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Dave The Barbarian: Sorcerer Material/Sweep Dreams
Reviewed: 08/04/2014
Sweep Dreams Is The Only Material This Show Has Left!
Wow; it took awhile, but we finally got to an Oswidge focused episode as he has the hiccups in which he spits out cats. YIKES! Plus; he meets his evil rival who has a secret that will destroy Oswidge's creditability as a wizard. Yeah; what could it be? Then we have Dave spring cleaning and going for castle polish; but then gets captured by Chuckles and forced to do chores. Wow; what a heel?! Seriously; what a heel! Let's rant on shall we...?!
Sorcerer Material is written and story edited by Doug Langdale. Sweep Dreams is written and story edited by John Behnke and Rob Humphrey. Animation is provided by SOB Animation.
Opening Moment #1: Castle crumble spot of the day is a giant ass beaver. Yeah.
Sorcerer Material: We begin this one with a scene of a green dragon growling at a muscle barbarian with an evil black goatee. The dragon breathes fire and the man defends himself with the shield. Then we get a pan shot as the narrator tells us all about Udrogoth while a goblin does a head clamp on a green treant. There is also a valkyrie with a trident spear battling a gryphon as apparently; there are thousands of tall tales in this region. That is a lie; a really stupid lie. Confirmed as we get a shot of the castle as a stone from the castle falls and squashes a man while a white goat is beside him eating. How random can you get? Of course BS&P has to make sure the crushed guy tells us that he is all right. No he is not! He was crushed by a large rock. He is not okay. That is like saying you are fine after getting a concussion. I hope someone tries to condemn cartoons for encouraging this behavior on children; hopefully, soccer moms will realize that having them say "I'm all right" after getting murdered by something actually makes it worse. So we head inside as Dave, Fang, Lula and Candy are talking to Glimia again. Finally; I was able to get at least one of the names of the parents right without consulting Wikipedia! After 11 episodes no less! Glimia is battling giant spiders, blah, blah, blah! Throktar is battling the giant spider and it's hissing is the same sound as in The Mighty Hercules in the 1950's. AWESOME! He wants to ask if they are brushing their teeth and Dave does on camera claiming that he brushes 23 times a day; which would strip the teeth off completely at that rate. Lula of course blows off Fang for not brushing her teeth because her breath smells like a jackass, to which Fang denies. See; the joke is Lula saying that it's the bad end of a donkey; while Fang claims that it's the good end. Which is the ass of course since it's a jackass. Candy asks when they are coming home and Glimia claims that they'll be back after saving the world. Wouldn't saving the world involve making friends rather than killing evil? Never mind; hugs and kisses ensue and the crystal ball goes dead. Fang is worried about them not coming home; and Candy assures her not to worry.
Dave claims that Oswidge will protect them and...BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Dude; he's the freakin adult of this outfit. He's a useless load who is hiccuping cats out of his mouth right now. Oh wait...Dave gets off the first kajabbers of the episode as Oswidge explains to us that he has a bad case of the "Hic Cats". Dave panics because he's allergic to cat and he swells up. Is there anything Dave is NOT allergic to? So he swells up like a pink balloon as then we get a classic Dave The Barbarian moment that should make all of us shake our heads in shame: Fang is pondering over what would cure the "Hic Cats"; and there is a potion of said cure in glass that all Fang has to do is break the glass; grab the neon green vial and give it to Oswidge. Of course; this is new Disney and everyone is an idiot because if this happened the episode would be over in less than three minutes. Thus she looks out of the window and sees a sign for the cure which is somewhere outside the kingdom. WHAT?! Lula wants to go as soon as Dave starts breathing again; which would happened before everyone exhales after that stupid moment. Candy doesn't want to go because she is looking for a new hangout since the last one gave her a bad experience as I discover that Bogmelon has a dragon milk bar in which Candy complains to finding a talking rat. Yeah; that was lame. The rat wants some kissy-kissy on Dinky and Cheesette; which causes them to panic and we return to reality (no, not really). So Candy waves goodbye as Oswidge continues to hiccup cats to annoy me. So then we head to a darken hill as we head to the castle called "The Mystic M" as Fang knocks on the door and the doors opens to reveal a white bearded wizard wearing a purple cone hat and robe. I love how Fang gets the door open as she claims that there are barbarians at the gate. So the wizard admires Lula and wants to handle her; but Oswidge has apparently stop selling hiccuping cats to inform us that it's Malsquando; who is Oswidge's rival and evil nemesis. Oswidge faints dead away and Flappy burns Dave to ashes and eyeballs with lighting bolt breath. Yawn.
