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Al & Val switch places and hide inside a chicken suit in Hatching Pete
Hatching Pete (April 24, 2009)
Directed by Stu Gillard (Scream Team, Full Court Miracle, Going to the Mat, Twitches,Twitches Too, Charmed, 90210)
Written by Paul W. Cooper (Little House on the Prairie, Murder She Wrote, after school specials)
Starring:
Jason Dolley as Pete "The Chicken" Ivey (Complete Savages, Cory in the House, Read it and Weep, Minutemen, Good Luck Charlie)
Mitchel Musso as Cleatus Poole (Life is Ruff, Hannah Montana, Phineas & Ferb)
Tiffany Thornton as Jamie Wynn (Sonny with a Chance, singer, So Random!, stopped acting in 2015)
Josie Loren as Angela Morrissey (17 Again, Make it or Break It, The Mentalist, stopped acting in 2015)
Sean O'Bryan as Leon Ivey (Brother’s Keeper, Princess Diaries 1&2, Big Fat Liar, Raising Helen, The Middle)
Amy Farrington as Doris Ivey (SWAT, character actor)
Aramis Knight as Wendell Pate (Ms. Marvel, character actor)
Edward Herrmann as Principal Fred Daly (Gilmore Girls, character actor)
Brian Stepanek as Coach Mackey (Suite Life, Brian O’Brian, Kick Buttowski, Nicky Ricky Dicky & Dawn, Young Sheldon, The Loud House)
Synopsis: Pete is very inconspicuous at school, unlike his extrovert mate Cleatis who's happy to don a chicken suit and be the school mascot, but unfortunately Cleatis is allergic to the suit. When there's an uproar at the disappearance of the chicken, and Pete is forced into the limelight as the school's basketball reputation is at stake.
Fun Fact: Josie Loren (Angela) was in Jason Dolley's (Pete) show Cory in the House and she played Jason's love interest like in the movie Hatching Pete.
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What's the matter, son? Just got some things going on. Woman trouble.
Val:Well, yeah. I kinda missed my chance with a girl I like.
Allie:Got beat to the punch.
Val:By the captain of the basketball team.
Allie:Thing is, Pete, if you wanna get noticed by girls, you gotta give them something to notice, like being a chicken, like your butt. Chicken butt. Hey, Val. Hey, Elle. Welcome to the commentaries.
Val:Thank you. Welcome to you, and welcome to our listeners. Today, we're talking about hatching peat.
Allie:Uh-huh.
Val:Friends, I literally just said before we started, I wonder what Al thinks of this movie. I can't wait to find out, and that told me everything I need to know.
Allie:You can tell what I think about this movie from how I respond to Val saying the title. If you haven't picked up on that after 70 episodes, Val, where
Val:are we?
Allie:We're almost at 75. 75 episodes? Okay. You're all obsessed with us. I mean, hello.
Allie:You're not picking up on the social cues. Mhmm. But, yeah, we did watch Hatching Pete with my past crush.
Val:Mom, maybe maybe if I met
Allie:him today, Val, I'd still have a crush on him. Jason Dolly?
Val:Yeah. I don't know what he looks like now, but Sure.
Allie:I'm sure he looks the same, just older. Yeah. That's how that's how life works. Val, Val, how are you doing today? I'm doing good.
Allie:I
Val:buying a house tomorrow, and, by
Allie:the time this this comes out, you'll have a house.
Val:That's right. I'll have another house. I already own my condo, but
Allie:Okay, brag.
Val:I know. I will own multiple properties.
Allie:Wow. A monopoly? Valerie Monopoly Agnew. K.
Val:Yeah. I drive around with a little shoe. You
Allie:know? You you do wear a top hat when you drive.
Val:That's right. I can only drive if I wear a top hat. It's like a thing.
Allie:That's why it was so weird for me to borrow your car and your wedding date
Val:because you had to wear the top hat.
Allie:Let me wear the driving top hat.
Val:There's, like, a hole cut in the ceiling of the car just to make sure that there's
Allie:Val, I have a request for whenever you and Michael renew your vows in, like, 20 years. You have to wear that top hat from Parent Trap in the wedding scene. Okay. Will do. Alright.
Allie:We're stalling. Let's get to the movie.
Val:Alright. Hatching Pete came out April 24, 2009.
Allie:That was just a couple weeks ago, Val.
Val:It was. I know. I thought about that too.
Allie:And some years, but just a couple weeks.
Val:Yeah. Hatching Feet was directed by Stu Gillard. Stu too. Oh. Too Stu.
Val:Too Stu too Sturious. Stu directed Scream Team, Full Court Miracle, Going to the Bat, Twitches Twitches 2, as well as some episodes of Charmed in 90210. Cool. So I'll
Allie:come back. Do too.
Val:Yeah. I like almost all of those movies.
Allie:I think the only one that we really don't like is Scream Team.
Val:That's right.
Allie:Correct. Bad movie. His first and his last. Not, Scream Team?
Val:His first and now his last or least favorite. Last. Yeah. Decom. Goodbye, Stutu.
Val:Goodbye, Stutu. Okay. We were written by Paul w Cooper. K. He did not do any other DCOMs.
Val:He was a television writer. He did, you know, a couple episodes here, a couple episodes there. The most episodes he had were on Little House on the Prairie. He also did a couple episodes of Murder, She Wrote, and he wrote a number of after school specials, which I thought was kind of interesting.
Allie:And perhaps
Val:how he got, got hired for this job. Nice. Yeah. The cast is as follows. Jason Dali played Pete the chicken Ivy.
Val:The chicken is his middle name. The chicken. He was in Read It and Weep and Minutemen as far as DCOMs. He will be in Good Luck Charlie, which I believe is another DCOM. He was also in something called Complete Savages, and he was on Corey in the House.
Allie:Nice. Yes. The Good Luck Charlie is like a spin off of a TV show, so I don't know if we'll end up watching that
Val:because I've
Allie:been watching spin off shows.
