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Al and Val are rejoined by their pal, Zach, to head back to Camp Rock for the final jam! Listen to hear whether they win against new rival, Camp Star!

Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (September 3, 2010)

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Directed by Paul Hoen (Luck of the Irish, Tru Confessions, You Wish!, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Read it and Weep, CGOW, Dadnapped, How to Build a Better Boy, ZOMBIES 1-3)

Written by Dan Berendsen (Up Up and Away, Scream Team, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Stuck in the Suburbs, Halloweentown High, Twitches, Twitches Two, Hannah Montana movie, Wizards of Waverly Place the movie, Cheetah Girls: One World, Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Regina Y. Hicks (Sister Sister, Jump In!, Camp Rock, Girlfriends, showrunner on The Upshaws & Central Park), Karin Gist (Jump In!, Camp Rock, Girlfriends, showrunner on Mixed-ish, Our Kind of People, Mike)

Starring: 

Demi Lovato as Mitchie Torres (Camp Rock 2, Barney & Friends, music videos, Smurfs)

Joe Jonas as Shane Gray (Camp Rock, Jonas, music videos) 

Nick Jonas as Nate Gray (Camp Rock, Jonas, music videos, Smash, Scream Queens, Kingdom, Midway, Jumanji 2)

Kevin Jonas as Jason Gray (Camp Rock, Jonas, music videos)

Alyson Stoner as Caitlyn Gellar (Camp Rock, Cheaper by the Dozen, Suite Life, Ghost Time, Kingdom Hearts, Phineas & Ferb, music videos)

Daniel Fathers as Brown Cessario (Camp Rock, Murdoch Mysteries, Snatch show, character actor)

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle as Ella Pador (Camp Rock, Hannah Montana) 

Jasmine Richards as Margaret "Peggy" Dupree (Camp Rock, Naturally Sadie, Overruled, RedaKai, Bomb Girls, stopped in 2013)

Jordan Francis as Barron James (Camp Rock, Da Boom Crew, Carl^2, Connor Undercover, A Christmas Serenade)

Roshon Fegan as Sander Loyer (Camp Rock, Shake it Up, Greenleaf, Dragons: Rescue Riders)

Meaghan Martin as Tess Tyler (Camp Rock, 10 Things I Hate About You show, Awkward, Kingdom Hearts)

Daniel Kash as Axel Turner (character actor)

Chloe Bridges as Dana Turner (Freddie, The Carrie Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Maggie)

Maria Canals-Barrera as Connie Torres (Camp Rock, The Tony Danza Show, Justice League, The Proud Family, Wizards of Waverly Place, Cristela)

Arisa Cox as Georgina Farlow (Big Brother Canada)

Synopsis: Mitchie and her friends, including top rock group Connect Three return to Camp Rock for another great summer of music, dancing and fun. However, when big-money, state-of-the-art Camp Star opens across the lake, it lures away many instructors and campers - putting the future of Camp Rock in jeopardy.

Fun Facts: 

Kevin Jonas once received 43 birdhouses in one day by Camp Rock fans.

Chloe Bridges, who plays Dana in this film, was up for the part of Mitchie in Camp Rock (2008) that eventually went to Demi Lovato.

1,500 lucky fans were invited to be extras in the Camp Stars scene

Next Movie: Avalon High

Al & Val are BACK after a summer break and ready to be uber critical about Den Brother.
Enjoy a recap of our summers. Den Brother chat starts at 34min.

Den Brother (August 13, 2010)

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Directed by Mark L. Taylor (Actor - The Other Me & Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff)

Written by James Krieg (Clueless show, Scooby Doo, LEGO properties, 2 other random TV movies) & Michael Horowitz (Burn Notice, The Gifted)

Starring: 

Hutch Dano as Alex Pearson (Ramona & Beezus, Zeke & Luther) 

Genevieve Hannelius as Emily Pearson (Leo Little’s Big Show, Sonny with a Chance, voice acting)

Vicki Lewis as Dina Reams (voice & character actor - NewsRadio, Three Sisters, Finding Dory)

Kelsey Asbille Chow as Matisse Burrows (One Tree Hill, Pair of Kings, Teen Wolf, Fargo, Yellowstone)

David Lambert as Danny "Goose" Gustavo (Aaron Stone, The Fosters, Good Trouble)

