Author: That Disney Guy

More From the set of Good Luck Charlie

As I’m sure you all remember, I was lucky enough to attend a taping of Disney’s new series Good Luck Charlie.

They searched us pretty well to keep cameras out, but that doesn’t stop the cast and crew from taking photos. And now I’m pleased to share several photos from the set that I’ve found online!

This first photo shows the living room of the Holliday residence. The door in the background leads to the “outside” set. And a second door to the right and rear of the photographer leads to the kitchen set.

The toy duck in the next photo comes up a lot. It actually sent the dad (bob) to the hospital in the pilot!

Bridgit has the cutest autograph. 🙂

And she certainly has fun on set.

But when it’s her birthday, I guess it’s warranted. (thank you Twitter!)

And speaking of twitter, here’s one more pic of Bridgit from her twitter.

I don’t think I want to know what was going on there. LOL

December 23, 2009
Greg sees Good Luck Charlie

I know everyone’s talking about those new Miley Cyrus bikini pics, but for me today was all about Bridgit Mendler and Jason Dolley’s new show about Good Luck Charlie. I went to the filming of episode #111 “Kit and Kaboodle” today at the Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood California.

I’ve never been to a live filming before, and I have to say it was a lot of fun! The audience was some 140 people (five rows of 38 chairs) with 22 ticketed guests, roughly 70 kids from school groups, and the other 50 where reserved for special guests. Besude me sat two guests of Ryan Newman!

Speaking of Ryan Newman (you might remember her as Young Miley on HM or as Ginger on Zeke and Luther) she has a guest spot in this episode as the love interest of the youngest brother (played by Bradley Perry)

But I’m getting ahead of myself. We where seated in the audience area at about 4:20 pm. Once we where settled in, they started by showing us the first episode of the series, to introduce us to the characters. We learn that the mom is a nurse, and it’s her first day going back to work. Her husband Bob runs an exterminator business (Bob’s Bugs be Gone) and assures her that baby Charlie will be fine. Meanwhile, Teddy is trying to kiss “the hottest guy in school” and keeps getting interrupted.

I was honestly quite impressed. It’s the first show since Lizzie that actually features a normal family (no pop stars or wizards) with normal problems. It’s a refreshing change, with good characters and great pacing.

Next, they brought out the crew and began filming the first of four scenes with the live audience. The rest of the episode (which required sets in other places) had been prerecorded earlier this week – including the scenes with Ryan Newman. We the audience, watched the tape of the previous sections to provide the laughs and then paused to watch each live scene as it was filmed. So despite the fact that it was filmed out of order, we still saw the entire episode in order.

In “Kit and Kaboodle”, the eldest brother (Jason Dolley) takes Charlie to work with him in order to get bigger tips. Teddy (Bridgit Mendler) babysits the neighbor’s cat Kaboodle. And Gabe (Bradley Perry) falls for Ryan Newman’s character but his lies get him in trouble.

Burring the breaks in the filming, our “audience warn up guy” did trivia from the first episode, a name the song type of competition (the first song was the KP Theme song! :)), a spelling competition, and a comedy open mic. Everyone got a raffle ticket for showing up, and everyone that “won” got a bonus raffle ticket. He raffled off five autographed photos, two autographed GLC script covers, and three DVDs.

I won the second item! A signed Sonny with a Chance photo! 😀

Needless to say, I was excited to actually win! I never seem to win anything, so I was shocked when my number was called. They also gave us candy (as if the kids weren’t hyper enough already) and pizza.

After the filming was finished, we where able to get autographs from the cast. 🙂 And I was able to tell Jason Dolley and Bridgit Mendler about my Good Luck Charlie Fansite: Good-Luck-Charlie.com. And I tweeted them too, just in case. 🙂

The mom, played by Leigh Allyn Baker signed on the back of my card. She reminds me a lot of Nicole Sullivan!

Now, my rule is always to see three episodes before I judge a new series, but I can’t wait until April to make up my mind. So I’m gonna go out on a limb and predict that this show is gonna be a hit. I was a little skeptical going in, but after seeing it played out I’m convinced that it will work. And I eagerly await the premiere of the show so I can see more! 🙂

December 4, 2009
Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee at Disneyland Park!

We’re going a little off our usual subject, but I wanted to share my videos of a new show at Disneyland features princess Tiana and Prince Naveen of the new movie The Princess and The Frog.

Almost There

When We’re Human

Friends on the Other Side

Dig a Little Deeper

November 17, 2009
A Magical Afternoon (at the D23 Expo)

Now, if you remember I wrote a post about the Wizards Pannel at the D23 Expo last month. It was mostly an excuse to post a couple pics I took of Selena and a video or two from the event.

