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Dave The Barbarian: The Way Of The Dave/Beauty & The Zit
Reviewed: 08/03/2014
The Way Of Dave Is As Beautiful As A Zit!
Okay; I was reading on Wikipedia and according to the Dave The Barbarian entry, this half hour segment is the first one done on the animation paper. Yeah; why did they choose the eighth segment on the animation paper when they could have introduce Chuckles right from the start and not bury him? Anyway; Candy is looking for a hat and Dave is proving why his way works against Chuckles. That sounds intriguing if nothing else and then Candy faces off against a giant zit monster. That might actually be good as well. Let's rant on shall we...?!
The Way Of The Dave is written and story edited by Doug Langdale. Beauty & The Zit is written and story edited by John Behnke and Rob Humphrey. Animation is done by Wang Films.
Opening Moment #1: Castle crumble shot of the day: Piles of ham. Oookkkkaaaayyyyy
The Way Of The Dave: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM as the narrator tells us that Dave is undergoing one of the most painful things you can do. Wear that hideous blue apron? Not quite; it's making pancakes and keep them from sticking to the iron pan, which is a struggle; but Dave succeeds. Dave has about ten pancakes on a platter and calls for Fang; as we discover that they are apricot pancakes. This prompts Lula to blow it off. GET OFF MY LAWN...if I owned one and had thumbs. I can just hear Lula saying that now. Fang is at the table; not looking amused because the pancakes are shaped like kittens. What a bastard this Dave fellow is?! So Fang forks the kitten pancakes and eats them; causing Dave to panic and blow off Fang for killing those poor innocent kitten pancakes! Fang blows it off because this is not being a barbarian. So they argue like a bunch of little kids as Dave tells Oswidge that Fang was mean to breakfast. Geez Dave; you are pathetic! Oswidge comes in wearing a green robe and squeaky toy bunny slippers; yelling at them to shut up; and they sell it. Speaking of being a meanie; he murdered those bunnies! Oswidge then sees PANCAKES and jumps right in to eat them all. Fang gets into Dave's face because Candy was in charge since she is supposed to be the smartest. Riiiiiigggghhhttttt. Dave is the protector because he's the biggest; but Dave is so weak that he admits that he didn't ever want to be a barbarian. Fang then blows him off claiming that he wanted to be one since the age of ten. Dave points out that this was before he knew that a barbarian was not a libraian who moonlights as a barbar, so yes; it is canonal. They argue, Oswidge yells at them, they apologize, I don't care. So we head to the Great Indoor Marketplace and then a shot in front of Bogmelon's shop of slightly defective snacks and notions; as we see Candy is supposed to meet up with some friends. In comes Cheesette and Dinky wearing antler hats as they are shocked that Candy isn't into these said hats because we see the denizens inside the marketplace wearing one. Why? I don't know. One man cannot get through a doorway natch.
Even a goat is wearing one as Dinky & Cheezette leave calling Candy a hatless wearing loser on the way out. Geez; that is cold. She's only a loser, who cares about the hat anyway? Even with the hat on; she's a loser. Candy proclaims that she needs one; but doesn't know where they are sold as Bogmelon asks if she can help her; and then drags her into the fly-infested store anyway to show her her new shipment of snakes. The snake can talk as Candy blows off the snake and we go on for a while ending up with Bogmelon tying up the snake in knots and slamming it on Candy's head. Bogmelon was amusing in this one; I'll give her that much. Candy wants an antler hat; but Bogmelon still talks about snakes causing Candy to storm off. A kid with an antler hat comes in and wants a hotdog, so he's offered a snake who yells BUY ME! Okay; that was intriguing. So we head back to the castle of doom as Dave (with Lula and that hideous blue apron), Oswidge (who is now wearing his purple robe) and Fang are at the table eating pancakes. Well; Dave is as Candy storms in and is begging for help. Fang stands on the table ready to work as Dave hides behind a chair thinking that some big monster is stalking her. Candy explains that she needs a hat and Dave goes on and on about the various kinds of hats; and I sort of tuned out when this happens because Dave is speaking way too fast. Listen Disney (and future cartoon companies); if you want to continue doing that annoying crap because you think the kids will laugh at it; then put subtitles underneath it so I can understand what the hell they are saying. Candy wants the antler hat; but the shops have completely sold out on them. Dave suggest going to Derbaloon which is the hat capital of the world and pleads for Oswidge to allow them to go. So wait; Candy is the boss of the kingdom, but you needs OSWIDGE'S permission to go to another city? Oswidge agrees with it; but now wants permission from the parents. I'm perfectly fine with that. So we go to Oswidge's room and use the cauldron of summoning which of course forces Oswidge to throw ten dracos into the cauldron; because we need a cheap joke for the kids to laugh at.
