Disney Channel Discourse: Recent Episodes
Alex Meleras
Alex Meleras (me) dives into Disney Channel shows and DCOMs from every conceivable angle, exploring the good, the bad, the ugly and the iconic, hopefully not by himself all the time.
SPOILERS for Steven Universe, Doctor Who, Amphibia, Gravity Falls, and of course The Owl House.
LISTEN TO PART 1: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/vQ9G7iczPzb
Listen to Brian and Maria and me break down Watching and Dreaming, “the greatest Disney TVA finale of all time,” and do our best to put a bow on this incredible series. PLUS, an announcement about the future of Disney Channel Discourse.
SPOILERS for Steven Universe, Doctor Who, Amphibia, Gravity Falls, and of course The Owl House.
LISTEN TO PART 2: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disneychanneldiscourse/episodes/Part-22---THE-END-OF-THE-OWL-HOUSE---Watching-and-Dreaming-with-Brian-and-Maria-e2447vs
Listen to Brian and Maria and me break down Watching and Dreaming, “the greatest Disney TVA finale of all time,” and do our best to put a bow on this incredible series. PLUS, an announcement about the future of Disney Channel Discourse.
Recapping The Owl House season 3 episode 2: “For the Future,” in advance of the finale, with Brian.
Part 1 with Brian, Cadence, and Carly: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ShSFfoVSkyb
Recapping The Owl House season 3 episode 2: “For the Future,” in advance of the finale, with Cadence, Carly, and Brian.
Part 2 with Brian: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disneychanneldiscourse/episodes/Part-22---FOR-THE-FUTURE---The-Owl-House-w-Brian-e20qgme
Listen to part 1 here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/2NeOb0XTmvb
The first episode of Season 3 of The Owl House premiered on Oct. 15. Now that the dust has settled, Cadence has joined me to talk about the themes, the best moments, the montages, the speculations and predictions, whether or not Belos has to eat and go to the bathroom, Huntlow, all that good fun stuff.
The first episode of Season 3 of The Owl House premiered on Oct. 15. Now that the dust has settled, Cadence has joined me to talk about the themes, the best moments, the montages, the speculations and predictions, whether or not Belos has to eat and go to the bathroom, Huntlow, all that good fun stuff.
Listen to part 2 here: https://anchor.fm/disneychanneldiscourse/episodes/PART-2-THANKS-TO-THEM---The-Owl-House-Ep-3-1---feat--Cadence-e1rh7d1
PART 2
Disney Channel Discourse is (briefly) back! This time with 100% more Accidental Cadence Echo. Carly, Cadence and I talked about The Owl House for more than 3 hours. We talked about what makes Luz such a perfect protagonist. We talked about Eda's curse. We talked about the beef between the Titan and the Collector. We talked about time travel. Carly freaked out about Gus. We talked about Philip and Caleb. We talked about Lumity. We talked about Huntlow. We talked about pretty much everything. And best of all, we tried to figure out what’s going to happen in season 3. We think Hooty's gonna die.
Also featuring a live reaction to Carly being retweeted by Daily Lumity.
including spoilers for The Owl House, Amphibia, Star vs the Forces of Evil, Avatar the Last Airbender, Gravity Falls, Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy’s Law, Miraculous Ladybug, Harry Potter, and High School Musical.
Twitter:
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PART 1
Disney Channel Discourse is (briefly) back! This time with 100% more Accidental Cadence Echo. Carly, Cadence and I talked about The Owl House for more than 3 hours. We talked about what makes Luz such a perfect protagonist. We talked about Eda's curse. We talked about the beef between the Titan and the Collector. We talked about time travel. Carly freaked out about Gus. We talked about Philip and Caleb. We talked about Lumity. We talked about Huntlow. We talked about pretty much everything. And best of all, we tried to figure out what’s going to happen in season 3. We think Hooty's gonna die.
