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Maybe I am getting old, but when I hear the name Hannah Montana, I think stripper, not wildly popular Disney (NYSE: DIS) Channel show.
But as countless parents of countless girls will tell you, Hannah Montana isn't just a TV show, it's a lifestyle dedicated to the character played by the spunky 15-year-old Miley Cyrus. There are Hannah Montana DVDs, books, cake decorations, and toys. Oh, let's not forget a concert tour where tickets sell for several hundred bucks a pop. A woman who joined the official Miley Cyrus fan club in the hopes of getting tickets before they went on sale filed a lawsuit after she wasn't able to get them.
Before I watched my first Hannah Montana episode, I decided to check in with two experts: my nieces. "It's the best show on the Disney Channel," said Danielle, 11. "Miley Cyrus is a great actress," said Allison, 9. With those endorsements, I took my first steps into a world I knew little about.
It was a tough slog. As far as I can tell, Hannah -- also known as Miley Stewart -- tried to get her tomboy friend Lilly to act more like a girl in the hopes of getting a date for the big dance. Unfortunately, Lilly got stood up, so she took the hapless boy to "Teen Court" to get her revenge. Turns out he liked her before the makeover.
Oh yeah, Lilly seems to one of the few people who knows that Miley is actually pop superstar Hannah Montana. The rest of her friends must not be that smart. Then again, Lois Lane never caught on that Clark Kent and Superman never were in the same place at the same time, but I digress.
When I told my wife I watched the show, she asked me if I "had a death wish." She was right. With gems like, "Where did you come from, Hotsylvania?," the humor was clearly not aimed at this soon-to-be-40-year-old married guy from the suburbs. Makes Full House seem like Shakespeare, no?
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12-03-2007 @ 12:05AM
Carrie said...
I'm 17 and I love this show. Yeah its corny, but what Disney show isn't? Its funny because a lot of high schoolers still watch the Disney channel even though its not geared toward their age group. I think Disney needs to keep adding some older material so that when their audience grows up they won't be watching trash on MTV, but still watching wholesome girls like Miley Cyrus on Disney. One thing I really like about Miley is that she is really humble, her parents keep her in check, and she lives as normal of a life as she can.
12-03-2007 @ 1:37PM
Billie Jean said...
I too am a 60 year old Granny who watches a lot of Disney. My 9 year old granddaughter really enjoys this show and I do too. Good clean t.v. with realistic storylines and good morals thrown in.
I really hate that the concert ticket fiasco has kept so many children from being a part of the Hannah concert excitement.
12-06-2007 @ 5:11PM
kate said...
I am 31 and my daughter LOVES Hannah Montana and wants to grow up like her. She dresses like her and acts like her. She always wants to watch TV when Hannah Montana was on. When I heard how much thoses tickets cost to that concert I said "No way hunny, not going" to my daughter.
12-28-2007 @ 8:42AM
Samantha said...
I'm 16, and I have mixed feelings about her. Sometimes I really dont like her because alot of little girls look up to her and most of the things she wears (in public) are inapropriate. Yeah, on the show most of her clothes are apropriate but dont you think kids want to see they're "favorite actress" behind the camera?
12-30-2007 @ 10:01PM
Kgsportz3 said...
I'm 13 and not many of my friends watch Disney very much, but even my college brothers watch Hannah Montana sometimes. I think Hannah Montana is still kinda popular with teenagers and adults because it's a show that if it's on a lot of people will watch it because there isn't anything else on. I can count on one hand the number of shows that are like that and they're pretty good too, but they are a little TOO old for younger kids. Hannah Montana is going to be one of those shows that continues FOREVER because when the kids grow up their kids start watching it with them.