Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.

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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.

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.

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...

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always...

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always...

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...

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.

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...

Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and...

Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and...

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.

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

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

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

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

Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.

Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.

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...

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...

At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.

At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.

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.

In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

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...

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...