Kelly Gould as Rachel (Lucky Louie, Rita Rocks, stopped in 2013)

Kiara Muhammad as Ursula (voice of Doc McStuffins)

Haley Tju as Tina (voice actor)

Maurice Godin as Jasper Pearson (voice actor, character actor, Life with Roger, Working) 

Debra Mooney as Allie Jacklitz (acting since 1976 - Tootsie, Dead Poets Society, Davis Rules, Kirk, Everwood, Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Inventing Anna)

Rick Dano (real-life father of Hutch Dano) makes a cameo as Delivery Man

Synopsis: Suspended from his hockey team, a teenager (Hutch Dano) becomes a substitute leader for his sister's (G. Hannelius) Girl Scout troop.

Next Movie: Camp Rock 2

Al & Val agreed when the characters in Starstruck never could...this is not a good movie. But it's a good episode! 

*WE ARE TAKING JULY OFF! WE'LL SEE YOU IN AUGUST!*

Starstruck (February 14, 2010)

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Directed by Michael Grossman (The Invisible Man, Buffy, Angel, Charmed, Zoey 101, Drop Dead Diva, Pretty Little Liars)

Written by Annie DeYoung (Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board, Return to Halloweentown, Starstruck) & Barbara Johns (Firefly Lane)

Starring: 

Sterling Knight as Christopher Wilde (Eve, 17 Again, MacKenzie Falls, Sonny with a Chance, So Random!, Melissa and Joey, In the Rough)

Danielle Campbell as Jessica Olson (The Originals, Runaways, Tell Me a Story, The Rookie)

Maggie Castle as Sara Olson (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Todd & the Book of Pure Evil, Arthur)

Brandon Mychal Smith as Albert Joshua "Stubby" Stubbins (Unfabulous, Phil of the Future, Sonny with a Chance, So Random!, Let it Shine, Get on Up, You’re the Worst, Four Weddings & a Funeral, Rise of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Chelsea Staub as Alexis Bender (Minutemen, Jonas, Fish Hooks, Baby Daddy, Archibald’s Next Big Thing)

Matt Winston as Alan Smith (Fight Club, Passport to Paris, Keeping the Faith, Kicking & Screaming, Little Miss Sunshine, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, character actor)

Toni Trucks as Libby Lam (Barbarshop, Ruby Sparks, Franklin & Bash, Seal Team)

Abbie Cobb as AJ (90210, Suburgatory, character actor)

Beth Littleford as Barbara Olson (Spin City, The Hard Times of RJ Berger, Crazy Stupid Love, Dog with a Blog, Love Victor)

Dan O'Connor as Dean Olson (character & voice actor)

Alice Hirson as Grandma Olson (Another World, One Life to Live, Dallas, Ellen)

Lauren Bowles as Sheri Wilde (Watching Ellie, True Blood, character actor)

Hugh Dane as Howard (The Office, character actor)

Sunkrish Bala as Dr. Sanjay Lad (Notes from the Underbelly, Castle, Good Trouble)

Synopsis: A Midwestern girl goes to Los Angeles with nothing more in mind than visiting her grandparents while her sister tries to meet her idol. One night she meets the rising Hollywood pop star. They go on an adventure around Los Angeles and start to like each other. When the girl returns home, the famous guy, on national TV, says he doesn't know her, and never met her.

Fun Facts: 

Sterling Knight only sang Starstruck. The rest of the songs were sang by Drew Ryan Scott, because Knight was cast late in the process and did not have time to learn all the songs.

Next Movie: Den Brother

Al and Val have a chat (/group therapy session) with Johnny Kapahala himself, Brandon Baker! Learn about how Brandon landed the role of Johnny, what he's been up to since, and how you can hire him to officiate your wedding!

Brandon Baker
Johnny Tsunami (1999)
Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007)

Brandon's Instagram: @brandonbegood
The Cheeks (Brandon's band)

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Al & Val have been whisked away to the Princes Protection Program! Listen in to come to their rescue!