Malsquando tells them to bring him into his evil lair and Fang automatically assumes something is up; so Mals (Rob Paulsen trying to do a bad Johnathan Harris impression) recoils and offers them to come into his home. Fang isn't exactly buying this; but they are inside the living room with a roaring fire in the background fireplace. Dave is drinking tea with Mals and Fang while Oswidge is lying on the sofa. Flappy is floating around being even more useless than Oswidge. Oswidge wakes up with a slab of steak on his face; and he wants to leave right now. Mals wants to talk about his relationship with Dave and company; prompting Oswidge to want to get out of here. You see; Oswidge is not really a student at the magic school where he wanted to become a wizard, he was working at the school cafetera which causes Dave to do a spit take. Join the club sir; I do that everytime someone does something so stupid on Disney shows. Oswidge is stammering like an idiot because he's an idiot. Oswidge admits that he was living out a lie; and he is still hiccuping cats while Mals is taunting him when Oswidge has his head in his hands. Dave doesn't seem to be upset about this at all as a grey cat that Oswidge hiccups eats Oswidge's head and it smells like tuna fish. Pfft; whatever. So we head back to Udrogoth because we have to do the subplot with Candy since the whole character origin with Oswidge was done in less than four minutes. So apparently; Udrogoth has a harbour and Candy has gone to some bar called the Clotted Scuppers which is basically clotted blood in old sea poems. So we get the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM inside the bar with all the sailors singing and this song ruled! Anything to cause physical pain to Candy and her loser friends is A-OK with a cherry on top from me! Shawn Patterson does the singing here (He did the music for Project GEEKER and this show. Debuted as a production assistant for Alvin & The Chipmunks in 1990 and currently composes music for Robot Chicken. He has 26 Composer Credits, 3 Acting credits, 7 Music Department Credits, 3 Soundtrack Credits, 3 Other Credits and 1 Sound Department credit to his resume.)The girls run out of the bar as the singing continues and this is the best part of the episode by leaps and bounds. Find this episode on Youtube and do a drop of this because this song is awesome!
So we head back to the Mystic M and Malsquando according to the narrator wants them to spend the night in his house; which he insists. He snaps his fingers at Oswidge and taunts him some more for being a failure of magic. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. So he leaves and Dave is giddy about staying; but Fang blows it off because Mals is evil. Dave wants evidence as Fang claims that evil wizards wear pointy collars. Ummm; I didn't see one on him. He wears a pointy hat; but I've seen babyface wizards wear those. Like Wee-Gee for instance. So Fang claims that he said evil lair and shows off a card in black letters claiming that Mals is a member of a union of evil sorcerers. Yeah; because even evildoers have rights to be protected by law of course. Lula claims that this is true; but doesn't give a damn because she loves the accent. You wish you can be as over as Aunt Louise, Lula. So Dave asks Oswidge for approval; and Oswidge doesn't care either way because he's ruined. So does that mean that he's not a useless load anymore? If so; Disney is going to fire him. We cannot have adults getting over because the kids will change the channel amirite? So yes; we are now channeling the Balooest of the Bluebloods, only with a lot less likable characters and no heat. So it's night time; and Oswidge is shown walking away from the Mystic M proclaiming that he is running away because he's useless and hiccups cats. So he's finally admitted that he is useless on this show. Then tell the writers to just kill him off now! So we head back to the shot of the Mystic M as morning arises as the moon shatters off-screen and the sun comes in. Cut to the hallway as Dave and Fang are calling for Oswidge. Flappy is burping because we need to do a fart joke in the middle of a dramatic scene. So the babyfaces hear cackling and laughing as Fang drags Dave down the stairs by the ear (Why? Because (a) Dave is a coward and (b) kajabbers!) and we head to Malsquando's lab as he is mixing potions in a globet. He proclaims that he'll use Lula as a weapon to destroy the babyfaces in which Fang yells out that she told Dave that he is evil. Dave points out that Fang needs to learn to not blow their cover; which there was no cover anyway. Malsquando notices them and Fang gets in front of Dave. Malsquando shoots blue light from his fingers and causes the screen to go blue....
