My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.

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When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single...

When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single...

Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it...

Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it...

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone...

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone...

The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to...

The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to...

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.

Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.

Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.

I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at...

I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at...

Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After...

Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After...

I was not prepared to live as a single parent.

I was not prepared to live as a single parent.

Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.

Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and...

In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and...

As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble...

As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble...

I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.

I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.

Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.

Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life...

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life...

To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.

To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.

Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were...

Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were...

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.

The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.