First on "The Mickey Mouse Club" and then in the much better known boy band 'N Sync.
Nearby is a pile of concrete samples littering the floor beside the Mickey Mouse dolls and other bric-a-brac.
If all these upheavals were tardier than he hoped, it was because of the Mickey Mouse copyright laws.
When "The Mickey Mouse Club" ended, Funicello was the only cast member to remain under contract to the studio.
Launched in 1983 as a pay channel, Disney showed ancient films such as Old Yeller and reruns of The Mickey Mouse Club.
And as kid-skewing shows such as "The Mickey Mouse Club" were supplanted in late-afternoon TV schedules by syndicated chat-shows featuring Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin.
The pretty, dark-haired Funicello was 13 when she gained fame on "The Mickey Mouse Club, " a kids' variety show that consisted of stories, songs and dance routines.
In the morning, plunge into breakfast at the Plaza Garden Restaurant, where the kids will get a kick out of the Mickey Mouse pancakes and you will enjoy the two-for-one discount.
In 1993, Justin was singing, dancing and acting in the Disney Channel's "The Mickey Mouse Club" alongside a group who would later become a who's-who of teenage idols, including Ryan Gosling, Cristina Aguilera, J.
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.
On the other side of the ledger, Walt Disney shares shot up 6.8% after the Mickey Mouse operation booked better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on strength in its cable properties like ESPN and a steady performance from its theme park business.
Kathy Lennon, who was one of the singing Lennon Sisters and became friends with Funicello after appearing on "The Mickey Mouse Club, " said she and Funicello stayed in touch until a few years ago, when Lennon made her usual call to wish the actress a happy birthday and learned that MS had robbed her of her ability to speak.
His most popular characters, the doggedly determined Mickey Mouse and the libidinous Donald Duck, represented the ordinary man's ability to triumph over any adversity, even a Great Depression.
She remained with Disney after leaving the "Mickey Mouse Club, " appearing in TV shows including "Zorro" (1957), "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" (1958) and starring in the Disney feature films "The Shaggy Dog" (1959), "Babes in Toyland" (1961), "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" (1964) and "The Monkey's Uncle" (1965).
He secured a licensing agreement with the Walt Disney Company and scored a big hit with American-style playing cards adorned with the image of Mickey Mouse.
As investment managers of all stripes refresh and reshape their portfolios for 2013, many are rediscovering and finding more to like about a company that most people are already familiar with: Walt Disney (DIS), the company that Mickey Mouse helped build.
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The schools are open to children aged one to 11 and use a curriculum featuring Mickey Mouse, the Little Mermaid and other Disney characters.
At the nearby Mickey's Corner, the local outlet for Walt Disney products, Mickey Mouse-style paraphernalia sucks up millions of renminbi.
Mr. Elo sent Mr. Gomes on a fidgety tear, with a selection of Franz Joseph Haydn cuing the dancemaker's Mickey Mouse-timed tics.
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The startup's "Mickey Mouse" strategy, as Vesterbacka calls it, which involves expanding into toys, shirts and cookbooks, is married to a "Tetris" strategy, expanding across every platform imaginable.
So although the disk, likened to a cartoon bubble or Mickey Mouse ear, only amplifies sound by a maximum of 10 decibels, the intelligibility of that sound is enhanced.
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the Disney film is based on the famous section of Fantasia where Mickey Mouse tries to ensorcell a broom to do his chores.
The campaign will initially focus on drinks made by Coke's Minute Maid group and will sport images of Disney's characters, starting with Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh.
While many people are agonizing over how closely kids are tracked online, tracking of the little ones in the offline world is taking a Mickey Mouse-sized leap forward.
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At the top of his list that includes tax breaks, visas for animal trainers and transportation to Disney theme parks, was a request for Congress to help his company's highest priority: HR2589, a bill to extend the soon-to-expire copyright on Mickey Mouse -- Disney's most precious asset.
If you were the owner of the KOOL-AID mark at the time, it raised what certainly was no MICKEY MOUSE trademark problem.
Since Walt Disney released Steamboat Willie, starring Mickey Mouse, in 1928, audiences around the world have been enamoured with Disney's magic.
As for Hello Kitty, the 25-year-old character may become as durable as Mickey Mouse.
The ceremony followed this lead, featuring traditional Chinese drum music and Mickey Mouse dressed in a traditional, red Tang Chinese suit -- a collarless silk jacket with matching trousers, resplendent with gold accents on the embroidered jacket, toggle buttoning and trouser cuffs.
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