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🍼 Too Many Babies | Episode 28: Quints
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An only child no more… try oldest of SIX! Join us to talk about the 2000’s classic Quints!
Let's discuss:
– The Blues Clues-style narration? 🤦♀️
– Momfluencers 🤳
– Which cast member is now a Broadway star? 🌟
All that and more in this episode!
Quints stars Kimberly J. Brown. You can watch it now on Disney+!
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Transcript
Pregnancy Announcement and Schedule Change
00:00:00
Speaker
So there was a lot of ah babies in this movie, lot of crying and diapers. And I thought it was going to be really cute because, you know, babies. And it was extremely stressful. Like, I was especially stressed during this film because I'm actually preparing become a mom for the first time. you are. Yeah.
00:00:23
Speaker
She's pregnant. Yay, Once Upon a Decom, baby. Pregnant, y'all. Yes, and I am so excited, but this movie was stressful. I'm so glad I'm just having one.
00:00:36
Speaker
Yes, as far as we know, there are no quintuplets involved. Oh, I know. i The doctors checked many times, just one. But that actually is a good lead into a little announcement.
00:00:49
Speaker
If y'all noticed we missed last week, I am a just tad bit tighter than the average person at the moment, and my capacity is slightly limited. So we are going to be going to every other week for the sake of my sanity. And I'm so sorry if that makes y'all sad. It makes me sad, but that's where we're at.
00:01:08
Speaker
Yeah. So now you get a little dose of your Disney magic every other week from us. But I think that it will make our lives a little easier and a little more magical.
00:01:20
Speaker
Yes. And, ah you know, it gives you more time to watch the movie before the next episode. So there you go. Yeah. All right. Let's roll the intro.
Introduction to the Podcast and 'Quince'
00:01:34
Speaker
Welcome fellow Disney Channel babes, whether you're from the nostalgic 90s, or the awkward odds, or you're giving Gen Z, we're glad that you're here. I'm Gabriella. And I'm Natalie. And this is the podcast where we rave, and sometimes roast, classic Disney Channel original movies. You're listening to Once Upon a Decom.
00:01:54
Speaker
Hello and welcome back to Once Upon a Decom. My name is Gabby and I'm here with my friend Natalie. How are you today? oh I am, you know, i was going to say great. I am good. i am very tired, but I am good.
00:02:07
Speaker
Oh, oh, was it because you watched this movie? You know what? That may have contributed. Yes. Well, I'm so excited because the DCOM that we dove into this week was Quince from 2000. It was about a whole bunch of babies and we're going to be talking all about it. We have some fun facts. We're going to go over what happened in this movie. And like always, we're going to tell you where the stars are now and what the critics and audience thought. So just diving in with some fun facts here.
00:02:37
Speaker
So Quince stars Kimberly J. Brown, who we know and love as Marnie from Halloween Town. My girl. I know you love her. It also has Daniel Roebuck, who plays her father, and Elizabeth Moorhead, who plays her mother.
00:02:52
Speaker
So here's a fun fact. Since infants are only allowed to work 15 minutes at a time with 20-minute breaks in between, there were 20 infants hired to play the quintuplets.
00:03:04
Speaker
Oh, my gosh. Right? And one of them was played by Kimberly's real-life brother, Dylan Brown. What? I did not know that.
00:03:14
Speaker
That's so cute. know. So cute. I love it. uh last fun fact here the tagline for this movie because y'all know i love a good tagline and they're never good for the decoms which is why i love to share them is uh as if life at 14 isn't twisted enough which i'm kind of like how does that relate interesting use of the word twisted yeah you know no i'm not gonna say anything mean i'm gonna say huh how about that one I feel like that's one of the weaker ones, but yeah there you have it.
00:03:46
Speaker
Yeah. So Natalie, how about you tell us what the heck happened in this movie? For sure. So like all of our old DCOMs, it is both an incredibly simple and an incredibly complex plot.
