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Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast
by Luke Westaway & Andy Farrant · English · Film & TV
Join Luke Westaway and Andy Farrant as they talk about cinema's greatest achievement: Disney Channel Original Movies. From X-TREME rollerblading, to Mermen, to homicidal smart homes, there's something for everyone in these brilliant, baffling films. Also, usually the mom character in the film is una
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- Every two weeks
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- 2 hr 20 min
- Latest
- 12 Oct 2026
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- English
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E107 · 28 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 27 min
Mr. Headmistress
Tucker, no last name given, is a con man whose schemes have got him in a lot of trouble over the years. But when he gets out of prison and realises a couple of gangsters are still after him for a $50,000 debt he owes them, he does what any of us would do in that situation: instantly become the headmistress of a boarding school for teenage girls.This is something of a problem for Tucker, as he appears to have never met or seen a woman before, and is basing his portrayal of one on half-remembered bigfoot footage, or possibly some of the gnarlier Resident Evil monsters. But don't worry, before…
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E106 · 14 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 29 min
A Sound of Thunder
It is the year 2055. Time travel has been invented and of course, people are using it for the only reason anyone would want to use time travel: to go back to prehistory and shoot an allosaurus with one million lasers. That's the service offered by Time Safari, the private company run by Ben Kingsley and his distracting hair, who take great pains to ensure that nothing in the past is changed due to the catastrophic consequences it could have for the present. But when time waves start buffeting future Chicago it becomes clear that something has gone wrong and it's up to expedition leader…
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E105 · 31 Aug 2026 · 2 hr 54 min
Camp Rock 3
Camp Rock is back! And so are the Jonas Brothers! And we're pretty sure that shape we saw darting around in the rafters was Demi Lovato! It's Camp Rock 3!When Connect 3 need a new opening act for their world tour, they know exactly where to turn: Camp Rock, the rock and roll fantasy camp for the children of millionaires where joe Jonas will teach you how to hip hop dance. But they only need one opening act and the camp is full of a new intake of fresh young superstars-in-waiting. Can Sage, Desi, Fletch, Cliff and Rosie best the challenges set by the Jonas Brothers and come out on top? Or…
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E103 · 2 Aug 2026 · 2 hr 40 min
The Adventures of Food Boy
Is the ability to fire food out of your hands a good superpower? You're right, it's too powerful. Okay then how about if creating the food makes you physically exhausted. And if you tell anyone you can do it, the food tastes bad. And you always smell terrible, and sometimes you'll still randomly spurt various liquids all over the place? Now you're talking!Ezra (High School Musical's Lucas Grabeel) is an industrious student with one eye on an Ivy League future, but there's one thing missing from his academic career - class presidency! But how will the sudden onset of supernatural…
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E102 · 20 Jul 2026 · 2 hr 39 min
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
Mitchie Torres is heading back to Camp Rock for another summer of fun, music and romance with chemsex bad boy rock star Shane Grey. But oh no! It turns out that the improbably named owner of Camp Rock, Brown Cesario, has a rival in the form of his former bandmate Axel Turner, who has set up a rival camp across the lake named Camp Star.Obviously unable to compete with Camp Star on any level, things at Camp Rock look bleak. That is until Mitchie challenges Camp Star to a final jam to determine once and for all who is the best rock and roll fantasy camp owned by a 70s rockstar on this…
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E100 · 22 Jun 2026 · 2 hr 55 min
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Join us for a recap of High School Musical 3: Senior Year!