Princess Protection Program (May 20, 2009)

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Directed by Allison Liddi-Brown (Alex Mack, Las Vegas, Army Wives, Friday Night Lights, CSI: Miami, Private Practice, Bones, Parenthood, Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Doctor)

Written by Annie DeYoung (Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board, Return to Halloweentown, Starstruck) & David Morgasen (Night Stand, Some of the Beach) 

Starring: 

Demi Lovato as Princess Rosalinda Maria Montoya Fiore/Rosie Gonzalez (Camp Rock, Camp Rock 2, Barney & Friends, music videos, Smurfs)

Selena Gomez as Carter Mason (Barney, Wizards of Waverly Place, Only Murders in the Building, music videos)

Tom Verica as Major Joe Mason (CPW, The Naked Truth, American Dreams, How to Get Away with Murder)

Sully Díaz as Queen Sofía Fiore (Spanish language shows)

Johnny Ray Rodríguez as General Magnus Kane (Crazy Ex Girlfriend)

Jamie Chung as Chelsea Barnes (Days of Our Lives, Big Hero 6, Once Upon a Time, Gotham, The Gifted, Lovecraft Country) 

Nicholas Braun as Ed (Minutemen, Sky High, 10 Things I Hate About You show, Poor Paul, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Succession)

Robert Adamson as Donny (Lincoln Heights, Hollywood Heights, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital)

Samantha Droke as Brooke (Horton Hears a Who, Poor Paul)

Kevin G. Schmidt as Bull (Unnatural History, Poor Paul, Young and the Restless, 

Molly Hagan as The Director (Miracle in Lane 2, Herman’s Head, Life’s Work, Unfabulous, No Good Nick, Walker)

Dale Dickey as Helen Digenerstet (True Blood, Hell or High Water, Vice Principals, Unbelievable, Palm Springs, Claws, A League of Their Own)

Synopsis: When her kingdom is threatened, a young princess is taken into the Princess Protection Program. She is relocated to rural Wisconsin, where she stays with a covert agent and his daughter, and must learn how to behave like a normal teenager.

Fun Fact: Originally Selena Gomez was cast as Rosie and Demi Lovato was cast as Carter. Later they decided to switch their parts and they were in fact both happier with the final casting.

Next Movie: Starstruck

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Al & Val switch places and hide inside a chicken suit in Hatching Pete

Hatching Pete (April 24, 2009)

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Directed by Stu Gillard (Scream Team, Full Court Miracle, Going to the Mat, Twitches,Twitches Too, Charmed, 90210)

Written by Paul W. Cooper (Little House on the Prairie, Murder She Wrote, after school specials)

Starring: 

Jason Dolley as Pete "The Chicken" Ivey (Complete Savages, Cory in the House, Read it and Weep, Minutemen, Good Luck Charlie)

Mitchel Musso as Cleatus Poole (Life is Ruff, Hannah Montana, Phineas & Ferb)

Tiffany Thornton as Jamie Wynn (Sonny with a Chance, singer, So Random!, stopped acting in 2015)

Josie Loren as Angela Morrissey (17 Again, Make it or Break It, The Mentalist, stopped acting in 2015)

Sean O'Bryan as Leon Ivey (Brother’s Keeper, Princess Diaries 1&2, Big Fat Liar, Raising Helen, The Middle)

Amy Farrington as Doris Ivey (SWAT, character actor)

Aramis Knight as Wendell Pate (Ms. Marvel, character actor)

Edward Herrmann as Principal Fred Daly (Gilmore Girls, character actor)

Brian Stepanek as Coach Mackey (Suite Life, Brian O’Brian, Kick Buttowski, Nicky Ricky Dicky & Dawn, Young Sheldon, The Loud House)

Synopsis: Pete is very inconspicuous at school, unlike his extrovert mate Cleatis who's happy to don a chicken suit and be the school mascot, but unfortunately Cleatis is allergic to the suit. When there's an uproar at the disappearance of the chicken, and Pete is forced into the limelight as the school's basketball reputation is at stake.

Fun Fact: Josie Loren (Angela) was in Jason Dolley's (Pete) show Cory in the House and she played Jason's love interest like in the movie Hatching Pete.

Next Movie: Princess Protection Program

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Al & Val Scooby Doo why Disney Channel's Dadnapped makes no sense! 