00:04:03
Speaker
So um aren't they all? Let's, as I say, buckle up, Buttercup. Let's go. Okay. Okay. Jamie Grover is an only child who has her parents' full attention. She is 14 and she's stressed about school and grades and college, mainly because her parents are hyper-focused on her success and their quote, plan for her life, which involves her getting into a fancy magnet school and then fancy college.
00:04:29
Speaker
Jamie feels suffocated by their high expectations and secretly wishes that they would pay a little less attention to her.
Jamie's Family Dynamics and Personal Growth
00:04:36
Speaker
Jamie's whole world is turned upside down when her parents announce that they are pregnant.
00:04:40
Speaker
And it's not just one baby. It's five babies. That's right. They're having quintuplets. They're about to go from a family of three to a family of eight. How does that even happen? It's just too much. does that even happen naturally?
00:04:53
Speaker
And they're not even identical. No, it's so much. How rare quintuplets naturally? in Yeah, let's look it up. How rare fraternal quintuplets?
00:05:06
Speaker
One in 47 and a half million pregnancies. one in forty seven and a half million pregnancies Oh my gosh. Wow.
00:05:18
Speaker
Okay, continue. After the babies are born, Jamie quickly realizes that her parents have very little time or energy to worry over her life anymore. And at first, she loves that freedom, obviously. She gets to relax a little in her classes, take on some hobbies like art club.
00:05:35
Speaker
But things spiral when her exhausted parents hire a full-time nanny, Fiona, who is a little bit like Mary Poppins if she was like extra weird and a little mean, like a little more mean.
00:05:48
Speaker
um she's She's a character for sure. I could have done without her, honestly. Yep, think the movie may have been better if you just took her right out. Agreed.
00:06:00
Speaker
But when Fiona quits, they freak out a bit over how they are going to be able to handle all of this and stay financially okay. Their savior arrives in the form of a sales representative for a diaper brand who offers them a big sponsorship deal.
00:06:15
Speaker
Obviously they accept. So soon Jamie realizes that they are treating the quints, which is what they call the quintuplets, more like a brand than they are like kids. And even though she resents all the attention that she used to get, she sees that the babies deserve a little bit better.
00:06:32
Speaker
Jamie continues to feel more invisible as she struggles to find her place in the family. With no one pushing her academically anymore, she begins to slack off in school. But she starts to find her passion in art um and the portraits she's been making of her little siblings gets accepted into an art showcase.
00:06:49
Speaker
Her parents are so excited for her, but then they get invited to a ceremony where they're going to be named Parents of the Year on the exact same day. They immediately forget all about Jamie's showcase.
00:07:01
Speaker
And heartbroken, Jamie destroys all of the portraits. That part was so sad. Devastatingly sad. She really stretched her acting chops in that scene.
00:07:12
Speaker
i feel felt like I've been in that place in my life before. Like that level of sadness and anger. ah just wanted to note how great that scene was. Yes. Kimberly J. Brown did an excellent job making like the making the emotional depths really hit hard.
00:07:29
Speaker
Mm hmm. Then one of the babies gets sick and is rushed to the hospital. The parents, for the first time, understand what Jamie said when she asked them to see the babies as separate kids and not just the collective quints.
00:07:44
Speaker
um In an emotional speech, again, a great performance by Kimberly J. Brown, Jamie tells them how she's felt ignored and how she has really found her passion in art and not in academics so much.
00:07:57
Speaker
Albert, which is the sponsorship guy, he concocts this plan to replace the sick baby with a stand-in for an upcoming event. And that's kind of the final straw. Albert's fired, the family reconciles, and the parents decide to prioritize their family again and step back from all of the media attention.
00:08:15
Speaker
On the night of the ceremony, Jamie babysits while her parents attend the event, Only to realize once they get there that the governor expected the babies to come with the parents. Jamie springs into action. She enlists the help of her art teacher, um a bus, and then a biker gang to transport the babies to the event just in time, obviously.