Val:Got it. Well, maybe we'll do
Allie:a special on that one. Spin off special. Oh, that's what we're calling it. This is for future Val when she's editing.
Val:Keep it in mind. Okay. Then we have Mitchell Musso as Cletus Poole. What a freaking name. A choice.
Val:A choice. Cletus. Why? I don't know. Mitchell, you might recognize from life is rough, as far as decomms.
Val:He was also on Hannah Montana, and, he was on he does voice for Phineas and Ferb.
Allie:Oh, fun. Mhmm.
Val:Tiffany Thorton played Jamie Wynne. She was in something called Sunny with a Chance.
Allie:It's a TV show starring Demi Lovato.
Val:Okay. She was she's a singer, so she had a bunch of music videos. She was on something called So Random. Which is also a TV show. Okay.
Val:But she stopped acting in 2015. Bye. Bye. She and Mitchell sang the main song
Allie:in this, yes. Another movie where it comes back again.
Val:I know. They played it twice. It was very weird. Josie Lauren played Angela Morrissey. She's cute.
Allie:Yeah. She was nice. I liked her.
Val:Yeah. She was in 17 again, make it or break it, The Mentalist, but she also stopped acting in 2015.
Allie:What happened in 2015 besides me graduating college?
Val:I have no idea, but you stopped a lot of people from acting.
Allie:It's really my fault. It's totally your fault. They were
Val:like, oh, Al's coming. We should probably quit while we're ahead.
Allie:We need to quit while we're ahead because it's gonna take her 13 years to get there, and we need to get out now. I'm on 9, so I've got a couple left. So mark my words.
Val:Alright. Sean O'Brien played Leon Ivy, who's Pete's dad. Mhmm. He's he's a character actor, so he's been in a ton of stuff, but he some some things that he was in more than, you know, more than one of or notables. He was in Brother's Keeper, both Princess Diaries, Big Fat Liar, Raising Helen, and The Middle.
Val:The show.
Allie:In Princess Diaries, he's the teacher for anyone listening who knows Princess Diaries.
Val:Yeah. Amy Farrington played mom, Doris Ivy. She, like, as a character actor, she's been in, like, one episode of everything. The only show that she's been on for, like, an extended period of time is SWAT, and I actually did recognize her from that because I used to watch that as, like,
Allie:a cast
Val:around show, you know, when I was doing stuff and didn't wanna fully pay attention. Yeah. So good for for getting some work more recently. Nice. Love that.
Val:Yeah. Aramis Knight played Wendell Pate. I have literally no idea who that is. I don't know if that's Dill, or someone else.
Allie:Oh, maybe because it's like Wendell.
Val:Yeah. It could be. But the he he's been in a bunch of stuff, but he most recently was in the the Marv Miss Marvel, which was a Oh. Marvel TV show that I really enjoyed. Cool.
Val:Miss Marvel is a great Marvel television show that I think actually does in large part stand alone.
Allie:So if you were,
Val:interested in watching it, I think you could enjoy it regardless of your knowledge of the rest of the Marvel Universe.
Allie:Thank you.
Val:And it is a story about a young girl who is, first generation American, and it's a lovely story.
Allie:Yeah. I think I've seen some ads for that. But Yeah.
Val:It's great. I love it. Okay. Edward Herman played principal Fred Daly. We got grandpa from Gilmore Girls.
Allie:Oh, no. I don't watch Gilmore Girls. I had no idea.
Val:Oh, yeah. So, I mean, he's a character actor. He's been in lots of stuff, but, like Mhmm. Anyone who's watched Gilmore Girls would immediately be like, I got I got the guy from Gilmore Girls.
Allie:Like, that's grip on.
Val:Yeah. Then we had Brian Stepanek, who played coach Mackie. Mhmm. He has a very long resume. He's, you know, he's pretty, active character actor, voice actor, like, does all kinds of stuff.
Val:But you might recognize him from Suite Life of Zack and Cody. He was on a show called Brian O'Brien, Kick Butowsky, Nikki, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn, Young Sheldon, and The Loud House among other things. Nice. So yeah.
Allie:He's really he's got really great physical comedy.
Val:Oh, yeah. He's, like, built for comedy. His
Allie:face is, like, rubber.
Val:He's just kind of a funny looking dude to begin with. Mhmm. And he uses it well. Mhmm.
Allie:I don't know his name in Suite Life, but he's, I believe, like, the janitor.
Val:Oh, okay. Cool. Nice. Mhmm. The synopsis is as follows.
Val:Pete is very inconspicuous at school, unlike his extrovert mate, Cletus mate. It's written by a British
Allie:person.
Val:Australian movie. Cletus, who's happy to don a chicken suit and be the school mascot, but unfortunately, Cletus is allergic to the suit. When there's an uproar at the disappearance of the chicken and Pete is forced into the limelight as the school's basketball reputation is at stake. That is not a full sentence,
Allie:and it also throws
Val:away the entire movie. Yeah. I think they could have left it at the first, sentence and maybe said something like, and Pete has to step in.
Allie:Right.
Val:Or something like that. So there's only one there's only one fun fact today, and it is that, Josie Lauren, who plays Angela, and Jason Dolly, who plays Pete, also played love interests in an episode of Cory in the House prior to this movie. Wow. Yeah. So they got some practice.
Val:Nice. On their chemistry. Pretty cool. And that is the business.
Allie:Thank you for doing your business.
Val:It is always my pleasure doing my business. Al, yeah, we kind of already know, but what were your first impressions of this flick? Thanks.
Allie:Val? I'm giving this flick a 4.
Val:Okay. That's better than what I was expecting based on your reaction.
Allie:Thank you. I liked it better than last week's dad napped.
Val:For sure.
Allie:But to me, it felt like, is this the middle school years they were talking about? Like, I don't know. It feels like they're trying too hard. Yep. It feels like, man, High School Musical was a hit.