So Throktar and Glimia appear on the pale flame image screen as Throktar blows off the carrier for telling him how to switch carriers. When it takes Wikipedia everytime I have to write down the parent's names to make sure I got the names spelled correctly in this series; that means that they have poor booking names. At least Gunther Magunsom and Brad Buttowski I can remember off the top of my head, and therefore I only have to reference them once. This is at least the third or fourth time that I had to go on Wikipedia to get the names right. So Throktar and Glimia destroy a citadel of necromancers who had a gift shop, and all they got as spoils was a lousy spoon, which makes Oswidge giddy. That was...pointless. So the kids beg permission to go to Derbaloon to go shopping; and I hope the parents would say no, just so Candy and Dave would disobey orders like all modern cartoons usually do nowadays (not that Kit Cloudkicker was above such behavior). Glimia teases saying no; but she said it was okay. What was the point of asking for your parent's permission when CANDY is the ruler of the kingdom until they come back? Other than to kill time and do cheap ass jokes? The kids cheer for victory (some victory that was) as a shadow goes over the parents as Throktar proclaims that giant cockroaches are about to rip out their insides; and then waves goodbye. And what was the response of the kids hearing this? They cheer and have no concern for their parent's well being. I can see Fang being a psychopth; but EVERYONE was doing it! Candy and Dave dance and sing; and it sucked. Fang agrees with me because she hates shopping and loves pounding ten stakes in her head. So we scene change to the desert with shots of the sun, cacti, sand and lots of flies. Flappy joins us and he burps. The narrator tells us that they are basically in a very smelly desert which Candy has to hold her nose for. Oswidge calls it a cross between rotten bananas and getting hit with a shovel. Kind of like....this show. *RIMSHOT* So Dave does a whistle because there is a blue-white pecker on his arm now. Geez; a "pecker". I wonder what the next spot will be?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I called it thirty seconds before it happened. I admit that this was funny. Dave seems to confuse dreams with nightmares; which is fully understandable in this case. No, not really. Flappy zips around and breathes bolts to fry the pecker and Dave into burnt matches. The pecker somehow flies away from this anyway. Fang gets into Dave's face again as all the soot magically disappears from his body, the longer Fang blows him off for not acting like a monster heelish barbarian. Dave then takes some purple construction paper out of nowhere and folds it up into a purple dog; and then uses it as a puppet. Okay; that was cute at least and Fang screams in his face blowing the doggie away. We make fun of Scrappy Doo all the time for this BS; and yet Fang is much, much more psychopathic than Scrappy was. So we finally find Turbaloo which is the hat capital of the world (and yes; I've spelt it wrong about a half dozen times in this rant); as it's basically the same castle from Aladdin; only more dreary. So we head into the kingdom and the streets are empty. So empty that Oswidge claims that they are empitier than a supermodel's head. That was funny as Dave finds the hat store and it's time for some window shopping. Candy finally notices the large antler hat on display as she is giddy; along with Dave's lovable choices for good hats. Fang then looks up and realizes exactly why the place is empty. There is a huge chocolate storm cloud above as we hear someone proclaim that this planet is ruled by the master of evil; and then out of the clouds comes...wait for it...Chuckles the Silly Piggy. The babyfaces laugh at him; as if they never met him. This episode is actually the defacto first episode of the series; so yeah whatever. Chuckles tells them to cut it out; but they no sell him and laugh hard. Dave then makes the mistake of calling him a cute piggy; and that pisses Chuckles off as he brings out the Amulet of Hogswire and shoots the red beam of doom to create a sand golem. Who chews gum and annoys Chuckles' attempt to sell this as a giant's deal to kill the babyfaces. HAHA!
