Best From A To Zenon A Dcom Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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The Haunted Mansion 2:09:59

3d ago2:09:59

2:09:59

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 o…

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Twitches 2:08:55

17d ago2:08:55

2:08:55

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…

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Jump In! 2:10:58

1M ago2:10:58

2:10:58

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 f…

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Jett Jackson: The Movie 2:24:57

2M ago2:24:57

2:24:57

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…

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Zenon: Z3 2:29:02

2M ago2:29:02

2:29:02

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 at…

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The Cheetah Girls 2:35:21

3M ago2:35:21

2:35:21

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 Cheet…

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Life is Ruff 2:12:59

3M ago2:12:59

2:12:59

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…

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Rip Girls 2:11:51

4M ago2:11:51

2:11:51

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…

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High School Musical 2:37:43

4M ago2:37:43

2:37:43

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 recog…

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The Even Stevens Movie 2:16:21

4M ago2:16:21

2:16:21

The Even Stevens Movie (2003) is the culmination of three years and 65 episodes of television, which we have seen precisely none of. However, that's not going to stop us from recapping this wild movie, in which the Stevens family think they've won a dream vacation to a paradise island, only to end up unwitting participants in a cruel reality show. …

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My Date with the President's Daughter 2:12:16

5M ago2:12:16

2:12:16

Can you think of any scenario in which you abscond with the President's daughter and don't end the night being killed by the secret service? Well, Disney can. In My Date With the President's Daughter (1998), regular teen Duncan Fletcher asks a girl at the mall on a date, only to discover later that she's the literal DOTUS. When Hallie decides to es…

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Go Figure 2:15:31

5M ago2:15:31

2:15:31

Ice. What is it? Science can only begin to guess. But without it we would not have figure skating or ice hockey, the two sports at the heart of this week's DCOM, Go Figure. Katelin Kingsford is a world class figure skater, but to afford training from the world's top coach she must accept an ice hockey scholarship to a prestigious school. Will Katel…

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Pixel Perfect 2:26:48

6M ago2:26:48

2:26:48

How many great bands have never found mainstream success because their lead singer stands there singing, instead of rolling around on the floor doing yoga and the splits and stuff? It is literally millions. That's the predicament the band The Zettabytes find themselves in in Disney Channel Original Movie Pixel Perfect - that is until they meet Lore…

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The Scream Team 2:09:53

6M ago2:09:53

2:09:53

We're halfway to Halloween, Mom Can't Cook fans, so what better way to celebrate than with a spooky DCOM! This week it's 2002's The Scream Team, which is, confusingly, about a group of ghosts called The Soul Patrol. It's also about Ian and Claire, two kids whose grandfather passes away, but unfortunately gets his soul crushed in the fist of an evil…

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Miracle in Lane 2 2:17:08

7M ago2:17:08

2:17:08

Miracle in Lane 2 tells the inspirational story of Justin Yoder, the first person with a disability to compete in the All American Soapbox Derby, and also presumably the first person to sit in a Disney screening room watching a movie about his life that inexplicably features loads of scenes of his parents going to town on each other. Frankie Muniz …

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Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board 2:02:59

7M ago2:02:59

2:02:59

The iconic good-vibes surfin', boardin' legend from Johnny Tsunami (1999) makes a glorious return to the Disney Channel in 'Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board' (2007)! Johnny returns to O‘ahu, Hawaii for his grandfather's wedding, but finds the island paradise under the cruel yoke of a gang of mountainboarding teens! Can Johnny save his increasingly la…

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The Jennie Project 2:11:11

8M ago2:11:11

2:11:11

Apes. What are they all about? Can we trust them? Are they going to go ballistic and destroy our houses? If only there were some way we could ask them. Well friends, there is: sign language, the communication method that can be learned by apes. Unfortunately the ape in this movie, Jennie, isn't really interested in learning sign language, and is mo…

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Going to the Mat 2:17:45

8M ago2:17:45

2:17:45

Jace Newfield is a New Yorker through and through. He loves jazz music, playing baseball in Central Park and, of course, the great taste of an egg cream. He's also a person who is blind, although in a place like the Big Apple, he lives a normal life with his friends. But when his family uproots and moves Jace to Utah, he finds himself struggling wi…

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EP 24: It's Not Just a Phase (The Thirteenth Year) 1:32:04

8M ago1:32:04

1:32:04

Join Avery and Jehan to talk about the one movie they both remember with striking clarity. Is it because the merboy was so handsome? Is it because it's a unique take on puberty but with more gills? Unclear. Avery would like the record to show that she knows Dave Coulier is Uncle Joey, not Uncle Jesse, she misspoke!!!…

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Can of Worms 2:11:11

9M ago2:11:11

2:11:11

We all feel like we don't belong on this planet now and then, but very few of us choose to construct an intergalactic satellite communications dish in our backyard to beg aliens to come and pick us up, and even fewer of us have those calls answered by a talking dog with a necklace made of lips. Not so Mike Pillsbury, an awkward computer genius who …

