One of my favorite childhood shows was the original Mickey Mouse Club. Like all the other little girls, I wanted to be Annette.
That show was educational in many ways. I don’t remember exactly how we got on the subject, but years later, my husband and I were talking about spelling.
“I learned to spell ‘encyclopedia’ on the Mickey Mouse Club,” I told him and sang him the little ditty I remembered.
He looked at me, slightly puzzled and a little chagrined.
“All I learned to spell was ‘Mickey Mouse,'” he admitted.