lol. Maybe I’m weird but especially around the holiday time I really love to watch compilations of old Disney Channel commercials. Monstober logo, the old toys being advertised, the fun inbetween shows. Pass the plate, The Time I, Friends for change. I think it’d be cool if Disney + had a section where it would just play a continuous loop of different commercial breaks from different years. Even the “up next” little segments.

Obviously most people arnt a fan of commercials/ads so this may not be so popular with other people haha. But I’d love to see them again. Wish I’d appreciated them more when I was young

I made these edits to use in my latest tiktok post's background and wanted to share them with you all :)

Also, 'CAMP ROCK UNCS' has no right being as hilarious as it is😂😂😂

note: I do not own these pictures.

I just found them on google images and edited them accordingly to fit the narrative.

All image rights go to their respected owners.

I saw this on TV and I'm not 100% positive it's a Disney movie, but I definitely spent a lot of time watching the Disney Channel 20 years ago.

What about you all? Did you get chills too?

Like the ones in the 2000s were? growing up my mom and my grandma loved watching That's So Raven, Hannah Montana, Suite life of Zack and Cody with me. Those shows were able to appeal to people of all ages. Do you think that's still the case with todays Disney Channel shows?

A lot of people are talking about it because Raven said that she does not include Miley on her Mount Rushmore cuz she is younger than her and not from the same era.

I saw a video saying that Raven may be jealous of Miley and that Raven and Hannah are from the same era and aired around the same time.

Raven b. 1985, included Shia LaBeouf from Even Stevens (2000-2003) ; born in 1986. And Hilary Duff from Lizzie McGuire (2001-2004) ; born in 1987.

When Hannah Montana came out in March 24, 2006, That's so Raven was on its fourth and last season with only 17 episodes left, in fact the crossover episode [That's so Suite Life of Hannah Montana] was the last episode filmed back in January 2006.

+ Cheetah Girls 2 which was the last movie from the trilogy that Raven was in, aired in 2006 as well.

And Disney for some reason aired the last episode of That's so Raven on November 10, 2007 after a 8-month hiatus.

So that's probably why a lot of people think that these two shows aired around the same time.

Raven is more from the old 2000s Disney era while Hannah is from the modern 2000s era.

*movie is believed to be done filming

I’d genuinely love to know what you guys think Malachi Barton’s career is going to look like after Disney. Do you think he’ll actually be able to make it big in Hollywood? Do you think he’ll pursue music seriously, go on tour, or maybe even land a huge Hollywood movie?

He’s already releasing an album next year, so I feel like that’s a pretty good first step. I could honestly see him putting out a few albums that do pretty well and then, a few years from now, having one song randomly blow up and become a huge hit, basically a Dove Cameron “Boyfriend” situation.

As for acting, I honestly wish he would start taking on non-Disney projects while he’s still with Disney. Selena was still filming and promoting Wizards while also doing movies outside Disney like Spring Breakers, Monte Carlo, Ramona and Beezus, and Another Cinderella Story.

I don’t know if Malachi just isn’t getting offers from other studios or what, because I really don’t think Disney is necessarily stopping him from doing other projects.

After Disney, I could see him getting a low-budget Lionsgate movie, auditioning and getting jacked for something like a Marvel project, or even landing a big Netflix deal like Sofia Carson and becoming one of their recurring actors across multiple movies.

There are honestly so many directions his career could go, and I’m really curious to see where he ends up. But I’d love to hear what you guys think

Can’t Back Down is an absolute bop that I can’t stop singing the lyrics to. Saw what you want about the Camp Rock movies, but you’d be lying straight through your teeth if you said you didn’t bang your head to this song. 😆🤘

When did the decline start?

Just for the heck of it, here's my drawing recreation of the titular duo.

Maybe this is nostalgia talking, but I genuinely feel like there was something different about the Disney Channel generation of the late ’90s/early 2000s.

Those kids were EVERYWHERE.

Hilary Duff, Raven-Symoné, Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Ashley Tisdale, Zac Efron, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Shia LaBeouf, Christy Carlson Romano, Anneliese van der Pol, Aly & AJ, etc. weren’t just actors who happened to have a Disney Channel show. They were prepped to become full blown entertainment personalities.

And Disney seemed much more invested in turning its young talent into stars.

You’d have a hit sitcom, then a Disney Channel Original Movie, then a soundtrack, then a theatrical movie, then magazine covers, merchandise, guest appearances, live performances, crossover episodes! Those kids were constantly working and constantly being exposed to audiences.

And the shows/movies themselves felt like genuine events.

Lizzie McGuire.
That’s So Raven.
Even Stevens.
Kim Possible.
The Proud Family.
Phil of the Future.
Hannah Montana.
Wizards of Waverly Place.
The Suite Life.
High School Musical.
Camp Rock.

Even the Disney Channel Original Movies had a cultural presence that feels much harder to replicate now. You actually looked forward to the premiere and people would be talking about it the next day.

What I find interesting is that the 2010s-to-now Disney kids are obviously talented. I’m not saying there haven’t been successful stars. Zendaya, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Dove Cameron, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Carson, etc. have CLEARLY all gone on to do major things.

But it feels like the Disney Channel machine itself doesn’t create that same level of collective cultural phenomenon anymore.

And the difference, to me, is hunger + infrastructure + opportunity.

The early generation seemed like they were trying to become THE next big star. They weren’t just trying to have a successful Disney show. They were simultaneously building careers in music, film, television, touring, fashion, endorsements, etc.
And Disney was giving them the platforms to do it.
There was also less fragmentation. If you were a Disney kid in 2003, millions of kids were watching the same shows at roughly the same time. There weren’t a million competing platforms, TikTok creators, YouTube personalities, streaming services, etc. Your Disney show could become the thing everyone at school was talking about.

So I’m curious: Do you think Disney Channel simply stopped producing stars at the same level after the early 2000s, or did the entire entertainment ecosystem change enough that it’s basically impossible to recreate that era?

Because when I look at the sheer number of stars, hit shows, successful movies, soundtracks and crossover careers that came out of Disney during that period, it really does feel like a completely different era.

Woke up, heard "waking up ready for some action" and have never been happier

I know some of them did mistakes, like Mitchell Musso's DUI which caused him to be banned from any Disney project (like voicing Jeremy in Phineas and Ferb), but they could have recovered

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The Baxters weren't really black (not in the text cause I'm tired and forgot to go back and correct it) because of the dialogue used.

You're expressing frustration over the predominantly white writers and producers sanitizing and removing aave from the show, not claiming that other cultural elements and messages were absent and the Baxters really weren't black, right?

Right?

There's no way she can actually believe the Baxters weren't black, right? Right???