But now I’ve found a very good review of the event from the Official D23 website, and I wanted to share it with you all. 🙂

The D23 Arena was THE place to be Sunday afternoon at the Expo for any Disney Channel fan. From the moment the cast of Wizards of Waverly Place entered the room for their panel, they instantly had the crowd under their spell!

But before the main event began, there was a fashion show of the hot new clothing line inspired by the series (available soon in stores like Sears, Wal-Mart and JC Penny) and a screening of the upcoming Wizards season premiere. Then it was time for the real fun to begin. Fresh off their Emmy win the night before for Outstanding Children’s Program, Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin, Jennifer Stone and Maria Canals-Barrera, along with executive producers Peter Murrieta and Todd Greenwald came on stage one by one, statues in hand, and were greeted with a long round of enthusiastic screams of excitement that seemed to echo throughout the entire convention center!

The shouts of joy from the kids in the room never stopped throughout the entire Q and A session, as the gang told stories of their lives before the show, favorite memories from the set, meeting each other for the first time and when they realized the effect the show was making on fans. For Selena, that moment came when a young boy approached her and asked if the magic on the show was real. “I asked him, ‘Do you believe it’s real?’ He almost started crying and said, ‘Yes, I do think it’s real’ and I said, ‘Then that’s all that matters,’” Selena recalled. “That’s when I realized what an impact the show was having on people.”

Then the audience got in on the act with their own questions for the cast — including a marriage proposal for David and Selena receiving a flower from a young male admirer! The Wizards gang also revealed that Harper would be moving in with the Russos this season, Justin would be taking up monster hunting, Max would be conjuring up more spells and Alex, well, she will still be single and causing trouble. As soon as the questions were done and the cast bid the audience adieu, the event was capped off by an amazing performance from Honor Society.

An Emmy win plus one of the warmest and most energetic welcomes at the D23 Expo made for an afternoon even the Wizards group won’t soon forget. “When you win an Emmy, you can celebrate with your family and friends, but to have won this last night and to celebrate with the fans, it’s an unbelievable experience,” Todd tells D23. “To have four thousand people screaming in that room was surreal and it was the cherry on the cake of the whole weekend!”

October 17, 2009
Selena Gomez’s CD Signing in Costa Mesa

Today (10/03/09) Selena Gomez had a CD signing at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA to promote her new album, “Kiss and Tell.”

I got there four hours early, shortly before 9AM And there was already an epic line!

In the photo above, the line stretches all the way to the building, across to the right, and into the Mall!

They gave wrist bands to each group, and I was in the 400th – 500th group. By noon, the officials where estimating the line to be at least 200 people!

She was scheduled to sign for three hours, and I finally got up to her two hours after she started signing. (Six hours total wait.)

I wasn’t allowed to take a picture with her, but I do have some great shots from close up! (Click any of the photos to see the whole set)

She hugged this one little girl, and lifted her clear off the ground!

The thing I love most about Selena is that she really, honestly, cares about her fans.

She wrote on her twitter: “After 5 hrs and 4,722 signed copies of the cd I got 50 handmade bracelets. This just proves I have the best fans!”

And she posted this picture:

All I gave her was a card letting her know about Save Disney Shows and My Selena Gomez Fansite.

I’ve done a lot of amazing things, many of them just in the past month, but actually meeting Selena tops them all. I’m not sure if I remembered to breathe. My heart was racing for at least an hour after wards. I’d have loved to have a picture with her, but it’s more important that her other fans got the chance to meet her. And I’m sure even with the extra two hours that she couldn’t get to everyone.

If you see this Selena, I want to thank you on behalf of all your fans. It was a long and at times frustrating ordeal, but it was totally worth it. 🙂

October 3, 2009
My Emily Osment Concert (Part 2)

I uploaded the photos from Emily Osment’s Wal-Mart Concert (10/01/09) last night, and the videos are now uploaded as well. 🙂

Click Here for all the Emily Osment Concert Videos.

I was able to record all six of her new songs from her upcoming EP:

You Are The Only One
All The Way Up
Found Out About You
Average Girl
What About Me
I Hate The Homecoming Queen

She also did a cover of one of her favorite songs, “High and Dry” by Radiohead. I was only able to catch just over half of that due to an issue with the camera.

October 2, 2009
My Emily Osment Concert (Part 1)

I know, I haven’t finished my Miley concert review from last week, but i went to see Emily today (or rather yesterday 10/01/09 now) and I just had to get these photos up!

She looked absolutely amazing!

Okay, so light clothing against a black background isn’t the best setup for photos, but I did what I could.

Her show was to promote her new EP “All the Right Wrongs” which is being released later this month. She preformed all six songs from the EP and a cover of a Radiohead song.

She was very impressive, despite the fact that I didn’t know any of her songs except “Falling Down.”

The concert was free and in the parking lot of the San Jacinto Wal-Mart.