Allie:We have to make something that was just like it, and then it's like, no. No. No. No. You're doing too much.
Allie:Mhmm. I also feel like this movie could have been, like, a short. It was a little too long Yeah. To be a full movie that was enjoyable. That being said I had my past crush, Jason Dolly,
Val:in it,
Allie:so I'm not mad. Yeah. I'm getting it at 4. Fair. Val, first impressions.
Val:Thanks, Al. Yeah. Kinda similarly, like, I definitely like this better than last week's movie for sure.
Allie:Mhmm.
Val:Like, I wasn't sitting there, like, basically yelling at the TV the entire time I was watching this movie Yeah. The way that I was for that one. Yeah. I think that my issue with this one is it it absolutely feels like they are trying too hard. Like, I think that, again, the idea of a kid who doesn't get a lot of attention flourishing when he's sort of randomly put into this mascot outfit, and he doesn't have anyone able to actually see him.
Val:Like, that's an interesting situation. Right?
Allie:Mhmm.
Val:And the like, even the romantic part of it, like, makes sense and is kinda sweet, and they have good chemistry.
Allie:Mhmm.
Val:But then you've got, like, Mitchell Musso, who is at a 150 always Yeah. Just screaming into the camera, basically, in this entire movie. Like, he's not literally screaming into the camera, but, like, metaphorically screaming into the camera. And it's like it's like Jason Dali and Mitchell Musso are in 2 different movies, and they're playing best friends. Like, they keep saying they are best friends constantly throughout this movie.
Val:They have absolutely no chemistry with each other as friends. Frankly, Mitchell Musso's character is mean as hell to
Allie:Mhmm.
Val:Jason Dolly's character the entire movie. So that's it's, like, hard to buy that. Yeah. There's also, like, this pre thing where Jason Dali's character has a crush on Mitchell Musso's sister, but then, like, forgets about that immediately. Like, it's, like, why did we even need this?
Val:Like Yeah. And the whole reason, like, the fact that Mitchell's, like, allergic to the mask, like, it's so stupid. Like, just come up with a different reason. He doesn't wanna do it. Like, whatever.
Val:Like, it there doesn't have to be this, like, silly sneezing BS that is going on in this movie. There's also, like, a random side plot at one point with, like, the sheriff trying to, like, arrest them. I mean, it's just Yeah. Like, there's so much in this movie. It's kind of to your point, like, where it was, like, could have been much shorter, like, that was just sort of added in there seemingly for length, and it was unnecessary.
Val:Yeah. One thing that I thought about I wrote at one point when I was watching this is it kind of felt like some of our DCOM shows, because it felt like something that someone was throwing together in the moment. And that's why it was paced kind of a little bit funny and, like, there was, like, 4 endings. Like, why didn't he just go to the game after the first time that they sort of assured him that no one was gonna know? You know what I mean?
Val:Like, he missed 2 games after that. We'll talk more about that when we get to Spoiler City. But there was just, like, narrative things that didn't make any sense. And then, of course, there's, like, this big culminating moment that's really chaotic at the end, which felt very much like a live show as well. So I I kept, like, thinking about that as I was watching this movie.
Val:There's also just, like, other efforts besides just Mitchell Russo's character to, like, just be too campy. Like, it's unnecessary. Like, the parents are really cliche, silly, like, the like, the mom is, like, a caterer and a baker, and, like, she just always is wearing an apron and has flour on her face. And, like, the dad was, like, working on his car, and he, like, wipes, like, 4 inches of oil across his forehead. Like, come on.
Val:Like, we don't need that. Like and I talked about this last week too. Like, the old decoms treated us like we were adults. Like, we didn't need to be spoken down to to, like, find things interesting and funny. And now it just feels like everything is the lowest common denominator.
Val:Yeah. And, you know, coming from improv, where the first rule of improv is stop, like, trying to be funny and just be true, be honest, and it will be funny to the audience because they will connect with whatever it is that you're doing. Like, that's why those original DCOMs work so well, and it's why I think these ones don't. Yeah. They fall
Allie:short. I I have a feeling, though, that world will hit a a point where they start to feel like that again.
Val:I agree.
Allie:I think we're just kind of stuck right now, and, like, I think this is what we meant by, like, the middle school years.
Val:100%. They're trying to be Nickelodeon. They're trying to be, like, silly and big and all of these things, but they don't get what Nickelodeon was. Yeah. You can't be Disney and Nickelodeon at the same time.
Val:You just can't. Mhmm. Anyway, that was my first impression and also multiple other impressions of this movie.
Allie:That's okay. Al, yeah, did you have any favorite quotes or moments? I did. I'll score 20 points for you today, sweet thang. A lot of, like, coach and basketball player stuff was the highlights for me here.
Allie:Simple goal for tonight, work on scoring more than 7 points.
Val:I wrote that one too.
Allie:Insane that they like, they were as bad as I was in 5th grade basketball. Basketball. This is, like, high school. Let's get out there and show them what roosters are made of.
Val:Feathers and a beak.
Allie:85% of long distance relationships are doomed to failure. Sounds high. I was triggered when improv was mentioned. They meant they said the word improvised, and I shuddered. And then my favorite moment in in the movie is all the basketball players wearing peak 2009 basketball short length.
Val:Oh, yeah.
Allie:Go past these, like, big calf. Yep. Also, this parade. I feel like I feel like since we're in Hollywood I don't know what else to call it. Like, this this is the community we chose to be in.
Allie:We're very hyperaware of filming and edits and things like that. And so when they had the parade and they did the wide shot of the parade down the street, it literally just stopped. I know. Like, you could just see that no one else was lined up past that. There was no other floats behind it.
Allie:They were just like, we need this one float, then that's it. It was just really funny to
Val:me Wow.
Allie:That they were like, we're just gonna fill what we need.
Val:Yeah.
Allie:That mean because other because other people don't pick up on that. No. Yeah. I also might mention this later in the synopsis, but I could not tell the difference between the sister and the girl who Mitchell Musso had a crush on.