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Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off 2:02:48

9M ago2:02:48

2:02:48

Imagine, if you will, some cooking. Seems pretty normal, right? Well get this: it was done by a BOY. Sorry to shock you with such a mind shattering scenario, listeners, but you'll need to be thusly prepared for this week's episode which is about Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off, a movie in which baseball-loving teen Eddie Ogden discovers a passion f…

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2023 From A to Zenon End of Year Extravaganza 38:27

9M ago38:27

38:27

Jehan and Avery take on the year 2023-- what have our favorite Disney Channel stars been up to as we wrap up this year? They've been busy!By From A to Zenon: A DCOM Podcast

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Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior 2:14:45

10M ago2:14:45

2:14:45

Welcome back, podcast fans, to Mom Can't Cook! This week we're recapping 2006's Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, a film that attempts to be a martial arts movie, a high school drama, a wacky fish out of water comedy and a thoughtful examination of the pressures affecting first and second generation immigrants. Does it succeed? Kind of! DCOM royalty Br…

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A Very Nutty Christmas 2:33:59

11M ago2:33:59

2:33:59

Happy Holidays, Mom Can't Cook listeners! We got you this episode, about a film in which Melissa Joan Hart falls in love with a sexual nutcracker. MJH plays Kate Holiday, an overworked baker who has to make 15,000 cookies for the army for some reason. But when she receives a magic nutcracker that turns into a man for some reason, it rekindles her l…

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The Ultimate Christmas Present 1:53:32

11M ago1:53:32

1:53:32

It's the holiday season folks, so this week we're cracking into a seasonal DCOM: the impossibly festive sounding The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000). The movie tells the story of Allie and Sam, two teenage girls who steal Santa's weather machine, which you'll notice, isn't a thing Santa is known for having. If he were known for having a weather m…

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Right on Track 2:06:10

12M ago2:06:10

2:06:10

Continuing the grand DCOM tradition of trying to get you to care about niche sports, this week's episode is about Right on Track (2003), which takes us deep into the highly competitive world of *checks notes* junior drag racing. Here we meet Erica Enders and her sister Courtney, junior dragster prodigies who struggle to be taken seriously because o…

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Tower of Terror 1:47:00

12M ago1:47:00

1:47:00

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is a Disney ride in which you get in an elevator that flings you up and down for about a minute. As you can probably tell from that description, it's rich with narrative potential, which is why we have 1997's Tower of Terror movie starring Steve Guttenberg and Kirsten Dunst, the movie we're talking about today. Gut…

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Don't Look Under the Bed 1:49:34

1y ago1:49:34

1:49:34

If you didn't watch 1999's Don't Look Under the Bed when it first came out, then let us introduce you to that rarest of things: a good DCOM! If you did watch it when it first came out then you won't need reminding, as this film is absolutely terrifying and you've doubtless seen it every time you close your eyes for the last 24 years. The film tells…

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Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge 2:13:27

1y ago2:13:27

2:13:27

Ah, October. Jack-o'-lanterns on every stoop, crisp leaves upon the ground, and a new Halloweentown movie to stare at in baffled wonder as Marnie condescends to every single person she meets and then goes time travelling. Yes friends, it's time for Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001), a sequel which picks up where the first movie left off, b…

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Lines, More Lines, and Trying Times: Jehan and Avery See the Jonas Brothers (The Tour) 1:07:10

1y ago1:07:10

1:07:10

That's right! Jehan and Avery are on assignment. This is the sort of hard-hitting investigative journalism you can and should expect from us. We weathered a storm and Yankee Stadium to bring you this review of the first (but notably, not only!) night of the Jonas Brothers five album tour.By From A to Zenon: A DCOM Podcast

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Phantom of the Megaplex 2:14:12

1y ago2:14:12

2:14:12

17 year old Pete Riley thinks he has it pretty tough. He's the assistant manager of a huge cinema, there's a big Hollywood premiere happening tonight, and he's friends with like, 37 named characters that this film expects us to keep track of. An impossible task for a movie audience, let alone one stressed boy. But buckle up folks, because Pete's ev…

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Ready to Run 1:59:39

1y ago1:59:39

1:59:39

Do you ever wish horses could speak to you? Perhaps in the voice of outrageous funnyman Sinbad? Then what you need, friend, is la confianza de caballos, otherwise known as the confidence of horses. When 14 year old wannabe jockey Corrie gains this incredible gift, as well as her own racehorse, the self-doubting stallion Thunderjam, her whole world …

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Get a Clue 2:14:00

1y ago2:14:00

2:14:00

This week on Mom Can't Cook, Luke and Andy delve into a most perplexing mystery: just what the hell is going on in the 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie Get a Clue. The film stars Lindsay Lohan as Lexy Gold, an aspiring journalist whose scoop on a secret relationship between her teachers kicks off a twisty, intriguing mystery that lasts a good 45 …

