UPDATE: The winners of Jonas are Tricia, fokxxy, Tina, and Sara. The winners of Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana are Alexa, Kathryn, Maggie and Jordan. Thanks everyone!
Here’s a sample of the type of product reviews (usually a giveaway for readers) I feature over at APISS Reviews. Since tweeny sitcoms are always having spin offs and guest star appearances, as detailed in this article in the October 22 issue of TIME about Walt Disney teen stars, I thought I’d bring my Disney teen star giveaway over from my spin off blog for a guest star appearance on APISS. Follow?
Anyways, in support of the Disney teen star factory and in the name of wholesome entertainment for our kids (and the possibility of winning swag you can give them for holiday presents), I have two scream-inducing DVDs to give away to you:
Jonas Rockin’ the House Volume 1 DVD and Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana DVD.
I’m going to confess to watching the Jonas Brothers’ TV show on Disney with my son today. Although I’m sure the target audience are girls that think these guys are dreamy cute, my almost six year old son thinks they are a crack up. Today one of the guys (I think it was the intense Nick) had a crush on a girl. He has a fantasy montage of himself singing a tender love ballad while she’s walking around the school with massive angel wings that take people out, slam lockers and crash all the vases on a school table labeled “Vase Club.” Charlie thought this was the height of hilarity.
Then I realized what the show reminded me of: The Monkees. You know, it’s a comedy show about a band that is a band in real life but they don’t act like sex symbols and instead just goof off and sweetly pine for girls and get into scrapes and sing their songs. Don’t tell me you didn’t watch The Monkees as a kid in the ’80s, when they inexplicably had a big popular rerun following and play on local networks and cable. Kind of like how Scooby Doo is puzzling current parents as every 2009 kid’s favorite cartoon with all its Scooby versions of the show dominating cartoon, kids and nostalgia cable channels. (How old shows are brought back to newfound popularity with later generations…now there’s an article I’d like to read. Or get someone to pay me to write.)
I haven’t yet watched the Wizards/Hannah/Zack and Cody mash up, but that was another concept that was killer: This three-part special episode was shown one part each on the three hit Disney tween shows. And now they’re all together as one movie on the DVD.
And if you skipped all that blather, here’s the info you need: Leave a comment with YOUR favorite sitcom of your own kid/tween/teen years to win one of four copies of the Jonas Rockin’ the House Volume 1 DVD and four copies of the Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana DVD. Subscribe to APISS Reviews via RSS or email, and you’ll win a second entry. Winners will be drawn randomly in one week.
(I have received no compensation for this post other than review copies of the DVDs. And in addition to Davy, Micky, Michael and Peter, I loved Saved By the Bell after they got rid of Miss Bliss and Gidget, the TV version with Sally Field.)
