Mother Knows Best (song) Mother Knows Best (song) "Mother Knows Best" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater for Walt Disney Pictures' 50th animated feature film "Tangled" (2010). Included on the film's official soundtrack, "Mother Knows Best" is a musical theatre-inspired pop and jazz ballad performed by American actress and singer Donna Murphy in her animated role as Mother Gothel, the film's villain. Incorporating a series of passive-aggressive insults into its lyrics, the song serves as Gothel's attempt to frighten Rapunzel into remaining in their secluded tower despite her constant requests to see the floating lanterns so that she
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension is a 2011 Disney Channel Original Movie based on the TV series "Phineas and Ferb". The film premiered August 5, 2011 in the United States. It was first announced by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh during a January 2010 interview with the "Daily Telegraph". The events of the movie take place during the third season of "Phineas and Ferb". It is the first feature-length film of the "Phineas and Ferb" series, and the fourth animated Disney Channel Original Movie, following "", "The Proud Family