Chuckles calls this rude and demands that he spit the gum out; so the sand golem spits the gum and it sqaushes Chuckles flat. HA! Chuckles manages to get his arm out (sticky gum mind you) and orders the golem to kill them in roundabout terms. Dave screams and bails; causing Fang to blow him off for not being barbaric. HA! So we get the globe shot of Dave as a speck running around the world because driving a joke down into the earth is funny. Just because Seth MacFarlane can get away with this in Family Guy doesn't mean children shows can get away with it. We go to the north pole as polar bears are fishing in the icy water and there is a penguin wearing an antler hat; because these stupid writers cannot understand how the real world works. Dave runs off; polars bears talk, one of them doesn't care. So we head back to Turbaloo as Candy is still looking from the window of the hat store; giving less of a damn about Dave than the polar bears. The sand golem stands beside her and growls, prompting Candy to blow him off. We then hear Fang yelling from a sand hill with a wooden board calling it's ass out. Chuckles proclaims that this is strong words for a small monkey; which of course Fang is deeply offended by this slur. So Fang does some sandboarding down the hill; even saying that she invented it directly into the hard camera; like we are supposed to be impressed. Kit certainly isn't; but she goes headfirst into the golem's chest, and then gets grabbed. HA! Fang yells for Dave and somehow this reaches Dave on the North Pole. Of course; this is overshadowed by Dave calling for a red hammerbeck bird and getting hammered like the tool that he is. HAHA! This is a much better episode to start with than the one with the magical wooden stump; even if that one contained muffin monsters. So Dave hears Fang and then whacks the hammerbeck bird out of existence because no one messes with his sisters; complete with light barrier. Yawn. So we return to Turbaloo as Fang is screaming; as Dave teleports in and whacks the monster in the chest; causing him to release Fang and drop on it's ass rubbing it's head in pain.
So the fight begins and Dave does enough poses; including kicking himself in the ass while posing. HAHA! Then he gets MURDERED by the sand golem's fist into the sand. HAHA! Then three seconds later Dave grabs the fist and spins the golem around and flings him out of Turbaloo as it buries a lion in the sand with empty kitty litter. The lion is so happy about this anyway as we cut back to Dave ordering Chuckles to surrender right now. Chuckles proclaims that he'll never surrender to him or his pet monkey which Fang is pissed off at. To which I reply: of course. Fang brings out Lula and of course they have to pad the running time with Lula acting like a whiny asshole before Chuckles and Dave shoot from their pieces (Chuckles with the amulet, Dave with Lula. That sounded very wrong!) and we have a stalemate. Geez; this barbarian really does suck if he can only get a tie from a cute little piggy. ZAP! OUCH! Ummmm... So Chuckles turns up the amulet to High; and that's enough to fry Dave again as Chuckles that no one will crush his mightyness causing Chuckles to laugh and stamp his feet. I love Chuckles when he is winning. The narrator goes on and on about Dave's tactics not working even though he defeated a sand golem with ease; so only the sword beam duel was a complete failure. So it's one tactic as Dave doesn't know what to do. He thinks and his head is echoy, and then he does the row your boat song to waste more time. If they got all of this crap cut out; they would have only six minutes of total air time per episode. Then Throktar appears out of nowhere in a shining light to basically say: "Strength can be defeated; but not the mind". Batsu begs to diff because he told me that I cannot hold to my principals if I am weak. Dad simply tells him to do things his own way. Who does Throktar think he is: Zeus from Disney's Hercules The Movie?!
Of course; we discover that he is not Throktar; but an image created by stress as he changes into a princess and leaves for a costume ball which is probably far more interesting than this show. So it disappears and Dave proclaims that the image is right, he has to beat him his own way. He ponders this over and then notices another bird; prompting Lula to blow him off for that. Then Candy blows him off, telling Dave to stop playing with the piggy and buy her an antler hat. Dave gets a Krackpotkin plan (complete with a lit candle showing up); and then he....wait for it...gets on his knees, cries and begs for mercy. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Fang and Oswidge are flustered as Dave brings out a piece of yellow construction paper (how fitting eh?) and makes an antler hat. And I'm thinking; why not just create that for Candy? Chuckles is impressed as he takes it and puts it on his head. So Dave then does a bird call as Chuckles is confused. Now; if you recall, earlier in this sequence; Dave noticed a brown bird in the sky. Well; the bird is called the Moose-Eating Thunderbird. So what happens: Dave does it's bird call, and the bird swoops down, grabs Chuckles with it's talons and flies away. This was a great finish. Chuckles begs for mercy; but the Kevin Michael Richardson voiced bird blows him off. Chuckles proclaims that he'll get revenge on him and his little monkey too, prompting Fang to be deeply offended again. So the bird is plucking Chuckle's eyes off-screen as Chuckles is complaining about it. Dave is beaming because he won the day, his way. This should have been the first episode aired. Dave's hair whips into the wind as Candy comes in and demands the antler hat now. So the ending goes something like this: Candy is in the marketplace as she wears the antler hat which is clearly bigger than she is. Dinky and Cheesette come in wearing snakes on their head and blow off Candy's antler hat for being so yesterday. They leave and Candy is forced upside down by the antler hat to end the episode at 10:26. A really good episode that have a good finish and made Dave look good for once. Why isn't this the pilot episode; when this was the first episode on the animation paper? Because this was much better than the sword in the stump tale. This episode was simple, to the point, Chuckles was Chuckles and the number one babyface looked good. What more can you ask for? Call it *** 1/2 (70%).