Also featuring a live reaction to Carly being retweeted by Daily Lumity.
including spoilers for The Owl House, Amphibia, Star vs the Forces of Evil, Avatar the Last Airbender, Gravity Falls, Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy’s Law, Miraculous Ladybug, Harry Potter, and High School Musical.
Twitter:
@carlybella_
@authcadence18
@Alexsnewhandle
My partner from Fusion; An Hockey Podcast who knows absolutely nothing about Disney Channel joins me this week to react to 10 Disney Channel theme songs, including Best of Both Worlds, Everything Is Not What it Seems, and Hang in There Baby. In between discussing all of their respective merits and drawbacks, hear Taisei yell about how "Sonny with a Chance" is a terrible name for a show, and how awful the wizard competition is. Plus, a never-before-seen song draft.
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This week, Lily Godau joins me to talk about Geek Charming. We answer 5 key questions: Is Mr. Farley Irish? Why do Josh and Dylan both act high all the time? Wanna dance? Wanna dance? Wanna dance?
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On the 15th anniversary of one of the most popular kids shows of all time, Ally and I discuss the legendary Hannah Montana, including the masterpiece pilot, the possibility that Lilly has a trans sister, what makes a car "girly," Mr. Moseby's sexuality for some reason, and stories about our first concerts. Plus a tangent about The Cheetah Girls.
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Ally's single: https://open.spotify.com/track/19ijuSZedd4wVDw6nI4VQz?si=a007b0ca4be14fa6
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This week I'm joined by fellow MWCA ensemble member and DuckTales fanatic Kaylie Heming! We break down the first two episodes of the series. I struggle to remember all the characters' names. We encounter tangents concerning potato clocks, stray cats, toothpaste. Oh, and Kaylie got her Covid vaccine about 16 minutes into the episode. Enjoy!
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This week, it's a 25-minute stream-of-consciousness about my advertising sound collage project, my musical Loot the Lighthouse, the glory of the Teen Beach franchise, my excitement for MWCA, and some other stuff too.
This week, we've got a double-guest special event on our hands, as I'm joined by Shane Crowley and Vicky Moonan from all the way on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. In discussing the first two episodes of That's So Raven, we wonder about the timeline implications of Raven's visions, which sometimes don't come true, and whether cheating on a test is really that bad. Naturally, we also discuss our past English teachers, the dreams we've been having, and the Girl Meets World communism episode.
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Welcome another guest from MWCA! Caitlin and I discuss a 2001 DCOM about half-leprechauns and flamboyant nationalism. We try to figure out how much power the magic coins actually have, whether or not Kathy has been married before, and if that basketball game at the end even happened or not.
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This week, I discuss one of the most popular Disney Channel shows of all time with MWCA's very own Dr. Doofenshmirtz, who knows nothing at all about Disney Channel: Sam Saper! Listen as we contemplate the purpose of Captain Stretchy, the giant bug in the living room, and the absence of an Emmett spinoff.
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Disney Channel Discourse is back in a big way, with a guest appearance by the one and only Zach Timson! He does his Phineas voice, and then we talk about his time guest-starring on KC Undercover, Stuck in the Middle, and Coop and Cami Ask the World. We try and figure out why everyone always calls him Josh, and he tries to get a handle on the Tommy Westphall Cinematic Universe. +plenty of Phineas & Ferb discussion.
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Zach's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOzMfL53x1ff23_sQBiSSQ
Zach's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zachtimson
Zach's appearance on K.C. Undercover: https://www.disneyplus.com/video/24bb8304-a591-468c-89b9-a46b0467c1c6
Zach's appearance on Stuck in the Middle: https://www.disneyplus.com/video/377eef09-63f3-41de-8883-34378f07dd03
Zach's appearance on Coop and Cami: https://www.disneyplus.com/video/0dd5ba94-907b-4b1d-a6d3-8f72063aba80
It's the 20th anniversary of Lizzie McGuire! In my last episode before a short hiatus, I learn about the mechanics of "chat requests" in 2001, I stand back in awe of the braindead student populous, and I frantically wonder why no one is wearing a smock in art class.
