Something I hadn't thought about in years dawned on me last night when I watched A&E's "Biography'' on Annette Funicello. It showed scenes from the old "Mickey Mouse Club" TV show and I was stunned by something I hadn't thought about since I was a kid. I was born in 1964, so I only saw the "Mickey Mouse Club" in re-runs, and only a few episodes. I was struck by Roy, however, the balding, heavy-set, middle-aged Mouseketeer. Jimmie, who was about 18-20, was the obvious leader, and Roy always seemed a little slow, so I couldn't figure out why he was there. Was he Walt Disney's doltish brother-in-law? In this day and age, he'd look menacingly like a pedophile. What gives? I have every confidence you'll uncover the truth.
But why Roy as a Mouseketeer? As Williams himself recalled it, he was sitting in Walt’s office one day, when Walt “looked up at me and said, ‘Say, you’re fat and funny looking. I’m going to put you on [the show] and call you the Big Mooseketeer.’ The next thing I knew I was acting.” Roy did have a darker side of sorts. According to sources, Roy, always a gruff man anyway, told off-color stories to the boys off camera. He served as a protector to the girls, and all of the Mouseketeers loved him. He was known to take a nip every now and then when rehearsals went on too long, and Mousketeer Doreen (Tracy) claimed that she helped hide his bottles so he could drink undiscovered.
Off color stories to the boys off camera...... Also was he sharing that liquor? This is telling imo. We know many of them were abused. Jimmy Dodd is another creepy one.
I have been trying to find info on both of them but very hard. This is as close as I have come. We know there must have been a back story on at least one of them. Those Children were abused and many suffered from drinking, drugs and even suicide. Why did WD keep Roy on so long? I believe since 1929. I read he was a cartoonist at the very beginning. Roy of all trades.
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darkknight111 ago
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.today.com/today/amp/tdna133496
Recommend digging into Mickey Mouse Club.
carmencita ago
I've always thought Roy Williams was creepy. So did someone else.
https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1685/what-was-that-old-guy-roy-doing-on-the-mickey-mouse-club-tv-show/
Something I hadn't thought about in years dawned on me last night when I watched A&E's "Biography'' on Annette Funicello. It showed scenes from the old "Mickey Mouse Club" TV show and I was stunned by something I hadn't thought about since I was a kid. I was born in 1964, so I only saw the "Mickey Mouse Club" in re-runs, and only a few episodes. I was struck by Roy, however, the balding, heavy-set, middle-aged Mouseketeer. Jimmie, who was about 18-20, was the obvious leader, and Roy always seemed a little slow, so I couldn't figure out why he was there. Was he Walt Disney's doltish brother-in-law? In this day and age, he'd look menacingly like a pedophile. What gives? I have every confidence you'll uncover the truth.
But why Roy as a Mouseketeer? As Williams himself recalled it, he was sitting in Walt’s office one day, when Walt “looked up at me and said, ‘Say, you’re fat and funny looking. I’m going to put you on [the show] and call you the Big Mooseketeer.’ The next thing I knew I was acting.” Roy did have a darker side of sorts. According to sources, Roy, always a gruff man anyway, told off-color stories to the boys off camera. He served as a protector to the girls, and all of the Mouseketeers loved him. He was known to take a nip every now and then when rehearsals went on too long, and Mousketeer Doreen (Tracy) claimed that she helped hide his bottles so he could drink undiscovered.
Off color stories to the boys off camera...... Also was he sharing that liquor? This is telling imo. We know many of them were abused. Jimmy Dodd is another creepy one.
I have been trying to find info on both of them but very hard. This is as close as I have come. We know there must have been a back story on at least one of them. Those Children were abused and many suffered from drinking, drugs and even suicide. Why did WD keep Roy on so long? I believe since 1929. I read he was a cartoonist at the very beginning. Roy of all trades.