
Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.
Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.
One of the best parts of the tour was getting to see these great performers work close up.
Some people thought the movies were kind of kitschy, and part of the appeal was simply laughing at us.
The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down.
The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on Monday, October 3, 1955.
The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.
The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.
Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.
There had never been a divorce in either of our families. After years of growing apart, I had to admit that my marriage was ending.
There were few ways to promote a single, except for appearing on Dick Clark's show or Ed Sullivan.
Thousands of concerned citizens, police chiefs, and religious leaders called rock 'n roll garbage and blamed it for everything.
To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.
Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing.
We didn't know much about Walt Disney or his studios.
What would people think of me? I didn't want to feel their pity.
Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.
Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.
When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.
Working on my first feature film, The Shaggy Dog, was very exciting.
You have to remember that a theme park of the type and size Mr. Disney envisioned simply did not exist.