Revisiting Disney Channel’s Fa-La-La-Lidays

[@briank5357]

I distinctly remember the Austin & Ally holiday special that was also a crossover episode with Jessie. I also remember Santa wearing shorts in Miami so vividly every Christmas.

[@joshuaz7527]

i think that was a newyears special not christmas

[@Accreal]

@@joshuaz7527 yeah it was cuz i remember the ball countdown and then santa losing it.

[@nono-gw7qm]

I think there was one christmas and one new years episode? One was a Jessie episode with the Austin and Ally cast and one was an Austin and Ally episode with Jessie cast?

[@vanimixa]

My favorite

[@everythingdibs344]

I remember loving that song that was in it

[@Alycornz]

As a kid of divorce, I remember watching Zack and Cody and feeling so seen, and it showed me that kids of divorced parents could still have that same love as those of nuclear families. It meant a lot to see that kind of representation.

[@Thebeezzkneezz.]

Same! My parents were separated before I was even born and the Zak and Cody one was my absolute favorite

[@batsaubattler3200]

I was always the Zack in that sitch my brother was the Cody

[@ARDIZsq]

You're 100% right about Disney inserting more laughter into their shows. When I went to a live taping for an episode of Raven's Home, we had to laugh seemingly every 5-10 seconds. Almost every line or action was meant as a "joke." Didn't help that after the 8th time hearing a joke it was hard to give genuine sounding laughter. (Though the actors were able to adapt a bit to make things funny again) For anyone wondering the episode I saw being recorded, it was "Girls Just Wanna Have Phones"

[@lexiw.145]

Bunk'd is the same way with the laugh tracks it's unbearable despite it being an ok show without it. None. Of. The. Jokes. Are. Funny.

[@ARDIZsq]

@@lexiw.145 Yeah, that show is insufferable. My sister used to watch it and I HATED every second of it.

[@eatatjoes6751]

Honestly, I just kind of avoid laugh-track shows now for this reason. At least back in the day when the original show was on - I didn't find it funny, but I could see someone finding it hilarious because the laughter sounded "genuine." and they didn't shovel them in your facehole. Girl Meets World and this tried choking down so many fake laughs it's pathetic.

[@ma.2089]

It sucks cuz I’m sure the shows r just fine without the obnoxious laugh track. I know it’s there to make ppl laugh more cuz laughter is contagious, but having too much laughing makes it less enjoyable. They got no faith in their shows, and it’s unfortunate cuz less laughter is better than too much.

[@keistopherc]

@@lexiw.145 I seriously don’t understand how bunked is still going lol.

[@CraftingMenace]

I cannot understate how much I wish Wizards of Waverly Place had that Christmas special, revealing santa as a wizard with a terrible past is such a funny idea, and I am accepting it as canon to the universe even if Disney never let them reveal the truth.

[@maddiemcnugget1076]

Omg I think it would’ve been really good. Like Santa is a magic abuser and has been using magic to make toys and fired all the elves. Or something like that. He could’ve also stolen the identity of Saint Nick or something. Idk Honestly I think they could’ve at least had a Jack Frost special. Lol they could’ve made it after guardians of the galaxy and ride off of the hype of tumblr girls simping for the the guardians Jack. But also the Russos are a Mexican/Italian family. If ANYONE is celebrating Christmas, it’s a Mexican/Italian family since both cultures value family (and the show has expressed that their culture is very important to them) and Christmas is a time for family.

[@mds_main]

Considering almost all the Disney Channel shows are connected, the Santa from Raven would have been the same of that WoWP episode

[@ckanon9887]

"Oh wow Lab rats had a Christmas episode? I don't remember i-" And then the memories came flooding back

[@memethyst]

literally i was like "i don't remember this one" and then the scene of the principle rolling in the cats came in

[@ckanon9887]

@@memethyst yeah it's the exact same for me

[@apexhunter935]

There was another in season 3

[@matti.8465]

Okay, but what happened with Jake and Miley was actually funny. This is what she gets for not listening to the magic entity that gave her the photograph.

