Life with Derek

[lpetiti]

Does anyone ever watch that show on Disney "Life with Derek"? I don't watch it an awful lot but when I do, it just makes me angry. Like that episode "Babe Raider". I mean first of all, DisneyChannel needs to remember what is okay to show on a Family-style channel. Second of all,the main character Casey, is a total hypocrite (if she wore her "Babe Raider" outfit in my school, or in my house, she would be in so much trouble and her parents just let her walk around like that).

All Casey does is complain about how much her life stinks and that is what every episode is about. It gets annoying

Anyone care to comment?

[xfkirsten]

Ah! Glad to see I'm not the only one that thinks that! I saw that episode while back on the Disney Channel and just could not believe they were showing that. I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, but that sort of material just does not belong on a channel geared towards children.

[Piglet]

Ah! Glad to see I'm not the only one that thinks that! I saw that episode while back on the Disney Channel and just could not believe they were showing that. I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, but that sort of material just does not belong on a channel geared towards children.
Unfortunately, however, that seems to be the direction the Disney Channel is heading. Did anybody happen to catch the latest Ali and AJ video? It had such a "Nirvana" feel to it, it really surprised me. I have watched the Life With Derek show several times and did see the episode you're referring to, and yes that shocked me as well. The Disney Channel used to be a safe place to let your kids watch TV, but now I am so careful about letting my 4 year old watch it. By 2:00, it becomes programming that is inappropriate for him. I guess the days of fun shows ala "Disney Afternoon" are not only no longer needed but also no longer wanted by kids. Sad.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Disney Channel seems to have undergone a metamorphosis from being a channel parents enjoy seeing their kids watch to being a channel kids want to watch.

That sounds good until you remember that they're kids and in today's culture the childhood desire to completely rebel against your parents, shirk off all responsibility, and basically live as an anarchist, as stupid as it is, is highly fed and encouraged. Why? Because businesses know that parents will actually give their kids money, A LOT of money to consume it. Businesses want that money so they do everything they can to appeal to the adolescent 'tween' so the kid will demand it from the most-likely unknowing and irresponsible parent (let's face it, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree). It's said that it happens but it does to the tune of tens of Billions each year.

It's kinda like when as a small kid I begged my mom in the grocery store to buy me the marshmallow cereal I saw on TV. She had the audacity to say no each & every time, and she also wouldn't stand for my pitching a fit. Was she some mean over-agressive overbearing monster? No, she was simply looking out for my best interests knowing I was far too young to know them myself.

-- PMM :cool:

[TopCat8]

I don't watch that show, so I don't know what you're talking about, but I have noticed there has been some racier stuff on Disney Channel recently. I was watching the Suite life this one time and I just found myself thinking "this is being shown on Disney Channel?" I don't remember the episode or anything, so I'm not too useful in that respect, but I know what you mean about the new Disney Channel.

[lpetiti]

What I don't get is why they show things that have a somewhat suggestive content (just a few minutes ago, the film "Bob the Butler" had a moment where he said, "nice melons" to a woman) and yet they will not show movies that have a lot of action/adventure in them. Normally I like the shows on DisneyChannel, but Life With Derek completley disgusts me.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

That breeze you felt was this thread moving to 'All Things Disney'! :smile:

-- PMM :cool:

[jagfkb]

It's also one of the only shows that had a curse word in it.

[navas]

i think disney should take away all those shows on disney channel and replace them with with the old cartoon shows like darkwing duck and tailspin. i used to watch toondisney to watch the shows i would watch when i was little but now all thats on toondisney is power rangers

[mousecrazy]

My son loves Life with Derek! He TIVO's it... actually he tivo's everything. The little guy is almost as bad as me! LOL

[lpetiti]

It's also one of the only shows that had a curse word in it.

When did said terrible curse word appear, because I don't remember it in any of the episodes I've seen.

