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Al & Val needed to clone themselves this week just to cover all the emotional nuance of The Other Me

The Other Me (September 8, 2000)

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Directed by Manny Coto (Directed Zenon Zequal, otherwise a TV Writer - American Horror Story, 24)

Written by Jeff Schechter (Brink) - Book by Mary C. Ryan

Starring:

Andrew Lawrence – Will Browning/Twoie aka Gil

Scott McCord – Victor (Voice Actor - Paw Patrol)

Joe Grifasi – Conrad (Character Actor - SVU & Bull)

Alison Pill – Allana Browning (Milk, Dan in Real Life, In Treatment, Scott Pilgrim, The Newsroom, American Horror Story, Star Trek Picard, Them)

Brenden Jefferson – Chuckie (Holes)

Tyler Hynes – Scottie DeSota (Letterkenny, Hallmark Movies)

Sarah Gadon – Heather Johnson (Cadet Kelly, Murdoch Mysteries, Amazing Spiderman 2, 11/22/63, Alias Grace, True Detective)

Mark L. Taylor – Dad (Character Actor)

Lori Hallier – Mom (Character Actor)

Joseph Motiki – VJ (Quints, Voice Actor)

Synopsis: When Will Browning is threatened with military summer school if he doesn't get better grades, he decides to do a science project that will definitely get an A. So he buys some Ocean Pups, unhatched sea creatures that will look spectacular, but he hasn't bargained for the cloning agent that the unscrupulous manufacturers have put in the kit. Next thing he knows there's another him.

Al & Val are joined by special guest Erika Hakmiller to discuss Kimberly J Brown's lesser known, but still iconic, DCOM.

Quints (August 18, 2000)

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Directed by Bill Corcoran (TV Movie Guy)

Written by Matthew Weisman (Teen Wolf) & Gregory K. Pincus (Alley Cats Strike & Little Big League)

Starring:

Kimberly J. Brown – Jamie Grover

Daniel Roebuck – Jim Grover (Character Actor - Agent Cody Banks, 18 things in production rn)

Elizabeth Morehead – Nancy Grover (Flipper, One World)

Shadia Simmons – Zoe (The Color of Friendship / Zenon the Zequal)

Jake Epstein – Brad (Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire, Degrassi, Designated Survivor, Suits, Hallmark Holidays)

Robin Duke – Fiona (SC Toronto person, SNL, Groundhog Day, Schitt’s Creek)

Vince Corazza – Albert (Jett Jackson, Cheetah Girls, mostly a voice actor now)

James Kall – Mr Blackmer (Character actor - episodes of Murdoch Mysteries, Suits, Schitt’s Creek, & a bunch of Holiday TV movies)

Joseph Motiki – Cameraman (The Other Me)

Don Knotts - Gov. Healy (Andy Griffith, Three’s Company, Pleasantville)

Synopsis: Jamie's 13 and really enjoying being an only child, until her mother announces that she's having quintuplets. Jamie is almost forgotten by her family and just about everyone else, as the limelight is fixed firmly on the five little wonders, who immediately become headline news. Jamie gets more upset as her parents miss school meetings, and even her big art show. Will her parents eventually realise that they have six kids?

Next Movie: The Other Me (not on Disney+ Available on Amazon Prime)

Al and Val windsurf their way through this spacey tale, full of science magic and 2000s fashion

Stepsister from Planet Weird (June 17, 2000)

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Directed by Steve Boyum (Johnny Tsunami & Motocrossed)

Written by Frances Lantz (book) & Chris Matheson (teleplay) (Bill & Ted AND THE GOOFY MOVIE!)

Starring:

Courtnee Draper - Megan Larson (13th Year, mostly a voice actor now)

Tamara Hope - Ariel Cola (MURDOCH MYSTERIES)

Lance Guest - Cosmo Cola

Khrystyne Haje - Kathy Larson

Neil Pigot - Fred Larso

Vanessa Lee Chester - Michelle "Mikey"

Cecelia Specht - Serena Soo

Myles Jeffrey - Trevor Larson (90210 + Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire)

Lauren Maltby - Heather Hartman (Zenons)

Tom Wright - Cutter Colburne (Zenon 2 + Top of the Lake & The Bridge)

Synopsis: Megan's world is turned upside down when she hears her calm life with her little brother and single mum is about to change. She hears she's soon to have a stepfather and a stepsister. Megan thinks they're a bit weird and is determined to stop the wedding. She discovers they're actually even stranger than she thought - they're from another planet.

