Last week Friday was a fun night. It was the worldwide premier of High School Musical 2.
What, you didn't even know there was a High School Musical 1. Well there was and it's big, Disney big. There was a live tour after the first one with a CD and everything. This winter you will even get to spend $60 bucks a ticket to see HSM on ice.
All this from a made for TV musical geared towards what I would guess is the tweens but has gone as low as our kids. The best part of the whole thing is that the actual movie was free or at least for those with the second tier of cable that is.
The Disney channel is great for the kids. It has a variety of shows for all ages and every Friday they have what they call a "Popcorn pick". A family friendly movie that starts at around 7:30 so you can get them to bed at a decent time. Some of them are quite lame with horrible acting. If you ever wondered where all those actors that were on Fantasy Island or the Love Boat went don't look any further, they are on the Disney channel with some up and coming youngsters.
I know you won't lecture me about kids and t.v. as you can see from my posts that we do more than just sit around watching t.v. . I think t.v. is good as long as you watch things that not only entertain but at times teach you something. Flipping a lot helps you find those shows :-) Think about all the values we learned from Fonzie or little Laura Ingalls. They don't make for good video games but they do make for good viewing.
Can't wait for HSM III. Rumour has it that they will push it to the theatre but my hopes are it will be another freebie on the Disney channel next year.
Notice in the picture above that the coffee table has been moved away to allow for dancing. Given this was the first time they saw the movie they did not catch all the moves but don't you worry as the "how to dance to HSM 2" will soon be coming out which will no doubt be followed by the "pop up video" version as was the case for HSM the original.