00:08:36
Speaker
um it is a decam. And somehow that is only like 30 seconds of the movie and I feel like it should have been more, but that's just my opinion. um i need like a Disney short on their experience with the babies. Right. They deserve more screen time.
00:08:51
Speaker
The babies arrive and the governor is so impressed that he offers Jamie a ride back home or wherever she wants to go. She chooses
Hosts Reflect on 'Quince' and Its Realism
00:08:59
Speaker
her art show. She makes it just in time to win the best art display award.
00:09:04
Speaker
And to her shock, her parents, siblings, and even the governor show up to celebrate with her, letting her know that she is still an important member of this family. And that's Quince.
00:09:15
Speaker
Okay. So Natalie, you watched this movie as a girl and you said that you loved it. So I'm interested to hear how you felt about it in this more modern viewing. Yeah, so as a kid, I really remember liking this one. I'm not sure I saw it, like, a lot, but I definitely saw it more than once.
00:09:31
Speaker
And as an adult, apparently I remembered nothing. Like, I retained none of this information. I remembered her sitting and sketching next to, like, all the baby care baby carriers? baby Baby beds?
00:09:46
Speaker
What those called? Bassinets. That's the word. I clearly don't have children. um And... I like remembered that moment and I remembered her art teacher being really cool, which stand by that statement. Love him.
00:10:00
Speaker
um But I remembered nothing else. Didn't remember the plot about the bikers or the governor. Did not remember the brand and sponsorship deals. Yeah. And I have to say, adult, it didn't really grab me and hold my attention super much.
00:10:17
Speaker
about you? Yeah, I was actually nervous to tell you that I didn't love it because I felt like you were going to be like, best movie ever. i felt like it was really slow at the takeoff. Really slow. The whole beginning was rough and just it didn't grab my attention at all.
00:10:33
Speaker
The stakes weren't very high. And I did think that the once the conflict picked up between the dinner and the show happening, the art show happening, I felt like, okay, i'm I'm a little more invested now. And like, what's going to happen with getting the babies there? But that was, like you said, only about 10 minutes of the whole movie, like at the end, um yeah that I was truly invested.
00:10:55
Speaker
And so, yeah, I just didn't love it. And I still really love um Kimberly J. Brown and her performance. Oh, yeah. And like, I think that if she wasn't in this movie, this would not still be a thing at all. Like, no one would remember this even a little bit.
00:11:11
Speaker
um But yeah, i just don't think this movie ranks very high for me anymore. Yeah, okay. I feel the same way. It was like, I don't even feel like I needed to watch it once. like It's not like that, okay, I've seen it moving on. like I might have been okay just never having watched it.
00:11:27
Speaker
But you're right, Kimberly J. Brown did a great job. Although, I must say... I really hated the Blue's Clues-like narration. i did not understand its purpose. And of all of her scenes, I would say those were like the most poorly acted, I felt like. And it was just yeah a little uncomfortable. ah hu Yeah, I did want to talk about the narration aspect.
00:11:51
Speaker
Go ahead. Just because we always have to bring this up when it is a narrated DCOM, do you think that she's a reliable narrator? Like, do you think things were just as bad as she was thinking?
00:12:03
Speaker
Well, she admits multiple times that she's lying and only like two seconds after, which is why I related it to Blue's Clues, because she was treating the audience like the babies.
00:12:15
Speaker
It's almost as I wonder if it's supposed to be like she's telling the story to the babies, the kids. Which would make it better. i would actually, if that were the case, if that had been confirmed. like a good luck Charlie situation.
00:12:30
Speaker
Yes. If they like had an end credit scene with her being like, and that's our story, and she was like talking to the Quints, I'd be like, okay, it's better now. but that didn't happen so it just felt like she was talking to us like we were in preschool and she would show you this wild insane scenario that you just know isn't true and she's like oh come on you didn't really believe that and i'm like no no i didn't like why why yeah and i wish i could remember it better as a kid because maybe as a kid i did but like i like i said none of this was retained information from when i saw this as a child
00:13:05
Speaker
Yeah, there was just no payoff to the narration and and it just felt really, i guess, it wasn't underdeveloped because they probably put half the budget into some of those moments that she's doing the narration.