Dadnapped (February 16, 2009)

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Directed by Paul Hoen (Luck of the Irish, Tru Confessions, You Wish!, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Read it and Weep, CGOW, Camp Rock 2, How to Build a Better Boy, ZOMBIES 1-3)

Written by Alan Silberberg (Double Dare, Mickey Mouse Club, Doug, Student Bodies, Chop Shop Ninja)

Starring: 

Emily Osment as Melissa Morris (Hannah Montana, Kick Buttowski, Cleaners, Young & Hungry, The Komisky Method, Family Guy, Young Sheldon)

David Henrie as "Wheeze" (That’s So Raven, Wizards of Waverly Place, How I Met Your Mother, 

Jason Earles as Merv Kilbo (Hannah Montana, Kickin’ It, HSMTMTS)

Jonathan Keltz as Tripp Zoome (Entourage, Murdoch Mysteries, Cardinal, Hallmark-y movies)

Moisés Arias as Andre (Hannah Montana, Pitch Perfect 3, 5 Feet Apart, King of Staten Island, Fallout)

Denzel Whitaker as Sheldon (All That, character actor)

Charles Halford as "Skunk" (Luck of the Irish, Constantine, Logan Lucky, Outer Banks)

Phill Lewis as Maurice Legarche (Heathers, City Slickers, Teech, The Wayans Brothers, I Spy, Suite Life)

George Newbern as Neal Morris (Adventures in Babysitting, It Takes Two, Father of the Bride, Bull, Providence, Justice League, Buffalo Dreams, Scandal)

Joey Miyashima as the Sheriff (Karate Kid II, Double Teamed, Right on Track, HSM 2&3, character actor)

Jennifer Stone as Debbie (voice) (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Synopsis: Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry. She's actually jealous of a teenage spy in the best-seller written by her dad, and when she's kidnapped by a group of fanatical fans it's up to her to emulate her rival's superhero skills to rescue him.

Fun Facts: 

Put on hold because of the writer’s strike

Sabrina Bryan was originally meant to play Melissa

Next Movie: Hatching Pete

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Al & Val are joined once again by members of the Improvised DCOM cast to break down the third and final (for now...?) installment of the Cheetah Girls franchise.

Cheetah Girls: One World (August 22, 2008)

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Directed by Paul Hoen (Luck of the Irish, Tru Confessions, You Wish!, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Read it and Weep, Dadnapped, Camp Rock 2, How to Build a Better Boy, ZOMBIES 1-3)

Written by  Dan Berendsen (Up Up and Away, Scream Team, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Stuck in the Suburbs, Halloweentown High, Twitches, Twitches Two, Hannah Montana movie, Wizards of Waverly Place the movie, Camp Rock 2, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) Jen Small (only writing credit) Nisha Ganatra (mostly a director)

Starring: 

Adrienne Bailon Houghton as Chanel "Chuchie" Simmons (Cheetah Girls 1-3, Coach Carter, Buffalo Dreams, 3LW Music Videos, mostly music videos)

Sabrina Bryan as Dorinda "Do" Thomas (Cheetah Girls 1-3, random things)

Kiely Williams as Aquanette "Aqua" Walker (Cheetah Girls 1-3, 3LW Music Videos, The House Bunny, Stomp the Yard 2)

Michael Steger as Vikram (90210, character actor)

Rupak Ginn as Rahim, the lead actor in Namaste Bombay (Royal Pains, Late Night, character actor)

Kunal Sharma as Amar (Hawaii 5-0, character actor)

Roshan Seth as Uncle Kamal Bhatia (Indian Summers, character actor)

Deepti Daryanani as Gita (stopped acting in 2009)

Vinod Nagpal as Swami Ji (Hum Log, Buniyaad, character actor)

Synopsis: The Cheetah Girls (Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, Sabrina Bryan) go to India to appear in a Bollywood musical, but the director can choose only one of them for the role.

Fun Facts: 

Raven wasn’t in the movie and didn’t tour with the group on their first non-soundtrack album bc she was working on her solo album

They celebrate Holi in the movie, but it’s at the wrong time of year (should be in spring)

Next Movie: Dadnapped

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Al and Val are joined by DCOMmentaries superfan, Zach Roberts, to rock out with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato in Camp Rock! It's REALLY good!