Val:I literally wrote the same thing.
Allie:Yeah. At first, I was like, is he is his sister hitting on him? Like, I was so confused. They cast 2 women who looked Identical.
Val:So alike. Identical.
Allie:And then she and and as you just mentioned, she never comes back.
Val:Yeah. The sisters, like, there kind of, but she, like, has, like, 2 black people.
Allie:Which one she was. I had no idea. Yeah. Super weird.
Val:I wrote a distinct statement. Yeah.
Allie:Yeah. Okay. Val, favorite, what's your moments? Thanks, Al.
Val:I'm your best friend. I pay attention to your neurotic ramblings. I feel like you've said that to me before.
Allie:Probably.
Val:This one brought me back. I think he's stealing my mini cologne samples. We used to, like, go to the department store at the mall, and they would hand out, like, little tiny test tubes of Yep. Of, like, perfume and cologne, trying to get you to buy stuff. And, of course, like, you we were kids.
Val:We would never buy anything, but we would get all these little so you'd have, like, your, you know, drawer in your your dresser, like, full of tidy little perfumes, and you would be like, which one do I wanna put on today? Funny. Yeah. I'm assuming that doesn't happen because department stores basically don't exist anymore.
Allie:That's true. Alrighty.
Val:If this is some kind of rebel against your parents thing, we kindly ask you to leave Rooster Nation out of it. That's right, dill pickle. I'm talking to you.
Allie:Insane that it was dill.
Val:Dill. Dill, live up to your hair. Anyone besides Bob got an idea?
Allie:Oh, yeah. That one was good.
Val:And I hated this. You can live your whole life in a shell, or you can hatch.
Allie:Hatch him. Pete.
Val:And then towards the end, the principal just goes, who's that fellow? Which I just loved. Good times. As far as, like, a favorite moment, I think it's probably when he's, like, sad and jumping on the trampoline just because it's
Allie:so It's so good.
Val:Funny. It's also, like, very much of that era because, like, I feel like every one of my friends had a trampoline in their backyard. Mhmm. And, like, it's also funny because it's it's actually kind of clever exposition because we we need to know that he is good at this stuff, and that's why he's gonna excel at being this mascot. Flippy.
Val:Yeah. And it's just it's, like, such a funny, silly moment. Mhmm.
Allie:Very funny. Yeah. Alright. Well Yeah.
Val:I'm I'm happy with, our opening. Great. Well, if you'd like to
Allie:I'm wearing a mascot head. Nothing else. Top is off. Completely nude.
Val:I've sneezed so hard the rest of the costume flew Has just fallen off.
Allie:Actually, I don't know if I like this. That's someone's kink. Okay. Mascot uniform to the side. Basketball jersey off.
Allie:Great.
Val:Okay. Fine.
Allie:We're in Spoiler City. We're we're on our way. Alright. Lights up. We're at Brewster High, and we say our mascot is getting ready for the game.
Allie:We've got a nice Pumping Up song, and the band guy is walking down the hallway, and he points over at the rooster, and he's like, he's the worst rooster we've ever had. Get it? The the Brewster High School Roosters. And then we find out Jason Dolly wants to ask out Mitchell Musso's sister, and we find out that they are best friends. At this point, I don't know their names, so that's why I'm calling them their celebrity name.
Allie:And Pete is Jason Dally, and Cletus Poole is, Mitchell Musso. Poole is his last name. I understand why he chose to go by Poole because Cletus, bad name. But the Poole sister has a mean boyfriend on the team. She's, like, dating someone on the team.
Allie:She's a cheerleader, and, Poole didn't tell Pete that she was dating Dill. So then he goes home, and Pete's all sad, and he his dad is working on the cars. And, Jason I wrote this in all caps. Jason on a trampoline. He's jumping on a trampoline, and then he gets the dad talk that we have from our cold open.
Allie:And I put in parentheses, cool dad. Yeah. And then mom and dad are fans of the high school basketball team even though they're really bad because they used to go there, and then their friend, also used to go there. And his son is Poole, who's the chicken. It's Cletus.
Allie:And, he feels guilt tripped into it because his dad used to be the chicken.
Val:And his ancestors were all the chicken.
Allie:Yeah. Like, legacy. Chicken legacy. And so he's like, dude, I'm allergic to this costume. I cannot stop seizing.
Allie:I just need you to step in for tonight. And Pete's like, no, man. I don't wanna do it. And so he kinda, like, guilt trips him into doing it. He's like, come on.
Allie:It'll be great. So everyone thinks throughout lots of this movie until we call it out again that the chicken is Cleatus Pool. It is not. It is Pete. K.
Allie:So then we go to the basketball game. The basketball team is very bad. The coach is very fun. That's where we get our janitor from Suite Life of Zack and Cody. He is one of the best parts of this movie, if not the best part of this movie.
Allie:He gets knocked over by the chicken because Jason, Dolly, Pete is doing a really good job of being it. He was clumsy at first and then kind of, like, feels his way around into it. He's, you know, following the coach and pointing at things. He's kinda disrupting the game, and everyone's living, laughing, loving it. Big fan.
Allie:So he kinda makes it this, like, bit that he's gonna, like, disrupt the game. So everyone is obsessed with the chicken now, but the coach wants him expelled, Once again, thinking that this is Poole, not Pete. So he's like, no. He's a disruption. I want him expelled.
Allie:And the principal's like, you suck. I don't care what you say. You the team sucks, not like you as a person suck. The basketball players wanna beat him up. They, you know, pull him aside.
Allie:And he at this point, Poole doesn't even know. He wasn't at the game. He has no idea what happened. He's so confused. He's like, why is everyone mad at me?
Allie:And then the coach stops the kids from beating him up, and but then they leave, and he's like, I'll beat you up. So he's kinda still threatened to me. He's like, you need to stop horsing around. So he's, like, trying to ask Pete, what did you do when you were in the chicken man? He's like, I don't know, dude.
