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PODCAST

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast

Luke Westaway & Andy Farrant

Join Luke Westaway and Andy Farrant as they talk about cinema"s greatest achievement: Disney Channel Original Movies. From X-TREME rollerblading, to Mermen, to homicidal smart homes, there"s something for everyone in these brilliant, baffling films. Also, usually the mom character in the film is unable to cook, and this is considered richly comic. Hence the name.

tv & film

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02:08:25

Alley Cats Strike

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/07/24

Peel your ears and get hip to this, daddy-os, Mom Can't Cook! is making the scene with a flick that is as confusingly 1950s as this sentence. That's right, it's Alley Cats Strike, a film about an unpleasant group of 1950s obsessed, bowling-loving outcasts who are suddenly thrust into the limelight when they find themselves as the town's last hope to win a prestigious, apple-themed sporting tournament. Can they act non 1950s long enough to carry the town to glory? Will a normal person be able to join

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02:03:01

Stuck in the Suburbs

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/07/10

What if a huge pop star accidentally swapped phones with a teenage fan? Seems like the sort of thing his PA would fix in about 15 minutes, right? Well not in Stuck in the Suburbs (2004), because you wouldn't believe how long it takes to sort out or how many low speed bicycle chases are involved. The phone in question belongs to pop sensation Jordan Cahill, and ends up in the possession of Brittany Aarons, a Jordan superfan and aspiring musician who is thrilled to have a connection to her favourite

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01:52:04

Jumping Ship

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/06/26

Buckle up, DCOM fans, because this week we present a crossover event easily as momentous as Avengers Endgame: all three Lawrence brothers in a single movie! That movie is Jumping Ship, a canonical sequel to Horse Sense, which you'll remember was a story about a spoiled rich kid learning about honest down home folks who keep it real by owning horses and operating enormous ranches. What might surprise you is that this film contains almost no horses, and is instead a story about ancient temples and

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16:55

Introducing Mom Can't Cook! Extra Helpings

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/06/19

Introducing Mom Can't Cook! Extra Helpings, a fortnightly series of bonus episodes of Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast, exclusively for members. Go to Patreon.com/extrahelpings to sign up! Luke and Andy are here to tell you all about it, and play you the first 10 minutes of the debut Extra Helpings episode. When you join you'll get access to the Extra Helpings podcast feed in your app of choice, and be swept away on an audio tide of hilarity, as Andy and Luke recap episodes of 'So Weird', the

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01:57:27

Stepsister From Planet Weird

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/06/12

It can be challenging when parents decide to remarry, and if your Dad is a sentient bubble of pink gas in political exile (?!) from the planet Zircalon, well it probably doesn't help matters. Welcome to Stepsister From Planet Weird (2000), in which Andy and Luke find themselves at the base of podcasting Everest -- tasked with recapping what is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the most bizarre DCOM they've faced to date. Expect unhinged aliens, extreme sports and a narrative structure that would make

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01:48:16

First Kid

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/05/28

Guarding the life of the US President's son might not sound like a premise rife with comic potential, but the makers of First Kid (1996) didn't let that hold them back. In this Walt Disney Pictures movie that is DCOM-adjacent, Agent Sam Simms (played by comedian Sinbad) is tasked with protecting rebellious teen and heir to the Presidential throne Luke Davenport (Brock Pierce). If Simms can keep him off the Snake Internet, that is. Listen now for Andy and Luke's recap of First Kid, plus 90s VR, clip

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01:53:15

Cow Belles

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/05/15

Did you ever watch the Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie reality show The Simple Life? The makers of this week's DCOM Cow Belles certainly did! The movie tells the story of Taylor and Courtney Callum, two spoiled, rich sisters whose thoughtless attitudes and profligate spending earn them a punishment shift working in their father's inexplicably lucrative dairy. But when embezzlement leaves the business in dire financial straits, and with their father in Ecuador for some reason, can the Callum girls

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01:50:07

Hounded

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/05/01

What a treat we have in store this week, DCOM fans, because we're talking about Hounded, the Disney Channel Original Movie with the most violent dog attacks per minute of screen time. It's not even close. The movie tells the story of Jay Martin, a bright student who is trying to win a scholarship to a prestigious school. However, through a series of wacky mishaps, Jay accidentally ends up kidnapping his principal's tiny, violent, bloodthirsty dog instead, and now you can forget about all that

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01:43:09

You Wish!