Camp Rock (June 20, 2008)

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Directed by Matthew Diamond (Family Ties, Gold Girls, Gilmore Girls, General Hospital)

Written by Regina Y. Hicks (Sister Sister, Jump In!, Camp Rock 2, Girlfriends, showrunner on The Upshaws & Central Park), Karin Gist (Jump In!, Camp Rock 2, Girlfriends, showrunner on Mixed-ish, Our Kind of People, Mike), Julie Brown (Camp Rock 2, Clueless TV show)

Starring: 

Demi Lovato as Mitchie Torres (Camp Rock 2, Barney & Friends, music videos, Smurfs)

Joe Jonas as Shane Gray (Camp Rock 2, Jonas, music videos) 

Meaghan Martin as Tess Tyler (Camp Rock 2, 10 Things I Hate About You show, Awkward, Kingdom Hearts)

Alyson Stoner as Caitlyn Gellar (Camp Rock 2, Cheaper by the Dozen, Suite Life, Ghost Time, Kingdom Hearts, Phineas & Ferb, music videos)

Maria Canals-Barrera as Connie Torres (Camp Rock 2, The Tony Danza Show, Justice League, The Proud Family, Wizards of Waverly Place, Cristela)

Daniel Fathers as Brown Cessario (Camp Rock 2, Murdoch Mysteries, Snatch show, character actor)

Julie Brown as Dee La Duke (Animaniacs, Clueless show, Strip Mall, The Middle, character actor)

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle as Ella Pador (Camp Rock 2, Hannah Montana) 

Jasmine Richards as Margaret "Peggy" Dupree (Camp Rock 2, Naturally Sadie, Overruled, RedaKai, Bomb Girls, stopped in 2013)

Jordan Francis as Barron James (Camp Rock 2, Da Boom Crew, Carl^2, Connor Undercover, A Christmas Serenade)

Roshon Fegan as Sander Loyer (Camp Rock 2, Shake it Up, Greenleaf, Dragons: Rescue Riders)

Nick Jonas as Nate Gray (Camp Rock 2, Jonas, music videos, Smash, Scream Queens, Kingdom, Midway, Jumanji 2)

Kevin Jonas as Jason Gray (Camp Rock 2, Jonas, music videos)

Synopsis: A teenage girl desperately wants to spend her summer in a rock camp, but the only way she can get in is by working in the kitchen. When a teen pop star overhears her singing, he sets out to find the girl behind the voice.

Fun Facts: 

They created Nate and Jason once Joe was cast, wanting to launch the Jonas Brothers’ careers with the movie

Renee Sands is Peggy's singing voice

Next Movie: Cheetah Girls: One World

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Al and Val go back to the future in Disney Channel's Minutemen. Will they make it in time to save the world...and maybe their social lives?!

Minutemen (January 25, 2008)

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Directed by Lev Spiro (TV Director - Cousin Skeeter, Arrested Development, Weeds, Everybody Hates Chris, UnReal)

Written by John Killoran (only written two other things), David Diamond (Old Dogs, stopped in 2010), David Weissman (The Family Man, Evolution, Old Dogs, also stopped in 2010)

Starring: 

Jason Dolley as Virgil Fox (Complete Savages, Cory in the House, Read it and Weep, Hatching Pete, Good Luck Charlie)

Luke Benward as Charlie Tuttle (We Were Soldiers, Because of Winn Dixie, Dear John, Good Luck Charlie, Girl Meets World, Criminal Minds)

Nicholas Braun as Zeke Thompson (Sky High, 10 Things I Hate About You show, Poor Paul, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Succession)

Chelsea Staub Kane as Stephanie Jameson (Starstruck, Jonas, Fish Hooks, Baby Daddy, Hot Streets, 9-1-1)

J. P. Manoux as Vice Principal Tolkan (Galaxy Quest, Emperor’s New Groove, Ocean’s Eleven, Scooby Doo, Knocked Up, ER, Aaron Stone, Veep) 

Steven R. McQueen as Derek Beaugard (Everwood, Chicago Fire, Vampire Diaries)

Dexter Darden as Chester (Maze Runner, Saved by the Bell)

Kellie Cockrell as Jocelyn Lee (Return to Halloweentown)

Synopsis: Three high school kids invent a time machine intended to save fellow students from embarrassing situations. Unfortunately, they discover that turning back the clock can have its consequences. Now the Feds are after them and there's the slight problem of a black hole to deal with.

Fun Facts: The principal is named after the principal in Back to the Future

Next Movie: Camp Rock

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