Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast

In a last gasp for Halloween 2024, Mom Can't Cook is back with our live Halloween special, in which we're recapping 2004's Halloweentown High!

Marnie Cromwell, powerful witch and Best Person In The World is back with a new plan to unite the human world and Halloweentown: make a bunch of Halloweentown students attend her high school, in disguise, so that no one knows they're from Halloweentown. But having bet the Cromwell magic that this experiment will work, Marnie soon finds sinister forces of varying levels of attention to detail working against her, and must race against time to have humans accept creatures before midnight on Halloween, lest her and her family not be able to levitate hot cocoa around any more. Enjoy, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Halloweentown High and have your own thoughts, email them to us at [email protected] for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This week's episode is sponsored by Zocdoc. If you're in the US, go to Zocdoc.com/mcc and download the Zocdoc app for FREE, then find a top rated doctor today.

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Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Mom Can't Cook podcast! Consider this dismaying observation: this episode is about the 2003 Haunted Mansion movie, which offered us this chilling challenge: watching the 2003 Haunted Mansion movie.

Eddie Murphy plays Jim Evers, a workaholic real estate agent who drags his family to the titular manse with the hopes of earning a big payday from selling it. But as soon as the Evers arrive they realise that all is not well at Gracey Manor, as the house's 999 happy haunts come out to socialise. Will Eddie Murphy stop effing around long enough to save his family? Are Master Gracey and Eddie Murphy's wife actually really into each other? And how is ramping a horse and carriage out of an attic considered anyone's 'way'? Listen to find out and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched The Haunted Mansion and have your own thoughts, email them to us at [email protected] for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by HelloFresh. Visit hellofresh.com/freemomcantcook for 10 FREE meals! Applied across 7 boxes, new subscribers only, varies by plan.

This episode is also sponsored by NordVPN. Visit nordvpn.com/momcantcook and use code MOMCANTCOOK for four extra months on the two year plan, and to protect your internet connection and privacy online.

Thanks to this week's other sponsor, Saily! Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans, simply download the Saily app and use code MOMCANTCOOK at checkout, or visit saily.com/momcantcook!

This episode is also sponsored by Insert Coin Clothing! Visit insertcoinclothing.com and use code WHOLELEOTALOVE for 10% off online orders. Codes are not applicable on charity items, bundles, gift cards, postage and some products at launch. Codes cannot be combined with other deals or promotions and are valid until the end of June 2025.

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Spooky season is here, Mom Can't Cook fans, and we're kicking off with a slam dunk DCOM about twins who are also witches. That's right, it's Twitches!

Sister Sister's Tia and Tamera Mowry play Alexandra and Camryn, two strangers who run into each other in a clothing store and realise that not only are they twins, they are also powerful witches able to do magical spells like "Undress Mannequins" and "Explode Cola". But can the sisters defeat the evil forces out to stop them? Is Coventry a good name for a magical kingdom? And why is the guy sent to protect them suddenly wearing an ape costume and a bikini? Listen to find out and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Twitches and have your own thoughts, email them to us at [email protected] for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This week's episode is sponsored by Zocdoc. If you're in the US, go to Zocdoc.com/mcc and download the Zocdoc app for FREE, then find a top rated doctor today.

This episode is also sponsored by Factor, whose delicious, ready-to-eat meals make eating better every day easy. If you're in the US, go to factormeals.com/momcantcook50 and use code momcantcook50 to get 50% off your first box, plus 20% off your next month.

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This week, the DCOM writers spin the sports wheel and get a teen... [BOXER] who is worried about the ridicule he'll receive for his secret love of... [COMPETITIVE DOUBLE DUTCH JUMP ROPE]. Huh. Not sure how that got on here, but let's see how they get on.

The boxer in question is Isadore "Izzy" Daniels, a pugilistic prodigy under a lot of pressure from his overbearing dad to succeed and become the third generation of Daniels to win the prestigious golden gloves tournament. Izzy is fine with this, until one day he takes his sister to a jump rope contest and the scales fall from his eyes, revealing to him a whole new world of *checks notes* competitive jump rope. Can Izzy balance his love of boxing and double dutch? Will he find romance with Mary, the feisty leader of local underdog skipping team the Joy Jumpers? Does this movie's narrator think we're idiots? Listen to find out and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Jump In! and have your own thoughts, email them to us at [email protected] for a chance to have them read out on the show.

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Jett Jackson is the star of the hit TV show Silverstone, a thrilling spy drama full of karate and explosions. He's also a regular kid trying to keep his grades up and ask his friend Kayla to the prom. As you can imagine, this is a challenging lifestyle to maintain that only gets more difficult when he accidentally falls through a dimension hole and ends up in the fictional Silverstone universe, while the fictional character Silverstone ends up in the real world, living Jett's life for him.

If that sounds like a complicated premise, well done for noticing, because yes, this is a challenging one folks. Still, it's worth it for a rare good DCOM, so let's unpack it together as we get into Jett's home life, the confusing technological forever war of the Silverstone universe, and of course, the wicked machinations of the evil Michael Ironside. Enjoy, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Jett Jackson: The Movie and have your own thoughts, email them to us at [email protected] for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by HelloFresh. Visit hellofresh.com/freemomcantcook for FREE breakfast for life! One breakfast item per box while subscription is active.

This episode is also sponsored by NordVPN. Visit nordvpn.com/momcantcook and use code MOMCANTCOOK for four extra months on the two year plan, and to protect your internet connection and privacy online.

Thanks to this week's other sponsor, Zocdoc. If you're in the US, go to Zocdoc.com/mcc and download the Zocdoc app for FREE, then find a top rated doctor today.

