April 17, 2006
STICK TO THE STATUS QUO, OH NO:
'High School Musical' bops to the top (MISHA DAVENPORT, April 17, 2006, Chicago Sun-Times)
Since it first began airing in January, Disney Channel's "High School Musical" has been the little cultural mouse that roared: a $4 million made-for-TV musical that has seen ratings boom with every subsequent airing."We never planned on this," says Gary Marsh, president of entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide. "This movie has taken on a life of its own."
As of its last airing in March, the movie was seen by 28.3 million unduplicated viewers. If the pattern holds, it again will be the top-rated cable movie in its time slots when the cable channel rebroadcasts it Friday in not one but two showings:
*A dance-along version, which walks viewers step-by-step through the choreography seen in the film, will air at [8] p.m.
Do you have any idea how many times your kids can play the soundtrack on a car ride from NH to Valley Forge? Posted by Orrin Judd at April 17, 2006 9:38 AM
One word, headphones.
Posted by: Brandon at April 17, 2006 9:48 AMAnd the Disney stores didn't have the CD when they aired the movie, but other stores did.
Posted by: Sandy P at April 17, 2006 10:12 AMSince when do kids have control over the music in the car? When I was young (before the Walkman) I used to have to listen to whatever my parents wanted to during our yearly car trips from CT to MI. That meant lots of Burt Baccarat, Air Supply, Kris Kristoffersen and The Plastic Ono Band.
Posted by: Bryan at April 17, 2006 10:26 AMBryan:
Boy, were you generation X'ers ever spoiled. Try growing up in a home where the idea of Sunday reverence was an afternoon of non-stop Mario Lanza.
Posted by: Peter B at April 17, 2006 11:38 AMPeter B:
Not quite as high-brow, but I ended up knowing every word to every song from "Annie Get Your Gun." I will admit a strange attraction to an Anita "Paper Roses" Bryant album. Ran and hid when the parents put on "Victory at Sea" though.
Posted by: Rick T. at April 17, 2006 12:54 PMWell, I guess that puts me in my place: I play the Victory at Sea suite in my car all the time.
The kids just seemed to get used to it, though. Sort of like being strapped in car seats when they were little.
Posted by: Lou Gots at April 17, 2006 2:32 PMLou:
It's just like that smelly cheese my grandfather used to terrorize us with. Too awful to contemplate back then but delicious today.
On a completely unrelated topic, did you see the obit of Lieutenant-Commander Dicky Kendall floating around the Internet? Sounds like your type of guy.
You are all idiots. It's so much better than any of the rock opera crap that we all suffered through in the 70s and 80s. I'm thrilled that my children love this show and the music from it. It's not my cup of tea, but having sat through it from beginning to end, I'm happy to say it was watchable, the music is catchy, and it's much better than "The Wall."
Posted by: Jim at April 17, 2006 4:43 PM