00:13:17
Speaker
yeah yeah like why, why, did yeah, why? We could have done other things. Yeah. Yeah. So anyways, yeah, the narration was probably the thing that made me hate it the most. And then just like I said, the pacing was really slow, but the ending was sweet and I appreciated that.
00:13:36
Speaker
Yeah. How did you feel about the whole situation with the parents and like the shift in dynamics between them putting all of their eggs kind of in the basket of her becoming ah amazing because they were maybe putting pressure on her to become better than they did. Like I know the dad was upset that he never finished college. So he wanted her to finish college.
00:13:55
Speaker
And like, how do you feel about that? And then the shift of how it just became like that she is nothing like her whole identity goes away. Yeah. um I mean, i think unfortunately it was very realistic. um I think a lot of times parents to their – like I don't think parents do it intentionally, but they put a lot of their dreams and things that they didn't accomplish on – like they thrust it onto their kids because they want them to have a better life than they had or have more than they had or whatever.
00:14:28
Speaker
So I feel like that part was very unfortunately realistic. um I definitely think it was interesting, the complete 180 they did on Jamie's life.
00:14:41
Speaker
I think it makes sense that obviously they would pay a little less attention to her because they're overwhelmed with a new baby. Like I can stand by that being realistic. But like them completely not even keeping track of anything about her life anymore.
00:14:55
Speaker
That was a little i was like, OK, I don't think that's I don't think that actually happened. That's for the sake of the decom. Right. There was a lot of things that were unrealistic, which is also I think it contributed to me not liking it because there was hard to find footing in a lot of it. And so like one, the mom doesn't even look pregnant until she's like eight months. And then it looks like she maybe has one baby in there. And I was like, no, she should have been on bed rest for months.
00:15:22
Speaker
ah Right, exactly. She would have been like way bigger too. There's a whole transition scene where they're building the nursery and I'm like, this supposed to be over the course of months. And she's like, doesn't look like she even started showing yet.
00:15:34
Speaker
Oh, anyways. And then just the fact that when the babies get there, Their level of overwhelmed, i felt like it didn't match like the situation. like They should have been way more overwhelmed, but also way more involved.
00:15:49
Speaker
like They just kind of immediately continued with their lives and their jobs. And I was like, with five babies, you would not be doing that. you know like You'd be even more overwhelmed. And they seem like they're kind of just more frustrated with the nanny than anything else.
00:16:05
Speaker
And I'm like, ah you should be way more crazy right now. And they get so frustrated when the babies cry. And I'm like, you've had a baby before. I understand that there's five of them, but babies cry.
00:16:17
Speaker
Like, I think we all know this. Right. They just seem like it's their first time doing it ever. And almost like they... aren't actually doing it. But like, I don't know who's actually doing it because the nanny's barely doing gety anything and Jamie's barely doing gety anything.
00:16:31
Speaker
And then like, I don't, I don't know. Anyways, and then the whole guy with the diaper shows up and their entire personality becomes TV personality like they're all about making sure they're the perfect TV family and I'm like why do you care like I get that they're paying for diapers but that's not paying for everything else no like they're paying for more than diapers I think like yeah they're getting diapers as part of the deal but like they're getting money too Oh, they are. Okay. i thought it was just the diapers. Oh, no, for sure. They're making money and they're like every time they do a media appearance, they're making money. When they do the commercials, they're getting money.
00:17:11
Speaker
Like they're they're making money. It just seems like the mom cares about everything but the kids. Like, yeah, cared so much about Jean. Okay, I figured it out. This is what I'm trying to say.
00:17:22
Speaker
she cared and loved so much on Jamie. And then the the Quints come along and the turning of attention is not now I love the Quints so much.