This episode is part of The Trident Network's first ever Crossover Week! Listen to The Tournament Podcast's episode on DCOM stars and vote in their tournament this week! 

Miracle in Lane 2 (May 13, 2000)

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Directed by Greg Beeman (Under Wraps, Brink, Horse Sense)

Written by Joel Kauffmann & Donald Yost (this & Full Court Miracle THAT’S IT)

Starring:

Frankie Muniz - Justin Yoder (Agent Cody Banks, My Dog Skip, Malcolm in the Middle)

Rick Rossovich - Myron Yoder (Terminator, Top Gun, ER)

Molly Hagan - Sheila Yoder (Menendez Murders, Jane the Virgin, Walker)

Patrick Levis - Seth Yoder (Brink, So Weird)

Roger Aaron Brown - Vic Sauder

Tuc Watkins - God/Bobby Wade (Parks & Rec - Pistol Pete)

Brittany Bouck - Cindy

Todd Hurst - Brad

Kara Keough - Teresa

Joel McKinnon Miller - Bill (The Thirteenth Year, Brooklyn 99)

Holmes Osbourne - Randall (Horse Sense, Bring it On)

Freda Fon Shen - Dr. Kwan (Horse Sense, Everwood, 9-1-1)

Christian Copelin - Pipsqueak

Rick Fitts - Soccer Coach

Jim Jansen - Minister

James Lashly - Leather Jacket Man

Tom Nolan - Baseball Coach

Milt Tarver - Elder Statesman

Tom Virtue - Announcer

Synopsis: Determined to keep up with his athletic brother, a boy in a wheelchair tries to win a Soap Box Derby trophy.

Rip Girls (April 22, 2000)

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Directed by Joyce Chopra FIRST WOMAN DIRECTOR OF A DCOM

Written by Jeanne Rosenberg (Journey of Natty Gann, Black Stallion, White Fang) 

Starring:

Camilla Belle – Sydney Miller 

Dwier Brown – Ben Miller (Field of Dreams)

Stacie Hess – Gia (only thing ever)

Brian Stark – Kona

Jeanne Mori – Malia

Lauren Sinclair – Elizabeth Miller

Keone Young – Bo (Character actor: Alias, Deadwood, NCIS + Voice Actor: Star Wars, Avatar)

Kanoa Chung – Kai

Meleana White – Mele

Joy Magelssen – Lanea

Varoa Tiki – Hawaiian Grandmother

Rory Togo – Willie

Albert Belz – James

Jane Hall – Arlene

Synopsis: A 13-year-old learns to surf while visiting Hawaii for the first time to see a plantation she inherited

Al & Val tie up their rental shoes and grab their personalized bowling balls for this competitive classic

Alley Cats Strike (March 18, 2000)

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Directed by Rod Daniel (also directed Genius)

Written by Gregory Pincus (also wrote Quints)

Starring:

Kyle Schmid – Alex Thompson

Robert Ri'chard – Todd McLemore (Coach Carter)

Kaley Cuoco – Elisa Bowers

Mimi Paley – Delia Graci

Joey Wilcots – Kenneth "Ken" Long

Matt McCoy – Mr. Kevin Thompson (Silicon Valley, Jack Ryan)

Hardee T. Lineham – Principal Morris

Evan Noble – Leonardo "Leo"

Gino Giacomini – Flip

Tim Reid – Mayor Jeffery "Jeff" McLemore (dad in Sister Sister, Treme - married to Daphne Reid)

Daphne Maxwell Reid – Mrs. Catherine "Cathy" McLemore (2nd Aunt Viv on Fresh Prince)

Phillip Williams – Louis "Sweet Lou" (voice actor + Anne w/ an E & MURDOCH MYSTERIES)

Rodger Barton – Mayor Hanburger

Roman Podhora – Coach Fetters

Synopsis: Teen misfits are thrust into the spotlight when their bowling prowess lands them in the midst of an interschool contest.