[@TECH097]

As much as I hate how they ruined Jake's development that's so brilliant I can't help but laugh. XD

[@matti.8465]

@@TECH097 "Oh no Jake cheated on me..." OH REALLY? IF ONLY THE UNIVERSE ITSELF HAD GIVEN YOU A MESSAGE ON WHAT THE CORRECT CHOICE WAS

[@SaturdayParker]

@@matti.8465 Lol, you sound like you've been holding this in since the episode aired. 😂

[@The2ndDimension]

"Chase uses an after effects plugin" got me XD

[@shinysilverstardust]

I had an extreme wave of nostalgia when Esteban stated his full name.

[@Bertiboy]

I’m not gonna lie I’m actually kinda looking forward to a Lab Rats video. It’s been ages since I’ve seen that show and the most distinct memory I have of it was always concentrating on the counter thing that was in their base and seeing when the numbers would show the same one

[@idontownaname]

thiss

[@autisticgaming2004]

I don't know about you but i personally think Lab Rats is so underated. Whenever they rerun it on DisneyXD I watch it and I got to say I enjoy it a lot. Wish it got talked about more often.

[@Bertiboy]

@@autisticgaming2004 yeah, i definitely remember liking it. It’ll be nice to take a trip down memory lane for it

[@abbiepancakeeater52]

my most distinct memory is laying in bed with the flu watching it :D felt horrible but its a good memory looking back.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

I wish they explored how the finel seasons location worked more

[@nonameless2]

Your parody at 19:28 was so freaking accurate; you could write this stuff (but please don't; we need you to make fun of these shows for us)

[@redtheva149]

Idk why but it reminds me so much of that weird homer simpson and marge cuphead parody

[@phil6748]

I can’t believe you didn’t talk about the Christmas cross episodes with goodluck Charlie, Jessie Austin and ally.

[@hoshimaruhajime7933]

Goodluck Charly had its own movie about Christmas

[@SpecialInterestShow]

Hey now, they gotta keep material around for next chrimbo

[@jaimaherron1687]

@@hoshimaruhajime7933 there was a Christmas crossover episode of good luck Charlie and Jessie.

[@hoshimaruhajime7933]

@@jaimaherron1687 I ment movie

[@LesFountain]

I know right

[@theflickchick9850]

The bit where you imagine what would happen if the Lab Rats met Santa Claus was so incredibly accurate that I screamed. And as someone who watched a ton of "Hannah Montana" as a kid, my parents would agree with you that Robbie/Billy Ray was the best part. And as for the "Jackson is 30" thing, my mom told me that when I was pretty young and it still didn't compute until I was an adult.

[@thatlycantomboy]

okay, so Zack and Cody must’ve shaped my humor because when Arwin fell through the table I honestly burst into laughter

[@classicforreal]

Maddie isn’t a bellhop she works at the candy shop also true on Phill Lewis being the best actor of our time, unironically

[@truefalse934]

Yeah, she’s the “candy counter” girl

[@itsmefm]

Phill Lewis killed a man

[@Loifey]

@@itsmefm wait what

[@desykee3088]

@@Loifey I think it was a D.U.I but I’m not sure. But you can google it and it’ll pop up.

[@NatGeodeWild]

I always connected with Zack and Cody, I related to both of them and how they would act with things. Their family isn't near perfect but their parents still love them even if they don't love eachother.

[@TheAnnyParker]

I didn't realize how many of these episodes I had repressed in my memories

[@griffinwetzel3059]

honestly i don’t think disney has made a live action sitcom that holds up as well as zack and cody. i think it’s because there only 2 kids in the main cast & the rest are adults giving actual competent performances.

[@musiclover_kb4913]

I love the Suite Life and I agree it holds up very well, but That's So Raven is the best of the best.

[@limitbreak2966]

watching these Disney retrospectives while going to bed are the only thing that keeps away my depression lol

[@Viscidsquare040]

16:19 you say in your Lab Rats retrospective that Davenport being apparently gluttonous is only mentioned twice, once in Back From the Future and again in season 4, but that sounds a lot like another mention of that trait.

