weird kid show

[jennickels]

The kids are watching this show called Shake It Up on Disney.  It is one of the weirdest shows I've seen.  It's about these two girls, Cici and Rocky who run around Chicago and get on this live dance show (Shake It Up Chicago).  It's crazy weird because I don't think dance shows exist any more and the way these kids dress is way off the wall.  My kids grew up in Chicago and don't know anyone that dressed like these kids (although they sell clothes at Target based on this show now).

The thing that cracks me up the most is they go to public school but all the public schools in Chicago have uniforms (navy pants/skirts/jumpers and white collared shirts).  There is no way this school is in Chicago.  It's so dumb. 

I do like that the girls, who are supposed to be around 12 years old, are allowed to run all over the place including sneaking off to this studio to get on the show.  It's nice to see kids that don't have mom hovering over them (the one girl's mom is a cop, I think).  Everyone on this show is so over the top and unbelievable.

I'd rather watch iCarly.  Actually the Nick shows are usually much more entertaining than the ones on Disney.  And why does every star on Disney have to also sing?  Seriously.

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[thothmes.livejournal.com]

I had the surreal but opposite experience some 25 or so years ago of seeing my hometown where I lived from 4th through 12th grade, and where my mom and her family continued to live until I was 28, a city of 16,000 used in all the establishing shots and outdoor scenes for a the fictitious town that was the focus for a series (which disappeared into history after only one season) all about 20 somethings coming back to settle in their hometown. It may even have been called My Hometown.

It certainly wasn't mine, in any way except physical appearance!

I can't stand anything on either Disney or Nickelodeon. It's all so style and appearance and fad centered, and it's such a thinly disguised marketing scheme. Bring back the old Warner Brothers cartoons, and let Wyle E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny teach them a little old fashioned brutality and violence, I say!