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E99 · 8 Jun 2026 · 2 hr 26 min
Radio Rebel
Radio. What is it? Is it some kind of podcast, maybe? Or possibly a Winamp skin? If you find out, let the producers of 2012 DCOM Radio Rebel know, because I think they'd really appreciate it.Radio Rebel tells the story of Tara, a shy teen with a secret double life as Radio Rebel, an inexplicably popular Seattle-wide radio host whose entire shtick appears to be telling people to be their real selves, talking about things happening in one specific high school, and then playing Peter Gabriel records. But when her enraged principal threatens to cancel prom unless Radio Rebel's identity is…
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4 Jun 2026 · 3 min
LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT! Return to Halloweentown, 28 October @ Leicester Square Theatre
Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast returns to London's West End this Halloween for another riotous live recording! Join hosts Andy Farrant and Luke Westaway as they put Disney's deeply-cursed Halloweentown series in the ground where it belongs, with a recap of the fourth - and final - and worst - film: Return to Halloweentown (2006). GET YOUR TICKETS at tinyurl.com/ReturntoHTownPRESALE BEGINS 5th June 10am for ExtraHelpings members. Supports can check their email now for a presale code.GENERALE SALE BEGINS 12th June 10am. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy…
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E98 · 25 May 2026 · 2 hr 17 min
Encino Woman
Remember Encino Man? The 1992 comedy movie about a caveman who gets thawed out and must adjust to life in the 20th century? Well, our advice would be to cling to that relatively positive memory like your life depended on it, because the straight-to-TV sequel Encino Woman (1996) is quite possibly the worst film we've ever seen.When unsuccessful ad executive David Hosenfelt is attacked in his home by a roaming cavewoman, he finds his luck turns as 'Lucy' becomes the face of a lucrative fashion campaign for a fragrance called Primal. Sounds like a reasonable premise for a movie, right?…
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E97 · 11 May 2026 · 2 hr 19 min
Zapped
Zoe's only just started at her new high school, but already she finds her existence beset by boys. Stinking, rude, unfocused, noisy, stinking boys. Did we mention they stink? Luckily, through a series of electrical mishaps, an app on Zoe's phone becomes boy-mind-control software, and soon Zoe has turned every boy in school into an unwilling puppet, and she begins to reshape the world according to her own girlish whims.If you think that sounds like a troubling premise for a movie, good instincts! Luke and Andy grapple with the ramifications of Zoe (played by a young Zendaya) gleefully…
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E96 · 27 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 25 min
Congo
Andy deploys his 2026 wildcard (which is a movie we'll recap even if it's not a kids movie, TV movie or both), to devastating effect with Congo (1995), a jaw-droppingly stupid adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel that dares to ask the question: What if you had to go into the jungle to find special diamonds for the boss of a telecoms giant, but the whole region was guarded by a pack of genetically-altered super apes that happen to look like men trampolining around in unconvincing suits. Also: You have brought along a gorilla that can speak thanks to the magic of technology, but it mostly…
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E95 · 13 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 18 min
Mail to the Chief
Like any 13-year-old, Kenny Witkowski is more interested in playing Mortal Karnage than he is with engaging in politics. But that all changes when it turns out an anonymous stranger he meets in a chatroom is none other than the President of the United States! If you think that sounds like a vaguely unsavoury premise for a film, well, good instincts. Buckle up for Mail to the Chief (2000), starring Randy Quaid as the titular Commander in Chief.If you crave bonus episodes of Mom Can't Cook!, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon…
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E94 · 30 Mar 2026 · 2 hr 24 min
Lemonade Mouth
Lemonade Mouth. It sounds like a disease citric acid factory workers get that makes their lower jaw fall off, but it is in fact a band. And not just any band. The most revolutionary, visionary, exemplary band that ever rocked a high school halloween bash and are possibly hallucinating the entire thing due to tainted lemonade from the 1950s.When five misfit teens are thrown together in detention they realise they all have one thing in common: a love for incredibly innoffensive soft pop. But can their musical talents flourish in a school that makes them practice in a basement? Is their talent…
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E92 · 2 Mar 2026 · 2 hr 12 min
Avalon High
High school these days is tougher than ever, what with the pressures of social media, the looming spectre of AI and, of course, King Arthur's evil half-brother Mordred, who is always shoving you into lockers and putting plastic ants on your hot dogs.Or at least he is if you attend Avalon High, a typical American high school that may also be the setting for the resurrection of King Arthur himself, called back to the mortal realm by a world that needs him now more than ever. But can new Avalon High student Allie discover this reincarnated Arthur's true identity? Can Mordred be stopped before…
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E91 · 16 Feb 2026 · 2 hr
The Cheetah Girls: One World
Join us for a recap of The Cheetah Girls: One World!
