Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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 momcantcookpod@gmail.com for a chance to have them read out on the show.

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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 momcantcookpod@gmail.com for a chance to have them read out on the show.

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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 plays Justin, a plucky kid searching for a sport in which he can compete at the same level as his athletic brother Seth (So Weird's Patrick Levis). When he discovers soap box derby racing, it seems like Justin has found his calling, but will the set in their ways derby association allow him to compete with his modified car? Will crusty local misanthrope Old Man Vic share his wealth of soapbox knowledge with this wannabe racer? Is the driver essentially ballast? Listen and find out!

if you want bonus episodes of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Miracle in Lane 2 and have your own thoughts, email them to us at momcantcookpod@gmail.com for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by We Fix Space Junk, the award winning comedy fiction podcast about debt, space repairs and friendship. You can listen to We Fix Space Junk anywhere you get your podcasts!

This episode is also sponsored by NordVPN. Visit nordvpn.com/momcantcook and use code MOMCANTCOOK to protect your internet connection and privacy online.

This episode is additionally supported 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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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 large family from the poisonous influence of these bad dudes and their strikingly terrible extreme sport? Why won't his tiny uncle stop slipping through the fabric of reality? And is Johnny Tsunami a business genius, or is he just really high? As with all DCOMs, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board poses more questions than it offers answers.

if you want bonus episodes of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board and have your own thoughts, email them to us at momcantcookpod@gmail.com for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by NordVPN. Visit nordvpn.com/momcantcook and use code MOMCANTCOOK to protect your internet connection and privacy online.

This episode is also sponsored by Insert Coin Clothing! Visit insertcoinclothing.com and use code TEENAGEDIRTBOARD 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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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 more interested in ape carnage and killing the mailman. Will Jennie be able to adjust to living with a human family? How quickly is she going to destroy all of their relationships? And can an ape go to prison? Listen to find out, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched The Jennie Project and have your own thoughts, email them to us at momcantcookpod@gmail.com for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is 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.

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.

This episode is also sponsored by Solver, the notepad calculator app for Mac & iPad that gives instant answers to calculations in your text. Go to soulver.comand use code mccpodcast for 20% off when you go to buy the software so they know you came from us!

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.

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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 with his new surroundings. The school won't get a beeping backboard to allow him to play basketball, his music teacher hates him, and his classmates don't seem to appreciate him walking around loudly talking about how great New York is, and how everyone in Utah is a toothless hillbilly who wouldn't know culture if it spit in their egg cream. Can joining the wrestling team give Jace a new sense of purpose and belonging? Why is this movie about wrestling and not jazz music? What the hell is an egg cream? Listen to find out, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Going to the Mat and have your own thoughts, email them to us at momcantcookpod@gmail.com 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 BRUNKBACKBRINK 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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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 decides to depart planet Earth when some bullies set fire to his skeleton roundabout (it's a long story). Mike soon gets more than he bargained for however, when the worst scum of the universe make a beeline for his front door, looking to exploit the hitherto undiscovered human race. Will Mike make good on his promise to leave Earth? And why do all these aliens all have human teeth? Listen to find out, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Can of Worms and have your own thoughts, email them to us at momcantcookpod@gmail.com for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by NordVPN. Visit nordvpn.com/momcantcook and use code MOMCANTCOOK to protect your internet connection and privacy online.

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.

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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 for the culinary arts that is as charming as it is devastating to his personal and academic life. Will Eddie be able to overcome the violent ridicule of his peers to pursue his love of cooking? How will he balance his love of baseball and baking, two apparently mutually exclusive things? Does he have what it takes to impress Iron Chef Bobby Flay who is here for some reason at the grand Million Dollar Cook-Off of the title? Listen to find out, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off and have your own thoughts, email them to us at momcantcookpod@gmail.com for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is 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.

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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 Brenda Song plays Wendy Wu, a feisty teen whose only goal in life is to be crowned homecoming queen at the prom, a plan that is thrown into jeopardy when a Shaolin monk turns up to inform her that she is the reincarnation of a legendary warrior who must defeat an ancient evil named Yan Lo. Will Wendy embrace her culture and history to defeat Yan Lo? Can she balance her homecoming campaign with her kung fu training? And why are everyone's clothes so dusty? Listen to find out, and if you want bonus episodes of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior and have your own thoughts, email them to us at momcantcookpod@gmail.com for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by Zocdoc. If you're in the US, go to Zocdoc.com/mcc and download the Zocdoc app for FREE.

Many thanks to this week's other sponsor, HelloFresh. Visit hellofresh.com/momcantcookfree and use code momcantcookfree for FREE breakfast for life! One breakfast item per box while subscription is active.

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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 love for Christmas for some reason. Enjoy, and we'll see you again on January the 22nd, or earlier if you head to our Patreon at Patreon.com/extrahelpings.

If you've watched A Very Nutty Christmas and have your own thoughts, email them to us at momcantcookpod@gmail.com for a chance to have them read out on the show.

This episode is sponsored by Zocdoc. If you're in the US, go to Zocdoc.com/mcc and download the Zocdoc app for FREE.

Many thanks to this week's other sponsor, Insert Coin Clothing. Visit insertcoinclothing.com and use code CLARISSASUSTAINSUSALL 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 2024.

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