Al & Val are joined by special guest, Mo Phillips-Spotts to take on the least DCOMmy of DCOMs, the Color of Friendship

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The Color of Friendship (February 5, 2000)

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Directed by Kevin Hooks (TV Director since 1983 - This is Us among many others)

Written by Paris Qualles (wrote Tuskegee Airmen, Rosa Parks Story, and a Raisin in the Sun)

Starring:

Lindsey Haun as Mahree Bok (True Blood)

Shadia Simmons as Piper Dellums (Quints, Zenon the Zequel)

Carl Lumbly as Congressman Ron Dellums (Isiah Bradley on Falcon & the Winter Soldier, also played Jon Jonzz & his dad on different DC shows, Alias for 5 years)

Penny Johnson as Roscoe Dellums (Larry Sanders Show, ER, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 24, Castle, The Orville)

Anthony Burnett as Brandy Dellums

Travis Davis as Erik Dellums

Melanie Nicholls-King as Flora (The Wire, Rookie Blue, Anne with an E, Little Fires Everywhere)

Susan Danford as Merle Bok

Stephen Jennings as Pieter Bok

Michael Kanev as Rian Bok (MURDOCH MYSTERIES)

Ahmad Stoner as Daniel

Ryan Cooley as Billy (Are you Afraid of the Dark & Degrassi: The Next Generation)

Erik Dellums as Oliver (real son of the Dellums family)

Synopsis: In 1977, two girls from opposite sides of the world come together and change each other's lives. Young, white Mahree Bok lives in apartheid South Africa with her wealthy family. Piper Dellums, the daughter of a black U.S. congressman in Washington, D.C., prepares to welcome Mahree to the U.S. for a semester abroad. Mahree is surprised to find her host family is black, and Piper is stunned that Mahree is white. Each will have to question the assumptions she had.

Al and Val do their homework and get hypnotized by Up Up and Away! Hopefully someone with super powers will save them *cough*

Up Up and Away (January 2, 2000)

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Directed by Robert Townsend

Written by Dan Berendsen (Scream Team, Twitches 1&2, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook-Off, Stuck in the Suburbs, Halloweentown High, Cheetah Girls, Camp Rock 2, Teen Beach 2, AND MORE)

Starring:

Michael J. Pagan – Scott Marshall/Warrior Eagle

Robert Townsend – Jim Marshall/Bronze Eagle

Alex Datcher – Judy Marshall/Warrior Woman

Sherman Hemsley – Edward Marshall/Steel Condor (The Jeffersons)

Kasan Butcher – Adam Marshall/Silver Charge

Arreale Davis – Molly Marshall

Kevin Connolly – Malcolm (Entourage & The Notebook)

Olivia Burnette – Nina

Ty Olsson – Barker

Chris Marquette – Randy

Jamie Renée Smith – Amy

Joan Pringle – Doris Marshall

Nancy Sorel – Mrs. Rosen

Benita Ha – Ms. Parker

Synopsis: The Marshalls look like an typical suburban family, but under that ordinary looking exterior they are all superheroes! Each member of the family has their own secret identity and superhuman power. The youngest member of the family, Scott, is worried - he doesn't seem to be exhibiting any extraordinary ability yet. He doesn't want to let his family down, so he's really worried, and pretends to have superhuman powers too.

Al & Val hop on Black Lighting and giddyup into Horse Sense. Adult themes abound, as do hot characters. Ride along!

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Horse Sense (November 20, 1999)

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Directed by Greg Beeman (Under Wraps & Brink)

Written by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes (The Conjuring)

Starring: 

Joseph Lawrence as Michael Woods

Andrew Lawrence as Tommy Biggs

Susan Walters as Jules Biggs

M.C. Gainey as Twister

Leann Hunley as Jacy Woods

Robin Thomas as Glenn Woods

Jolie Jenkins as Gina

Steve Reevis as Mule

Freda Foh Shen as Arlene

Synopsis: Heartwarming drama about two cousins who have personal differences but pull together to save the family home. When a spoilt youngster is sent to stay at his cousin's Montana ranch, the two boys initially fight but unite when they learn the ranch is in danger of being lost.