With Season four being the last season for Liv and Maddie, it's a safe bet, that the staff of the show wanted to allow one last chance for Kali Rocha and her writing partner Jonathan McClain to write an episode.
Liv is at the local mall that they call "The Cove" with some fans, while Karen helps take some pictures with them on their cell phones. Just then a modeling agent and photographer spots the two women, and wants to use one of them in a photo-shoot. But instead of seeking Liv, it's Karen that she wants to take pictures of. Liv is convinced this is some kind of scam, but as soon as she rebuffs the idea of her mother being discovered by a modeling agency, Karen is quick to talk her out of it, and let's her starlet daughter know in no uncertain terms that "Momma's still got it." And that's absolutely true. Now, some people may find it creepy to get all hot and bothered over Rooney family matriarch, but remember that I'm 52 years old, which means not only do I have the right to view the woman as a sex symbol, but it's actually more appropriate for me to do so. Anyway, Karen anticipates an upcoming photo-shoot at Dena's household, yet Liv still tries to convince her mother that the woman is a scam-artist. When the photographer finally arrives at the house and takes pics, Liv is almost ready to catch her in the act of getting a check from her, when she finds the woman was actually going to give her a check. So while the Rooney matriarch doesn't lose money on the deal, the gig may not turn out as glamorous as she expects.
Maddie and Willow are jogging through the same mall as part of their basketball training, when they stumble upon a local young musician making up a song about them. The two ex-Ridgewood High School jock girls are big fans of this kid, and naturally throw money in his guitar case. Unfortunately, Willow accidentally threw a punch card for a juice bar in there and tries to get it back, and that's when they both discover that their favorite local musician is a homeless runaway. This story-line is the reason for the title, and that's when they decided they're going to raise some money so they can find this kid a place to live. First they decide to build a booth where people can shoot a basketball to help them raise money. Suddenly, Parker's would-be girlfriend Val comes over to visit him and notices some structural deficiencies in the booth, which neither of the two girls buy until Maddie shoots a ball, causing it to collapse. That's when they decide to get help from the teenage Einstein, and use a classroom at her school. But rather than build a booth to raise money for the house, Maddie suggests that they should build one themselves.
Joey and Parker are all psyched up for an upcoming movie called "Custodians of the Cosmos 2," which is shown in 5-D. Because the movie is in 5-D it's ridiculously expensive, so the two boys try to sneak into the movie theater at a lower price. As part of their attempt to do so, they meet a ticket counter girl at the theater named Daria, and before you get on my case about the classic MTV cartoon, this Daria played by Ashley Fuss, is not a brunette and does not wear glasses, but still has the same sullen, sarcastic attitude that those of us loved from the protagonist of the Beavis and Butt-head spin-off. She's not buying Parker's crappy attempts to impersonate a 4-year-old, or Joey's attempt to hide Parker in his jumpsuit and pretend to be an big fat man.
Disney's promotional department tried to plug this as a "very special episode," and while it's not hard to understand why, the "That's So Raven" episode "True Colors" was a lot more heavy-handed, and the "Austin & Ally" episode "Beauties & Bullies" was heavier than both of them. Additionally, Ms. Rocha once reminded us in an interview that Disney tends to make things cheap, but in some cases it works, because it gives cast-members the chance to perform other tasks behind the scenes, like write some episodes. Nevertheless, this gave the team of Rocha and McClain a chance to write something true to their hearts, and like in "BFF-A-Rooney," also give Ms. Rocha a chance to boost her own ego, which is well-deserved.
Liv is at the local mall that they call "The Cove" with some fans, while Karen helps take some pictures with them on their cell phones. Just then a modeling agent and photographer spots the two women, and wants to use one of them in a photo-shoot. But instead of seeking Liv, it's Karen that she wants to take pictures of. Liv is convinced this is some kind of scam, but as soon as she rebuffs the idea of her mother being discovered by a modeling agency, Karen is quick to talk her out of it, and let's her starlet daughter know in no uncertain terms that "Momma's still got it." And that's absolutely true. Now, some people may find it creepy to get all hot and bothered over Rooney family matriarch, but remember that I'm 52 years old, which means not only do I have the right to view the woman as a sex symbol, but it's actually more appropriate for me to do so. Anyway, Karen anticipates an upcoming photo-shoot at Dena's household, yet Liv still tries to convince her mother that the woman is a scam-artist. When the photographer finally arrives at the house and takes pics, Liv is almost ready to catch her in the act of getting a check from her, when she finds the woman was actually going to give her a check. So while the Rooney matriarch doesn't lose money on the deal, the gig may not turn out as glamorous as she expects.
Maddie and Willow are jogging through the same mall as part of their basketball training, when they stumble upon a local young musician making up a song about them. The two ex-Ridgewood High School jock girls are big fans of this kid, and naturally throw money in his guitar case. Unfortunately, Willow accidentally threw a punch card for a juice bar in there and tries to get it back, and that's when they both discover that their favorite local musician is a homeless runaway. This story-line is the reason for the title, and that's when they decided they're going to raise some money so they can find this kid a place to live. First they decide to build a booth where people can shoot a basketball to help them raise money. Suddenly, Parker's would-be girlfriend Val comes over to visit him and notices some structural deficiencies in the booth, which neither of the two girls buy until Maddie shoots a ball, causing it to collapse. That's when they decide to get help from the teenage Einstein, and use a classroom at her school. But rather than build a booth to raise money for the house, Maddie suggests that they should build one themselves.
Joey and Parker are all psyched up for an upcoming movie called "Custodians of the Cosmos 2," which is shown in 5-D. Because the movie is in 5-D it's ridiculously expensive, so the two boys try to sneak into the movie theater at a lower price. As part of their attempt to do so, they meet a ticket counter girl at the theater named Daria, and before you get on my case about the classic MTV cartoon, this Daria played by Ashley Fuss, is not a brunette and does not wear glasses, but still has the same sullen, sarcastic attitude that those of us loved from the protagonist of the Beavis and Butt-head spin-off. She's not buying Parker's crappy attempts to impersonate a 4-year-old, or Joey's attempt to hide Parker in his jumpsuit and pretend to be an big fat man.
Disney's promotional department tried to plug this as a "very special episode," and while it's not hard to understand why, the "That's So Raven" episode "True Colors" was a lot more heavy-handed, and the "Austin & Ally" episode "Beauties & Bullies" was heavier than both of them. Additionally, Ms. Rocha once reminded us in an interview that Disney tends to make things cheap, but in some cases it works, because it gives cast-members the chance to perform other tasks behind the scenes, like write some episodes. Nevertheless, this gave the team of Rocha and McClain a chance to write something true to their hearts, and like in "BFF-A-Rooney," also give Ms. Rocha a chance to boost her own ego, which is well-deserved.