5 Disney Channel Shows You Dont Know or Remember

My family went on a vacation to Orlando earlier this week and during a ride on Winnie The Pooh, I asked my wife if she remembered the live action show that use to air on the Disney Channel. Full disclosure, there is a 4 year age difference between us and often when I mention stuff she likely never saw or too young to remember I get the blank stare or quick "No". So that got the wheels spinning in my head about Disney Channel shows you either don't know or completely forgot about. 

Here I am again with another blog to educate and remind. So here we go, 5 Disney Channel shows that have skipped the memory banks.

5. Winnie The Pooh Corner

Let's Start off with the show that inspired this blog. The live action Puppet show Welcome To Pooh Corner which debuted on the Disney Channel in 1983 (before I was even born). It was one of the original programs when the network launched and was treated as educational programming. The puppets featured were actors in costume which I guess was cutting edge at the time. The series ran until 1986 and aired in reruns normally during the day on the channel until the mid-90's.

4. Adventures In Wonderland

Debuting in 1992, Adventures In Wonderland was an effort by Disney to update the Alice In Wonderland story to modern times. It followed Alice who could easily transport to Wonderland at will through a mirror in her bedroom. When she often had issues at school or home and unsure what to do, she steps through the mirror to gain some guidance. The series ran until 1995 and aired in reruns for a couple more years. It's currently airing on Disney Plus.

3. Secret Bodyguard

Secret Bodyguard is a very obscure show in the history of programs. It starred Ernie Reyes Jr., his father Ernie Reyes Sr. and Heather Campbell. Originally airing as a series of shorts for a season during episodes of  the New Mickey Mouse Club. Disney eventually took those shorts and made full length episodes airing them on their own. It stars Ernie Reyes Jr. as a teenager who studies martial arts hired by a wealthy overprotective father to look after his daughter as she attends public school for the first time. 

2. Flash Forward 

Flash Forward was kind of new territory for the Disney Channel as it was more in the dramedy realm than previous programs. It also was the first series to air on the network with the "Disney Original Series" branding. Debuting in 1995 the series followed best friends Tucker (Ben Foster) and Rebecca (Jewel Staite) as they navigate 8th grade and all that comes with it alongside their friends. The show lasted one true season spread out across 26 episodes that were often broken up. It seemed like it ran in rerun infamy for years. 

1. Dumbo's circus

Dumbo's Circus pretty much followed the same format as Pooh's Corner, featuring actors in puppet costumes portraying Dumbo and his friends. They perform as a traveling circus act going town to town to entertain and educate. The series debuted in 1985 and lasted one full season ending in 1986, but somehow produced 120 episodes (They were working). It continued airing in reruns until the mid-90's as well. 

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Disney We Need A Powerline TV Show

 

If you are a 90's kid chances are even if you aren't a big fan of A Goofy Movie, you're a fan of fictional pop star Powerline. There is no denying the song "Eye 2 Eye" is a classic regardless of how you slice it. "Stand Out" while I personally don't think is on the level of "Eye 2 Eye" is also well beloved.

I recently visited Disney World and while not shocked nor really surprised, I still was in a state of awe at the insane amount of Powerline T-shirts worn at the park. I can't blame fellow Disney guests as I bought my Powerline T-shirt but didn't wear it.

Then a lightbulb went off in my head, Hollywood loves exploiting nostalgia against us for a quick buck. Disney Plus could use some new content, we don't know much about Powerline and would surely tune in. A 8-10 episode limited series of Powerline on tour during his Stand Out World Tour with some new hits sprinkled in would be gold.

Powerline could be a megastar traveling the world and learning something new about each new city he is in, making it educational. Or each episode could produce a challenge or situation that inspires Powerline to write a new song by the end of the episode. The early 90's gave musicians like Kid N' Play, MC Hammer, and New Kids On The Block cartoons, so maybe it could take inspiration and riff on those shows.

The possibilities are endless but the opportunity is there. Disney let's get the wheel churning and give us our Powerline Cartoon.

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