14 Responses to “My Achy Breaky Jailbait”

1. Donna Locke Says:
   November 19th, 2007 at 12:40 am

   I saw part of that show once. Five minutes I will never get back. It was unbearable after one minute, but my then-3-year-old granddaughter was sitting beside me on the couch and kept saying “I want to see the girls!” every time I tried to change the channel. I finally distracted Rachel with something else, but she still wanted to see “the girls.” At 3, she was already looking for clues about life as a girl. At 3, I sat on my front porch and watched the big girls walk home from school. Looking for clues, too.

2. Gordon Says:
   November 19th, 2007 at 7:52 am

   The Disney Money Machine created Hannah Montana. Like High School Musical, the equal parts of music, sit com and cult-building has turned Billy Ray Cyrus’ daughter into a NATIONAL OBSESSION!

   Full disclosure – we’re fans at our house.

3. Brian McMurphy Says:
   November 19th, 2007 at 8:18 am

   I’m still trying to sort this out.

   Billy Ray Cyrus is a mullet-clad one-hit wonder from 10 years ago. An easy piece line danced her way into his ironed Wrangler jeans.

   I asked because of a friend of mine said that they were pondering tickets for their daughter and that they were upwards of $500. That’s a laptop computer.

   We have seen this phenomenon before. We’re just a few short years away from embarrassing crotch shot photos and a bitter custody dispute after she marries the lead Gaffer from the set of her tv show. Because he’s the only one who understands.

4. Yiddish Steel Says:
   November 19th, 2007 at 2:58 pm

   Dude… My daughters are drinking the Hannah Montana Kool-Aide by the 5-gallon bucket, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it, short of cutting the cable. I get it; she’s and icon to an army of Elementary School-aged girls. I tried buying tickets to the concert the morning they went on sale and the show sold out in 3 minutes! Ticket prices on ebay were anywhere from $150 to $1500 each. INSANITY! Parents, I urge you to not get sucked into this. Let it play itself out; Hannah Montana will eventually die a pop trend’s death, the sooner the better. The show is rather innocent and tame compared to other options they shove down kids’ throats these days. I have watched it with my daughters too many times to count; it’s annoying, but it usually ends with a useful, moral outcome.

   I’m just happy that I don’t have boys that want to watch Wrasslin’ and want me to take them to see Raw or Smackdown.

5. michele Says:
   November 19th, 2007 at 3:45 pm

   I have a totally different perspective, parents should be grateful that theirdaughters are participating in something joyful with many other kids. HM strikes me as a good role model too.

6. Mark Says:
   November 19th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

   I agree with michele, there are worse things that HM.

   And Billy-Ray had two hits, “Some gave all”. And as far as I know he never trashed the troops and that deserves something.

   But I have a pair of ‘side cutters’ for whoever would take destiny in their own hands and cut the cable and suffer the consequences.

7. Buzzy Says:
   November 19th, 2007 at 4:32 pm

   Yep my granddaughter has the Hanna Montana fever too and at least she isn’t listening to Gangsta Rap and the rest of that crap.

8. Nigel Says:
   November 19th, 2007 at 6:56 pm

   I have no kids. I do coach 30 teenage girls and the vast majority of them are Hannah Montana fans.

   With all the garbage that is out there, I’ve got no problem with that.

   What I am afraid of is that she gets so big she turns out like Britney Spears. Remember, Britney was originally a mouseketeer…

9. Brian McMurphy Says:
   November 19th, 2007 at 8:08 pm

   Ok, I get it guys. And while I can understand not raising the chirrens on Akon and Ludacris, doesn’t it send a bad message that people are paying these hundreds to thousands of dollars for a one to two hour show?

   Sometimes a good parent says “no”.

10. Yiddish Steel Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 12:01 am

    Yo! McMurph… Whatever the market may bear, my man. That’s the American way. If Mommy & Daddy Mallbucks have the “F-U Money” to drop on a little Achy-Breaky Big Mistakey, then more power to them. I decided it wasn’t worth it after getting Shanghai’d via Ticket Bastard and a near-rear-end-assaulting by Ebay and the scum-bag Ticket Brokers that wanted a month’s mortgage payment for 3 tickets in the Ionisphere of the San Diego Sports Arena for Hannah Time. My daughters were a little bummed, but, they happily took the consolation prize of a day with dad at Knott’s Berry Farm.

11. Brian McMurphy Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 12:25 am

    Plus, you can never teach “learning to live with disappointment” early enough in life.

    All of this music talk is leading to a White Trash Wednesday, by the way.

12. michele Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 1:09 am

    I didn’t know the concerts cost so much. My 9 YO daughter is totally uninterested in Hanna Montana, BTW. She’ll probably stay that way unless Miss Cyrus suddenly sprouts fangs and scales.

13. Nigel Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 10:42 am

    All of this music talk is leading to a White Trash Wednesday, by the way.

    Don’t tease us, bro! You got a little Tubing with dat?

14. Nigel Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 10:45 am

    Back to the Hannah Montana thing. I don’t think Disney suspected the demand, or they could EASILY have booked multiple concerts at each venue.

    My roommate from college was going to take his daughter up in the O.C., but Anaheim’s Honda Center sold out in about 45 minutes and though he could afford it, he could not plunk down $500 for nosebleed seats.