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A WORLD PREMIERE MOVIE; Annette Hasn't Got Time for the Pain. "That's my old hair!" exclaims Annette Funicello, when she spots three actresses costumed as younger versions of herself. Every time the ex-Mousketeer turns a corner on the set of the CBS TV-movie "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (Oct. 22), she sees another little piece of her life. The film, based on Funicello's 1994 autobiography, covers everything from "Beach Blanket Bingo" and her Skippy peanut butter commercials, to how she hid the fact that she has multiple sclerosis from even her closest friends for years. As critical as her incurable, degenerative disease is to her life's story, Funicello insists, "I made sure this isn't a sad movie. It will have a happy ending." It's clear the same goes for her interviews when she adds. "Somebody sent me a wonderful saying that I use as a motto. It goes, 'Pain is a part of life. But misery is an option.' Is that deep or what?" Funicello: Still plenty of "Heart."

40 YEARS LATER. "M-I-C... See you real soon ... K-E-Y.... Why? Because we like you... M-O-U-SE!" Sing it or say it, it's hard to believe that it was 40 years ago—Oct. 3, 1955, to be exact—that The Mickey Mouse Club first scurried onto the TV screen. This retrospective is highlighted by interviews with some of the original 24 Mouseketeers, home movies shot by club host Jimmie Dodd during the troupe's world tour, and a 1955 short that contains the only color footage of the Mouseketeers performing. And here's some Mouseketeer trivia: Roy Williams, senior member of the mouse pack, was a one-time Disney animator—and designer of the Mouseketeer hat. (1:00)

A WORLD PREMIERE MOVIE. Annette Hasn't Got Time for the Pain "That's my old hair!" exclaims Annette Funicello, when she spots three actresses costumed as younger versions of herself. Every time the ex-Mousketeer turns a corner on the set of the CBS TV-movie "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (Oct. 22), she sees another little piece of her life. The film, based on Funicello's 1994 autobiography, covers everything from "Beach Blanket Bingo" and her Skippy peanut butter commercials, to how she hid the fact that she has multiple sclerosis from even her closest friends for years. As critical as her incurable, degenerative disease is to her life's story, Funicello insists, "I made sure this isn't a sad movie. It will have a happy ending." It's clear the same goes for her interviews when she adds, "Somebody sent me a wonderful saying that I use as a motto. It goes, 'Pain is a part of life. But misery is an option.' Is that deep or what?"

"M-I-C... See you real soon... K-E-Y... Why? Because we like you... M-O-U-S-E!" Sing it or say it, it's hard to believe that it was 40 years ago—Oct. 3, 1955, to be exact—that The Mickey Mouse Club first scurried onto the TV screen. This retrospective is highlighted by interviews with some of the original 24 Mouseketeers, home movies shot by club host Jimmie Dodd during the troupe's world tour, and a 1955 short that contains the only color footage of the Mouseketeers performing. And here's some Mouseketeer trivia: Roy Williams, senior member of the mouse pack, was a one-time Disney animator—and designer of the Mouseketeer hat. (1:00)

Legendary Disney animators whose last names are: Thomas & Johnston. (incompl.)

A WORLD PREMIERE MOVIE. Annette Hasn't Got Time for the Pain "That's my old hair!" exclaims Annette Funicello, when she spots three actresses costumed as younger versions of herself. Every time the ex-Mousketeer turns a corner on the set of the CBS TV-movie "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (Oct. 22), she sees another little piece of her life. The film, based on Funicello's 1994 autobiography, covers everything from "Beach Blanket Bingo" and her Skippy peanut butter commercials, to how she hid the fact that she has multiple sclerosis from even her closest friends for years. As critical as her incurable, degenerative disease is to her life's story, Funicello insists, "I made sure this isn't a sad movie. It will have a happy ending." It's clear the same goes for her interviews when she adds, "Somebody sent me a wonderful saying that I use as a motto. It goes, 'Pain is a part of life. But misery is an option.' Is that deep or what?"

"M-I-C... See you real soon ... K-E-Y ... Why? Because we like you ... M-O-U-S-E!" Sing it or say it, it's hard to believe that it was 40 years ago—Oct. 3, 1955, to be exact—that The Mickey Mouse Club first scurried onto the TV screen. This retrospective is highlighted by interviews with some of the original 24 Mouseketeers, home movies shot by club host Jimmie Dodd during the troupe's world tour, and a 1955 short that contains the only color footage of the Mouseketeers performing. And here's some Mouseketeer trivia: Roy Williams, senior member of the mouse pack, was a one-time Disney animator—and designer of the Mouseketeer hat. (1:00)