Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, ruled among baby boomers, who tuned in every weekday afternoon to watch her on their flickering black-and-white television sets.

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With a change of name to Banana Yoshimoto -- because it was "cute" -- a literary star was born.

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Behind her is a small army of child actors who star in the video, which is cute for a moment, but deadly serious.

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