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/04/17

A magic coin that grants one wish passes into your possession. Would you wish for world peace? Life-changing wealth? How about deleting your annoying kid brother from existence? That's the questionable wish made by big bro Alex (A.J. Trauth) in this episode's DCOM, You Wish! (2003) But don't worry, his wish doesn't erase kid brother Stevie (Spencer Breslin) entirely, it just turns Stevie into a TV megastar, for some reason. Listen to Luke and Andy try and grapple with this most bizarre of DCOMs,

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01:43:07

A Ring of Endless Light

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/04/03

Do you like dolphins? Do you like extremely predictable romantic drama? Do you like heavy handed religious metaphors? If any of these things sound like your idea of a good time then you're either Luke Westaway, or someone else who is going to enjoy the film we're talking about this week, A Ring of Endless Light. The movie tells the story of Vicky Austin, an aspiring poet who spends the summer on Seven Bay Island, an island on the Atlantic coast of the US that is just lousy with dolphins, evil

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01:42:56

Quints

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/03/20

Imagine being an only child when suddenly, your parents have quints, and your previously peaceful home life is shattered by five wild and wacky babies! That certainly sounds like a premise rich in comic potential, doesn't it? Well too bad, this is a DCOM, so instead we get Quints (2000), a movie that barely features the quints of the title, but instead focuses on their older sister Jamie Grover (Kimberly J. Brown), who is neither wacky, nor a baby. How will Jamie cope with no longer being the centre

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01:31:10

The Luck of the Irish

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/03/05

It's not clear at which point Kyle Johnson, protagonist of The Luck of the Irish (2001), is killed and the rest of the film is just the product of his neurons firing one last time, but it must be pretty early on because this is probably the most unhinged DCOM Andy and Luke have tackled so far. The movie tells the age-old story of a basketball-loving boy who discovers he hails from a family of leprechauns and - uh oh - begins transforming into a leprechaun when his lucky coin is stolen. Andy and Luke

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01:33:40

The Other Me

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/02/20

You probably felt pretty smart the day you sent your clone to school in your place, leaving you free to play Dreamcast and eat microwave popcorn at home all day. But oh no! The clone is effortlessly better than you in every way. That's the nightmare scenario facing Will Browning (Andrew Lawrence) in this week's DCOM, The Other Me (2000). Andy and Luke discuss the film, as well as the best ways to remain un-strangled by your clone, and the folly of disguising your groundbreaking scientific endeavours

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01:38:56

Up, Up and Away

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/02/06

Do you love The Incredibles and Encanto, but wish they'd been made for a budget of about $300? Weird thing to wish for, but turns out you're in luck! This week, Andy and Luke are discussing the DCOM Up, Up and Away (2000) in which young Scott Marshall, son of superhero couple Bronze Eagle and Warrior Woman, anxiously awaits his fourteenth birthday, and the arrival of his longed for superpowers. But will Scott get powers at all? Does the environmental software company Earth Protectors have a sinister

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01:23:00

Genius

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/01/23

Happy Monday, podcast fans! We're back and trying to answer one of the most contemplated questions of modern times: can a genius ever be cool? Charlie Boyle, the physics prodigy protagonist of 1999 DCOM Genius certainly gives it a good go, by adopting the bad boy persona of Chaz Anthony so that he can be the big man on campus at a local high school, while simultaneously trying to discover the graviton particle at the nearby university. But how long can Charlie keep this ruse afloat? Could he use his

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01:18:30

Brink!

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2023/01/09

Hey everyone, it's Brink! It's Brink week! This week we're talking about Brink! Brink is a 1998 DCOM about aggressive inline rollerblading and we love it, for more reasons than we have space to go into here, but that's what the podcast is for! So, listen as we discuss the financial realities of Soul Skating, Team X-Bladz's exploitative employment practices, Brink being contractually obligated to respect his enemy Val in public, and more! If you've watched Brink! and have your own thoughts, email

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01:16:29

'Twas the Night

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2022/12/19

Did you think the main character in The Santa Clause was an idiot because he didn't use Santa's powers exclusively for crime? Someone at the Disney Channel in 2001 certainly did, which is how we ended up with the DCOM Andy and Luke are talking about this week, 'Twas the Night. Somehow starring Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston, 'Twas the Night tells the story of scam artist Nick Wrigley who ends up in charge of Santa's sleigh and goes on a breathtaking crime spree across town with his nephew Danny in

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01:23:07

Motocrossed

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2022/12/05

Hey, Shakespeare scholars: turns out Disney fixed Twelfth Night twenty one years ago, and all it took was adding motocross bikes. This week, Luke and Andy are talking about Motocrossed (2001), a Disney Channel Original Movie in which cheerleading champ Andi Carson takes the place of her injured motocross rider brother Andy Carson to keep their family's motocross team alive. Can Andi handle racing at the highest level? Can she get over her crush on rival racer Dean Talon? Can Andi's dad just eff off,

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01:28:30

Now You See It...

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2022/11/21

Great news, magic fans! Also, terrible news, magic haters! This week's episode features a *lot* of magic talk, so brace yourselves accordingly. This week, Luke and Andy are talking about Now You See It... (2005), a Disney Channel Original Movie about a wildly confusing reality TV show that aims to find the world's greatest kid magician, the world's greatest kid producer, and also possibly the world's greatest kid cameraman. Then it decides halfway through that actually, that's boring and it's about

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02:05:54

Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire

Mom Can"t Cook! A DCOM Podcast ·

2022/11/07

In a last hurrah for Halloween, we're back with a live episode that deals with two of the scariest things imaginable: vampires, and dating in your thirties. This week, Luke and Andy are sinking their teeth into Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000), a Disney Channel Original Movie horror-comedy in which the Hansen kids become concerned they've set their mom Lynette up on a date with man who may be more of a bloodthirsty creature of the night than his dating profile suggested. Will the vampire get

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