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E90 · 2 Feb 2026 · 1 hr 59 min
Escape to Witch Mountain
You know you're in for a good time when a movie features a 'witch mountain', right? Well, not if you've seen 1995's Escape to Witch Mountain. Then you'll know how it's perfectly possible for a film featuring a witch mountain to also be utterly incomprehensible and intensely dull!Never mind, at least this baffling remake of the 1975 family film - which tells the story of psychic alien twins reuniting after years spent apart - also features a hilariously stupid villainous scheme, and makes for an extremely giddy recap. It also boasts Erik von Detten and Sam Horrigan, who would go on to play…
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E89 · 19 Jan 2026 · 2 hr 19 min
Mouse Hunt
What if Home Alone starred a mouse instead of Kevin McCallister, and what if the Wet Bandits legally owned the house he was murdering them in? These are the questions that only Mouse Hunt is brave enough to ask.When brothers Ernie and Lars Smuntz inherit a dilapidated old mansion from their father, their disappointment turns to excitement when they realise that it is a lost architectural masterpiece that could earn them millions of dollars. Unfortunately for them however, the house is now inhabited by one super intelligent, pitiless rodent who will stop at nothing to make sure these men's…
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5 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
Extra Helpings Feed Drop: Eerie, Indiana S1 E1 - ForeverWare
Mom Can't Cook! returns on 19 Jan with Mouse Hunt, but until then we thought we'd treat you to a feed drop of the first episode of our brand new Eerie, Indiana recap from Extra Helpings, Mom Can't Cook's Patreon-exclusive bonus podcast. This episode originally aired on 29 December 2025, and covers the first episode of 1991 paranormal kids TV show Eerie, indiana 'Foreverware'. Get access to over 60 (and counting) hours of bonus episodes by going to Patreon.com/ExtraHelpings.Extra Helpings is BACK with a brand new show to recap! Join us as we head to Eerie, Indiana - a seemingly normal…
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E88 · 22 Dec 2025 · 2 hr 29 min
Haul Out the Holly
After this year's Halloween special on Haul Out the Halloween, we realised that we'd already ruined the year, so why not do Haul Out the Holly for our Christmas show? It's not like it could get any worse.Friends, how wrong we were. Haul Out the Holly is the first of three Haul Out movies, and this one shows us how Emily Melrose (Lacey Chabert) came to Evergreen Lane in the first place. How did she end up with a 2.6 million dollar house in suburban Utah? How did she become obssessed with the holidays? And how did she end up in a romantic relationship with Jared, a man who can only become…
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E87 · 8 Dec 2025 · 2 hr 8 min
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Are the Jonas Brothers real? That's the question at the centre of 2025's Disney+ original movie 'A Very Jonas Christmas Movie', which is either grimly cynical xmas fluff, or a biting comedy about siblings raised in the spotlight that lays bare the personal and professional failings of each Jonas Brother. It's very hard to tell.That said, we're trying our best to pin down this quantum-state Christmas movie, in which Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas are thrust into a madcap chase across Europe in a bid to be home for the 25th. The only thing we do know is that if the authorities ever catch Santa,…
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E86 · 24 Nov 2025 · 2 hr 3 min
Teen Beach Movie
Mack and Brady have a problem. Their endless Summer of surfing, freedom and teen romance has come to an end, and instead of dying in a category 5 Kill Storm like they wanted, they've been washed by a magic wave into Brady's favourite movie, 1960s beach musical Wet Side Story.Now trapped in a living hell of dancing, songs and teen romance, Mack and Brady must figure out how to get back to the real world while navigating warring factions of surfers and bikers and the unwanted attentions of the movie's romantic leads, Tanner and Lela. Can Mack and Brady survive in a world where a dance number…
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E84 · 27 Oct 2025 · 2 hr 19 min
Haul Out the Halloween
If you were making a film and one of your characters was a petulant manbaby who was obsessed with rules, spent half of the film in a costume store pretending to be Gandalf and could only become aroused by enforcing the rules of the local homeowners' association, you'd imagine that character would be the villain, right?Well, welcome to the Hallmark Channel's Haul Out the Halloween, where not only is this character, Jared, not the villain, he is also the romantic lead and deuteragonist, alongside his wife Emily. Emily and Jared live on Evergreen Lane, known as the most festive street in…
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E82 · 29 Sep 2025 · 2 hr 22 min
Hatching Pete
If the Disney Channel approached you and asked you to write a movie about mascots, but you didn't know anything about mascots, you would probably do one of two things: 1) Go away and learn about mascots, then write the movie.2) Say "sorry, I don't know anything about mascots, I cannot write this movie". However, there is a secret third option, and that is to write the movie anyway, despite not knowing what a mascot is, or what one does, or how people would react to it. And friends, that's the option that we have to assume led to 2009's Hatching Pete, in which a boy named Pete inspires a…
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E81 · 15 Sep 2025 · 2 hr 7 min
Principal Takes a Holiday
Join us for a recap of 1998's Principal Takes a Holiday!
About Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast
Join Luke Westaway and Andy Farrant as they talk about cinema's greatest achievement: Disney Channel Original Movies. From X-TREME rollerblading, to Mermen, to homicidal smart homes, there's something for everyone in these brilliant, baffling films. Also, usually the mom character in the film is una
Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast is a English film & tv podcast from Luke Westaway & Andy Farrant. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.
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