As I sit down to do my blog today, I don't see anything of particular relevance happening anywhere.  Yet, I can't believe I'm actually posting on The Mickey Mouse Club.  It just shows people can change, for I once actually watched this TV show.  Today, I avoid their animated productions and would dread the thought of being stuck on a Disney cruise. Here is the 65th Anniversary Diamond Edition of the original 1955-59 cast.  And the complete Mickey Mouse Club Story . Annette Funicello was one of the originals in 1955 at the age of 12.  She went on to those Beach Party movies with Frankie Avalon.  However, at the age of 22 she got married and largely retired.  She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1993 and passed away in 2013. Also too, Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. How much do you know about Mickey?  He began as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927, but Walt Disney had difficulty gaining rights to that character, so he created a new one as Mortimer Mo