Allie:I just, like, did my thing. So then they're in class, and everyone, you know, everyone outside of the basketball players and the coach are obsessed with pool now. So he's kind of getting this, like, high horse or high chicken, some might say. And Pete and Angela, we have a new, like, student new person introduced who's also a cheerleader, and they get paired to build the float together. So there's this Thanksgiving parade or basketball parade coming, and they get paired to build the the float.
Allie:And the blonde cheerleader who looks like Poole's sister is now obsessed with Poole. Mhmm. And so the there's those two dynamics, like Angela and Pete and pool and cheerleader. So then there after school, they go to, like, the art classroom where they're trying to figure out what to put on the float, and this one guy keeps saying, it should be space. And it was actually really funny.
Allie:And then Angela's like, well, everyone's obsessed with the chicken. We should put the chicken on the float. And they're like, oh, yeah. And she's, like, flirty. Like, Angela's flirty flirty flirt, McFlirt.
Allie:Mhmm. But then don't get your hopes up. She has a boyfriend. He goes to another school. He's real.
Allie:She acts like he's not real at some point, but he is real, and we'll find out later that he is real. He doesn't come. Don't get your hopes up. Okay. So then Poole comes over finally to Pete, and he's like, what did you do during the game?
Allie:And he was like, dude, tell me my sister Cammie was talking about you. And he was like, what? Oh, what? And he was like, just kidding. And then this is literally the last time she's mentioned.
Allie:So insane.
Val:Because Pete is like, never mind. I don't like her anyway. I like Angela now.
Allie:Yes. Mhmm. So then he's like, Pete, you need to teach me the routine. You need to teach me the routine. And so then Pete goes into the costume again for the next game, and Poole paints his face, puts on, like, a green Afro, sits in the audience and, like, watches.
Allie:Because if anyone sees him sitting in the crowd, they'll be confused as to why who why he's not in the chicken suit and who is in the chicken suit. Right? So then Pete, being in the chicken suit during this game, flirts with Angela. So she thinks that Poole is flirting with her because because everyone once again thinks that Poole's in the chicken suit. Mhmm.
Allie:Then Poole, outside of the chicken suit, gets a date with blonde one, Jamie, and then he asks Pete to be the chicken full time. He's like, dude, this will work out for both of us. And they have, like, a fight, and it makes no sense, but Pete caves, which he's just a really nice guy, but this is where Val mentioned, like, pool kinda sucks.
Val:Mhmm.
Allie:And, like, he's, like, very manipulative to his friend. Mhmm. And so he, like, convinces him, like, no. It's a win win. Like, you get to stay, you know, introverted.
Allie:No one knows it's you, and then I get to date the cheerleader. And he was like, okay. So they keep the charade up.
Val:They basically have to have Pete not want to be revealed because, otherwise, this movie doesn't make sense, but it also doesn't make sense that he wouldn't want people to know it was him. Like, he keeps saying, like, I'm afraid that if people know it's me, then it'll be you know, the magic will be lost or whatever. And it's
Allie:like Yeah. What
Val:are you talking about? Yeah. Like, what do you need?
Allie:And if he was like, I don't like the glory of everyone knowing it was me, but they never outright say that. So that Yeah. Really make yeah. It just makes sense.
Val:He just, like, didn't want the attention, but, like, he loves the attention. Like, that's the whole point. And he wants Angela to like him. If he just told her it was him, then she didn't like him, and it would be the end of it.
Allie:Yep. But that would be too easy, Val. That's right. So then we get to building the float for the parade, and Angela asks Pete about pool. And she goes, when he's chicken, he's different.
Allie:And he's like, yeah. He has a girlfriend. And then he go and then Pete also goes Val really likes the way I said that. When he's chicken, he's different. You guys, she's cracking up just like an egg.
Allie:That's good. So Pete is like, Poole has a girlfriend, and don't you also have a boyfriend? And she, like, hesitates. She's like, oh, yeah. I do have a boyfriend.
Allie:So then you're like, is this boyfriend real?
Val:Right. Or did
Allie:you say that? Just, like, so confusing the way that she reacted to that. So then Poole goes on the bus with the team to the game. So we have this, like, montage of, like, who's the chicken? Who's the chicken?
Allie:And they, like, rip his head off, and he actually went on the bus with the team. So when he gets to the game, the at the other school, they switch in the janitor's closet. Which honestly was very smart. Very smart.
Val:Because I was like, how are they gonna pull this off on away games? And then we saw how they're doing.
Allie:And then the team is losing 70 to 20. I'm gonna say that one more time. The team is losing 70 to 20. Great. Pete knocks down Jamie who Jamie thinks that it's her boyfriend in the chicken suit, and her she gets a nosebleed.
Allie:And then Poole and Pete get mad, and then they fight. Everyone's mad at each other. And then Angela finds Poole after the game, and she, like, flirts with him. And Pete is, like, standing around the corner being like, me. This is the girl I like.
Allie:And she's, like, flirting with him because she thinks he's the one in the chicken suit.
Val:Right.
Allie:But then when she flirted with him in person when he was out of the suit, she was like, this isn't the person who's in the chicken suit. Yeah. I'm just realizing I'm an adult human being talking about children in chicken suit.
Val:Also, Cletus, like, tries to kiss her.
Allie:I know.
Val:If I was Pete, I would slug him. Slug him. What a meanie. Like, god.
Allie:Yeah. He's not a good friend. Bad friend. Bad friend. So then that ends, And then Pete and Poole are fighting again at the float making, and they're just, like, having this rift.
Allie:And Poole is upset because of his dad's expectations of him being a chicken. He's like, I can't do this. Like, I I don't this isn't for me, but, like, I have to do this for my dad, because of the
Val:high The legacy. Yeah.
Allie:The legacy of the chicken legacy. Chicken legs. Okay. Write that down. So then they wanna he wants to call off their agreement.
