Mon, Oct 7, 1957
Each Mouseketeer gets to do their specialty in this variety piece, which introduced the third season replacements to the viewing audience. Their television debut actually occurred several weeks earlier on the Disneyland show's 4th Anniversary episode, where they appeared with other Mouseketeers and Walt Disney.
Fri, Oct 18, 1957
Mouseketeer "Bonnie" performs as a Talent Round-Up Day winner with dancing partner Maxine Grossman. A third season replacement Mouseketeer, Bonnie Lynn Fields had strong dancing and singing skills, but no real experience before joining the show. After her time as a Mouseketeer had ended, she became a professional dancer, appearing in Broadway musicals, on television, and in films during the sixties.
Mon, Oct 21, 1957
This skit featured guest Virginia Lee in the title role. Bob Amsberry was the storyteller, Don the handsome Prince, Roy the Fairy Godfather. The three older girls were wicked step-sisters, the younger ones a singing trio. The first half was really a standalone number making a play on the flood of cheap consumer goods then entering the US from Japan. The second half was the Cinderella skit, with just spoken narration by the storyteller.
Thu, Oct 24, 1957
Newsreel Special: Hawaiian Adventure - Interest in the island territory was building with impending statehood and the arrival of commercial jet travel. This serial was introduced by Annette, who also provided the voice-over narration. Pamela Bornemann, Barbara Olin, and Paul Roelofs were the three youngsters who traveled by steamship from California to Oahu, then explored the islands using the custom MMC station wagon seen in earlier serials.
Wed, Oct 30, 1957
The short travelogue English Correspondent had originally been created by Perce Pearce for the show's first season, and was returned for the second with new episodes. For the third though, the series was retitled and given a US based hosting and narration by Annette. Robbie Serpell, who had replaced original host Dirk Metzger, continued to be the in-country lead.
Wed, Nov 6, 1957
With the budget cut in half and key personnel and equipment reassigned to Zorro, recycled material from earlier seasons was used to fill up the schedule. A new musical intro was filmed with the younger third season girls posing as switchboard operators. This was one of the first season's best numbers, but it was still a rerun.
Thu, Nov 7, 1957
Spin and Marty arrive at the Triple R in a hot rod driven by Perkins. Marty's grandmother let him buy the jalopy over the winter, and Spin came out to help work on it before camp started. The boys' reunion with Ambitious, Joe, Speckle and Moochie is interrupted by the revelation that the latter has smuggled his pet rabbits into camp. The boys find that wrangler Ollie is away on a trip, and his cousin Hank is filling in for him. Perkins, too, is surprised to find a new cook in place of his old friend Sam. Hank tells Col Logan that the rogue stallion Dynamite has stampeded some Triple R mares again. Logan sends Burnett, Perkins, Spin, and Marty out to try and recapture the mares. Moochie, disappointed at being left behind, decides to saddle his horse and sneak after them. The next morning Dynamite suddenly appears and the boys chase after him. Back at the Triple R, the other boys wash Marty's jalopy, then start the engine, not knowing the car was still in gear. It takes off, and crashes into the side of the cookhouse, wrecking Col Logan's new stove. Burnett, Spin, and Marty round up the stray mares after Dynamite gets distracted by Perkins on his mule. The stallion chases Perkins straight into the Triple R corral, and is captured. When Spin and Marty return with the mares, they are dismayed over the wreck of the jalopy and the stove. Even pooling all their cash, the boys can't come up with the $200 needed to pay for a stove. The new Lakeview Lodge girl, Darlene, suggests that the Triple R boys and Circle H girls put on a show together to raise money for the cookhouse repairs. The kids turn an old barn into a theater, and begin rehearsing musical numbers and a Robin Hood skit. With Annette as Maid Marian, Spin and Marty clash over the role of Robin Hood, until at last their tempers result in a fight that wrecks the barn. Fortunately, Perkins calls Marty's grandmother, who readily coughs up the money for the repairs. The two camps have a joint campfire, where Darlene and Annette, instead of being mad at the wasted work, hold hands with Marty and Spin.
Mon, Nov 25, 1957
The first half has the four older kids singing and dancing on the boardwalk while an elderly sidewalk photographer (Bob Amsberry) looks on. The second part has Doreen and Don Agrati (Don Grady) join in; the scene dissolves to an old time silent movie with jerky motion and rinky-tink music. Bob Amsberry plays a Keystone Kop, with Bobby as the villain, Roy as the victim and Don Agrati (Don Grady) as the hero.
Thu, Dec 5, 1957
Episode 23: "The Ghost of Anne Bolyn" (sic): The gang receives ticket orders for their show from relatives. Perkins performs his "The Ghost of Anne Bolyn" number for an appreciative Darlene and she decides he'll be the curtain-raiser for the production. Spin and Marty quarrel as they rehearse their duel for the Robin Hood skit and even Annette admits Skip's fencing needs a lot of practice. Marty confronts Spin after the run-through and tells him he thinks Spin is still upset because Darlene gave Marty the role of Robin Hood. Spin tells Marty to dry up and heads into the barn, where he sees clouds of smoke coming from behind a wall. Spin grabs a bucket of water and hurls it at the smoke, only to find he's doused Ambitious, who was practicing puffing on his corncob pipe in preparation for the snowman dance scene. Ambitious tells Spin he enjoys the pipe and Spin says he'd like to try smoking, but Ambitious tells Spin he'd probably turn green.