00:17:33
Speaker
It's like now I'm trying to manage the Quints career and my own career and like get money for the family. And I'm like, it doesn't seem like we even love the babies. Like why Like, did you go from caring so much about your first baby to like, I don't care about my other five babies. I just want them to like survive and like make me money. and And it just felt like it was this weird dynamic for the mom, especially. The dad felt consistent to me. The dad was like, I love them all. I want them all to be provided for. But the mom felt like she just didn't care all about her babies.
00:18:04
Speaker
She just wanted to make it work, you know? I feel like it's like a stress response of like she's in fight or flight mode. And so right now she's just fighting to make money enough so that they can be provided for. But in that she ignores the actual loving the kids part.
00:18:22
Speaker
Yeah. I feel like that's a good view about like. how parents treat like the influencer industry today if they have kids that they're making money off of. Does that make sense?
Parallels with Modern Influencer Families
00:18:38
Speaker
Yeah. I don't – I'm not in their houses though. I can't speak to how much they like actually are interacting and loving on their kids. I know. But like the whole like ah mom influencers, momfluencers or whatever you want to call them, like how do you balance that whole making money off of your kid But then like having moments that are just for you and your kids and like it's hard when when you're family, your babies become your source of income. It's like why there's so many messed up Hollywood kids, right? Because their parents go to the dark side of that.
00:19:18
Speaker
Yeah. I don't know if there's a ah great way to do it. I don't think anyone's super figured that out yet. yeah And I don't think that she was necessarily wrong for fighting to get income or trying to keep the family afloat.
00:19:33
Speaker
To me, it just felt like an uneven acting performance. like okay I think it is very realistic to have ah stress response in that situation and to want to just take care of things.
00:19:46
Speaker
But it just – her 180 in personality to me just felt like a stretch. That was the unrealistic part. And I don't think that was – like the the situation i think it just was maybe her acting could be i have a question that's a bit more um imagination hypothetical i guess okay um what do you think jamie's life looks beyond this movie like do you think she and her siblings are close or do you think like like do you think she sticks with art do you think it was just a phase do you think what does her life look like past this
00:20:25
Speaker
I think that art will become something very important to her because it was there at such a pivotal time. She might hang on to it as like a security blanket of like, this is the beginning of me finding myself.
00:20:36
Speaker
So I think she'll hang on to art, even if it's not her passion forever. I think it'll stick around for a while. And I would like to believe that she's close with the Quints, but I don't think, I mean, she's only going to be around four more years because she's just starting high school. So there'll be four when she goes away to college, which clearly she is planning to do.
00:20:56
Speaker
um So don't know. I think it'll be one of those, like, she loves them, but they're probably not super duper close. And yeah, I'd say she probably continues with art up till and maybe through college.
00:21:12
Speaker
But possibly it becomes like more of a side gig when she realizes like it's probably not going to be a career for her. Although she is good enough that it it maybe could be a career for her. I just don't know if she'd pursue it to that level.
00:21:24
Speaker
I like to think she becomes an art teacher. Wouldn't that cute? And influences someone like he did for her. Yeah. That would be cute. And she'd be good at that.
00:21:36
Speaker
Yeah, I think she would be. i I also don't know if she continues to have a good relationship with those kids. Like, I feel like the cycle of resentment might continue.
00:21:50
Speaker
Yeah, but it'll be distant. It's not like resenting a sibling that's two years younger. Yeah, but like what happens when she wins some award in college?
00:22:01
Speaker
And she wants her parents to come and they're like, we can't afford to travel five four-year-olds across state lines, you know? Yes, of course. I think you're right.
00:22:12
Speaker
I'm saying it might be a little bit less of a dramatic tension than when it's with a sibling that's right in your age range. So because they're so far away in age and in distance when she goes away, i feel like it'll be like a simmering resentment that she has like quietly.
00:22:26
Speaker
I don't think it'll be like the whole family's distraught. Like she'll come home for Christmas and it'll be fine, but it might create like a wedge down the road. Yeah. And then when they're all like in their 30s and 40s, they'll become friends again. That's what I think.