Allie:He's like, this is you know, we're done. And Pete was like, no. I don't wanna give this up now. Like, no. I like this, which makes no sense.
Allie:And so then I wrote he was like, Pete doesn't wanna give it up now because I don't know why. And I think now after reflecting, it's his only way of of being able to, like, flirt with Angela. So he's like, no. It's my only way that I can, like, have this connection with her.
Val:Yeah. I think that basically what it is is like and I kind of get this actually in a way because, like, when I when we when we went into the pandemic and we were improvising on the Internet, which I know you didn't really do, it was freeing because you're disconnected from the audience. Right? So, like See, that's why I didn't want to put care. Like, I I as someone who cared too much how the audience was reacting to them prior, it was really good exercise for me to, like, be disconnected from the audience.
Val:In his case, it's kind of different. It's like, he thinks that they're not gonna like him if they know it's him. And because he's afraid of that, he's also afraid he can't come up with the funny stuff that he comes up with or, like, be as free when he's not in the suit, which I do understand, but they just don't articulate that exactly. Like, they just sort of sort of like, what if it's not the same? And it's like, okay.
Val:Like
Allie:Mhmm.
Val:Cool. Sure. Yeah. Anyway, keep going.
Allie:Yeah. So then Angela, was not at the float making, and they were like, oh, she went for a walk. And so he, like, walks around town and goes to find her. And she finds him, and she's crying. We find out that her boyfriend broke up with her over text message.
Allie:So one, he's real. 2, he's a asshole. But then Pete's like, I have a chance. So then it's the parade time. Jamie from earlier, Poole's now ex girlfriend, was the queen wearing a nose brace, on a different float.
Allie:And then the chicken float looks great. There's a huge egg. I wrote Pete stuns the crowd.
Val:It's a nice musical number.
Allie:That means Val thinks it was a musical number, which means we get to write it down because they dance. So, they are, like, stunning the crowd. They're dancing. They're screaming. And then Tiffany and Mitchell are singing a song.
Allie:It's it's titled Let It Go, which is very funny. And then Angela pulled up pool unknowingly. He was standing in the crowd and where the parade stopped, he he was, like, standing in the crowd wearing a mustache and He
Val:looked like Elmer Fudd.
Allie:Cowboy hat. He did look like Elmer Fudd, and she, like, pulled him up for whatever reason. I think just because she was like, this is the guy that I like. I'm gonna, like, pull him into our dance, and he gets revealed. She doesn't know it's him.
Val:Because if she knew it was him, she would've
Allie:Oh, yeah. That's true.
Val:Chicken. She she forgets
Allie:everything that I just said.
Val:I think she just grabs him because he's wearing a funny outfit. She, like, thinks it's gonna
Allie:be funny. She just randomly grabs him.
Val:Yeah.
Allie:So then instead of, revealing Pete as the chicken because they were like, wait. If Cletus isn't in the suit, who is? And instead of just revealing himself, Pete runs and steals the cop car. And Angela was like, I was hoping it wasn't pool, so she, like, knew. But she doesn't know it's Pete yet, but she, like, knew.
Val:Mhmm.
Allie:And so then I didn't realize at first because this cop car doesn't look like a cop car. I was like, why are they why are they trying to arrest all these people? I think it's sheriff's car.
Val:Like, I think it's, like, the sheriff's personal car.
Allie:Oh, okay. That makes more sense. Because I was like, this does not look like a sheriff car. Yeah. It was literally just like a green car.
Val:Yeah. It was a convertible.
Allie:But then they arrested Poole, which made no sense. And I think just because they were like, you know who the chicken is.
Val:Right. Yeah.
Allie:Like, tell us, but really made no sense. And then Poole has a conversation with his dad, hot dad, cool dad. He was Mhmm. Good lucky. And, they have their, like, heart to heart of, like, you don't have to be the chicken.
Allie:It's okay. I know you're allergic to the suit. You don't have to do it. And then this was funny. He was like, dad, I'm also allergic to math.
Allie:He's like, don't
Val:put it.
Allie:And he was like, no. That was funny. So then Pete, like, runs away, hides the suit, ditches the car, and gets picked up by Angela after, like, walking away from ditching the suit in the car. And, she says, I'm afraid once the mystery is over, so it's the magic. And she was falling for the guy in the suit.
Allie:LOL. So then the entire town is trying to figure out who the chicken is. Newspapers, the school news outlet, the Washington Post. Everyone is out there trying to figure out who is in this chicken outlet. And he doesn't wanna come clean because he's gonna get arrested for stealing this sheriff car.
Allie:And so everyone is sad because they're at the the basketball game, and they're like, he's gonna show up. We're gonna figure out who it is. Like, the police are there. They're gonna arrest him. He never shows up.
Allie:So everyone's like, well, I don't wanna watch the basketball game if the chicken's not here. This would be like going to a Bulls game and Benny the Bull didn't show up. Yeah. I'm not going to a Bulls game if Benny is not there. Okay?
Allie:I gotta see the popcorn being thrown during the Harlem shake. Okay? That's just how the bowls work. Then, like, they're like, oh my gosh. The chicken's here, and this, like, makeshift chicken runs out.
Allie:And it's the janitor.
Val:And he
Allie:was like, oh, I just wanted people to love me. And everyone leaves the game. And Pete showed up not in chicken suit. He just he just came to watch the game. So then coach has to stay on the microphone in front of the entire school.
Allie:The principal was like, dude. You we just need you to do well, and so you have to tell the chicken whoever whatever kid it is in the school assembly that they're not gonna get in trouble. So coach is like, I hate the chicken, but okay. Whoever the chicken is, you're not gonna get in trouble. Please, we just want you back at our basketball games.
Allie:So then there's, like, people in the hallway trying to figure it out. They're looking at, you know, the yearbook. They're like, oh, could it be Pete? And everyone's like, no. Who even is that?
Allie:It's probably Keith Burke. Oh, yeah. It's definitely the Burkester. It's not Keith Burke. K?