[ryguy222]

i think disney should take away all those shows on disney channel and replace them with with the old cartoon shows like darkwing duck and tailspin. i used to watch toondisney to watch the shows i would watch when i was little but now all thats on toondisney is power rangers
U know what they used to have that. I loved tale spin. Also we got a phone service with our cable company and when we got telepohne they gave us channels like toon disney. I was excited about getting it bc my friends had it and they had rescue rangers, old mickey cartoons, tail spin, darkwing duck, timon and pumba, and all sorts of fun stuff. But now they have stupid JETIX on. Kids these days think there growing up too fast. As for me i never watch disney channel. I HATE lizzie mcguire. And Life with derek. I thought thats so raven was pretty good, and sister sister was a great show. But now they have all those bad shows on. If i was really bored i'd rather watch spongebob

[sora_145]

U know what they used to have that. I loved tale spin. Also we got a phone service with our cable company and when we got telepohne they gave us channels like toon disney. I was excited about getting it bc my friends had it and they had rescue rangers, old mickey cartoons, tail spin, darkwing duck, timon and pumba, and all sorts of fun stuff. But now they have stupid JETIX on. Kids these days think there growing up too fast. As for me i never watch disney channel. I HATE lizzie mcguire. And Life with derek. I thought thats so raven was pretty good, and sister sister was a great show. But now they have all those bad shows on. If i was really bored i'd rather watch spongebob
Agreed. JETIX is filled with stupid violence, and PowerAngers... ( YUCK!!! )

I can't belive Disney officially owns Powerangers...

But when I first got Toon Disney, I would watch it all day. Now the only time you can see the shows that you know and love, is on a Holiday ( Such as Labor Day ) where their is no school.

All the good shows are run from 12:00PM- 3:00PM.

--Sora


PS. No limits is done downloading!!! Time for some action packed coaster building!

[mickeyfan]

I agree, I didnt think that episode was very family friendly. Also, there's no point to the show. Its just Cacey complaing the whole time about life stinks with Derek ect, ect...

[Harrison Hightower III]

That little whinny Girl can just go and make their parents Divorce if she doesn't like them!!! She's smart enough to!!!


HHIII

[scottpamelora]

That show isn't even made by Disney & it's Canadian. Stick to shows made by Disney, Disney Channel!

[stevo505]

When they say Out it sounds like they are saying oat. LOl

[Disney_Guy]

I've stopped watching DisneyChannel years ago. ecxept for the exeptions of watching shows like Recess, Lilo & Stitch the Series, and a few cartoons like Brandy & Mr. Whiskers for its randomness. But thats when they showed them more often. The list goes on with all the great cartoon classics that dominated DisneyChannel back in the day... Now pretty much everything is replaced with what you guys mentioned which those kind of shows bore me to death. So anyways, I say DisneyChannel is doomed unless they pull an act together...

[Palm Desert Babe]

I don't like that show much either. I will watch it but it doesn't strike me as a "good show". I think Disney can live without that show and the Replacements. They don't have any point to them.

[Mikokat]

It's all about the ratings. If they show shows that parents want kids to watch, but kids do not want to watch it, the kids won't watch it. But if they make shows that kids want to watch, then kids will watch it. Rememberm when kids don't watch, they lose ratings, and if they lose too many ratings, Disney Channel could go off air.
Now, onto this whole "Disney Channel is Pointless" thing. Disney Channel is geared toward kid these days, not adults. You must remember, that at Disney, kids come before adults, that's how Walt had it done. Now maybe when I'm 30 or 40, I might say Disney Channel is stupid, but if my kids like watching it, I'm cool with it (As long if it's kid appropriate). Now I didn't catch that one Life with Derek episode, and it's an OK show, but Disney can go without it. Now, about the Replacements, I think it's a more Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network-type show, kids getting rid of adults.

There's my Andy Rooney-type rant.

[Disney_Guy]

Well Cartoon Network is going in a different direction. They are attracting even more adults now just as kids. How? Because they now offer late night adult cartoons. Something that DisneyChannel and Nickelodeon has yet to happen.

[TopCat8]

Once this thread got started, I decided to watch this show, just because I was curious. Now it's one of my favorite shows. I watch it whenever I can. I just think that it's good. I didn't think that I would like it at all, but now I really do. Just my opinion.

[Cali Coaster]

I can not stand that show. Just goes to show you these days that Disney will put anything on their television programming for money...even if it is not made by Disney. Next you are going to see a "Life With Derick" live stage show or something like that in the parks. I swear, Disney has removed almost any sign of the original Disney from their programing. The only place you can see the "real and original" Mickey Mouse is at the parks.

[mrskellington]

I like Life With Derek along with The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, That's So Raven, and some of the new shows on Disney Channel. That's just my opinion.

[Disneyland_Wolf]

Now what happen to Mickey Mouse?

"Remember it all started with a mouse."

[Disneyland Princess]

yeah, the one and only time i saw life with derek was when i flipped over to the disney channel, and derek was trying to make out with a girl on the couch. good grief. havnt had ANY interest in seeing it since. and the commercials for it that i do see just bug me

[Cali Coaster]

derek was trying to make out with a girl on the couch. good grief.

