When on a spring evening in 1955 Walt Disney saw a pretty, talented twelve-year-old performing in her dance school's annual recital, he knew he'd found just what he'd been looking for: the twenty-fourth and last member of the cast of the new children's TV series he was planning. Only a few months later Annette Funicello set a pair of black felt ears atop her brown curls and marched onto the set of The Mickey Mouse Club, and into the hearts of millions...

In the world of Mother Goose, Mary Contrary and Tom Piper are preparing to marry, when the evil Barnabas kidnaps Tom so he can have Mary for himself.

The Shaggy dog (1959, 2006): A magical ring turns a boy into a lumbering sheepdog. The ugly dachshund: As a great dane puppy grows up , it thinks it's a dachshund. The Shaggy D.A.: The boy from The Shaggy dog film still has moments where he thinks he is a sheepdog.