Matt Morris is the MATT from MMC (The Mickey Mouse Club) circa 1992?!!
I can not even begin to describe the obsession I had with this individual starting at the age of 8! In fact, there was a specific performance that I had recorded onto vhs and I would watch over and over, like it was my favorite movie. I’m going to head over to YouTube and grab the video and put it right here on this very blog post so you can all appreciate what I once considered perfection. You see, my sister (god bless her), was the whole reason I started watching the beloved show. She was totally in love with Tony Luca and greatly disliked Kerri Russell for the longest time because of it. Haha. This is great. I keep laughing at the thought of what I would have done had I known I’d someday meet him in person by random coincidence. I also keep wondering if I’d have been too nervous to talk to him had I known who he was before walking up to him two days ago, getting him to sign his cd that I had just purchased, telling him he did an amazing job during his performance and that I follow him on twitter. I ALSO keep wondering if I would’ve had such a huge obsession back in the day had I known he’d end up marrying a man? Haha. Adorable. He is absolutely adorable.
After publishing the previous post (Indigo Girls in Berkeley), I decided to read up a bit on what Matt has done to land him on stage, opening for the Indigo Girls. I was on imdb and read that he was a cast member on MMC and for some reason it STILL didn’t click that it was him. Then, later that evening (last night), I was telling my sister-in-law about the concert and I said something like, “…and I guess he was on MMC. I used to watched that show and was totally obsessed with this kid named Ma……………… OMG.” That is when it all clicked! I pulled out my iphone and googled Matt Morris MMC and on the first page was THE video on YouTube that I used to watch over and over! I immediately called my sister in England to tell her the awesome news. I figured she’s the only one that would truly understand just how excited I was. And she did. (Thank you, Tiana. Sorry I woke you up so early.)
Turns out he’s signed to Justin Timberlake’s record label, Tennman Records. JT was one of his fellow cast members on MMC, along with Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kerri Russell, Tony Luca, and JC Chasez, just to name a few.
Ok, you can watch the video now. Yes, he’s wearing jean overalls.
And here he is NOW.
I don’t think I remember Matt, but I definitely remember JC because I used to listen to the MMC group known as The Party.
I started following Matt at age 5; my Mom and Grandmother are fans of his father (and so I became one too); I first saw Matt play at Opryland with his father and then became obsessed with MMC Matt too. I love that video!!
MMC was pretty cool though, a great musical tool for our generation; there aren’t variety/music shows, that I know of, like that around for kids these days. It’s sad, in a way.
If you ever need any help with the Matt Pack, let me know; I confess to often forgetting I have the ability to Tweet; but I can help in many ways. :)
No, I take that back, I remember him now. Crazy.
Lynley, I’m actually not in charge of the Matt Pack. I think they just referred to my blog post on twitter. Thanks for sharing your story! :)