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First Kid May 28, 2023

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Guarding the life of the US President's son might not sound like a premise rife with comic potential, but the makers of First Kid (1996) didn't let that hold them back.

In this Walt Disney Pictures movie that is DCOM-adjacent, Agent Sam Simms (played by comedian Sinbad) is tasked with protecting rebellious teen and heir to the Presidential throne Luke Davenport (Brock Pierce). If Simms can keep him off the Snake Internet, that is. Listen now for Andy and Luke's recap of First Kid, plus 90s VR, clip art and much more.

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Cow Belles May 15, 2023

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Did you ever watch the Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie reality show The Simple Life? The makers of this week's DCOM Cow Belles certainly did!

The movie tells the story of Taylor and Courtney Callum, two spoiled, rich sisters whose thoughtless attitudes and profligate spending earn them a punishment shift working in their father's inexplicably lucrative dairy. But when embezzlement leaves the business in dire financial straits, and with their father in Ecuador for some reason, can the Callum girls step up, take responsibility and get the audience to care about the financial aspects of yoghurt production?

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Hounded May 01, 2023

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What a treat we have in store this week, DCOM fans, because we're talking about Hounded, the Disney Channel Original Movie with the most violent dog attacks per minute of screen time. It's not even close.

The movie tells the story of Jay Martin, a bright student who is trying to win a scholarship to a prestigious school. However, through a series of wacky mishaps, Jay accidentally ends up kidnapping his principal's tiny, violent, bloodthirsty dog instead, and now you can forget about all that prestigious school plot because the rest of the film is just him being repeatedly owned by this horrible hound in a series of scenes that are as inventive in their action cinematography as they are genuinely harrowing to watch.

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You Wish! Apr 17, 2023

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A magic coin that grants one wish passes into your possession. Would you wish for world peace? Life-changing wealth? How about deleting your annoying kid brother from existence?

That's the questionable wish made by big bro Alex (A.J. Trauth) in this episode's DCOM, You Wish! (2003) But don't worry, his wish doesn't erase kid brother Stevie (Spencer Breslin) entirely, it just turns Stevie into a TV megastar, for some reason. Listen to Luke and Andy try and grapple with this most bizarre of DCOMs, that also features an establishment called Larry's Rockin' Coin World, a huge amount of downtown Auckland and a surprising amount of Vanessa Carlton.

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A Ring of Endless Light Apr 03, 2023

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Do you like dolphins? Do you like extremely predictable romantic drama? Do you like heavy handed religious metaphors? If any of these things sound like your idea of a good time then you're either Luke Westaway, or someone else who is going to enjoy the film we're talking about this week, A Ring of Endless Light.

The movie tells the story of Vicky Austin, an aspiring poet who spends the summer on Seven Bay Island, an island on the Atlantic coast of the US that is just lousy with dolphins, evil fishermen, and hot boys to become entangled in love triangles with. Will Vicky be able to choose between earnest but kind dolphin researcher Adam Eddington and torrid bad boy Zachary Gray? Can she truly communicate with dolphins telepathically? And just why did dolphins make the conscious decision to give up their hands? The answers to some of these questions await!

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Quints Mar 20, 2023

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Imagine being an only child when suddenly, your parents have quints, and your previously peaceful home life is shattered by five wild and wacky babies! That certainly sounds like a premise rich in comic potential, doesn't it?

Well too bad, this is a DCOM, so instead we get Quints (2000), a movie that barely features the quints of the title, but instead focuses on their older sister Jamie Grover (Kimberly J. Brown), who is neither wacky, nor a baby. How will Jamie cope with no longer being the centre of her parents' world? Is getting into George Washington Science Magnet School truly where her heart lies? Can we actually see the quints, though, please? The answers to these questions, and more, await!

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The Luck of the Irish Mar 05, 2023

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It's not clear at which point Kyle Johnson, protagonist of The Luck of the Irish (2001), is killed and the rest of the film is just the product of his neurons firing one last time, but it must be pretty early on because this is probably the most unhinged DCOM Andy and Luke have tackled so far.

The movie tells the age-old story of a basketball-loving boy who discovers he hails from a family of leprechauns and - uh oh - begins transforming into a leprechaun when his lucky coin is stolen. Andy and Luke grapple hopelessly with the most baffling DCOM plot yet, but not as hopelessly as this movie grapples with accents, or weighty themes such as heritage and the immigrant experience.

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The Other Me Feb 20, 2023

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You probably felt pretty smart the day you sent your clone to school in your place, leaving you free to play Dreamcast and eat microwave popcorn at home all day. But oh no! The clone is effortlessly better than you in every way.

That's the nightmare scenario facing Will Browning (Andrew Lawrence) in this week's DCOM, The Other Me (2000). Andy and Luke discuss the film, as well as the best ways to remain un-strangled by your clone, and the folly of disguising your groundbreaking scientific endeavours as a brine shrimp export company. Listen for all this, plus: Are yo-yos cool, the NSYNC WhatsApp group and the introduction of our hot new IP, Ramp Warriors.

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Up, Up and Away Feb 06, 2023

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Do you love The Incredibles and Encanto, but wish they'd been made for a budget of about $300? Weird thing to wish for, but turns out you're in luck!

This week, Andy and Luke are discussing the DCOM Up, Up and Away (2000) in which young Scott Marshall, son of superhero couple Bronze Eagle and Warrior Woman, anxiously awaits his fourteenth birthday, and the arrival of his longed for superpowers. But will Scott get powers at all? Does the environmental software company Earth Protectors have a sinister hidden agenda? And how exactly did Spider-Man get webs all over Scott's grandparents' carpet? Listen and find out!

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Genius Jan 23, 2023

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Happy Monday, podcast fans! We're back and trying to answer one of the most contemplated questions of modern times: can a genius ever be cool?

Charlie Boyle, the physics prodigy protagonist of 1999 DCOM Genius certainly gives it a good go, by adopting the bad boy persona of Chaz Anthony so that he can be the big man on campus at a local high school, while simultaneously trying to discover the graviton particle at the nearby university. But how long can Charlie keep this ruse afloat? Could he use his groundbreaking discoveries to fix ice hockey games? And shouldn't everyone be wearing a lot more radiation shielding? The answers to these questions and more await!

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