Zoey 101 Time Capsule Video

Zoey 101 Time Capsule Video

By Sam Gallo

Ten years ago, a popular Nickelodeon children’s sitcom Zoey 10, aired an episode in which main character Zoey, played by Jamie Lynn Spears, made a video discussing her life and how she felt about all of her friends for a time capsule project. Chase, played by Sean Flynn, was clearly in love with Zoey and desperate to find out what Zoey had said about him on the video.  Zoey promised Chase permission to dig up the time capsule and watch the video to reveal Zoey’s feelings, in exactly ten years.  After ten years, creator the show Dan Schneider, did something that no one was expecting.  On September 18th 2015, Schneider tweeted a video with the caption: “I never break a promise! I love you guys. I love Zoey 101. This is for THE FANS”. The video features Chris Massey and Sean Flynn replaying their old parts, Michael and Chase.  Emma Gallup, a junior at WHHS who grew up watching the show, explained her excitement for the video. “I never expected that I was going to get an answer to one of the biggest questions of my childhood”, Gallup stated. “I was so excited to watch the video and happy that the writers didn’t forget about the fans even after ten years has passed”. Fans of the show everywhere, relived their childhood in the five minute video.  With over fifty thousand retweets on twitter and over five million views on youtube within two days of it’s release, the video blew up the internet.  The video ends with “to be continued?” leaving everyone of the edge of their seats, patiently awaiting a possible addition to the video. So now there’s only one question left, will there be a part two?