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  • ♪ (industrial music) ♪

  • ♪ (piano ballad) ♪

  • - (giggling)

  • No way! Are you serious?

  • - (laughing) - (gasping) Oh my gosh!

  • - ♪ Living in... ♪

  • - You have no idea how obsessed as a kid I was with High School Musical.

  • - ♪ Didn't understand

  • - (singing along) ♪ That anything can happen

  • ♪ (piano ballad) ♪ - (giggling)

  • - ♪ When you take a chance

  • - ♪ I never believed... ♪

  • - I love how shy they are.

  • But, like, they know they can sing.

  • - ♪ ...see

  • ♪ I never... ♪ - So emotional right now.

  • This is, like, memories.

  • - ♪ To all the possibilities

  • - ♪ This could be the start

  • - (singing along) - ♪ Of something new

  • - (singing along) - ♪ It feels so right

  • To be here with you ♪ - (laughing)

  • - This is really bad.

  • I'm kind of embarrassed that I remember this.

  • - ♪ I'm feeling my... ♪ - Man, this got so big.

  • This got so much bigger than all of us thought it would.

  • - ♪ Something new

  • - I think it's been ten years, but it didn't feel like that.

  • - ♪ I gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game

  • - ♪ We gotta get it, get it, get it, get it

  • Get the head in the game

  • - My best friend in high school, his uncle is Kenny Ortega,

  • and I actually went to the premier of this.

  • - (singing along) ♪ Get your head in the game

  • We gotta get'cha, get'cha, get'cha, get'cha head in the game

  • - ♪ We're breaking free ♪ - ♪ We're soaring

  • - ♪ Flyin' ♪

  • - (singing along) ♪ There's not a star in heaven

  • That we can't reach

  • - ♪ If we're tryin' ♪

  • - Aw, guys. This is childhood.

  • - ♪ (vocalizing) ♪

  • - My boy, Zac Efron.

  • He's killing the game right now, lately, you know?

  • - ♪ Yeah free

  • Now's the time

  • - Initially, this is what got me out of my shell to go into theatre.

  • Because in middle school, I would have never done it.

  • I was too shy.

  • - ♪ Together everyone

  • Together, together

  • Come on, let's have some fun

  • We're all in this together ♪ - I can do that.

  • Once we know that we are

  • - This is, like, a place in my heart.

  • I kind of want to cry right now.

  • - I used to watch the singalongs where you would learn

  • the dances with them.

  • - ♪ And it shows when we stand

  • - Oh my god. They all look so young.

  • - This is what dreams are, right here.

  • - ♪ When we reach, we can fly

  • Go in sight

  • We can make it

  • Wildcats everywhere

  • - (singing along) ♪ Wave your hands up in the air

  • - ♪ That's the way we do it

  • Let's get to it

  • Come on, everyone

  • - Man. - Good stuff.

  • You guys made my day! Yes!

  • (giggling) - This was worth waking up for.

  • - I'm gonna cry. Stop.

  • That's, like, my favorite movie.

  • - I'm a big guy. I'm seven foot.

  • But I would sing High School Musical all day

  • for the rest of my life.

  • ♪ (industrial music) ♪

  • - (FBE) So, this was Disney's High School Musical.

  • Would you say you were a fan of this movie when you were younger?

  • - I'm not a fan of the movie particularly,

  • but I do like some of the songs.

  • - A fan?

  • I was like a super-fan!

  • - Who wasn't?

  • Honestly, I think even guys liked it.

  • - Absolutely. I watched it to learn all the dance moves and everything.

  • That is my movie.

  • - Completely, utterly, 100%-- if it was here still now,

  • I would still be a fan.

  • - Hell yeah.

  • I probably said I wasn't, but I watched it.

  • - (FBE) So for those who don't know,

  • can you tell us what the plot of High School Musical is?

  • - Yes.

  • It was about Troy and Gabriella.

  • - It's a girl-- she's like this scientist/mathematic girl.

  • - They both secretly love choir and singing and dancing and theatre,

  • but they don't want to admit it.

  • - A young stud on the basketball team, about to make the NBA.

  • Turns out he's also musically talented, but he's torn, you know?

  • Do I wanna be D1 bound, you know?

  • Do I wanna be the next Kobe or do I wanna be the next Beiber?

  • - Looking back at it now, it's probably one of the cheesiest things

  • I've ever seen, but I still love it 'cause I'm all about the super cheesy stuff.

  • - (FBE) So we're covering this because High School Musical debuted

  • on The Disney Channel back in 2006, making this 10 years old.

  • - (gasping) Oh my gosh. - I was in sixth grade.

  • - Oh my gosh! It's been a decade!

  • - (FBE) So how does that make you feel?

  • - Holy shit, man. What the he--

  • 10 years old!

  • Damn, life does go by fast, man.

  • - It makes me feel like "David after Dentist."

  • It's just like, "Is this real life?"

  • - I feel like a dinosaur now.

  • Like, dang, it's been 10 years?

  • To this day, people still talk about High School Musical,

  • so it's like, "Oh."