Beauty & The Zit: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as we get thunderbolt sounds and the narrator going on and on about this unspeakable horror event that is about to occur as we slowly zoom into the window leading inside Candy's room and then we see Candy at the mirror dressed in a blue dress with a blue ribbon on the back and white gloves. She is having problems picking fushica or pink boots. Yawn; whatever. Yeap; she is going to the barbarian ball as Fang is lying on the bed basically saying that she doesn't give a rat's ass about some stupid ball. Somehow; I agree with her. Apparently; the white gloves are gone now as Candy claims that Fang doesn't understand that if she makes a mistake in fashion; her friends will rip her apart. Fang calls this cool; because she likes seeing people get killed. Candy claims that she is literal about this; and Fang calls that cool. So we discover that she is dating some jabroni that Fang is repulsed by because he is apparently a worm. His name is Panks Grubble by the way; for the two of you who still care at this point. Candy takes offense to this because he is the cutiest boy in the kingdom...allegedly. So we discover that Oswidge is MC'ing the ball, which means lots of Nutlogs to eat; Dave is doing the hat check because he loves hats; and Flappy is winning the dragon lottery. Yes folks; Candy can understand Flappy's gibberish, why do you ask. Candy is not amused because she is more important than all of them put together because Pank Scwubble is dreamy you see; and he looks like a generic director with shades on judging by the various heads popping out of nowhere. Fang basically sums up our "we don't care" attitude towards this as Candy blows them off (In short; Candy smells like yak butter). She goes the mirror and does the worst selling of panic ever as Dave does a much better job selling the "monster attacking" Candy. We then get the closeup of Candy's forehead and there is a pink dot on it. Dave is relieved because it's just a zit. Candy is more offended by this slur than Fang is when she is called a monkey...
Fang: NOT A MONKEY!
Greg: THEN STOP DOING MONKEY
SPOTS!!
Ooops; my reflex is back again! See; princesses don't get zits. Maybe if Disney hasn't peer pressured kids into thinking this way, then you wouldn't look so sad. Besides; Candy isn't going to be in the Disney Princesses group anyway, so what is her problem? Dave brings out a tube of zit cream (made with the same stuff as Ass Cream; trademarked by WWE, all rights reserved); which Candy blows off because it never works. Sure; because that would end the episode thirty seconds in. This is another example of the idiot (Dave of course) noticing the idiot plot when he sees it; and the smart one (Candy) acts like a dumbass. Candy is doomed you see; which we knew from the start. When is that deal forthcoming for Candy to join the Disney Princess lineup of toys? Oh; she got her white gloves back now. So Oswidge offers to do magic and of course he screws up about a dozen times as Candy turns into a pig (!!!), a desk, a squid, and other such hideous thing that should be off Candy's face. I would take the zit to the ball and take my...BONK! OUCH! Ummmm...Damn spoiler killer! So she turns into a stack of Pillage Swimsuit issue magazines; which Dave considers to take one, prompting Candy to threaten violence on him. Yeah; whatever. So Oswidge manages to change her back to normal; and then proclaims that he must use the most powerful magic of them all. So he chants "Benzoil Peroxide" and zaps Candy in the face; causing the pink dot on her forehead to go 3D and bounces off Candy's head. IT WORKED; OH MY GOD IT WORKED! OSWIDGE IS THE BEST MAGICIAN EVERAH~! Pass the klenex! Give me a break there guys! Like I'm buying that those of the most powerful words in all of magic. Oswidge worked in the cafetera in the school of magic. I cannot take anything he sezs seriously. That spell sucked! The zit bounces out of the room as Candy looks in the mirror and proclaims that she could kiss Oswidge if he wasn't short, old and smelly; which Oswidge is offended at being called short. So we cut into the hallway as the pimple stops at the front and then grows into a pink ball with yellow eyes. I think we all know where this is going now...
