Written by Erica Rose Jackson After binging season six of Orange is the New Black, and seeing Mackenzie Phillips back on the small screen, we decided it’s time to argue for more So Weird. Do you remember the 90s Disney show that followed Fiona ‘Fi’ Phillips (Cara DeLizia) on her journeys to explore and explain the strange? If you do, then you know why Disney should round up this cast and get them back to work because this show had so much more to offer. Here’s some reasons why. So Weird originated our love for Mackenzie Phillips - Philips played the rockstar mother of Fi who was on tour which allowed Fi to do her research. Phillips was amazing in this show, not to mention her excellent voice on the theme song and other performances. We would love to see her back on the road with her sweet little family and crew for more of this show. We have seriously missed her, and OITNB reminded us of that fact. Henry Winkler was an Executive Producer - First of all, what? We had no idea our dear Fonz was a part of the creation of this excellent show, but it makes so much sense. So Weird was such a great show with and intriguing cast and storyline that Winkler’s involvement only seems natural. Disney, if you bring it back, make sure to get him again. The story - We had Are you Afraid of the Dark? for our paranormal fun, but this show took it beyond the scare tactic and actually tried to help us understand the world of the unknown. We never found ourselves scared while we watched, but we should have, looking back. This is just another testament to how well done this short lived Disney show was, it allowed the most easily scared of us to enjoy a show about the supernatural. Fiona Phillips - Cara DeLizia was one of the first great strong female characters of the young TV world. She took chances and she always did the right thing, even when it hurt her. Fi had a great role model in her mom, Molly, and between the two we had great role models to look up to. Who didn’t want to be as cool as Fi and Molly back in the day? Erik Von Detten - This young man was all of our 90s girl dreamboat crush. Von Detten was the adorable Clu on So Weird, but we also got to fawn over him in other Disney classics. Those include: Brink!, The Princess Diaries, Escape to Witch Mountain, and Recess. Who wouldn’t love to have him back again? We would be so ready. So Weird was one of Disney’s best original shows, one of the few that made us feel grown up even at our young ages, and we would love to see more. Would you like more of this classics? Reboots are what the entertainment world does best, these days, so why not get this one back in the game.
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