We're mixing it up for our 75th episode extravaganza! We've watched a lot of DCOMs, and even though we haven't seen them all, we thought it would be fun to take our 16 favorite movies and pit them against each other until there's only one left:

Episode 74 - Avalon High

Apr 11th, 2022 56m 50s

I have always said that the legend of King Arthur would be more interesting if it took place in Des Moines. This week we watched Avalon High, the 2010 DCOM based on the Meg Cabot book of the same name. It may not have many sword fights or drago

Episode 73 - The Jennie Project

Mar 14th, 2022 1h 1m

This week we've got a DCOM that for whatever reason never made it to Disney's streaming service, so we had to watch it in 240p on some website that opens a pop-up every time you click something. We watched The Jennie Project, the 2001 film abou

Episode 72 - Rip Girls

Feb 28th, 2022 59m 55s

We tried to manifest some warmer weather with this one -- is it working? We watched Rip Girls, the 2000 coming-of-age DCOM with surfing, summer crushes, inheriting your own Hawaiian plantation... y'know, normal teenager stuff. We have a lot to

Episode 71 - Princess Protection Program

Feb 7th, 2022 1h 12m

This week we watched Princess Protection Program, the 2009 DCOM starring Disney Channel powerhouses Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato (and Cousin Greg!). The IMDb trivia section for this movie says that Demi and Selena were best friends while making

Episode 70 - Pixel Perfect

Jan 24th, 2022 1h 11m

This week we watched Pixel Perfect, the 2004 DCOM that predicted holographic performers and the metaverse years before they became a reality. Now if someone could also make the holographic cats real, that'd be great. The movie stars "Phil of th

Episode 69 - Zenon: Z3

Jan 10th, 2022 1h 11m

Happy New Year! We watched Zenon: Z3, the final act of everyone's favorite space girl trilogy. They put all their budget into special effects so we could see some very cool, definitely realistic space car racing. See if you can count how many a

Episode 68 - Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

Dec 24th, 2021 1h

Happy holidays from the DCTP <3 We watched Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!, the 2011 DCOM based on the similarly titled Disney sitcom. This was the last Christmas DCOM for us to watch, so we're obviously going to cover it but we don't have t

Episode 67 - Going to the Mat

Dec 6th, 2021 1h 3m

CW: disordered eatingThis week we watched the 2004 wrestling movie Going to the Mat, starring Y2K Disney icon Andrew Lawrence and featuring a pleasantly surprising appearance from Wayne Brady. We're lucky that James has a history with high sc

Episode 66 - Stepsister from Planet Weird

Nov 15th, 2021 1h 6m

This week we watched the 2000 teen alien DCOM Stepsister from Planet Weird, and you know what? I've never wanted to be a bubble more than I do now. If I could leave this ol' flesh bag behind and spend the rest of my days as a ball of gas, I'd d

Episode 65 - Return to Halloweentown

Oct 31st, 2021 1h 9m

You know we had to get Halloweentown expert Kate Hyman back in the studio for the final installment of the franchise. Did anyone think that Marnie looked a little different in this one? Nah, maybe it's just me. Featured drink: The Gift

Episode 63 - Under Wraps (1997)

Oct 18th, 2021 1h 9m

We're back! Guest star Torie Burmeister joins the DCTP for their triumphant return with the very first DCOM, featuring Bill Fagerbakke (Spongebob Squarepants) as a bumbling mummy. Featured drink: The Mummy (or the Bloody Mummy, if you're feel

Episode 64 - Under Wraps (2021)

Oct 18th, 2021 1h 6m

For our double-episode premiere, we watched both the 1997 version of Under Wraps and the 2021 remake. Guest star Torie Burmeister returns to help us compare the two and decide which mummy brought their A game and which one is maybe better off a

Episode 62 - Starstruck

Jul 19th, 2021 1h 13m

This week we're talking all about the 2010 movie Starstruck with guest host Amy Lomuto, our Gen-Z representative and Brandon's sister. (How many sisters does this guy have, anyway??) James is absent but fills the void in our hearts with his tak

Episode 61 - Bad Hair Day

Jul 5th, 2021 1h 3m

There is nothing more American than a movie where all Europeans are bad by default. We watched Bad Hair Day, the 2015 DCOM starring Laura Marano (Austin & Ally) and Leigh-Allyn Baker (Good Luck Charlie). Mix up a Tommy Gun to make up for the fa

Episode 60 - Cow Belles

Jun 14th, 2021 1h 3m

Cow Belles is a 2006 DCOM featuring Aly & AJ working at a dairy factory but also solving an embezzlement case?? Idk, don't think too much about it. James mixes up a tasty White Russian and we talk about hoof trimming, awkward middle school AIM

Episode 59 - The Thirteenth Year

May 24th, 2021 58m 1s

Some thirteen year old boys go through growth spurts and voice cracks, others grow scales and channel electricity in their hands. That's growing up, baby! We watched The Thirteenth Year, the 1999 DCOM about one boy discovering that his swimming

Episode 58 - Frenemies

May 10th, 2021 1h 5m

This week we watched Frenemies, the 2012 Bella Thorne/Zendaya DCOM that boldly asks, "What if a movie were just three episodes of a TV show?" Set aside some time to make James's Frosé(nemies), and after two glasses you'll be just as convinced a

Episode 57 - Lemonade Mouth

Apr 12th, 2021 1h 2m

The 2011 movie Lemonade Mouth follows a high school band as they fight for what they believe in, which happens to be a vending machine. It is important that you watch this movie so you can enjoy Christopher McDonald handling a Segway like it's

Episode 56: Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

Mar 29th, 2021 58m 21s

We gotta be honest: we all missed the boat on this show growing up so we went into this one pretty blind. But that ended up working out, because this 2011 DCOM is full of pleasant surprises--nobody expects a Lorenzo Lamas joke, a Georgia O'Keef

Episode 55 - Lots of Luck

Mar 15th, 2021 49m 12s

A blue-collar family wins it all and loses it all in Lots of Luck, the 1985 Disney Channel movie starring Martin Mull, Annette Funicello, and Fred Willard. You probably haven't seen this one but it's free on YouTube, so put it on in the backgro

Episode 54 - The Color of Friendship

Mar 1st, 2021 1h 8m

It's pleasantly surprising to see what DIsney Channel is capable of when they're not just trying to satisfy their newest star's contract with a movie and a record deal. The Color of Friendship is Disney Channel's look at the horrors of aparthei

Episode 53 - Cloud 9

Feb 15th, 2021 1h 8m

You know, this is probably the only DCOM where we witness someone's lung collapsing. It's not like it's graphic or anything, but we watch Will's "epic fail" accident and he says later that his lung collapsed, so yeah. We watched Cloud 9, the 20

Episode 52 - Rock 'n' Roll Mom

Nov 16th, 2020 1h 10m

This one's coming at ya from the era of glam rock and big hair! Rock 'n' Roll Mom debuted as part of The Disney Sunday Movie in 1988--not a DCOM, but it features Fran Drescher and Joe Pantoliano so we had to give it a watch. If loud outfits, ba

Episode 51 - Halloweentown High

Oct 31st, 2020 1h 11m

'Tis the season to be spooky! We pulled in resident Halloween expert(TM) Kate Hyman for the third installment in the seasonal DCOM franchise Halloweentown High. I gotta say... they're really wringing the towel dry on this one, aren't they?? I w