So we head inside the royal hall of the castle as the denizens of Udrogoth are inside still in their street clothes with a shot of two guys at the punch bowl filled with red punch and wooden mugs. I noticed that one of the bums in the background was simply copied and pasted to another character on the right, and they simply changed their color scheme. Seriously; same look and same pose; only the color scheme has changed. That is awfully cheap guys! So we pan to the east towards the stage and this only exposes the cheap recycling even more than it always was exposed as Oswidge is on stage with a curved horn. So we test the microphones to annoy me for a bit; and then he addresses the awkward crowd as some butler has a tray of nutlogs; causing Oswidge to go nuts and tackle down the server. FCC FRIENDLY CLOUD DUST FIGHT OF DEATH ensues; and I don't care. Dave checks out a fat woman's hat who sounds butch; which Dave confuses for a legit man causing the woman to correct him. Dave then gets cuddley with the hat and Lula blows him off for being so wrong. Sod off Lula! Sure; loving pink hats isn't the most endearing trait in the world; but it's an improvement over him being a bone fide coward! Fang sneaks up and puts worms and bugs into the punch (which makes her the party crasher by default) as the two bums we saw at the beginning spoon punch with the animals; and they don't care. Then the doors open and in comes Candy with Pank Scwubble who is the most fly-infested barbarian bum ever; and only his emerald green jacket and shades make him look like a star. No, not really. Dinky and Cheesette of course look like cheesy rock stars in their outfit and they blows him off; and then they stop selling and call him dreamy. What does rancid yak butter smell like? So we get some highlander music as Candy asks if he wants to dance; and Pank looks like he wants to be somewhere else; but accepts anyway. So Pank and Candy go to dance and they make no contact with each other while Flappy drinks the punch in the bowl and then swallows the bowl whole; which also shatters. Idiot.
So then Pank snaps his fingers and proclaims that he doesn't care about her; and walks out as Candy is in tears because she is an idiot. Then the wall crumbles and in comes the PINK ZIT OF DEATH wearing purple noble clothes; thus looking like a bigger star then Pank! So everyone panics as the zit goes over to Dave as Dave asks him for his hat. He's wearing none so he growls in Dave's face as Dave loses his tunic and his boots in the process as he is buried in hat. HAHA! So Candy is kidnapped by the zit as Oswidge now remembers why he never casts that spell anymore before this. Okay. Candy orders Pank to do something; and Pank simply stands there and soils himself. I know this because Oswidge backs up after he does it looking embarrassed. So Fang goes to the hat tomb and orders Dave to come out. Dave no sells and they get into an arguement like a bunch of five year olds. Oswidge blows them off and they apologize. Oswidge tells Dave that he must save Candy and Dave agrees to do it; but only if he doesn't have to fight the monster. That sounds reasonable enough; until Fang gets in his face; yelling and turning his face into window blinds. Fang asks what is Dave going to do: bake it a pie to which Dave responds that everyone loves pie. That was funny. So we go to a cave as we head inside to see two bear roasting marshmellows on an open fire talking. So one of the bears picks a green boot from it's teeth implying that he killed and ate the man like a cannibal. That was thrilling as the narrator asks about finding Candy and a gaint zit; and they tell him that it's the cave to the right. So we go to the cave to the right. How can the narrator miss the obvious sign and welcome mat is a question that can never be answered; because it's funny amirite? Anyhow; we head inside as Candy is stuck in a bird cage that is designed for a hamster. The giant noble zit monster is clearly voiced by the same guy who is voicing Oswidge as she is trapped forver. Cue bad evil laugh and he walks around the cage laughing. This goes on for a long ass whomping time and Candy shoots yawning and filing her nails while still wearing the white gloves.
