Beta Mum's Blog Beta Mum on 10 Apr 2007 09:21 am
Groundhog Day
Ever heard of Agent Cody Banks? No, thought not.
I have.
In fact I’ve endured his Baby Bond antics almost every day since we got here. It’s become the new Tots TV. I know every last nuance of the plot and most of the dialogue, now often accompanied by,
“I love this bit.”
“Me too.”
It’s their new fave film, and has me longing for the days of The Tweenies and Fimbles.
I thought we’d finally graduated to something a little more watchable, but at least the pre-school programmes were shorter. Now we have to suffer almost two hours of Agent Cody’s special brand of Groundhog Day before we can move back into the present.
Today Hannah asked,
“When we watch Agent Cody Banks, are they really doing it when we watch them?”
I replied,
“No darling, it’s recorded and edited and then dubbed onto DVD for us to enjoy at our leisure, or not.”
Ben scoffed,
“Course not Hannah, otherwise they’d have done it twice in one day.”
I bet they’re glad they’re not performing it live; otherwise they’d all be hoarse by now.
Ben may be a little more sophisticated than his little sister, but he’s not smart enough to twig that the actors don’t do their own stunts, despite having met a stuntwoman friend of mine and having seen her in action in Dr Who. She had to kick open a coffin in the Victorian episode, in case you’re interested.
So, Agent Cody Banks, what is he good for?
A little light entertainment, the first time.
A target for rotten fruit, the second time.
A broken DVD, the third, fourth or, if you’re very patient, the fifth time.
“Sorry kids, seems it’s broken.”
“Ah Mu-um…” moans Hannah.
“Never mind, we can watch Zathura again,” squeaks Ben.
“Yeah, Zathura again,” says Hannah.
And again, and again, I think, until…
“Oh dear, seems this one’s broken too. Sorry.” Not.
on 11 Apr 2007 at 5:32 pm 1.Penny in Amsterdam said …
Can’t Billie Piper kick open a coffin herself?
on 12 Apr 2007 at 9:28 am 2.cathy said …
Billie’s far too expensive for such a dangerous activity.
Although actually in this case it was an elderly actress my friend was doubling for. They didn’t want her to pull a muscle or get a splinter.
on 12 Apr 2007 at 9:45 pm 3.Emma-Jane said …
I quite enjoyed Cody Banks 1 (I should mention that I’m 35), then one day when my dad and I were spending the day in London, we came across a tour group of American 13 yr olds, being given the historical tour of statues it seemed. The tour appeared to be going well and everyone was well behaved, then suddenly they were running all over the place, quite hysterical infact. They had left the statue and tour guide behind, because to their delight, after coming on their holiday of a lifetime to London, England, there was Cody Banks in the flesh filming Cody Banks 2. Cody Banks was quite accommodating as they asked him to pose for photos. Then off he set in his rickshaw (and I’m not joking) leaving the tour guide to reassemble the hysterical kids into some kind of order. So now that you have enjoyed Cody Banks 1 to the fullest you can get the DVD sequel knowing that Cody Banks is genuinely a nice guy :o) .
on 16 Apr 2007 at 10:05 pm 4.cathy said …
A genuinely nice guy with strange caterpillar eyebrows. It was, in fact, Cody 2 that we were watching, so we’ll have to go back to film number one for our next Cody experience.