Spin and Marty

Spin and Marty is a popular series of television shorts that aired as part of ABC's Mickey Mouse Club show of the mid-1950s produced by Walt Disney. There were three serials in all, set at the Triple R Ranch, a boys' western-style summer camp. The first series of 25 eleven-minute episodes, The Adventures of Spin and Marty, was filmed in 1955. Its popularity led to two sequels – The Further Adventures of Spin and Marty in 1956 and The New Adventures of Spin and Marty in 1957. It aired as reruns on the Disney Channel until September 9, 2002.The serials were based on the 1942 novel Marty Markham by Lawrence Edward Watkin. The producer for Disney was Bill Walsh and the screenplay was written by Jackson Gillis. The shows' success led to the Spin and Marty comic books of the late 1950s. The first season's 25 episodes with bonus material were released on DVD by Disney in 2005. Spin and Marty featuring Tim Considine and Annette Funicello has one or more episodes streaming with subscription on Disney+. It's an action & adventure and children show with 79 episodes over 3 seasons. Spin and Marty is no longer running and has no plans to air new episodes or seasons. It has a high IMDb audience rating of 8.1 (332 votes).