So the zit monster finally stops and realizes that he wasted all our time and slumps down on it's ass and it's time to make small talk. He sounds like Frank Welker actually; so I'm wrong again. Candy then admits that this was for the best because her date sucks. Geez; you didn't notice the flies around him? So they talk for a long ass whomping time as the guise of this is; Zit is upset because he was on his forehead and he's a monster. However; he has eyes for Candy; but she sent him away. Umm; Zit, you sent yourself away. Candy didn't even know that you were a monster when you left because you were just a zit. Candy still apologizes to him anyway and pats him in the head. Must resist Gidget pet shop joke. So the cage opens and they embrace as Candy has apparently got past his monster look; and we head into the meadow at sunrise because it's time for the Beauty & The Beast parody. We HIT THE MONTAGE complete with the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM. Yip; I'm officially watching new Disney now. So Candy bounces off Zit during the meadow sequence; they drink milkshakes in the castle (causing Candy to be launched into the air since Zit is too fat of course); horseback riding (The only sympathy I have is for the poor horse who has to be ridden by Zit), tying up Candy against the tree and dancing. The chrous is "Candy & The Zit" which completely gives away the fact that it's a Beauty & A Beast parody. The couple is about to kiss; and the wall crumbles and in comes the babyfaces with Dave pointing his sword at the Zit proclaiming that they are here to rescue her. Yeah; they had to stop it short because it's suppose to be funny. It isn't. So Dave grabs Candy apologizing for going for saurkraut which even Lula admits that it was a good idea. Candy tries to get a word in; but Zit bounces Dave into the cave wall. Dave impacts the wall; right next to the red drawing of a horse, which he loves. Awwww! My heart melted and then I got mad when Fang blew him off for it. Oswidge goes for the magic wand of death and shoots Zit with the beam; and it gets so big it impacts the ceiling. Apparently; Oswidge got the batteries backwards in the wand. Yes; his wand is battery operated. Why?
Zit is angry and Candy is yelling at them to let her explain which Dave cuts her off. So Dave proclaims that he must leap into action...by bailing like a coward. HAHA! Dave then returns with a tube of zit cream which Candy claims never works. Oh; but Dave bought the "New & Improved" Zit-B-Gone zit cream of death! Brought to you by the makers of Ass cream (copyright WWE; all rights reserved) which has something called XT-17 in it which kills zits on contact; and yes they are cutting a commercial promo. Why should I care? So then we get the finish: Candy tries to get in between them; Dave squirts the grape flavored Zit-B-Gone (which contains no purple color; as it's poop color) and despite the fact that she was completely in front of him in slow motion; the squirt manages to hit it in the chest and splatter onto his head. Zit licks the stuff and then shrinks up proclaiming that they'll always have Paris; which Candy points out that didn't happen. Zit dies and the best Candy can do is punch Dave in the right arm. Her boyfriend was murdered legit by Dave; and all she does is hit him in the arm. She doesn't take Lula and try to shoot beams at Dave to kill him back. What a weakling?! Candy cries because she was so getting into her boyfriend who is a giant zit. Fang cannot believe this; but calls it cool anyway. Whatever. Oswidge of course acts like a total jerk and gets his arm punched; even though he should have gotten a shot in the face. I CLUB BS&P! So yes; Candy cries and we head back to the castle, with Candy in her room at the mirror noticing a piece of cabbage in her teeth. She orders Oswidge to use his magic to get it out as the narrator states that she might have learned to stop acting like a bigot, but not to stop asking Oswidge to use magic to solve problems. So we get the babyfaces being chased by the cabbage in the meadow at sunrise; and this ends the episode at 10:26. Boy; that ending was rushed to death! See what I did there? Sometimes; trying to get 100 cheap laughs can be a bad idea. Story was solid and the giant Zit monster was great; and the parody was good until they cut it off for the finish which I didn't care about. I'll never doubt zit cream makers ever again. ** 3/4 (55%).
THE REVIEW LINE
I don't understand why these pair of shorts were not the first pair of shorts running for the new series. Did Disney think that a wooden stump and Dave as a shrink was funnier? Well; they are not. The Way Of Dave was really good as it was to the point; Chuckles looked great in his pilot debut and the finish made Dave look like a million bucks as he defeated the sand golem and Chuckles his way and the other way. Chuckles was his usual smooth self and Candy got her comeupperance for being such a goofball. Fang was dumb as usual. Beauty & The Zit was fine until the rushed finish, and it looked low rent. I understand that this was supposed to be a version of Her Chance To Dream with Candy losing the Zit monster like Rebecca lost William Stansbury; but Rebecca is a lot more likable than Candy, so they had to play it for laughs. All the new Disney tactics are in place here and the parody was fine and I thought the Zit Monster was great; and Dave's Zit Cream was pretty impressive as well. Overall; this was mostly a fine pair of shorts, and Beauty & The Zit would have been better if they trimmed down the jokes and made the finish less rushed so I could care about Candy losing her new boyfriend who is a zit monster. So....
Thumbs in the middle for both shorts and I'll see you all next time.