The Mickey Mouse Club Talent Round Up: The Thompson Brothers - Inside Report on Washington (Season 3, Episode 85)
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Talent Round Up: The Thompson Brothers - Inside Report on Washington (Season 3, Episode 85)

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In 1957, the Mickey Mouse Club was televised weekly over ABC and aired 5:30 pm Pacific Standard Time and was highly popular. One of the segments was a short documentary like newsreel segment sometimes shot by independent companies. These ...See moreIn 1957, the Mickey Mouse Club was televised weekly over ABC and aired 5:30 pm Pacific Standard Time and was highly popular. One of the segments was a short documentary like newsreel segment sometimes shot by independent companies. These were inexpensive to purchase or make and were popular with viewers according to survey, and producer Bill Walsh was constantly looking for material to fill that slot. After months of negotiations and prodding, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) finally agreed to cooperate and allow the Disney Studio to feature the FBI in it's 'Inside Washington' Mickey Mouse Club Series which would feature young Dirk Metzger in Washington as on-site correspondent. Four episodes dealt with the FBI and then two on Congress, three on the making of money and two on the White House. These episodes were edited down to ten minute shorts. In the first episode shown Friday afternoon, January 24, 1958, Dirk Metzger is filmed against backdrop of Washington, D.C. with Capitol Building in foreground, as seen through window. Desk in foreground. Close Up on window, pull back to find Dirk in Medium Shot partially facing backdrop. He speaks before turning: "Washington, D.C. Quite a place. Believe me. I'm Dirk Metzger. Maybe some of you will remember me as a Mickey Mouse Club foreign correspondent from a couple of years ago. Well, Walt Disney has now assigned me to cover Washington..not from the tourist angle, as we just saw.but Washington from the inside. What goes on behind those big doors? As a Mickey Mouse Club reporter I did a little exploring, and for the next two weeks, I'm going to show you what I saw, where I went, what I did. Follow me!" Dirk is then photographed with J. Edgar Hoover in the Director's outer office. After that opening, Dirk goes right to Quantico and there is a sequence with firearms training. See less

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Walt Disney Self - voice of Mickey Mouse Self - voice of Mickey Mouse See fewer	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Jimmie Dodd Self (as Jimmie) Self (as Jimmie) See fewer	Mystery of the River Boat (1944)
Sharon Baird Self (as Sharon) Self (as Sharon) See fewer	Land of the Lost (1974)
Bobby Burgess Self (as Bobby) Self (as Bobby) See fewer	The Lawrence Welk Show (1955)
Lonnie Burr Self (as Lonnie) Self (as Lonnie) See fewer	Lionheart (1990)
Tommy Cole Self (as Tommy) Self (as Tommy) See fewer	L.A. Confidential (1997)
Lynn Fields Self (as Bonnie) Self (as Bonnie) See fewer	Annette (1958)
Annette Funicello Self (as Annette) Self (as Annette) See fewer	Muscle Beach Party (1964)
Darlene Gillespie Self (as Darlene) Self (as Darlene) See fewer	The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (1957)
Don Grady Self (as Don) Self (as Don) See fewer	My Three Sons (1960)
Cheryl Holdridge Self (as Cheryl) Self (as Cheryl) See fewer	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
J. Edgar Hoover Self - Director of the FBI Self - Director of the FBI See fewer	The Next of Kin (1942)
Linda Hughes Self (as Linda) Self (as Linda) See fewer	The Magical World of Disney (1954)
Dirk Metzger Self - correspondent for 'Inside Washington' Self - correspondent for 'Inside Washington' See fewer	The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)
Cubby O'Brien Self (as Cubby) Self (as Cubby) See fewer	Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Karen Pendleton Self (as Karen) Self (as Karen) See fewer	Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
Lynn Ready Self (as Lynn) Self (as Lynn) See fewer	Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
The Thompson Brothers Themselves - teenage musicians Themselves - teenage musicians See fewer	Dixieland Small-Fry (1957)
Johnny Thompson Self Self See fewer	The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)
Steve Thompson Self Self See fewer	The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)
Doreen Tracey Self (as Doreen) Self (as Doreen) See fewer	Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
Roy Williams Self (as Roy) Self (as Roy) See fewer	Three Degrees