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The Famous Jett Jackson | 3.16: Backstage Pass

We miss you, Lee.

THE FAMOUS JETT JACKSON | 03x16 - “Backstage Pass”

The Famous Jett Jackson intro

Today in Disney Channel History...

The Disney Channel Original Movie Jett Jackson: The Movie, the first DCOM to be based on a Disney Channel show, premiered on Disney Channel. The DCOM marked the end of The Famous Jett Jackson. (8 June, 2001)

The good old times. You have gone too soon. I'll never be the same without you. All I have is memories. I know you're in a better place...But it's always going to hurt.

The Famous Jett Jackson needs to be on Disney Plus. I don't understand why it isn't.

It’s kinda unfortunate that after all this time, 10 years since the actor killed himself, Lee Thompson Young’s show The Famous Jett Jackson isn’t available on Disney+ to watch. Could be a licensing issue, but somehow Amazon Prime has the show’s movie

Hey guys , I feel for this people need to see this show for a future generation.

@easthigh's monstober 2023 event 👻 week two: episodes

↳ MY FAVOURITE DISNEY CHANNEL HALLOWEEN EPISODES

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody | 01x19 "The Ghost of Suite 613" (2005)

DuckTales | 03x10 "The Trickening!" (2020)

The Villains of Valley View | 02x13 "The Haunted Jukebox" (2023)

The Owl House | 03x01 "Thanks to Them" (2022)

Lizzie McGuire | 01x24 "Night of the Day of the Dead" (2001)

The Famous Jett Jackson | 02x08 "Ghost Dance" (1999)

Gravity Falls | 01x12 "Summerween" (2012)

Amphibia | 02x12 "The Shut-In!" (2020)

Have you seen this childhood show: The Jersey (1999-2004), United States (English)

Commentary/Context/Memories: It’s like a sports version of Quantum Leap.

[Mod A: I actually haven’t seen either Quantum Leap or The Jersey, so I don’t know what this means lol (but I will research to understand!). Quantum Leap is about a physicist who involuntarily travels through space-time to correct historical mistakes by using the bodies of people in that historical period. The Jersey uses a similar concept to this where four teenagers (Nicholas "Nick" Lighter, Morgan Hudson, Coleman Galloway, and Elliot Riffkin) share a magic football jersey (which was Nick’s grandfather’s old jersey) that puts one of them into the body of a famous athlete (from various sports) in order to learn important life lessons. I did not recognize any athletes on the Wikipedia list except for Tony Hawk and Sabrina Bryan (they had a Cheetah Girl in one episode?!?!!), but that’s bc most of them were American footballers or basketball players (sports I didn’t grow up watching), and the two hockey players were not on my hometown team. I’m also so curious, do they telepathically connect with the mind of the athlete or is it a full on possession? Regardless, this seems to be heavily focused on American Football, although it seems there were some basketball, rugby, wrestling, baseball and hockey episodes. From the episode descriptions, Morgan seems to be the most compelling character to me because she got to transport into the soccer and hockey bodies! They also had an episode “Nick’s a Chick” where the main guy Nick insults women’s sports and consequently gets transported into the body of Lisa Leslie (a WNBA player) to hopefully learn to put some respect on women’s sports <3 Another unexpected connection from another poll is that Lee Thompson Young (The Famous Jett Jackson, RIP) was in an episode! Probably would be more interested in it if the jersey was a hockey jersey (but that’s just my bias haha)].

Another 10 queer punks

1. Gina Schock(on the right, Joan Jett is on the left): lesbian

Gina Schock is the drummer for the Go-Gos and prior to that she was the drummer for “Edie and the eggs” (which was fronted by Edith Massey who was most know for being in John Waters movies).

2. Kristian Hoffman(In the middle between David johansen and Jonathan Richman): gay

Kristian Hoffman was the keyboardist and song-writer for “The Mumps” and also played with “The Contortions” and Lydia Lunch. He was in the 1971 documentary tv series “An American Family” because he was Lance Loud’s (who was the singer of “The Mumps”) best friend.

3. Snuky Tate: gay

Snuky Tate was involved in the San Francisco punk scene and was in a band called “The Alterboys”. Though he recorded a single called “who cares?” that was not with “the Alterboys”. He died in 1998.

4. Cherry vanilla: unknown

Cherry Vanilla is a singer-songwriter and actress. She worked with and dated David Bowie. Too my knowledge she has never specifically stated her sexuality though her keyboardist Zecca Esquibel said “Well, Cherry's act was always a very sexual act. She's gorgeous woman, and known for her sexploits, so it was very easy for her to put into her show an occasional song about her attraction to women. Basically she's heterosexual, but she's had many…ah, I won't say many, I won't put words in her mouth. Cherry had had lesbian experiences with other women and was attracted to women, and occasionally she would sing about it, and ended up with one song on each album. "Foxy Bitch," which was, is about Linda Ronstadt, and "Amanda," on the second album. I can't claim that it's a reference to Amanda Lear, but I think it is, who is the famous sex change that appeared in a lot of Bowie's work.” So I’m not sure exactly how she identifies but it seems as though she’s not 100% straight.

5. Eric Emerson: Bisexual

Eric Emerson was a Warhol actor originally and then was in early glam punk band “The Magic Tramps”. Emerson was openly bisexual. At some point (probably in the 60’s) his father accused him of being “a little sweet” and Eric Emerson’s response to the statement was "What he don't understand is that my generation can swing both ways". He died in 1975 a month before his 30th birthday. The official cause of death was a hit and run though it is more likely he died from a heroin overdose in a different location and then placed on the side of the road.

6. Marie France: trans woman

Marie France is a French singer and actress who was somewhat involved with punk in the 70s, putting out a punk style single “Daisy / Déréglée” in 1977. She was involved with FHAR, Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire which in English is Homosexual Front of Revolutionary Action. She was involved in a group called “The Gazolines” and was on the cover of a single by punk band “Gazoline” which was named after the group she was in.

7. Alice Bag: Bisexual

Alice Bag was the singer for the L.A punk band “The Bags”. She has said that David Bowie was was a big influence on her and how she found out that bisexuality was an option “When you’re in your early teens you’re starting to explore sexual feelings. At that point, I thought you either had to be straight or be gay. I didn’t know that you could be bisexual. But when David Bowie talked about it, all of a sudden I thought, That’s how I feel and that’s OK. He’s David Bowie and he’s giving me permission. It was very powerful.”

8. Vaginal Davis(the one in the front) : genderqueer and intersex

Vaginal Davis’s name is a homage to Angela Davis, considering Angela Davis to be one of her biggest inspirations. Vaginal Davis was in multiple bands such as “The Afro Sisters” and “¡Cholita! The Female Menudo” which Alice bag was also a member of. She also helped form the Queercore punk movement of the 80’s and made the zine “Fertile LaToyah Jackson” which was published from 1982 to 1991.

9. Phranc: lesbian

Phranc was in the L.A punk band “Nervous Gender” she was also in the bands “Catholic Discipline” and “Castration Squad”. Around the 80’s she moved away from punk and into folk music, calling herself the “All-American Jewish Lesbian Folksinger".

10. Tom Robinson: bisexual

Tom Robinson was in “The Tom Robinson Band” which was a political band that had many LGBT related songs. For a long time he identified as gay though in 1982 he met Sue Brearley and he would eventually marry her, though he would still identify as gay. In the 90’s he stated "I have much more sympathy with bisexuals now, but I am absolutely not one." Though he now does consider himself bisexual.

Today in Disney Channel History...

The Famous Jett Jackson season 3, episode 6 “Age Old Story” premiered on Disney  Channel (22 July, 2000)