Father Time
01-15-2009, 03:37 PM
Word is she reads this board. You’ve been wondering who it is. Now, a lurking visitor comes out of the shadows to reveal – I’m not Miley Cyrus either! But we’ve come to hang with y’all for the same reason that Miley would (does?) – everyone tries to show respect for one another here. We like that the Moderators work to keep the smack-talkers out. Let ‘em take their steaming cup of Hater-Aide and go drink it elsewhere – personally, we’ve had enough of dealing with the nasties in our lives – we only have enough time left for nice people!
Uh, yeah . . . time left. The reason I chose the handle Father Time (my friends call me Greg) is that I’m 58 years old, and my wife (Debbie - 53) chose Haf’ $ Hannah is simply because we think the Rap skit from episode #26 is hilarious – in fact, #26 is one of the best of all of ‘em!
Anyway, getting back to what we’re doing here: First, let me say that we haven’t been big watchers of the Disney Channel, especially since they tweaked the format a few years ago and started accepting advertising (DC was ad-free in the beginning). A couple of years ago, we started seeing all this Hannah Montana merchandise in the stores, and hearing all kinds of buzz about the tour and all that. We were like, “What’s the deal?” Just not gettin’ it, right? So, one day last Summer, I’m surfin’ through the channels on one of those ain’t-nuthin’-on afternoons, and just to have a look-see, I stopped on Disney and started watching a Hannah episode. After a few minutes, I thought, “Well, this is stupid,” and continued my surf of boredom. Well, a couple of days later, on a similar search-in-hope, I started watching another HM episode – and the light went on: “It’s supposed to be stupid – that’s the point!” Now, mind you, we don’t find sit-coms to be all that funny. And actually, I don’t think much that is purported to be comedy these days is all-that. So, when I told the wife she really needed to watch this show, she’s thinking “Yeah, right.” I finally convinced her one night, and we watched an episode together. After that we watched another, and another, and . . . we were hooked. We rarely miss watching the show to this day. Now, at that time, we didn’t pay too much attention to the musical aspect of the show (this is just another Disney hit-maker deal, right?). Then Disney showed the B.O.B.W. concert, and after watching it we both said “You gotta’ be kidding.” To say we were impressed is an understatement – this was a real concert, with a live band and open mic’s, with no magic-of-television cuts or dub-ins – just a lot of real talent. Wow. . . And the songs. Hey, we’re Boomers, right? Raised on Rock! The Beatles, MoTown, ‘60's guitar riffs. . . And here was that very sound, right there on our TV. Cool . . . The last group that really tried to accomplish that was the Go-Go’s, another band we like very much (everyone here probably knows that Gina Schock, who wrote the title cut on the Breakout album is the Go-Go’s drummer). So, there we were, with another hook in our mouths . . .
The more we learn about Miley and the Cyrus family, and the cast of the HM television show, the more apparent it becomes on how incredibly deep the talent is there. So, I guess we’re officially Hannah-Montaniacs. All I know is that if you go to a Miley concert about fifteen years from now, and you see a 73 year old mental-case at the stage wearing a blond wig and singing every word, that’ll probably be me . . . :03:
Uh, yeah . . . time left. The reason I chose the handle Father Time (my friends call me Greg) is that I’m 58 years old, and my wife (Debbie - 53) chose Haf’ $ Hannah is simply because we think the Rap skit from episode #26 is hilarious – in fact, #26 is one of the best of all of ‘em!
Anyway, getting back to what we’re doing here: First, let me say that we haven’t been big watchers of the Disney Channel, especially since they tweaked the format a few years ago and started accepting advertising (DC was ad-free in the beginning). A couple of years ago, we started seeing all this Hannah Montana merchandise in the stores, and hearing all kinds of buzz about the tour and all that. We were like, “What’s the deal?” Just not gettin’ it, right? So, one day last Summer, I’m surfin’ through the channels on one of those ain’t-nuthin’-on afternoons, and just to have a look-see, I stopped on Disney and started watching a Hannah episode. After a few minutes, I thought, “Well, this is stupid,” and continued my surf of boredom. Well, a couple of days later, on a similar search-in-hope, I started watching another HM episode – and the light went on: “It’s supposed to be stupid – that’s the point!” Now, mind you, we don’t find sit-coms to be all that funny. And actually, I don’t think much that is purported to be comedy these days is all-that. So, when I told the wife she really needed to watch this show, she’s thinking “Yeah, right.” I finally convinced her one night, and we watched an episode together. After that we watched another, and another, and . . . we were hooked. We rarely miss watching the show to this day. Now, at that time, we didn’t pay too much attention to the musical aspect of the show (this is just another Disney hit-maker deal, right?). Then Disney showed the B.O.B.W. concert, and after watching it we both said “You gotta’ be kidding.” To say we were impressed is an understatement – this was a real concert, with a live band and open mic’s, with no magic-of-television cuts or dub-ins – just a lot of real talent. Wow. . . And the songs. Hey, we’re Boomers, right? Raised on Rock! The Beatles, MoTown, ‘60's guitar riffs. . . And here was that very sound, right there on our TV. Cool . . . The last group that really tried to accomplish that was the Go-Go’s, another band we like very much (everyone here probably knows that Gina Schock, who wrote the title cut on the Breakout album is the Go-Go’s drummer). So, there we were, with another hook in our mouths . . .
The more we learn about Miley and the Cyrus family, and the cast of the HM television show, the more apparent it becomes on how incredibly deep the talent is there. So, I guess we’re officially Hannah-Montaniacs. All I know is that if you go to a Miley concert about fifteen years from now, and you see a 73 year old mental-case at the stage wearing a blond wig and singing every word, that’ll probably be me . . . :03: