Funemployment, Day Sixty Eight: Sonny With A Chance...of Disney divas.

last night was the premiere party at the hollywood improv for disney channel's newest original comedy, sonny with a chance. (sorry, i still slip into copytalk every now and then.) it stars one of disney's new darlings, demi lovato who, if you're between the ages of 6 and 14, is kind of a big deal around here.*

so my friend hillary let me tag along with her to see the accompanying fanfare and hoopla and see my old disney friends. admittedly i was worried about the possibility of running into my old boss who is an awkward woman even in the best of situations. but i figured as long as i avoided the buffet table i wouldn't even have to see her. luckily, she was a no-show (she must have heard about the lack of buffet) so i was free to mingle with old friends and coworkers**. i did get some surprised looks, like i'd just risen from the dead, but i was happy to be living proof that there is life after disney.

it was also awesome to watch what became the equivalent of the cool kids' table in the cafeteria. in the middle of the room was demi lovato, selena gomez and other assorted aspiring disney channel "it" kids. it was like an issue of tiger beat come to life. and as the night wore on and grammys let out, miley cyrus and her manmeat of the month showed up and joined the gang (she fed him food. gag.). and as if that wasn't enough tween star power for one table, taylor swift joined in, still wearing her grammy outfit. it was like the teen choice awards spontaneously broke out at the improv.

at that point i realized that if someone dropped a bomb on that one table, disney channel would go bankrupt. i mean really, shouldn't they have a company policy that no two of its moneymakers can travel together for fear of losing too much of its stable to an accident? (or DUI, or paparazzi beatdown, or naked photo scandal...) but then i remembered that at age 15 they're over the hill, have an ever-growing sense of entitlement and salary requirement, and judy taylor probably has fifty more just like them waiting in the wings to be america's next top tween.

comforted by that realization, we headed upstairs to watch with the crew. the show looked good, everyone seemed happy with the premiere, and i'm sure the ratings will be great.*** and being a G-rated affair the party wound down just in time for me to meet friends working the grammys at st nick's for some R-rated drinks. sunday funday, indeed!

*if you're older than that you'll appreciate nancy mckeon playing her mom.
**shout out to the funemployment fans! thanks for the encouragement!
***tiffany thornton is laugh out loud funny and i can't wait for her to steal the show from demi.