Again, why would Disney put this kind of crap on their programming? It isnt family friendly by any means at all. I say that Disney needs to bring back House of Mouse. At least that had the original characters.(Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Daisy, Donald, ect, ect...)

[DV Brer Rabbit]

I don't like the new shows on DC. it's iritating to me now so I dont watch it anymore. ):)

[Narnian Princess]

I can not stand that show. Just goes to show you these days that Disney will put anything on their television programming for money...even if it is not made by Disney. Next you are going to see a "Life With Derick" live stage show or something like that in the parks. I swear, Disney has removed almost any sign of the original Disney from their programing. The only place you can see the "real and original" Mickey Mouse is at the parks.
Exactly...all the new good Disney movies? Pixar.
Disney has lost there imagination...and art skills.
Remember the show Teacher's Pet? THAT is supposed to be Disney animation?? You've got to be kidding me!
And the fact that they turned Mickey into a Dora the Explorer re-do? Discusting.

[lpetiti]

Exactly...all the new good Disney movies? Pixar.
Disney has lost there imagination...and art skills.
Remember the show Teacher's Pet? THAT is supposed to be Disney animation?? You've got to be kidding me!
And the fact that they turned Mickey into a Dora the Explorer re-do? Discusting.

I agree. You would think that because of what people expect from Disney, the shows they put on it would have some class to them. And what about the new show The Replacements? The story line is too far fetched and the animation stinks.

[Zip~a~dee~doo~dah]

...Disney Channel is geared toward kid these days, not adults. You must remember, that at Disney, kids come before adults, that's how Walt had it done.

Au contraire. Perchance you've forgotten what Walt said about entertaining for kids?

"Your dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway."

-Walt Disney

And on the subject of programming like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse:

"Adults are interested if you don't play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching."

-Walt Disney

I stay away from the Disney Channel these days. There hasn't been a decent attempt at a great show on there since Kim Possible and The House of Mouse.

[MayaHJ7]

I know what you mean. I was channel surfing the other day and there was something to the effect of the Three Musketeers on. I stopped to watch for a few moments and was surprised when Pete said, "Now don't ***** this up."

Now, I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination (my favorite tv show is Family Guy!) but I was somewhat shocked when that happened. It's not a swear or anything, but I know if I were a parent I wouldn't want my 4 year old hearing that.

[Mikokat]

Au contraire. Perchance you've forgotten what Walt said about entertaining for kids?

"Your dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway."

-Walt Disney

And on the subject of programming like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse:

"Adults are interested if you don't play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching."

-Walt Disney

I stay away from the Disney Channel these days. There hasn't been a decent attempt at a great show on there since Kim Possible and The House of Mouse.

Hmm, guess I didn't think of that.

Seriously, I am sick of hearing complaints about Disney Channel! I think everyone gets the friggin' point!

If people have complaints about Disney Channel, how about sending letters to the Disney company to put some old shows back on, but keep some newer shows so that everyone can be happy. How's that for a compromise?

I think this is the third thread about DC complaints.

Mods, can we close this thread, please? It has gone way off-topic.

[mickeymania1]

Let me have the honour of putting us back on topic.
I recently saw an epidode of "Life With Derek" because I wanted to observe & in the episode, the whiny little girl says, "Man. I didn't have enough room to shake my boobs." AAAAAAAAAH! Now I'm pissed! Get rid of that show! Anyone have anything to say?!

[lpetiti]

Let me have the honour of putting us back on topic.
I recently saw an epidode of "Life With Derek" because I wanted to observe & in the episode, the whiny little girl says, "Man. I didn't have enough room to shake my boobs." AAAAAAAAAH! Now I'm pissed! Get rid of that show! Anyone have anything to say?!

Are you serious, they actually put that in the script. I couldn't stand the show before but, now I absolutly hate it. Honestly, this show is like a Shade (you know, from Eragon), it cannot be killed! :mad:

[DigitalBean05]

Let me have the honour of putting us back on topic.
I recently saw an epidode of "Life With Derek" because I wanted to observe & in the episode, the whiny little girl says, "Man. I didn't have enough room to shake my boobs." AAAAAAAAAH! Now I'm pissed! Get rid of that show! Anyone have anything to say?!

Okay I've watched all of the "Life With Derek" episodes and I have never heard that line said. Yes, the show has made a number of references to the chest but the youngest daughter, Marti, never uttered that line.

