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GOTTA KICK IT UP


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Al and Val take on the HERCULEAN effort (get it?) of dissecting Disney Channel's Gotta Kick it Up. Will they join America Ferrara on the dance team? Listen to find out.

Gotta Kick it Up (July 26th, 2002)

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Directed by Ramon Menendez (wrote & directed Stand and Deliver, wrote Tortilla Soup)


Written by Meghan Cole (only credit), Nancy Des Los Santos-Reza (producer on Selena), Ramon Menendez


Starring: 

Camille Guaty as Daisy Salinas (Prison Break, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Family Guy, Scorpion, The Rookie)

America Ferrera as Yolanda "Yoli" Vargas (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Real Women Have Curves, Ugly Betty, How to Train Your Dragon, The Good Wife)

Jhoanna Flores as Alyssa Cortez (Young and the Restless - stopped acting in 2013)

Suilma Rodriguez as Marisol 

Sabrina Wiener as Esmeralda Reyna (this was her last credit)

Miguel Sandoval as Principal Zavala (Howard the Duck, Do the Right Thing, Law & Order, ER, West Wing, Jackie Chan Adventures, Bottle Shock, Medium, Entourage, Station 19, Barry)

Erik Alexander Gavica as "Chuy" 

Susan Egan as Heather Bartlett (Meg in Hercules, Nikki, 13 Going on 30, Steven Universe)

Elizabeth Sung as Ms. Kim (Young and the Restless, Memoirs of a Geisha)

Gina Gallego as Mrs. Cortez (Bold & Beautiful, Erin Brockovich, Mr. Deeds, Days of Our Lives, Crazy Ex Girlfriend)

Gerry Del Sol as Mr. Cortez

Valente Rodriguez as Mr. Reyna (Erin Brockovich, George Lopez, McFarland USA, HSM The Musical The Series)

Anita Ortega as Mrs. Reyna

Yvonne Farrow as Lynell Elliott (Alias, stopped acting in 2012)

Ulises Cuadra as Segura (Tortilla Soup, Rocket Power, Clifford, stopped acting in 2012)

Ahmad Stoner as Gomez (Hook, The Color of Friendship - this was his last film)

James DuMont as Alex (Treme, Law & Order True Crime, Righteous Gemstones)


Synopsis: At a Southern California middle school with a largely Latin-American student population, Yolanda (America Ferrera) and Daisy (Camille Guaty) convince new biology teacher Ms. Bartlett (Susan Egan) to become the coach of their dance team. After some early setbacks, the girls rebel against their Juilliard-trained coach's discipline and old-fashioned ideas. But after the girls sneak off and perform in an intramural competition without their coach's knowledge, the two sides must find middle ground.

Fun Facts:

Based on a true story


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