  • I mean, that's one of those good movies

  • 'cause people still talk about it 10 years later.

  • - (FBE) Some of the actors in this movie are Zac Efron...

  • - Love him.

  • - (FBE) ... Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, and Corbin Bleu.

  • - Irrelevant!

  • - (FBE) All of them helped make this movie a huge success,

  • so they made a sequel in 2007, doubling the viewers to 18 million.

  • And in 2008, High School Musical 3 was released in theatres,

  • grossing over $270 million worldwide. - Shit!

  • - Yeah, it was huge.

  • - I couldn't get into High School Musical like that.

  • That was just not my thing.

  • I was a Cheetah Girls fan.

  • - 18 million people watching High School Musical.

  • That's a legendary movie. Don't tell me otherwise.

  • - (FBE) What was it about High School Musical

  • that made it that massive? - It was relatable.

  • - With each movie, it became more and more relatable, I guess,

  • 'cause it showed things like, oh yeah, you know,

  • sometimes friendships drift because of work and stuff.

  • - People love musicals, right?

  • Like, I love musicals. Everyone loves singing and dancing.

  • - The message that it gives, it's just like, "Hey, be yourself."

  • You know? Just be yourself and it's okay.

  • - It's a feel-good movie.

  • High School Musical is, like, what you want in life.

  • So you have to go see it.

  • - (FBE) So we're now actually gonna show you

  • a medley of songs from High School Musical 2 and 3.

  • - Okay! Yeah!

  • - I'm not ready. I'm ready.

  • I'm not ready. I am, but I'm not.

  • But I am... but I'm not.

  • But I am.

  • - YES! Bring it.

  • - ♪ What time is it

  • Summertime

  • It's our vacation ♪ - (singing along)

  • This was the beginning of the second one.

  • - They had some of the best dance moves though.

  • Look at this.

  • - ♪ Anticipation

  • - I would be the one guy in the hallway, like,

  • "Can you guys move?

  • I'm trying to get out of here for summer break already."

  • - ♪ When I hear my favorite song

  • - Oh, and that's when they first kissed.

  • That was a big deal.

  • They did not kiss in the first movie.

  • - ♪ ...belong

  • - (laughing) Oh my god.

  • That compu-- like, CGI-- what was that?

  • That was horrible!

  • - It's like the cutest romance.

  • - ♪ You are the music in me ♪ - It's so cheesy, it hurts.

  • - ♪ All I wanna do

  • - (woman) That's Troy Bolton. - Oh!

  • Oh, okay. I remember this one now.

  • (singing along) ♪ With you

  • There's nothing we can't do

  • - ♪ Just wanna be with you

  • - ♪ High school musical ♪ - Oh.

  • This is the one that made everyone cry.

  • - ♪ It's the best part we've ever known

  • - My graduation was not like that.

  • - A real high school graduation is a lot of sitting in the heat.

  • - ♪ All together

  • - It just made all the guys want to find a Vanessa Hudgens, this movie.

  • - ♪ I want the rest of my life

  • To feel just like a... ♪

  • - Imagine that in the theatres. Like, it... mm!

  • - ♪...musical ♪ - (sniffling)

  • - I remember seeing that in the theatres

  • and I was like, "No! It's over."

  • - It's the freeze frame. The freeze frame.

  • - That's emotional. I have-- I literally do have chills.

  • - Is there another one?

  • - (laughing) - No!

  • - Dang it, we're so into this!

  • - (FBE) So, do you think the way that television has evolved

  • over the past 10 years, that there will ever be anything

  • that's quite as big as High School Musical

  • when it comes to made-for-TV movies?

  • - I think it's always a possibility.

  • - I don't think so.

  • It won't affect us the same way because we already had High School Musical.

  • - It has to be more on the big screen now

  • because... I think that's what happened with High School Musical 3.

  • They were like this franchise is too big to be on TV.

  • - I don't think so. I don't think anymore.

  • There's so many online releases now.

  • - I can see a show getting popular on Netflix

  • or something online, but as for TV, I don't know if I see that too much.

  • - (FBE) So, finally, Disney announced that they are officially making

  • a High School Musical 4 with a brand new set of Wildcats.

  • - What?! No, they did not!

  • It's not the same! It's not the same.

  • - (FBE) So do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea?

  • - I think it's okay.

  • I think if Disney trusts a storyline enough to bring it to the screen,

  • they should be able to do that.

  • I don't wanna shoot it down

  • 'cause I feel like that's what most people do.

  • - Bad idea. It's like Mean Girls 2.

  • You should've let it rest.

  • - They want to make more money, so, I mean, yeah.

  • Typical conglomerates.

  • - It's kind of bad!

  • I hate to say that-- but you never know.

  • I'm probably still gonna watch it though, to be honest.

  • - It's gonna flop so hard, bro.

  • I hope their accounts are ready for that shit.

  • Yeah, that's some bullshit.

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  • - Goodbye! Go Wildcats!

  • - Hey, everyone, I'm Dallen, associate producer here at FBE.

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