[@jane_wants_to_feel]

still, it wasn't really a prominent thing that you'd just remember or think about davenport. it's a minor detail, like, nobody would describe davenport as gluttonous bc of three mentions of him eating over four seasons

[@elitettelbach4247]

The Suite Life and That’s So Raven Christmas episodes really hold up!

[@sabrina.natalie]

I agree. Very classic episodes that are timeless.

[@JmBvhntnt28]

I second that!!!

[@LukePlays17]

4:57 never thought I’d see a crossover between Candace Flynn and Anne Boonchuy airing on Nickelodeon

[@ijustlikebees]

Oh I see whatcha did there

[@not.alexanderr]

rewatching zack and cody made me understand why my humor is this way

[@PenguinjitsuX]

17:34 "Chase uses an After Effects Plugin" LOOL I laughed so hard at this, I think this is my favorite joke from your entire channel.

[@Skyvisualss]

finally someone who's going to talk about lab rats :)!!! great video btw

[@Dtretrb]

Not sure why, but I remember Jackson saying "sienna" and dressing up as colonel sanders at least as vividly (if not more) than the part with Miley beating up a guy

[@briank5357]

OH MY GOD THIS UNLOCKED SO MUCH NOSTSLGIA

[@lavendernightshade5631]

I remember the episode where Jackson had a super model gf,she saw Hannah Montana asked Jackson about it,got gaslit,I think Miley told her the truth or something,Lily blurted out that she was Lola and the other girl was like "Who's Lola?" and that's all I remember.

[@TECH097]

Honestly Hannah Montana has a habit of not sticking to an event/holiday theme, the crossover eps basically shoehorn cameos into eps focusing on Miley. Also man I hate what they did to Jake, they actively showed him developing from a vapid celebrity to someone more caring and selfless. Then without warning, they ruin his character, replace him with an uninteresting prettyboy that they go so far to show a kissing scene between him and Miley...that covers the kiss. If that don't scream forced I dunno what does.

[@ma.2089]

I heard similar things regarding the romance in Wizards of Waverly Place. Dean was a great love interest, but they decided to go for the werewolf. They gave them both good character development, more on the werewolf boy tho, so I didn’t mind her ending up with him. But then they butchered his character and made him an ass, who literally eats Dean. Wtf

[@desykee3088]

Suite life on deck had me CONVINCED as a kid that I wanted to go to a dorm college as far away as possible…💀 plot twist I didn’t go to college at all

[@daisyviv8385]

1:12 y’know looking back, Cody might’ve responded with that because that’s probably what their mom told them about their dad 😭

[@nellybeiin]

Funny thing is that isn't their first Christmas in Labrats. In one of the first episodes where they introduce Spike, Chase and Adam recall how Spike ruined a past Christmas. Could be wrong but I thought that was funny!

[@cass12234]

Plot hole. The Christmas episode was supposed to be their first Christmas

[@notyourhallmarkcat1693]

I have a vivid memory of max and phoebe from The Thundermans drinking eggnog to escape from a room or something like that and then later on phoebe (I think) started singing rockin around the Christmas tree.

[@HunterStreet]

I remember that eggnog escape room thing! It was on a Nickelodeon Holiday Special from 2015 called Nickelodeon's Ho-Ho-Holiday Special! It was the one where Rico Rodriguez kidnapped all the Nickelodeon stars to do a holiday special and made them drink eggnog to escape a room and stuff like that. Jack Griffo was also talking to Barack Obama for some reason. It was very weird! Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree was the closing song that ended off this special.

[@otaking3582]

2:09 A massive lizard outside?! I didn't remember Godzilla being in this episode!

