Does the world really need another Zack and Cody show?

Disney Channel

In this day and age there are many reasons people ask the simple question ‘Why?’. For instance, they may ask why the credit crisis got as bad as it has, why the Mets can’t keep it together towards the end of the season to win a simple Eastern Division title, and why According to Jim just won’t die. Important questions all, but there is an even more important ‘Why?’ question that needs to be discussed … Why does the world need another show starring Zack and Cody?

Actually, the question should be ‘Why the hell does the world need another show staring Zack and Cody?’. For those of you over the age of 13, the Disney Channel has graced television with a spin-off of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody called The Suite Life on Deck. After spending a few years at the Tipton Hotel, Zack and Cody, along with the other members of the cast, relocate to the S.S. Tipton, where they attend classes at Seven Seas High. Nothing much has changed with the twins: Zack is the unstudious and outgoing one while Cody is the mature and sensitive one.

Well, there is one thing that has changed with the twins … they’re not cute anymore. They are 16-years-old right now and all of that sweet boyish charm that they had when Suite Life first started is no longer there. Plus, these characters really haven’t grown up, have they? Zack is still coming up with these wide-eyed plans and Cody is just tagging along for the ride. Yes, yes, it’s a Disney Channel show that has no redeeming value. But transferring their antics away from the hotel to a cruise ship doesn’t make it any more fresh.

I understand that the tweens and teens think Cole and Dylan Sprouse (who play Zack and Cody) are just adorable. It just may be time for these two to expand their horizons a bit in the acting world. The Olsen twins did that at about this time in their lives and look what happened to them. Fame, fortune, constant coverage in the tabloids, rehab, photographers following them everywhere. Um, on second though, maybe the Sprouse twins should remain right where they are.

Clacked by Richard Keller
on Oct 01, 2008 @ 11:01 EST5EDT