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Vega omega, Mom Can't Cook! fans, this week we're heading back to the spay-stay for another instalment in the Zenon series of sci fi films that is confusing major, as well as viral extreme (bad).

When we join our hero Zenon, she has a lot going on, with a new cousin, her space driving test, and the Galactic Teen Supreme contest all vying for her attention. But when moon activist Sage Borealis approaches her to tell her that going to the moon is bad, Zenon must decide whether to pursue her dreams of being the galaxy's most extreme teen, or appease the moon goddess Selena to stop her destroying the Earth with weather. Yes, this is really the plot of this film. Listen, if you don't believe us, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Zenon 3 and have your own thoughts, email them to us at [email protected] for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by Insert Coin Clothing! Visit insertcoinclothing.com and use code MOONONASTICK for 10% off online orders. Codes are not applicable on charity items, bundles, gift cards, postage and some products at launch. Codes cannot be combined with other deals or promotions and are valid until the end of 2024.

This episode is also sponsored by NordVPN. Visit nordvpn.com/momcantcook and use code MOMCANTCOOK for four extra months on the two year plan, and to protect your internet connection and privacy online.

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High School Musical may have been the most successful musical DCOM, but it wasn't the first. That dubious honour belongs to 2003's The Cheetah Girls, which charts the fortunes of a four piece girl group as they navigate friendship, fame, and deciding whether or not to trust a man who is literally named 'Jackal Johnson.'

When we first meet the Cheetah Girls they're performing at kids' birthday parties to audiences just waiting for them to shut up so they can go ham on the pinata. But a chance encounter with a famous music producer leads them down a dark path that ends the same way so many of these stories do: with a dog in a hole. Can the Cheetahs stay true to themselves while doing what it takes to launch their music career? Is one of their dads really Super Mario in witness protection? And why is a full third of this movie a musicless dog rescue? Listen to find out, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched The Cheetah Girls and have your own thoughts, email them to us at [email protected] for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by HelloFresh. Visit hellofresh.com/freemomcantcook for FREE breakfast for life! One breakfast item per box while subscription is active.

This episode is also sponsored by NordVPN. Visit nordvpn.com/momcantcook and use code MOMCANTCOOK for four extra months on the two year plan, and to protect your internet connection and privacy online.

Thanks to this week's other sponsor, Zocdoc. If you're in the US, go to Zocdoc.com/mcc and download the Zocdoc app for FREE, then find a top rated doctor today.

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Calvin Wheeler, the main character of Life is Ruff, is many things. A big man on campus, a world class skateboarder, master to a snivelling worm-like manservant named Figg and of course, the world's biggest fan of an unpopular superhero named Gotham Man.

What he isn't, is a dog owner, something that proves to be a problem when he needs to win a dog show to get enough money to buy the rare comic Gotham Man #1. Enter Tyco, a large, rambunctious shelter dog whose antics prove to be more than the selfish Calvin can handle. Will Calvin be able to overcome his selfishness and lead Tyco to dog show glory? What is going on in Gotham Man anyway? Does that fancy evil boy really die at the end of this movie? Listen to find out, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

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This episode is sponsored by Insert Coin Clothing! Visit insertcoinclothing.com and use code BARKHAMASYLUM for 10% off online orders. Codes are not applicable on charity items, bundles, gift cards, postage and some products at launch. Codes cannot be combined with other deals or promotions and are valid until the end of 2024.

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What if Johnny Tsunami were a lot less fun, and a lot more about probate law and real estate deals? That's the question no one asked that was answered by Rip Girls (2000)!

Sydney Miller is a 13 year old girl who suddenly finds herself the owner of a large parcel of land in Hawaii after a distant relative leaves it to her in their will. But it turns out that Hawaii holds painful memories for her overprotective father, who left the island after Sydney's mother was killed in a mysterious accident that happened in some kind of large body of water, while riding some kind of board, on some kind of 'wave'. What could possibly have happened to Sydney's mother? Will Sydney sell the farm to evil property developers who want to turn it into a sensitively developed eco resort? Or will she become a cattle farmer while her dad opens a school for stray horses up on the hill? Listen to find out, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Rip Girls and have your own thoughts, email them to us at [email protected] for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by HelloFresh. Visit hellofresh.com/momcantcookapps for FREE appetisers for life! One appetiser item per box while subscription is active.

This episode is also sponsored by Zocdoc. If you're in the US, go to Zocdoc.com/mcc and download the Zocdoc app for FREE, then find a top rated doctor today.

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Listen to Girl Pop by Tyler Van Den Berg.

High School Musical was a watershed moment for Disney Channel Original Movies, when they crossed over from odd, throwaway curiosities about mermen and telepathic horses, into huge mainstream success, with hit albums, merchandise and two bona fide stars in the form of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.

With all that being said however, it is still recognisably a DCOM, thanks to such unmissable genre conventions as a vaguely nonsensical plot, a budget of about $40, and of course, a weapons-grade Bad Dad. Listen on for our thoughts on this most famous of DCOMs, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched High School Musical and have your own thoughts, email them to us at [email protected] for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by Insert Coin Clothing! Visit insertcoinclothing.com and use code TROYSTORY for 10% off online orders. Codes are not applicable on charity items, bundles, gift cards, postage and some products at launch. Codes cannot be combined with other deals or promotions and are valid until the end of 2024.

This episode is also sponsored by Factor, whose delicious, ready-to-eat meals make eating better every day easy. If you're in the US, go to factormeals.com/momcantcook50 and use code momcantcook50 to get 50% off your first box, plus 20% off your next month.

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