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

When people say these nick and Disney shows are bad am like but they are just so filled with feverish memories to be had

[@m56214]

Jett Jackson, So Weird, Even Stevens, That's So Raven, Zack and Cody, Aaron Stone,Zeke and Luther, Kickin It, Lab Rats, KC Undercover, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, All That, Kenan and Kel, Drake and Josh, iCarly and Victorious were the only shows that were actually good and still hold up nearly all cartoons on both networks were always amazing

[@idontownaname]

thank u for this video omg the nostalgia

[@antekue6654]

i replayed arwin flipping over the table as a kid and couldnt stop laughing, good to know its still funny to me now

[@insecdroid]

Keyan: Wizards of Waverly Place Me: Nostalgia Canon goes off

[@dragondice9201]

Did anyone have a DVD with the four Christmas specials of Disney Channel shows like Kim possible Zack and Cody Raven and even Stevens because I saw all of these on that

[@ForeverFashionGirl21]

I did! I never watched Kim possible or even Steven’s but I did see the Christmas episodes lol my childhood

[@dragondice9201]

@@ForeverFashionGirl21 even though I still sort of watched it during its run and wanted to watch it again but it wasn’t on Netflix and I had that DVD that’s still feel so relatable

[@battlestar976]

14:07 I remember Wizards always mentioning Christmas and thanking they where gonna have a special at some point but it never ended up happening.

[@nonameless2]

When you refused to watch TV shows with real people growing up, so you've never seen any of these before😅

[@ForeverFashionGirl21]

I’m the opposite I never watched cartoons

[@johnnyvirtues]

That sack and Cody episode was one of the only ones I’ve seen/ remember

[@MiraculousPrettyCure]

Something I noticed! At 18:53, you can see the lab that the 3 lab rats went to go save, is set up on the same set as their high school. I think they forgot to zoom in more on the gasma ball, revealing the school wall on the side.

[@O.D25]

Oh my god... How low was the budget of this show?

[@kaylamorello5478]

​@@O.D25probably 2

[@eatatjoes6751]

Gotta say, I held back a belly laugh when Miley started passive-aggressively whaling on Jake...was Hannah Montana always this funny?

[@Gulezworld]

Yes lol

[@Lilsodapop__]

This got recommended at the perfect time. I hope you’re doing another one this year

[@LuisNickelodeon]

Amazing video. Thank you for all the hard work you put into everything you do.

[@ellizabethkane6943]

this is such a great idea for a video, and you made it work wonderfully. i felt nostalgic and thoroughly entertained the entire time. amazingwork!

[@CeeGeeFursuits]

The way arwin just flopped over the couch still kills me!!

[@PeterGriffin11]

I never cared for that many kids sitcoms from Disney but in my opinion That's So Raven is one of the only kids sitcoms period that still holds up well today as an adult.

[@koiby9303]

God London's voice through me for a loop I wasn't watching the video just listening and then I just heard Brenda Song's voice and went "ANNE BOUNCHUY"

[@Janelkoseph]

I just remember the halloween crossover between seven different shows

[@DittoAPokemon]

In talking about Lab Rats vs That's So Raven's exposition I think you hit on a big part of why people around our ages criticize new Disney. Recently I've seen a lot of pushback against it saying "of course you don't like it! It's for kids! You'd hate the shows you loved if they were airing now." And I've never been able to articulate my exact issue with newer Disney shows but it's just what you said: they explain every little thing to the audience. They treat kids like they're stupid. The old shows were corny and over the top but they at least treated us like we had an ounce of intelligence and could figure things out. I feel like even the excessive canned laughter if part of that: they think if they don't tell kids when every little joke is they won't get it. I've seen a shift in some media that my 1 1/2 year old nephew watches or kids shows that teen and adult fandoms pop up around (mostly all of these being animated) to treating kids like they're not complete idiots but it seems like a few years after I aged out of kids content until recently there was this kind of wasteland for kids of the time where everything they consumed just treated them like they were too stupid to understand it, and Disney fell excessively victim to it.