Also preforming was Ashlyne Huff, who opened for Emily.

Emily and Ashlyne signed autographs after the event, but with some 3,000 people there, the line was just too long to get to meet her. But Emily did walk right past me in the store, flanked by security!

Videos from the event are still uploading. If you head over to my twitter you can find the links as YouTube processes them.

Or if that’s too much work, just stay tuned and for my next post about the concert. 🙂

UPDATE: Concert Videos are now posted, and read my final thoughts on the show.

October 2, 2009
D23 Expo Recap (Part 4)

On the last day of the D23 Expo, we had by far the most amazing event of the entire event, the Wizards of Waverly Place Cast and Crew Panel. In attendance where Selena Gomez (Alex Russo), David Henrie (Justin Russo), Jake T. Austin (Max Russo), Jennifer Stone (Harper), Maria Canals-Barrera (Theresa Russo), Todd J. Greenwald (Creator), and Peter Murrieta (Executive Producer). David DeLuise (Jerry Russo) had been scheduled to appear, but had injured himself the night before when he got a little too exited about their Emmy win.

The event opened with the screening of the first season three episode. In this episode, Justin creates a monster to keep Alex out of his room, but things don’t go as planned.

Alex actually ends up trying out for cheer leading!

And of course, Selena was as cute as ever. Even with her short hair.

Anyway, after the video, they brought out the cast for an hour long Q&A. Most of the questions that Peter asked them where the usual sort of stuff, like “favorite memories” for example. There where more interesting questions from the audience, but most of those questions ened up being requests for hugs from Selena and David! The last question was actually a marriage proposal for David! They brought the girl up on stage and she got down one knee and everything! It was an insanely awesome event.

Check out the videos below to get a feel for it. 🙂

After the panel ended, they closed the show with a performance by Honor Society.

Check out my youtube for a bunch more videos from Sunday and visit the DC Fans gallery for more event pictures.

September 26, 2009
D23 Expo Recap (Part 3)

On day three of the Expo, I was able to meet my two favorite Disney blonds, Tiffany Thornton and Chelsea Staub!

I don’t know how I was able to breathe, let alone talk, while in Tiffany’s presence. She is just one of the most amazing people, well, ever. I was able to tell her about TiffanyThornton.us and Sonny-with-a-Chance.com!

I can’t remember meeting Chelsea very well, as I was still stunned from meeting Tiffany only moments earlier. But I know I was able to tell her about ChelseaStaub.ws and that I loved her in Minute Men.

Prior to the signing, Chelsea and Tiffany had an audience Q&A session at the Radio disney booth. The full Q&A was some 40 minutes, and I was able to sneak a little bit of video for you all. 🙂

This first one is about what to expect on SWAC and JONAS.

This one was what happened when a really little girl asked about promice rings – and why neither Tiffany or Chelsea have one.

And this last one is about how each got her start in Hollywood. Watch for when Tiffany exclaims “What the Heck!?” 🙂

You’ll find a lot more pictures from Saturday in the DC Fans gallery and be sure to visit my youtube for more videos.

September 19, 2009
D23 Expo Recap (Part 2)

So before the D23 Expo, I had looked at Miley’s concert tour schedule to see if it was possible for her to make an appearance at the expo. And for whatever reason (I think I got my dates mixed up, LOL) I was under the impression that Miley wouldn’t be able to make it.

As I tweeted at the time (@anitrain), and recorded on my D23 Expo Website, “I saw Miley! I didn’t think there was any way she could be here now.”

That’s why I was so surprised, shocked, and excited when Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, brought her out on stage on day two of the D23 Expo (09/11/09)!

To round out the talent appearing on stage, Miley Cyrus arrived to help promote the Nicholas Sparks movie she just finished called The Last Song. “I love all of his other movies and to work with someone who kind of inspires you is really cool,” the superstar revealed. “And I remember growing up, my mom would always be reading his books and I always wanted to read them. So now that I can and I’m working with him, it’s really great.” No movie clip was available, but instead, the pop icon thrilled the crowd by singing her smash hit “The Climb.”

Miley did a great job preforming my favorite song of hers. And it was great to finally see her in person! 🙂 I did think it was kinda weird they didn’t have a clip from The Last Song for us though.

Of course, Miley wasn’t the only star to show up on Friday. Actors John Travolta, Johnny Depp, and Nicolas Cage where all there. As where directors Jerry Bruckheimer and Tim Burton. It was a really unbelievable experience.

Miley was the least welcome star though. At the announcement of her name, I heard people behind me groan and one exclaimed “Oh come on!” And I believe that person actually worked for Disney! The people right in front of me actually left when Miley came out. I hope they didn’t mind missing Johnny Depp too!

You’ll find many more photos from Friday’s events in the DC Fans Gallery.

September 15, 2009