Allie:So then the they're at the game again, and then the people leave. They're they're sad. They're leaving because there's no chicken. And so then the principal is like, I know what'll get him, and they make a chicken signal. They make a bat signal.
Allie:Signal. Yeah. To
Val:because there is this whole conversation about, like, Batman. Yeah. Like, the they, like he he compares himself to Batman earlier in
Allie:the movie, so it kinda makes sense. Clark Kent. Right. Yeah. Yeah.
Allie:Cool. So then, Tommy Thompson invited the kid the chicken onto the school TV. He's our, Walter Croossekite. I don't know. Sure.
Allie:So then coach was like, we can't win without the chicken. They hug and cry. So he did show up for the show. He was like, I will show up for this. They they hug and cry, and they make up.
Allie:And what they did for the chicken was like, I'll show up if you change my voice. So, they they altered his voice, and he says the quote of there's magic in the mysteries. And then we panned to Angela, and she was like, it's Pete. And then Poole talks him into it to doing the chicken for the game for the glory, and and he's letting everyone down. Once again, bad friend.
Val:But but then he doesn't go.
Allie:Yeah. He doesn't go. But then we, you know, get a montage of bad basketball, and then we get finally at the end, the chicken shows up. He dances. The team does great.
Allie:He finally reveals because he, like, fell, and Angela was like, let me help you up, Pete. And he was like, what? And so then they figure out it's Pete. That's where the principal's like, who is that fellow? Like, no one knows who he is.
Allie:Everyone's excited because he's back. He'll do it. They end up winning the game by scoring 75 points, which is probably the total amount of points they scored all season with having a maximum of 20 points in one game and then, like, 7 in another. Yeah. And then that's the end of the game.
Val:Mhmm. And then there's, like, a credits, like, montage thing.
Allie:Which we don't get a lot of in DMs.
Val:No. So that was kinda fun. Yeah. But yeah. And there's, like, 2 musical numbers to the same song.
Allie:There are. Which means we'll get a box.
Val:Uh-huh. I don't know which one it is.
Allie:Yeah. Cool. So it was Fine. It was fine.
Val:Yeah. Should we just go to bingo?
Allie:Yeah. Val, do you wanna start?
Val:Sure. K. A one hit wonder song. Mitchell Musso?
Allie:R. Tiffany Thompson? Yeah. I do. I know he doesn't currently make music.
Val:Yeah. Let's just say yes.
Allie:Let's do it. Breaking the 4th wall or looking into the camera? Not that I saw. Yeah. Holiday themed?
Allie:Homecoming. Homecoming. Oh, was it homecoming? It was homecoming. I
Val:think it was.
Allie:Because he wanted to take the sister. Yeah. Weird. Yeah. Clunky metaphor.
Allie:The chicken suit. The chicken suit.
Val:Don't hide who you are. Aw. Parents who just don't get it.
Allie:I think they kinda get it.
Val:Yeah. Like, I think that it's the kids who think that their parents don't get it, but they actually do. Like, both Yeah. Cletus and, Pete. Both.
Allie:Yeah. Cool non parent adult. You wanna coach?
Val:Coach. Yeah. Someone too famous for a TV movie.
Allie:Would you count the Gilmore Girls guy?
Val:I was thinking about that. I don't know. Because, like, he was a TV personality, but he wasn't, like, super you know, it wasn't like, Debbie Reynolds being in a movie.
Allie:It's up to you because I didn't watch Gilmore Girls.
Val:You know what? I will say yes because this is when did Gilmore Girls start?
Allie:It was definitely before this. Oh, it's, like, in the 1,000.
Val:Yeah. 2000 to 2,007. So this was 2 years after that. So, yeah, def you know what? Definitely.
Val:Because I feel like people would watch this and be like, woah. Why is the grandpa from Gilmore Girls in this movie? Weird.
Allie:Yeah. Competition to resolve central problem. Yes. What is the competition? The basketball game.
Allie:Game. Oh.
Val:A montage sequence. Mhmm. Yep. First of you. Mhmm.
Allie:Cliche villains. You know,
Val:there isn't really a villain per se. Like, Dill is kind of, but not really. Yeah. That's true. I would say no villains.
Allie:Yeah. Because it's not like anyone was, like, out to get anyone. No. They were, like, out to get themselves.
Val:Yeah. And all the, like, people who maybe could constitute a villain, they're so hapless that they're not really effective as villains anyway. So kinda just, like, whatever.
Allie:Mhmm.
Val:Clothes or items you owned? Oh, Al's got one.
Allie:I all of the cheerleaders were wearing thick headbands, and I wore those headbands in high school all the time.
Val:There you go.
Allie:All the time. I was like, that's actually something where, like, I still have a couple. Rotten tomatoes 40 to 60.
Val:I've actually heard of this one before, so I feel like maybe it's a little higher. So I'm gonna say 58. Fowd's 59. Wow. Nice.
Val:You get
Allie:the point, and we get the point. Wow. That's good. You deserve it.
Val:Oh, thanks, pal. Mhmm. Happily ever after. Yeah. Yeah.
Val:The girl gets to be popular.
Allie:Yeah. Yeah.
Val:Did I write Miniman High? I can't remember.
Allie:I can't either. I think I liked that movie.
Val:Okay.
Allie:I was just thinking back to Jason Valley.
Val:Oh, sure. He's more charming in that movie. His character's got nothing to do in this movie.
Allie:Yeah. So almost kissing.
Val:Well, there's kissing.
Allie:There is real kissing.
Val:And there is an almost kiss when, Poole tries to kiss Angela, and Pete pulls him away.
Allie:She pulls away as she should have.
Val:No. Pete pulls Mitchell away. She was going As
Allie:he should have. As he should have.
Val:Yeah. Someone who became famous. Not really.
Allie:I think if we had done this in 20 the 13, maybe Jason Dali because of Good Luck Charlie, but, like, he's not really acting so much anymore.
