So Random!

The sudden departure of Demi Lovato from Sonny With A Chance left the rest of the show's cast member somewhat up in the air. I mean as clean teen idols, the Magic Kingdom already has Selena Gomez and Brigit Mendler so they're believers in being prepared.

But instead of cannibalizing the rest of the cast to different projects Disney Studio decided to keep the group together and the show within the show that was in Sonny With A Chance now became So Random. While the other show was on we did see some nice sketch comedy, now we see nothing but on So Random with some occasional musical interludes.

The interesting thing is how Sterling Knight's character Chad Dylan Cooper who had previously disdained the Randoms in favor of his teen soap opera Mackenzie Falls is now part of this show with no explanation. Just whatever happened to his precious Falls?

The sketch comedy is G-rated Saturday Night Live material and pretty funny. I hope this one stays around for a while and the beauty is it can have revolving regulars, cast members can come and go, but the show goes on.

I hope it does.

First, I didn't use to watch the show from which this originated from, Sonny with a chance but I think I may have watched at least one episode, but I can't really remember it. So, back to 'So Random'. So I was flipping through the channels when I came across this so called TV show, So Random. I didn't really have a good laugh on the episode. But since I'm a reasonable person, I decided to give this show another chance, I've watched three more episodes from this show. But sadly, I didn't laugh once. I could say this show will maybe fun for little kids but I don't really like it tbh. I think their sketches are lame and I especially hate the character Rufus. I know it's supposed to annoy people but I really get annoyed. The only thing I like about the show, Is the Unbelievable advertisements, I love crazy advertisements. But after those, I don't pretty much like anything else. It's a fun show(Mostly because of the actors and their guest appearances) but I don't really want to watch it on my spare time even though there's nothing else to watch.

OK, when this show first came out I loved it, I thought it was stupid, but I loved it anyway. About a month ago I became obsessed with another show, The Amanda Show. I soon realized that many of So Random's sketches were a rip off from The Amanda show, like the Sally Jensen, Kid Lawer(So Random), ripped of Judge Trudy(The Amanda show), who always sides with the kid just like Sally Jensen. Also guaca-mole and bedazzle zit(So random) is just like the crazy hat man(Amanda Show), who distracts people if you have a zit or a mole on your face. Another one is how the sketch with the hillbillies(so random) is wayy to much like a hillbilly moment(Amanda show), I'm surprised that Tiffany thorton doesn't start telling knock knock jokes! There are many other sketches that are the same, but if I listed them all this would be a pretty long review. Back to So Random... So the first time I watched it after I was done watching the Amanda show I was kinda shocked. I remembered it being stupid, but not that stupid. I can seriously watch an episode strait faced the entire time! Most of the sketches annoy me so much, like the stupid anime brothers or That stupid talking hand. The writers are trying to hard to get laughs. When I found out that Demi was leaving Sonny With A Chance I was really sad. She was like my second favorite character after Chad Dylan Cooper. I was worried about what would happen to the show, but more importantly sterling knight. If they were trying to focus on what so random was like before sonny came then what would happen to Chad? He couldn't go on so random because of Mackenzi Falls. So when I watched the first episode of So Random I was really confused. What the heck was Chad doing there. He seemed to leave his arrogantnes behind and became humble. Whats with that?! I've been hoping that Demi will come out of the audience and be like,"I'm back!" and then have them go back to Sonny With A Chance. That will probably never happen, so I guess that So Random will stay on the Disney Channel until it's canceled.

Alright, so this show came after Demi Lovato supposedly left the show, Sonny with a Chance. In order to save the show, they bring us a show based off of the show that the Sonny character acted in on Sonny with a Chance. And man, they made a big mistake.

First off, it's Disney Channel! The clean, politically correct kids network. I'm sorry, Disney Channel, but you're just not cut out for shows like this. I can see Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network doing this (in fact, they have, and both of those shows were piles of crap), since they have an "edge" to them, but not Disney Channel. But this was during a time when Disney Channel was pumping out shows like this, like Prank Stars. So, this show seems awful literally right from the start.

First off, the performances. They're annoying as hell. The most annoying of performances comes from that weird guy who looks like he's too old for the show. He kind of creeps me out, too.

Second, the "skits". Sometimes, you'll get an original one, like The I'm Going to Marry Zach Feldman Show, but most of the time, you just get "skits" built around pop-culture. Don't believe me? Well, in every episode, they would always make a Harry Potter joke. Repetitive much, repetitive? Yeah, we get it! You don't like Harry Potter! Please move on! More annoyances include a game show parody with nothing but pop-culture references as the guests (like Willow Smith, Fred, and some other guy); MC Grammar (get it? Ha ha! Wait, nothing was funny) and The Biggest Loser Ruins Your Meal, which reminds me...

Third, the "jokes" are too darn predictable, the most predictable one being from The Biggest Loser Ruins Your Meal, where a cop says to an inmate that this is going to be his "last meal ever" (and he does say it in emphasis). Then, we cut to a 90-degree angle, where it only shows the inmate's back and the side of his face. He's the only one there, and he spends the whole time cheering. When I first saw this, I knew what was coming. Going by the way how he's just standing there, and his meal is just sitting there, where ANYONE can grab it, I knew that something was going to happen to it. And sure enough, something did happen to it! Two joggers who claim to be from The Biggest Loser come and you guessed it, take it away! See what I mean? I could go on for hours about this show, but since it's canceled (thank God!), this is where I end my review.

Overall, it just wasn't the right move for Disney Channel. I know they were trying to be like that, but their channel was already established as a too clean network.

Let me start off by saying I hardly ever enjoyed Sonny with a Chance. The characters themselves were underdeveloped and very one-dimensional. This being said, when I found out that Disney was going to begin airing the actual variety show from Sonny with a Chance, I was extremely hesitant to watch. I'm nineteen; I grew up on Nickelodeon's All That, a show that's truly one of the best kid shows ever aired. This coupled with the whole Disney versus Nick fight many people continue to argue over had me underwhelmed and uninterested.

I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this show. It's funny, and the new members they've brought to the cast are nothing to scoff at. It definitely has potential to turn Disney's falling ratings around, but there are still several things that I feel prevent the show from really bringing Disney back.

The sketches, while funny, are very similar to All That sketches. Tantrum Girl is equivalent to Ask Ashley. The Spanish sketch is similar to Pierre Escargot. What will be Disney's downfall is trying too hard to create a great show. If Disney's writers can stop trying to imitate a hit 90's series and make So Random their own, this show could really do well. Now that All That is coming back to Nickelodeon though, it's definitely going to be hard for Disney to have a variety show. You can say all you want about So Random being wonderful, but go take a look at Youtube and watch some original All That. So Random has some major growing to do if it's going to keep enough interest, especially with All That airing again. All in all, this show has a great deal of potential.