Television was different in the 1950s. There were only four or five channels to choose from, no cable or satellite stations, and the Internet was decades away. Teens and pre-teens would get home as ...

Annette Funicello was TV’s first child star, rocketing to fame as a 12-year-old as the 24th and final “Mouseketeer” cast on the children’s series The Mickey Mouse Club (1955-59). Unlike many child ...