gkeith_1 Loved this show. It didn't last long enough, nor did the original Mickey Mouse Club. Kids called me Annette, and said I looked like her. My name was even close to hers. Annette portrayed a niece, also named Annette, moving in with her uncle and aunt. I thought that they were nice people. Annette was a nice young girl, brought up well and mannerly. Soon, however, she meets others her age, in that new environment. The other girls she meets are citified, as opposed to her own rural upbringing. One in particular was a bratty piece of work who accused our dear, sweet Annette of stealing a necklace. Of course, Annette did not do that. She was always nice, kind and polite.This segment series was my favorite part of THE Mickey Mouse Club. RIP Annette.10/10

theowinthrop Walt Disney usually had good production standards, talented performers, and good production groups (directors, etc.). In the last year of the Mickey Mouse Club he had this 19 week serial centered around his most attractive and talented Mousequetier, Annette Funicello. She plays a newly orphaned girl who moves in to the home of a wealthy aunt and uncle, and tries to adjust to a new town. But she has lived on a farm, so the clique of rich kids at the top of the school are likely to look down at her. In particular, the typical "rich bitch" character Roberta Shore (as Laura Rogan), who dislikes Annette as a basically decent person who is her rival.There was music and nice settings in the episodes, such as a hay ride where (I believe) Annette sang a tune I recall, "How do I know my love? How do I know my darling?". The real crux of the conflict occurs when Annette is invited to a party at Shore's home and the latter's necklace vanishes. Shore of course jumps to the conclusion that Annette took it, which she finally denounces as untrue. It was in the middle of the series of episodes, and only at the tail end did it blow up in Shore's face.SPOILER: The kids (including Annette and Shore) had been around the grand piano in the mansion's living room. Shore took her necklace off to basically wave it in the face of Annette. But she puts it down poorly and it falls into the piano. Now about five months pass with the necklace lost, but although Shore claims they looked apparently nobody looked in the piano. So when in the last episode someone playing the piano finds it sounds out of tune, and discovers the necklace was in the harp, they naturally think Shore knew and lied. It smashes her reputation.Still I do remember the show and series. It was fine for kids from 5 to 11.

owl-21 This was a lovely series which I loved even if it was completely uninteresting for my brothers. It had a couple of lovely, simple songs-- "Lonely Guitar," "How Will I Know My Love?" and "Meetin' at the Malt Shop after School." And it's probably the best single program to show why girls loved Annette just as much as or even more than their brothers. Her character's simple sweetness and honesty was what we aspired to. I never saw this since it was on the original Mickey Mouse Club in the 50s. But some scenes are still vivid in my memory--Annette walking into town with a pretty but old-fashioned be-ribboned hat and a pretty but too-fancy dress and carrying a suitcase and her guitar; Annette singing with Tim Considine (who I had a SERIOUS crush on!); the missing necklace turning up inside the piano. It was a simple, sweet soap opera-ish story in a world that never really existed, but it worked and I'd love to see the whole thing again.Disney really should put this whole series out on DVD, in the same kind of set that they released the Hardy Boys and Spin and Marty series. The perfect release for Annette would happen just in time for Mother's Day.

Itsamoomoo This is a serial that runs on the old "Mickey Mouse Club." Annette Funicello plays Annette, a country girl living with her aunt and uncle in the city. She's attending the local high school and is trying to be part of the crowd. This is very well written and some of the cast is from the "Mickey Mouse Club." Child actress Judy Nugent as Jet Maypen steals many of the scenes she's in. Interestingly, Sylvia Field and Mary Wickes from the "Dennis the Menace" TV series both have roles. Shelly Fabares also has a small role. She's a delight. Of course, Annette Funicello is the star of the serial. I highly recommend watching.