00:22:40
Speaker
And she's in her like fifty s Yeah. Sure. At that point, she's like, whatever. I've carved my own back. She's like, I've gotten over it. Yeah. I do just want to point out, though, that the kids were really cute. I did like looking at the babies. They were adorable.
00:22:56
Speaker
I don't really think babies are very cute. Really? Yeah, sorry. They just like look like chewed gum. Let's hear the public opinion. Okay, sounds good.
00:23:09
Speaker
So we head over to Rotten Tomatoes to look at what the rest of the world thought of this movie. And the tomato meter is a composite score of what all the critics said about the movie.
00:23:22
Speaker
um However, there's no tomato meter for this movie because only one critic reviewed it and they reviewed it 20 years after it was made. so like... Whatever. Here's what they said, though.
00:23:33
Speaker
Easy and inoffensive. This movie will likely amuse younger viewers with its playful montages and relatively fast pace.
Critical Reception and Family Themes
00:23:41
Speaker
Fast pace. I'm sorry. What?
00:23:44
Speaker
Were you watching the movie? No. um And then she said, overall, it's a lackluster coming of age comedy that fails to make the grade. That I can agree with.
00:23:56
Speaker
um But then the audience rating, actually want you to guess, what do you think the audience rating for this movie is? I mean, I would put it somewhere in the 40s if it were me. So I'm guessing I'm wrong and it's somewhere in the 50s.
00:24:10
Speaker
It is exactly 50%. o I'm so good at this game. So here's what the audience said. um First off, a positive one.
00:24:20
Speaker
This movie blends an odd circumstance with humor, heart, and the notion of feeling forgotten, which really cannot be praised enough. The grounded emotions that are laced through the movie counters the campiness of the film.
00:24:34
Speaker
Okay. I don't know if it counters the campiness, but sure, sure, sure. Okay. Someone else said, this movie really shows how important it is to be a parent to all of your children. And sometimes family has to come before fame.
00:24:48
Speaker
I think always family has to come before fame, but yeah do appreciate the sentiment. I also don't think that they were ever seeking fame. Like you said, they were seeking provision and fame was the avenue that they could get that. Yes. Yes.
00:25:03
Speaker
And then a not so positive one. um This one just said, worst movie ever. Shame on Disney for even making this movie.
00:25:14
Speaker
I think it's pretty bad, so I kind of agree with them. Maybe not the worst ever, but pretty bad. and I definitely don't think it's the worst, DCOM. I've seen worse on this podcast alone, but it's so not great.
00:25:26
Speaker
Yeah, I would watch this over You Wish, but just slightly. It's in the same vein for me. Yeah. So other reviews went on to say that they couldn't stand the constant baby crying sound effects.
00:25:38
Speaker
Oh, me too, me too, me too. Agreed. Agreed. um And then the acting was cringy or that they didn't remember the movie and they just remembered that it sucked. Multiple people were like, I don't remember this movie, but I remember I didn't like it. So...
00:25:51
Speaker
Thanks for reviewing a movie you didn't rewatch people. But anyway, that's all that. So ah Gabby, where are they now? Okay. So we have already talked about Kimberly J. Brown before who played Jamie, ah because we talked about her during Halloween
Cast Updates and Future Guest Announcement
00:26:06
Speaker
Town. So just as a quick recap, she continued acting in the Halloween Town franchise and other projects.
00:26:12
Speaker
She ended up marrying her co-star Daniel Kuntz from Halloween Town 2. He played Cal. I think you said that they reconnected later in life after those movies. Yeah. And now she is currently not acting a lot, but she's incredibly active on social media and she has a YouTube channel and she occasionally does really fun meetups for people who like loved Halloween Town or other projects she was in. So that's Kimberly J. Brown.
00:26:37
Speaker
Yes. Adore her. I tried looking up her little brother or any of the babies and just That was a dead end. So I don't know where the babies are now. We're going to move on. i honestly would have been very pleasantly surprised if you were able to find any info on those kids. So this tracks. Yeah, kind of figured it would be a dead end, but I i had to at least try.
