The show for this week is Nickelodeon’s, yes, I said Nickelodeon, TV show, Drake and Josh.
While you might be asking yourself: Claire, are you five? Why are you recommending a show for tweens and pre-teens on a college blog? And the answer is quite simple. It’s because it’s a damn good show!
If your excuse for not watching this show years ago is “I was a Disney kid, not a Nick kid,” to be quite frank, you’re dead to me.
As all of my three (on a good day) readers may know, the show follows new step-brothers Drake Parker (played by Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (played by Josh Peck) after Drake’s mom and Josh’s dad get married. Oh, and they have a little sister, Megan (played by Miranda Cosgrove), who terrorizes them with pranks. Let me tell you, I tried to go deeper into the show’s plot and that’s pretty much all I got.
As I mentioned in a previous post about NBC’s Brooklyn 99, I can always relate to awkward characters. While in B99 I could relate to Charles Boyle, I relate to Josh Nichols on a personal level. Whether it’s dealing with personal issues…
… or social interactions …
Josh always seems to get the short end of the stick and to be honest, his pain is my gain. Seeing him try his best and still come up short makes me realize it happens to the best of us.
If you and someone you meet love the same show, there’s an instant connection. While many people quote popular shows like The Office to each other, quotes from Drake and Josh are just as funny. There are times when my sister and I get into arguments about stealing each other’s clothes and I say “are you calling me a liar?” and she immediately responds “Well I ain’t calling you a truther,” and all is well in the world. I know, I know, forget global warming or social media takeover, we’re solving the important problems in life.
In addition to some amazing quotes, The mid-late 2000’s style alone should be enough to convince you to watch the show:
I mean this picture is 2000s nostalgia at its finest. Watching Drake and Josh brings back all the middle school memories you immediately realize you never wanted to remember.
Aside from the style choices, Drake Bell’s hair is an entirely different story. While I distinctly remember finding his bowl/early Justin Bieber-esque haircut especially flattering the first time I watched the show, it has now been permanently etched into my brain. Even when I see current pictures of Drake Bell, all I can see is the bowl cut. It’s like trying to picture Troy Bolton as Zac Efron, it just doesn’t happen.
Now last but not least, one of Drake and Josh’s best characters by far is Walter, Josh’s dad. Walter is essentially the living and breathing form of a dad joke, and really, we love to see it. Anyone who watches can see elements of their own dad in Walter. For me, this specific scene speaks to my dad.
Now as we wrap up, I hope I’ve convinced you, a college student, to take some time out of your busy schedule and go watch a kid’s TV program.