Val:Yeah. I think I think no.
Allie:I think no. Mitchell Musso has also, stopped, I believe. Betraying of one's real friends or values. Mitchell Musso does for this work.
Val:Say. Like, are we counting him? Because if we are
Allie:we do because he's one of the leads. Okay. Great.
Val:I think we do. K. Your childhood crush?
Allie:Al. You said your, and it was mine. Jason Dally. I also think that I had a little crush on Mitchell Muso in the Hannah Montana era.
Val:I appreciate his comedic timing.
Allie:Mhmm.
Val:Like, he's being directed to overdo it in this movie, but I don't
Allie:Yeah.
Val:Think that that's his fault. Like, he his deliveries are funny. Yeah. Like, that line where he's like, I'm also allergic to bath. Science?
Val:Right. Nope. Like, it's like a very funny delivery.
Allie:Yeah.
Val:So, like, he's he's a good comedian.
Allie:Mhmm. Obviously, bad special effects or stunts.
Val:I mean, yeah, like, a lot of the gymnastics and stuff, like, kind of looks
Allie:mean, him on the trampoline was not him.
Val:Of course, it was not him. Like, I think it was just kind of there was a lot of, like, cutting that was a little bit awkward to make things look cooler
Allie:than they were.
Val:Mhmm. Disney Channel star, many. Yeah.
Allie:Mhmm. A good chunk. Mhmm. Musical number.
Val:Mhmm. The same one twice. Yay.
Allie:Magic. No. No. Not even science. Someone says the title of the movie.
Allie:Oh. No. They don't. They say Pete,
Val:and they say hatch, but they don't say hatch and Pete.
Allie:They don't hatch. They don't say patch and Pete.
Val:Scuba dude. No. I mean, they don't
Allie:have anything to really solve No. Besides their own problem. Excuse. Yeah. The heroes create the problem.
Allie:Yes. For sure.
Val:Lead is a fish out of water. I would argue yes at the beginning.
Allie:Yeah. I kinda think so.
Val:Mhmm. Yeah.
Allie:Val. Yeah? We have hatched 3 bingos.
Val:Oh my gosh.
Allie:Yeah. That's up for for some times we got no bingos. Yeah. Okay. We have our top, corner going diagonal down, one hit wonder, someone too famous for a TV movie, happily ever after, Disney Channel star, lead us a fish out of water, And then we go, all the way to our g column.
Allie:We have clunky metaphor, montage sequence, almost kissing Disney Channel star hero create the problem. And we have our, 4th line down. We have betraying of 1's real friends or values, your childhood crush. Obviously, bad special effects for sons. Disney Channel star and musical number.
Allie:Woo. Woo. Thank you. Okay. Now it's time for a game.
Allie:It's called real or not, real or not. Okay. Okay. This game, Val, I'm gonna give you a college and a mascot, and you have to tell me if it's real. Okay.
Allie:Okay. Okay. Okay. Ready? Mhmm.
Allie:The University of California Santa Cruz banana slugs. No. Incorrect. That is a real college mascot. Wow.
Val:Okay. Cool. The
Allie:Xavier, and their mascot is the blue blob. Yes. That is correct.
Val:Good job, Val. That's, like, too weird to not be true. Right.
Allie:Southern Florida University Wenches. Yes. Incorrect. That's what I created. The Whittier College Poets.
Allie:Yes. That's correct. The poets are their mascot. That's cool. The University of Maine, Lobsters.
Val:I feel like it would be like lobsterman or something like that. I'm gonna say no.
Allie:That's correct. I made it up. The University of North Carolina School of the Arts fighting pickle. What? That's so specific.
Allie:But is my brain specific?
Val:I know. I mean, that is something your brain could come up with. I'm gonna say yes. That's correct. It is real.
Val:Wow.
Allie:They don't have any sports teams.
Val:They're just
Allie:not big. Created their mascot as the fighting pickle. And our last one, we have the Delta State fighting okra.
Val:Oh, hell yeah.
Allie:Hell yeah. That's real. Alright. Great job, Val. You got 5 out of 7.
Allie:Good job.
Val:Nice.
Allie:Oh, that was good. Well, Val, what a day and what a time to be alive here with you.
Val:It's been a delight.
Allie:I've had it. Please, our fans are begging. What are we watching next?
Val:Next, we are watching the princess Protection Program.
Allie:Oh, I'm excited for this one. I've watched this one before.
Val:I've never seen this one, but I've heard of it. So I'm excited to check it out.
Allie:I if I remember anything about it, I think it'll be better than our last 2.
Val:Okay. I'm excited.
Allie:So. Demi and Selena. Woah. I'm spoilers. Spoilers.
Allie:Okay. Oh my god. I know. What a Powerhouse.
Val:My goodness.
Allie:Val, tell everyone what they should do. Like, subscribe. Tell your mom.
Val:Yeah. Share spread the word, pals. We're almost to episode 75. That's great. That's a fun fact for you.
Val:What else is a fun fact? I think we mentioned this last episode, but we'll mention it again. We have some fresh cast members in our live show. Come check it out. We mentioned this, I think, also, but we'll remind you again.
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Allie:You have no excuse not to listen to us.
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Allie:But if you've gotten this far, that means you do listen to us. Thanks.
Val:But if this is your first episode, please, find the meeting on
Allie:the podcast here. My god. You chose Hatching Pete as your first episode? This this is your first episode? Okay.
Allie:Go listen to sequel.
Val:Oh, sequel or Stu.
Allie:Just started
Val:with Stu.
Allie:Stu. Or Holly. Stu shout out. Well, Val, it's always a joy. You're a dream.
Val:You're a dream. I love you so much. Thanks.
Allie:I'm
Val:excited I get to see you in person tomorrow.
Allie:We're hanging out. I'm gonna hold your baby tomorrow. Yay. Yay. Okay.
Allie:Bye, Val. Bye, Al.
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Allie:The music was composed by Michael McNally.
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