00:26:59
Speaker
Okay, so Daniel Roebuck, who played Jim Grover, her dad, has more credits than I've ever seen on a single person on IMDb. He has been acting most of his life.
00:27:11
Speaker
He is known for his roles Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in The Fugitive, which came out in 93, and its spinoff U.S. Marshals in 98, as well as playing Mr. Banks in Agent Cody Banks in 2003. Yes. And the sequel. That is how I know him.
00:27:28
Speaker
Okay, yes. ah And then this is just a nice fun fact about him. He and his wife, Tammy, are both Christians and they founded a nonprofit organization called A Channel of Peace, which produces faith-based films. And so he's currently doing a lot of producing on faith-based content.
00:27:45
Speaker
Oh, that's cool. Yeah. Okay. Then we have Shadia Simmons, who played Jamie's friend Zoe in Art Club. She is a Canadian, which is fun.
00:27:56
Speaker
Sure. She's known for her role as Piper Dellums in The Color of Friendship, which also came out in 2000. Oh, yeah. That's a decomb. Yes. Haven't seen it, but I am excited to watch it on this podcast.
00:28:09
Speaker
Uh-huh. So we're going to see her again in that. And then we will see her again in Xenon the Z-Qual because she takes over the role of Nebula, which was previously played by Raven-Symoné.
00:28:20
Speaker
Okay. Yes, because I i did think that. And then I was like, no, that's Raven-Symoné, Natalie. But i was I'm not a complainer yet because it was her.
00:28:30
Speaker
It's only Raven, I believe, in the first one. I didn't look at the third, but I'm pretty sure. Okay. Well, that makes me feel better about myself. Yeah. and So we'll see her again and again. ah Shadia also played Emily Davis in 50 episodes of Life with Derek, which was her last acting credit in 2009.
00:28:50
Speaker
Currently, she is a high school teacher and she's certified to teach in both New York and Ontario, Canada. And she is also a director for Star Acting Studios. So she's still working with actors in that capacity, but mostly she's just teaching high school now.
00:29:06
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I love that. i' I've said it before, but I love it. Obviously, I love it when people continue to act, but I kind of love it more when they go on to do other things with their lives. I don't know. just so interesting.
00:29:18
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I agree. And finally, my goodness, we have Jake Epstein, who played Brad. Have you looked him up recently? i might have.
00:29:30
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He grew up pretty. did. Which is shocking from this movie. He's a little cutity He was such a tiny nerd. Fun fact, he's also Canadian.
00:29:42
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Got all the Canadians in these DCOMs. Mm-hmm. And did you know we've seen him before on this podcast? In what? He was the main character Adam's best friend Duffy in Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire.
00:29:59
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Oh, he was! Yeah! oh my gosh i did not clock that but now that you say it yes i was freaking out i'm like oh my gosh we already know him he's most known after disney for playing craig manning on degrassi and he actually won a gemini award for his performance in that okay which is cool see you jacob i assume his full name is jacob I don't know that for sure. We can guess.
00:30:27
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Okay. Probably. He has also had reoccurring roles in the television series Designated Survivor. He played Chuck in Suits. He played Brian Altman and in The Hardy Boys.
00:30:41
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Here's something fun. He actually left Degrassi during the fifth season to attend the National Theater School of Canada in Montreal, and he made theater his new focus. So on Broadway, originally- This is how I know my beloved Jake.
00:30:56
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It's from Broadway. Oh, how you know him? Yes. I could tell from your reaction. i'm like, you know this guy already. I do not. I do.
00:31:04
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So on Broadway, he originated the role of Gary Goffin in Beautiful, the Carole King musical. He also starred Melchior. Is that how you pronounce that?
00:31:15
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I think it's Melchior. Melchior in the national tour of Spring Awakening. And he played Will in the national tour of American Idiot. Yes. So that's cool.
00:31:26
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I absolutely adore that he turned to theater because he is quite good. He's good voice. And he's a real theater kid. Like when you look at his stuff, that is his full focus and passion right now.
