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FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

CourtneyRichardson24 The Amanda Show stars Amanda Bynes and other known Nickelodeon stars from the 90s and 00s. The Amanda Show is a spin off show from All That and is just a Saturday Night Live for kids. I loved this show so much because it was so funny and yeah, as a 16 year old, it still is. I am devastated that they do not play these shows on Nickelodeon AU anymore and it disappoints me even more that they do not make shows like these and instead they make absolute slop like: Big Time Rush, House of Anubis, Back at the Barnyard etc. This is the same as Disney AU, they have terrible shows: Kick Buttowski, Fish Hooks, Pair of Kings etc. Even when they do put the decent shows on: That's So Raven, Suite Life of Zack and Cody (NOT SUITE LIFE ON DECK), Lizzie McGuire, they are all on at midnight. But the old Nickelodeon and Disney will always remain in my childhood!10/10

crispy_comments Although I've come to appreciate Amanda Bynes' talent and general likability in the movies She's The Man and Hairspray, I dismissed The Amanda Show as way too broadly acted and juvenile in it's humour, much like Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven, and all those other tween-girl shows which I've channel surfed quickly away from.Recently I came across positive comments about one recurring segment called Moody's Point, which sounded interesting - intended as a spoof of teen soaps like Dawson's Creek. That actually has the potential to be funny (although I don't dislike the Creek). So I thought I'd give The Amanda Show another chance. Luckily all of Moody's Point can be found on youtube.Unfortunately, I was disappointed. Like many so-called spoofs, Moody's Point fails to address (and mock) the actual conventions of the genre or specific show/whatever it's supposed to be mocking. Instead of being a clever satire, the writers rely on easy gross-out gags and slapstick. They don't even bother to recreate famous moments from Dawson's Creek and put their own (hopefully humorous) spin on them. With the exception of the opening credit sequence. It seems clear to me that the writers/producers aren't very familiar with Dawson's Creek, and probably never watched an episode all the way through. I guess they never got past those opening credits.The "characters" on Moody's Point are ciphers, not clearly defined or recognizable archetypes. Meanwhile, the storyline... emergency surgeries/heart transplants, babies switched at birth/mysterious parentage ... all of these things are staples of daytime soaps for housewives. Not primetime teen dramas. With all the silly hospital hijinks and medical mix-ups on Moody's Point, I figure The Amanda Showrunners were inspired more by that Muppet Show sketch "Veterinarian's Hospital" (no doubt a staple of their childhood), moreso than Dawson's Creek or any other teen soaps.In any case, The Muppet Show was much funnier, Moody's Point was a waste of a good idea, and I still don't like The Amanda Show. Oh, she deserves her own show, but with better writers.... and better supporting actors. The rest of the Moody's Point cast was horrible. Amanda's the only one who realized that she should play her character earnestly and seriously, in order to best capture that teen angst mood. The other actors were so over-the-top with their exaggerated screaming and crying, they belonged in a spoof of I Love Lucy instead. (I realize that Amanda's a fan of Lucille Ball, but, whatever, I hate Lucy.) At least Amanda seems to understand that you don't need to bleat and bray and generally make an ass of yourself in order to be funny. The best comedians are equally good at drama/tragedy and can convey pathos. Bill Murray, for instance, or Charlie Chaplin. And (while I'm not saying she's the next Chaplin!) I thought I saw a bit of that in Amanda's performance, especially the scenes involving meeting her birth parents/saying goodbye to her old life. Glad Amanda Bynes said goodbye to this show, and hope she keeps moving on to bigger and better things.

DKosty123 The story of how Amanda Byrnes got this show is amazing. Due to her popularity on ALL THAT, another Nick series, someone decided to make her the 13 year old start of her own show. Of course being on Nick, this appealed mostly to young teens.The thing is, the show actually is a half hour version of the variety format which dominated network television for years. Somehow, Amanda, all of 13 years old, makes it work. There are a variety of guests including some musical guests.Very often the skits are funny. Some of them parody the politics going on while the show ran, & there is a particularly biting episode with a parody of the 2000 election with some sharp slaps at both Al Gore & George Bush. Slapping Bush is easy, but this is one of the few hilariously funny slaps of Gore to be found anyplace.Nick has a run of pretty decent teen talent during the late 1990's & Amanda was one of the better discoveries.

TVQueen First of all, Amanda didn't deserve a show when this first premiered on T.V! Second of all, it's a wannabee All That. The writers tried so hard to make the humor like All That. But the sketches on All That weren't stupid/pointless and bad influences for little kids. This was. In fact, the sketches got stupider and stupider (Moody's Point was the worst.) I bet the people in the audience was just faking laughs.Back when I was like 7 or 8, when this first aired on Nick, I liked it a lot. That's because I was a mindless little girl who would laugh at ANYTHING that was supposed to be funny (which the Amanda Show wasn't.) When I was 9 or 10, it was canceled - which was pretty much the happiest day of my life!And why Drake & Josh? WHY?