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Fun With Music Day - When I Grow Up/Mixed-Up Mother Goose - Introduction to serial 'Corky and White Shadow'
The Mickey Mouse Club
This episode features the introduction of the serial 'Corky and White Shadow' which is the first Mickey Mouse Club serial to feature an existing Mouseketeer - Darlene Gillespie.
'Corky and White Shadow' is a western story of a young girl and her dog, who help her father, the sheriff, capture two bank robbers.
The project for 'Corky and White Shadow' was conceived in May 1955, filmed in October of that year, and broadcast the following February. The late-season airing of the series meant it suffered from comparison to 'The Adventures of Spin and Marty', broadcast two months earlier. The only saving grace for 'Corky and White Shadow' was its teenage star, handpicked from the Mouseketeer lineup by the producer and director. The memory of Darlene Gillespie beautifully singing in this series would linger long after the story itself was forgotten.
'Corky and White Shadow' is a western story of a young girl and her dog, who help her father, the sheriff, capture two bank robbers.
The project for 'Corky and White Shadow' was conceived in May 1955, filmed in October of that year, and broadcast the following February. The late-season airing of the series meant it suffered from comparison to 'The Adventures of Spin and Marty', broadcast two months earlier. The only saving grace for 'Corky and White Shadow' was its teenage star, handpicked from the Mouseketeer lineup by the producer and director. The memory of Darlene Gillespie beautifully singing in this series would linger long after the story itself was forgotten.