00:31:36
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I love it. Yes. And funny enough, he has done ton of Christmas and romance movies, all very much in the Hallmark vein, although only one of them, called The Wedding Contract, was actually a Hallmark movie.
00:31:54
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So he wasn't least one. But they literally all look like Hallmark movies. And they're all like cheesy Christmas love romance movies. So look him up. Okay, this is how I'm spending my next week. I will be watching all the Jake Epstein movies. Epstein? Epstein? Epstein? I don't know how to say his name. I don't know.
00:32:12
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But he's just a cutie and he turned out wonderfully. i saved him for the last because I was like, wow, he's the only one that like really went places with this. Yeah, I also like, I vaguely know that the guy who played the governor is ridiculously famous, but I don't know what he's in or why he's famous.
00:32:30
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Oh, okay. Well, I didn't think he was worth looking up, so I didn't. Sorry. Respect. Hold up. Let me do a quick Wikipedia. Wait for it. Wait for it.
00:32:41
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Don Knotts. Oh, he is known from the Andy Griffith show. oh Three's Company and other stuff. He also served in the army in World War II and he was a ventriloquist and a comedian.
00:32:57
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So there you go. And somehow they got him to do Quint. Somehow he was in this DCOM and it might have been what killed him. I'm kidding. I don't know that. I don't know how he died. But you know, it's possible.
00:33:10
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It's possible. Well, let's look to what we have going on next episode because I know it's really, really exciting. We have something super fun. Natalie, tell us what we're doing. um for sure. so we have a list of every single DCOM ever made and we use a random number generator to figure out what we will be watching next week. But Gabby...
00:33:30
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We cheated this week. Should I tell them why? And it is so worth it. Should I tell them why? Yes. Okay, everyone, next week we are welcoming actor, YouTuber, and my friend Maxwell Glick to the podcast.
00:33:45
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So you you might know him as Mr. Cheesy Pop, especially if you are a Disney Parks fan. Max creates vlogs, news updates and reviews all about the magic of Disney.
00:33:56
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um As an actor, he starred in the acclaimed web series, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. He has also appeared in TV shows like The Upshaws and Castle, in addition to like a million voiceover credits, which is like an exaggerated number, but not by much.
00:34:13
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Max is joining us for this next podcast episode. I'm so excited to meet him. so we're all going to be here. It's not like he's guest starring. like It's going to be fantastic. All three of us vibing. And we will be watching, drumroll please, High School Musical 2.
00:34:30
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two who I know. Obviously, i am beyond pumped. um Fun fact about Max. He loves High School Musical almost as much as I do. this will be a really fun episode.
00:34:42
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When we started out doing this podcast, Natalie was like, I'm hoping one day in the future, one of the High School Musical movies, we can ask Max to be on the podcast. And I was like, if you can make that happen, I will be so happy.
00:34:55
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And here we are making it it happen. It's going to so great. Here we Yes. I'm so, so excited. ah Max is a delight. If you don't already know him, you will fall in love with him at the end of this episode, I promise.
00:35:07
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Yes. So just as a reminder, we are now going to be moving to an every other week schedule. So we will not be back next week. But you have plenty of time to watch High School Musical and catch up on all of Max's content on YouTube so that you're familiar with him, if you don't already know him, for when we come back in two weeks.
00:35:25
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Yep. So what time is it? It's time to end this episode and get Troy Bolton and the Wildcats on my TV screen right now. So ah so excited. Yeah. We love you all. We will see you the next one.
00:35:38
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What time is it? Summer time. It's not though. It's winter. Thank you all so much for listening to this episode of Once Upon a DCOM. Like what you just heard? Leave us a rating and review. We'd love to hear your thoughts.
00:35:50
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00:36:01
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And don't forget to subscribe because there's always a new episode on the way. This is Gabriela. And Natalie. Signing off with a sprinkle of pixie dust. And a whole lot of nostalgia.