The Mickey Mouse Club Presents: Annette

Walt Disney Presents: Annette
Genre	Children's serial
Created by	Janette Sebring Lowrey (book)
Developed by	Lillie Hayward (teleplay)
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Starring	Annette Funicello Sylvia Field Richard Deacon Mary Wickes Tim Considine David Stollery Roberta Shore
Country of origin	US
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	19
Production
Executive producer(s)	Walt Disney
Producer(s)	Bill Walsh
Release
Original network	ABC, syndicated, Disney Channel
Picture format	black and white

Walt Disney Presents: Annette is a television serial that ran on The Mickey Mouse Club during the show's third season (1957–1958). It starred Annette Funicello as Annette McCleod (pronounced mik-clowd), a poor, orphaned country girl who moves into town with her upper-class aunt and uncle. The serial also starred Richard Deacon as Uncle Archie McCleod, Sylvia Field as Aunt Lila McCleod, Mary Wickes as Katie the housekeeper and prolific Disney child stars Tim Considine, David Stollery and Roberta Shore as Annette's friends. The story was adapted by Lillie Hayward (who also worked on Spin and Marty) from the book Margaret by Janette Sebring Lowrey.

Annette was released to DVD in 2008 as part of the Walt Disney Treasures series.

The story is about a country girl who moves in with her sophisticated aunt and uncle. Most of the plot had to do with her experiences in her new high school trying to fit in with all the new kids she met in her new community.

The theme song "Annette" was written and originally sung by Mickey Mouse Club leader Jimmie Dodd on a 1956 episode of the MMC. A remixed version with special messages from Frankie Avalon, Shelley Fabares, Paul Anka, Tommy Sands and Mickey Mouse was released on the 2-CD boxed set from 1993, Annette: A Musical Reunion with America's Girl Next Door

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