Kudos to anyone who remembers the episode of "Kim Possible" that inspired this post's title (extra brownie points if you knew that Joe Montegna was a guest voice actor in that episode).
About a month ago I saw a trailer for a live action Kim Possible movie debuting February 15, 2019 and I knew what the next post would be:
The reason you're seeing the back of the inlay card for this soundtrack album is because it's a promotional copy that I picked up at a used CD store for $1 (hence the neatly die-cut hole in the barcode-- if this had been a deleted or clearance copy there would have been a drilled hole or sawed notch somewhere, but the jewel case was intact except for the inevitable superficial scratches). The downside was that there was no booklet in the promo copy (they mean nothing at radio stations), but, hey, for a buck? I really didn't need pictures of Rufus and Drakken or whatever was in there and I certainly wasn't looking for lyrics to sing along with whatever random boy bands Disney partially owned at the time, plus Smashmouth. In fact, a few years after this came out there was a "new and Kim-proved" version that added a couple of musical numbers that actually appeared in the show and dropped some other songs such as the one by 'Brassy' (?) which was actually already a three year old A-side when this version came out. Although there was no booklet, the CD surface had graphics instead of generic typeface (as promos sometimes have), so I'm guessing that this is what the regular stock copies looked like:
For the record, the CD-ROM feature still produces a menu whose links include registering for a newsletter and accessing internet features (both of which are defunct), plus "help" (didn't bother) and "exit" (works like a dream).
I'm not sure if the target audience for the new movie knows Kim at all. It's possible if Disney has offered the old series on a streaming service. Just to be safe Disney has been showing a small block of episodes in an early morning slot, presumably for kids who watch TV while eating breakfast before leaving for school? We'll know how well it does this Halloween if there are more little Mabels from "Gravity Falls" or Webbys from "Duck Tales" running around with grappling guns because they couldn't find small sized black turtlenecks and cargo pants in 2019. I don't have lofty expectations. For one thing, because Disney owns ABC and actors under contract, especially kids, go back and forth between the channels, they've cast the youngest kid from "The Goldbergs" as Ron Stoppable. As much as I love Jeff Garland (look for his appearances with Craig Ferguson on YouTube), that show is excruciating. Playing Ron requires a huge range for a cartoon character. You'd have to go from breezy unearned confidence to screaming ninny in the blink of an eye and then back again. It's the "back again" part I'm worried about. Kim can be pretty subtle, too. I don't recognize the actress cast as Kim but that might be because I don't normally watch Disney's live cast shows. I just hope they don't screw up the extensive supporting cast too badly.
About a month ago I saw a trailer for a live action Kim Possible movie debuting February 15, 2019 and I knew what the next post would be:
The reason you're seeing the back of the inlay card for this soundtrack album is because it's a promotional copy that I picked up at a used CD store for $1 (hence the neatly die-cut hole in the barcode-- if this had been a deleted or clearance copy there would have been a drilled hole or sawed notch somewhere, but the jewel case was intact except for the inevitable superficial scratches). The downside was that there was no booklet in the promo copy (they mean nothing at radio stations), but, hey, for a buck? I really didn't need pictures of Rufus and Drakken or whatever was in there and I certainly wasn't looking for lyrics to sing along with whatever random boy bands Disney partially owned at the time, plus Smashmouth. In fact, a few years after this came out there was a "new and Kim-proved" version that added a couple of musical numbers that actually appeared in the show and dropped some other songs such as the one by 'Brassy' (?) which was actually already a three year old A-side when this version came out. Although there was no booklet, the CD surface had graphics instead of generic typeface (as promos sometimes have), so I'm guessing that this is what the regular stock copies looked like:
I'm not sure if the target audience for the new movie knows Kim at all. It's possible if Disney has offered the old series on a streaming service. Just to be safe Disney has been showing a small block of episodes in an early morning slot, presumably for kids who watch TV while eating breakfast before leaving for school? We'll know how well it does this Halloween if there are more little Mabels from "Gravity Falls" or Webbys from "Duck Tales" running around with grappling guns because they couldn't find small sized black turtlenecks and cargo pants in 2019. I don't have lofty expectations. For one thing, because Disney owns ABC and actors under contract, especially kids, go back and forth between the channels, they've cast the youngest kid from "The Goldbergs" as Ron Stoppable. As much as I love Jeff Garland (look for his appearances with Craig Ferguson on YouTube), that show is excruciating. Playing Ron requires a huge range for a cartoon character. You'd have to go from breezy unearned confidence to screaming ninny in the blink of an eye and then back again. It's the "back again" part I'm worried about. Kim can be pretty subtle, too. I don't recognize the actress cast as Kim but that might be because I don't normally watch Disney's live cast shows. I just hope they don't screw up the extensive supporting cast too badly.