[@oreocean2783]

Thanks for reminding me of all the weird shows I used to watch in elementary and middle school

[@masonyoung7834]

I always think of kickin it when ever I see Jackson

[@nyreebaldwin1642]

For a second, I thought Chase in the lab rats Christmas special was Freddie from icarly wearing that blue striped shirt lmao

[@caliaguilar4]

I'M SORRY how did Dr. John Carter end up on Lab Rats??? 17:05

[@firepuppies4086]

... was.. was the center arm thing foreshadowing? Ashley Tisdale voiced a certain coup de crayon.

[@KOSFaulty]

It makes me sad seeing The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, i was but a child upon viewing that show. And was still only 6 during The Suite Life on Decks first season airing. Being 20 years old it makes me feel old as shit now 🤣 but my god if we didn’t have some of the most entertaining shows

[@compromisedreality8827]

Just saw your Lab Rat's video i wonder if a similar video about Kickin' It would be possible

[@lenzlea2400]

Hey Man! Keep up the amazing work, love all the videos!

[@dmdudes2]

imagine naruto uzumaki offering to belly dance jingle bells for u and u run away

[@devonmunn5728]

Also who else recognized Noah Wyle? Fun fact if anyone knows he and Drew Roy (who appeared in Hannah Montana) starred in a show called Falling Skies. Also fyi I have seen alot of shows haha

[@tenten1834]

Yes! I’m currently watching him in The Librarians

[@porschepal7932]

Adam Hicks is very honorable today too. Pair Of Kings really was a death trap but for those actors careers.

[@avinashnarayanan1686]

I wish wizards of waverly place did a Christmas episode

[@maddiemcnugget1076]

The suite Life one is so important to me 🥰. I thought it was quite funny but loved how it was grounded and also rooted back to the Christian themes of Christmas (I feel like if Disney wanted, they could’ve totally had Arwin’s light thing allude to the Festival of Lights… or maybe it does and I need to meet more Jewish people). Additionally the non religious but “family centric” desire of family time and dealing with divorced parents is very mature. I thought divorced families were a normal thing as a kid but as I got older, I learned that the media was JUST starting to represent them as I was growing up. And I bet younger kids see gay couples like this too. I bet they could’ve done Kwansa (a cultural holiday, but def worth mentioning) and Yule (though “we’re snowed in, let’s get drunk!!!” Doesn’t fit with this show… but certainly the setting 😂)

[@joli1320]

What I don't understand about the That's So Raven episode is that, like, why did she need to open the present? She saw a vision she got it and her visions have never been wrong and she has to put it back so she doesn't get caught, so why open it in the first place? To wear it? Why risk it if you know you'll get in trouble for opening it early? Especially if after wearing it for the day, you'll have to put it right back while after opening it on the actual day of Christmas she can wear it as long as she wants. Is her motivation ever explained?

[@PWPictures67]

Fun Fact: the actor who played Mr. Petracelli was also the same person who played Pumbaa in the Lion King and Timon and Pumbaa, at least I think he did, I don't remember.

[@Vincent_S]

I just got this in my recommended, I've never seen you before, and this vid has four views. The KZbin algorithm must like you lol

[@maccamachine]

Rewatching this on Christmas Day 2023 now and this video is still great

[@Jonah_Is_Fake]

Man had no idea how much the lab rats vid would pop off.

[@blueberrybeyblade]

I thought you did a pretty good job summarizing all the series you mentioned, especially Hannah Montana.

[@TheFeelingOfC]

I kinda hope we see this return someday, loved it

[@ethanfolz1370]

This is a great video!

[@kaylamorello5478]

So about the thing you said about how disney sitcoms randomly change locations and rebrand in their season 4s it's apparently because once they go past season 3 they actually have to pay their writers at a 100% rate of minimum wage. Quote from an article i saw about it "[Disney Channel] had a deal with [unions] that the first three seasons of a show you get paid at 88 percent of scale, 88 percent of minimum wage, pretty much, for the crew. The idea is, pretty much, you work on a show, it becomes popular, you go four, five, six seasons, and you get 100 percent of whatever that is." So basically the idea is loophole, you change the name of the show in the fourth season, you don't have to pay at 100% because now it's technically a new show or spin off

[@mak3x7]

that room you remember in labrats, I think they reused it a few times.

