Originally Posted By hightp Tonight, December 17, there is a show on the Food Network, at 9PM EST called Christmas at WDW. I don't know if this is a rerun from a previous year, but they will have Raven Symone on and they will talk about making the giant gingergbread house in the Grand Floridian. It all sounds familiar, but this is a notice, just in case.
Originally Posted By CTXRover Its a new show for 2005, but it has aired several times already this year. From what I remember, most of it appeared to be filmed during last year's holiday season (2004), as expected since it first aired back in November. Its a nice show about all the food creations WDW's chefs build each year for the holidays.
Originally Posted By hightp Thanks for the info. I happened to check Food Network's site, and noticed it was on previously, and will be on a few more times before Christmas. I'll check it out tonight.
Originally Posted By RHODISNEY I caught this cute show and if it's repeated try to view it. It gave me a much needed Disney jolt on a dreary winter day. I'm still planning to get to WDW for Chrisstmas one day and see the decorations and that fabulous gingerbread house in person.
Originally Posted By Kylesmom I found Raven fairly annoying, fortunately she clearly wasn't on site for the tapings so she was only vamping in the filler. Otherwise I thought it was great and almost wish I were going during the holidays instead of during a time when it's less crowded.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire We watched this show the night before our Disney trip. It was cute and made us all even more excited!
Originally Posted By danyoung >I found Raven fairly annoying...< I'm glad someone else said that first in this thread - I've made the point a few times already!
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I too found her quite distasteful in the show. Maybe it's not her fault and it was the fault of the writers... but she was trying TOO hard to be funny and cute. And it came across as just plain obnoxious and almost insulting to us as far as what they thought we the viewers thought would be funny. But overall I thought this show was really entertaining and I learned a lot of cool things I didn't know. It was really neat to see how they showed the detail of finished projects! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Imagination is more important than knowledge--Albert Einstein <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I have an 11 year old daughter who loves Raven, as do her friends -- she wasn't being over the top for her-- she was being Raven. She used to irritate me too, as did Phil of the Future and Lizzie etc...but after a while I realized at least these are good roles for kids that age to watch -- so now she doesn't bother me any more.... she's nomore irritating that if Marcia Brady in character - hosted a show from my era ---
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo Your right about that vbdad55. Although I may not be really fond of her, Raven is a great role model for kids. Her show and others on Disney may not be fantastic, but they entertain kids without treating them like they are stupid, or shoving violence or sex in their faces. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By eortiz01757 I second that...My daughter loves Raven. She is a positive role model for our young girls. I know that some of you think she is too chunky, but she is letting young girls know that it is okay to not be super thin...just be themselves!
Originally Posted By Kylesmom I don't think I could have watched the special if Marsha, Marsha Marsha had hosted. Baaaad 70's flash back.
Originally Posted By beamerdog >>From what I remember, most of it appeared to be filmed during last year's holiday season (2004)<< You're right. In fact, I remember the exact display at AKL when we ate at Boma. I also remember a train display at YC, but I don't remember it as being edible. I love these displays. I once made a birthday cake for my son of Godzilla destroying a city. Ahh, marzipan, graham crackers, licorice and pretzel sticks are wonderful things.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I know that some of you think she is too chunky...< I'd just like to clarify that in no way do I think she's too chunky - just annoying.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 The question is -- who do you want your 10 - 13 year old daughter to emulate -- Raven or Brittney/Christina or a host of others ? I'll take annoying any day..... and for the record, I have no issue with her size either-- nice to see a young girl being a young girl vs. trying to be a stick figure all the time....
Originally Posted By danyoung I said in other threads that I have nothing against Raven, and agree that she puts out a much more wholesome image than others. And I also admit that I'm not her target audience. But as the host of a WDW show that I otherwise found interesting, I found her annoying. She's got the super polished, totally unnatural presentation that so many child stars have. If she would ever just relax and speak as herself, I think she would be much better. But as long as she's trying to be super-host, I'll find her annoying.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden It seems like I'm the only one who hasn't forgotten what Marcia looked like in the postpubescent seasons of the Brady Bunch. Heck, I'd take a shot with Alice if I thought it could get me an in with Marcia.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden Yeah, some of the girls in school really fell for Peter in the "Phil Packer/Brady Perm" era
