Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Any of the teenage performers featured in the American television variety show The Mickey Mouse Club.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. United States One of a group of children appearing on the television program The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950's.
Etymologies
- Blend of mouse and musketeer, from the Mickey Mouse ears worn by the performers. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I knew Annette Funicello had been the biggest name Mouseketeer back in the day, later going on to have the good taste to appear with Fishbone in a beach movie.”
“I like the little wing-nut caps though, sorta reminds me of the old "Mouseketeer" caps from Disney.”
“AP - FILE - A 1955 file photo of Annette Funicello, a 'Mouseketeer' on”
“Mouseketeer" mouse ears made famous on the Mickey Mouse Club.”
“Cubby leaves Lawrence Welk just as former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess joins it as a dancer.”
The Huffington Post: Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory
“Spring 1957: Mouseketeer girls, particularly Annette Funicello, become known as much for what's, um, underneath their sweaters than for their singing and dancing.”
The Huffington Post: Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory
“More than 2 million Mouseketeer ears sell in its first three months on the air, starting a trend that would never die.”
The Huffington Post: Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory
“Curvy Mouseketeer Doreen Tracey would later tell an interviewer that executives requested she and Annette wear silly tight T-shirts under our sweaters to try and flatten us out.”
The Huffington Post: Jennifer Armstrong: What Mouseketeers Taught Me About Feminism
“All the guys hated the ears," Mouseketeer Lonnie Burr says in my history of The Mickey Mouse Club, Why?”
The Huffington Post: Jennifer Armstrong: What Mouseketeers Taught Me About Feminism
“December 1976: Former Mouseketeer Doreen Tracey shocks the world (and Disney executives in particular) with a nude pictorial in men's magazine Gallery.”
The Huffington Post: Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory
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