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Zenon: The Zequel 2:16:31

1y ago2:16:31

2:16:31

When we last saw Zenon Kar, star of Disney Channel Original Movie Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, she'd become a hero after saving her space station from a baffling plot that was something to do with insurance fraud, I think. But now Zenon is back for Zenon: The Zequel (2001), and facing a new threat to her home, as well as the possibility of alie…

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Cadet Kelly 2:17:37

1y ago2:17:37

2:17:37

Ten hut, maggots, this week Mom Can't Cook! is off to military academy, with all the discipline, uniformity and wild, flamboyant gun twirling that that entails. That's because we're talking about Cadet Kelly (2002), a film in which feisty, artistic teen Kelly Collins (Hillary Duff) is forced to attend military school after her new stepdad is made C…

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Ep 23: Homecoming Date with Destiny (Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior) 1:44:45

1+ y ago1:44:45

1:44:45

Jehan and Avery are back... talking about another DCOM starring their fave, Brenda Song! Why did Wendy say this boy was her cousin? How did her mom get her job at the museum? They ask the big questions as they talk 2006's Wendy Wu!By From A to Zenon: A DCOM Podcast

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Alley Cats Strike 2:08:25

1+ y ago2:08:25

2:08:25

Peel your ears and get hip to this, daddy-os, Mom Can't Cook! is making the scene with a flick that is as confusingly 1950s as this sentence. That's right, it's Alley Cats Strike, a film about an unpleasant group of 1950s obsessed, bowling-loving outcasts who are suddenly thrust into the limelight when they find themselves as the town's last hope t…

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Stuck in the Suburbs 2:03:01

1+ y ago2:03:01

2:03:01

What if a huge pop star accidentally swapped phones with a teenage fan? Seems like the sort of thing his PA would fix in about 15 minutes, right? Well not in Stuck in the Suburbs (2004), because you wouldn't believe how long it takes to sort out or how many low speed bicycle chases are involved. The phone in question belongs to pop sensation Jordan…

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Jumping Ship 1:52:04

1+ y ago1:52:04

1:52:04

Buckle up, DCOM fans, because this week we present a crossover event easily as momentous as Avengers Endgame: all three Lawrence brothers in a single movie! That movie is Jumping Ship, a canonical sequel to Horse Sense, which you'll remember was a story about a spoiled rich kid learning about honest down home folks who keep it real by owning horses…

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Introducing Mom Can't Cook! Extra Helpings 16:55

1+ y ago16:55

16:55

Introducing Mom Can't Cook! Extra Helpings, a fortnightly series of bonus episodes of Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast, exclusively for members. Go to Patreon.com/extrahelpings to sign up! Luke and Andy are here to tell you all about it, and play you the first 10 minutes of the debut Extra Helpings episode. When you join you'll get access to the Extr…

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Stepsister From Planet Weird 1:57:27

1+ y ago1:57:27

1:57:27

It can be challenging when parents decide to remarry, and if your Dad is a sentient bubble of pink gas in political exile (?!) from the planet Zircalon, well it probably doesn't help matters. Welcome to Stepsister From Planet Weird (2000), in which Andy and Luke find themselves at the base of podcasting Everest -- tasked with recapping what is, bey…

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First Kid 1:48:16

1+ y ago1:48:16

1:48:16

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 L…

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Cow Belles 1:53:15

1+ y ago1:53:15

1:53:15

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 lucrat…

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EP 22: We Support Dairy Unions (Cow Belles) 1:49:21

1+ y ago1:49:21

1:49:21

As the WGA approach a strike, Avery and Jehan take a step back to 206, to another labor dispute... the one between two spoiled daughters and their father who wants them to get a summer job at his dairy factory.By From A to Zenon: A DCOM Podcast

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Hounded 1:50:07

1+ y ago1:50:07

1:50:07

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 o…

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You Wish! 1:43:09

1+ y ago1:43:09

1:43:09

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…

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A Ring of Endless Light 1:43:07

1+ y ago1:43:07

1:43:07

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 A…

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EP 21: Kyle, Your Parents Are Gaslighting You (The Luck of The Irish) 2:04:27

1+ y ago2:04:27

2:04:27

Are your parents gaslighting you? If you're Kyle Johnson... they might be. What is this mystery about his family's heritage? Join Avery and Jehan as they return to talking DCOM's with another Ryan Merriman hit, 2011's The Luck of the Irish. Hold onto your lucky coins-- this one's gonna be a wild ride!…

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Quints 1:42:56

1+ y ago1:42:56

1:42:56

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 ins…

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The Luck of the Irish 1:31:10

1+ y ago1:31:10

1:31:10

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-lovin…

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