[@MynicknameisViolet]

I watched tv alot growing up. I definitely remember these, and the jingle

[@lucash741]

God I miss old Disney shows. My whole childhood right here

[@HazardousDaniel]

The return of the king 👑

[@babyfaceweeb8937]

Maddy was the candy girl not a bellhop

[@beneciotheperson]

Austin and Jessie and Ally: All Star New Year was the cinematic television event of 2012.

[@JohnDoe-wl5xm]

i love that that so raven santa can just casually time travel

[@kamikazebadger5727]

So what you I got from this video is that Santa in the 2000s Disney Channel Verse is Doctor Strange

[@JosiahRobert14]

A phone number from Captain Marvel is the number for the Boston Tipton Hotel.

[@pizzamaster355]

Markus is thanos

[@Phanthief95]

7:13 You do know this episode was a made up story by Zack explaining to his teacher why he didn’t do his homework, right? It never really happens in the show.

[@gxriz2044]

Sees Lab Rats Retrospective... Well time to subscribe!

[@nightwarper1760]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGGuYYeOqNGglck

[@gxriz2044]

@@nightwarper1760 thx for the link 👍, but I already watched it

[@nightwarper1760]

@@gxriz2044 You are welcome

[@patod62]

YAY! New vídeo!

[@aboreal]

RAVEN FROM THATS SO RAVEN COULD SEE THE FUTURE

[@fod-der]

Yeah that was kinda the plot

[@mcfixer9503]

tfw TWO main cast members of Falling Skies are seen in this video (the weird viking science guy, and jesse/griffin)

[@breanna4593]

I know its been two years since the release of this video but since ive been binging your content and you just released your Suite Life on Deck part 2 retrospective, i wanna draw your attention to a fine detail. Around 17:19 in the video, that Lab Rats room has these control panel things with scattered lights. In Suite Life on Deck in the episode with CALLIE the android, when the scenes take place in her control room, we see the same exact control panels. I just thought its funny how this ambiguous techy-looking set prop was inspired or repurposed.

[@kittycheshire5099]

Did I ever watch these shows? No. Will that stop me from watching this for no reason in the middle of summer? No.

[@ethanfolz1370]

This video highkey underrated. Shit's just as good as your Club Penguin and Milo Murphey video. Keep it up king 🙏

[@KeyanCarlile]

Thank you.

[@andrewpibanez-salas3724]

At 18:53 you can clearly see they just put a bunch of things on top of the gym set lol

[@usedhalfcart]

LMFAO they couldn’t soundtage for SHIT B

[@yemisifamu2169]

I have recently subscribed due to your milo Murphy videos and I EXPECT to not be disappointed with your videos from here on out since I’ll be an advent watcher 🧐

[@johnnyvirtues]

Bro you just needa start reviewing every Disney channel show we’ll watch all the videos no matter how long they are

[@IcyDiamond]

You really must love Disney Channel huh?

[@TauGeneration]

god , i love the epf theme in lab rats !

[@nobodylol7488]

In Lab Rats Adam Bree and Chase did celebrate Christmas in the lab it was mentioned in the 2nd episode Commando app

[@autumnrose9655]

12:08 why have so many of my favored childhood actors been caught messing with kids🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@sebastiancalvey1226]

YOU ACTUALLY DID THIS!!

[@PenguinjitsuX]

LOOL that ending got me. I absolutely loved this video, you should do stuff for like halloween episodes and other genres too

[@whoishazard]

This video made me think about the old times and get Disney + so Thank You 💯

[@nateosborne7361]

Never watched zack and Cody but I think I may have to

[@nateosborne7361]

And that’s so raven

[@ClockWithoutNumbers]

You know despite being a huge Disney fan back when these were on I have never once seen any of these

[@alexandelsosa7718]

I love that English Dub Naruto is in a ton of Disney shows and movies