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Alana and Kimberly from TBTV join me this week to talk about the end of High School Musical 3! Learn about stage managers and homecoming dances, Tommy Westphall, Among Us, and High School Musical: Get in the Picture while we try and figure out whether Troy might actually have a successful career of any kind.
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Read "Taylor McKessie and Isabella Garcia-Shapiro Meet Mary Poppins: Part 1": https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t2b69QjLVxP4r6HkFjZCwEqhilKdp7jNsf60k3T3Ubc/edit
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Gum chewing, hallways spinning, and missing verses floating around somewhere in the realm of fiction, all covered on the last DCD of 2020. Plus a special announcement about the first episode of 2021!
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Yo, yo, yo, it's lunchtime, so kick back with a New York Deli Platter and learn about Bob Fosse while I complain about Rocketman.
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In completing my walkthrough of High School Musical 2, I talk about flying lanterns, convoluted plans that are never reconsidered, and a famous crisis-of-conscience.
This week's continuation of High School Musical 2 includes Hawaiian lessons, sophisticated golf talk, mortgages they'd wish to pay, tuition bills, car payments, etc, etc, etc.
Welcome to part 4/??? of my High School Musical series, in which I praise kitchen percussion, dissect a golf course picnic, and explain why You Are the Music in Me is the greatest love song of all time.
In today's episode, I finish my walkthrough of Musical 1 and begin my walkthrough of Musical 2, making my way all the way to (checks notes) the end of the first scene.
Welcome to the second part of my continued analysis of the High School Musical trilogy, in which I almost get through the first movie.
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The day has come. My multi-part analysis of the High School Musical trilogy begins today. Do I even get halfway through the first movie in this episode? You'll have to listen to find out that the answer is most certainly no.
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Enjoy this short episode about an underrated but poorly-planned series.
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A very special guest joins me all the way from a place known as "United States." Jonathan and I talk about his YouTube channel, Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy's Law, music, school, and time travel.
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Today I talk about the first 2 episodes of "iCarly but Disney and 2016." + some special announcements at the end!
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This is what happens when a 2010 Justin Bieber fanfic gets turned into a movie.
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Another cartoon that I've never seen before. Better than Big City Greens? Probably. Terrible theme song? Yes.
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Here's my reaction to watching Big City Greens episodes 1 and 2 for the first time (+ some Liv & Maddie spoilers oops)
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We head back to the year 2000 to watch The Color of Friendship, which heads back to 1977. Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson, Lindsey Haun and Shadia Simmons star in this based-on-a-true-story DCOM about apartheid South Africa.
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Today I'm counting down my top 30 favourite songs from Phineas and Ferb. Enjoy this avant-garde piece of podcast-music multimedia.
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I highly recommend watching this 2005 DCOM before listening to this episode, if you haven't seen it yet.
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Back from my hiatus, I discuss and compare Disney Channel's 2 golden cartoons: Phineas and Ferb, and Gravity Falls.
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(accidentally uploaded the wrong file the first time oops)
Hiatus is over with this brief review of the brand new not DCOM: Candace Against the Universe!
This week: My instant reaction and analysis of the brand new DCOM starring Izabela Rose and Siena Agudong, Upside-Down Magic.
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Today's topic of discussion is one of the objectively worst DCOMs of all time, a stain on an otherwise respectable franchise: The Suite Life Movie (2011).
This week, my friend Emily and I discuss a show about a show, 2009 Disney Channel sitcom Sonny with a Chance starring Demi Lovato.
This week on Disney Channel Discourse: A classic DCOM starring Bridgit Mendler and Hayley Kiyoko that actually almost feels like a real movie.
Welcome to Disney Channel Discourse! I'm starting simple, ranking my top 10 favourite Disney Channel shows and DCOMs of all time.
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