While the show is more risque than the other current Disney shows, it is still tame when compared to the so-called "family programming" on other channels. The show is just more geared towards the upper end of Disney's age bracket (meaning 12 and up).

Also, I don't know if it's me, but it seems as if Season 2 is tamer than Season 1. I didn't seem to notice as many risque lines passing through this season as I did the first.

[mickeymania1]

It wasn't Marty. It was Casey's little sister. I still think that show should be removed along with any show that isn't made by Disney!

P.S. I've never seen Eragon but you're right, Ipetiti that sho can't be killed!!!!!

[DigitalBean05]

While I still have no memory of that line ever being uttered, could you at least give me a description of the episode you saw?

[mickeymania1]

OK, Here's what happens, Casey's little sister thinks she can't dance & she doesn't feel comfortable about going to the school dance & finally she goes & when she comes back that's when she says, "I didn't have enough room to shake my boobs."

That's what I believe the episode was, I've only seen it once.

[lpetiti]

What about when Edwin cannot talk to a girl because he keeps looking at her ("most girls our age are grapes, but she has melons"). Gag me!

[Sesshomaru-sama]

I seen it a couple of times but never watched an episode completely. I, too, love Family Guy and is willing to watch Degrassi:The Next Generation but it shouldn't show up on Disney Channel. Honestly, what attracted me to the show, Life With Derek, was that Casey was cute. However, I did get fed up with her complaining.
It's a dumb idea of making a show with a girl who's complaining about her life. She has no problem comparing to other people. Has she ever prayed to God that she'll die? Has she ever cut herself? Has she ever been emo before? I assume not because I don't recall ever seeing that from all that I saw. Such waste of time, in my opinion. If I want to hear someone complain about their life, I'll go back to school or Jerry Springer.

Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon,
Sesshomaru-sama

[DigitalBean05]

OK, Here's what happens, Casey's little sister thinks she can't dance & she doesn't feel comfortable about going to the school dance & finally she goes & when she comes back that's when she says, "I didn't have enough room to shake my boobs."

That's what I believe the episode was, I've only seen it once.

That isn't what she says at all. She said "I didn't have a chance to show off my moves." George had taught her some dance moves the night before, starting off with the waltz, and as seen later on in the end, she does some very mild and cheesy dances.

[reader134]

Let me have the honour of putting us back on topic.
I recently saw an epidode of "Life With Derek" because I wanted to observe & in the episode, the whiny little girl says, "Man. I didn't have enough room to shake my boobs." AAAAAAAAAH! Now I'm pissed! Get rid of that show! Anyone have anything to say?!

Wait just one freakin' moment. I happen to be an expert on this show and Lizzie does NOT say "Man. I didn't have enough room to shake my boobs." She, in fact, says, "I didn't get to SHOW MY MOVES." There was nothing about boobs in there.

I don't understand why everybody is against LwD. There's really nothing wrong with it. Yes, it is a Canadian show, and yes, the first season was a little risqué, but the new season is much cleaner. What happened is that Family Channel didn't expect the show to be so popular, so they had whatever they wanted on there. When they found out that CHILDREN were watching it, they cleaned up the show and keep the bad stuff off.

I think that if you're going to bash something, you should have your facts straight. I mean, I wouldn't come on here and start bashing Mickey Mouse or Winnie the Pooh because in ONE episode/movie I saw something that wasn't as clean as it should be. Disney doesn't air the first season episodes because it knows that children probably shouldn't see it.

Like I said, please don't bash something just because you don't like it. Lots of people like it, just search "LwD, Life with Derek" on YouTube. I figure if you don't like something, JUST DON'T WATCH IT!! It's really that simple. Don't complain about it, or say bad things about it. Please.

I'm sorry if this seems rude, but I feel really strongly about this. I didn't mean it to be rude, or offensive.

[lpetiti]

^Believe me, you are not being offensive. I am just saying that if Disney is letting this show on, with its bad values (and this is coming from a very conservative person, mind you), can more risque stuff be far behind it?

[Disney Imagineer]

I can't stand that show! Disney doesn't have any good TV shows anymore. What ever happened to Lizzie McGuire, Boy Meets World, and Even Stevens?!

[stevo505]

Well now Disney is showing what the kids want....which are stupid shows.

[Disney Imagineer]

Well now Disney is showing what the kids want....which are stupid shows.
Yeah I know. They do show some re-runs every now and then of old shows. Just not enough. :(

[Chris]

I feel this topic has gone on long enough. If you want to begin a new discussion about this show, please feel free to do so.

Topic closed.