....and then we cut to P.J. McFoodington's (a MacDonald's parody complete with actual Drive-Thru.) as we see Oswidge with a pot of green slime, a spoon and a lot of flies buzzing around him. Apparently; he got a job at a fast food place because he's useless. Geez; I realize that it's the Dark Age, but even restaurants in that time had better standards than this. So Oswidge spoons green hash into the bowl of a barbarian with ease and the barbarian calls him the man and gives the thumb up. So yes; Oswidge does one thing right on this show. Lovely! So there is an anthro cat in the background as Candy, Dinky and Cheesette walk in; with Dinky noticing Oswidge right away. Oswidge panics and the narrator tells us that Oswidge is about to employ a great disguise method....which is to dunk his head into the hash. Yeah. It fails because Candy still notices him right away. So Oswidge finally confesses to Candy that he lied to her about being a wizard; to which Candy points out that he has a wand, a pointy hat and actually has demonstrated some magical powers. Yes; he sucks at it, but he does magic so he is a sorcerer. Wow; I cannot argue that overwhelming logic there Candy! Candy kisses him on the nose and that's enough for him to bring out the magic wand and shoot a beam at an off-screen denizen who turns into a chicken. I know this because it makes chicken sounds in the background; to which Oswidge claims that he meant to do that. Don't you mean that "he didn't intend to do that"? So then we brings out a small crystal ball which doubles as a cellphone with an antenna complete with ringtone. Yeah; so on the screen we see Dave yelling that he needs help from Mals' dungeon and Fang pushes him aside wanting Oswidge to bring doughnuts. How did Dave know Oswidge had a cellphone; and why didn't they just call him? Mals cuts them off and taunts Oswidge some more; and wants jelly doughnuts before the line goes dead. Oswidge brings out the wand and he runs out of the joint complete with the barbarian song; as we head back to the dungeon of doom with the babyfaces chained to the wall. Some advice for Malsquando: Tie Fang's knees up like MAVO did with Grubby's feet in To The Rescue. Because she's flexible enough to use her feet to undo the chains due to her strength. Yes; she's small, but even she can break out of her binds with ease.
So Mals takes Lula and proclaims victory while doing this blue aura nonsense while Lula blows him off for being inconsiderable. Whatever; here comes Oswidge and his doughnuts in which he couldn't get either jelly doughnuts nor apple fritters for Lula. Yawn; whatever, let's have the stupid fight between Oswidge and Mals as they being their stances. I am almost daring them to do the SISSY SLAPS OF DOOM into their faces like Dexter and Madorck because this is just asking for such a spot. Oswidge creates a rubber duckie from the wand; allowing Mals to use Lula to power up his purple jewel on his wand. He fires beams at Oswidge and Oswidge somehow is able to dodge every single shot with ease. Mals has to pretend that his magic is slower than Os-fudging-widge! He backs him up to a brick wall; which to his left are stairs to get away from; but Oswidge has to pretend that he cannot escape. All right; so here's the finish: Oswidge blows off the narrator for going on and on. Yes; the useless load actually told the narrator to shut up. I approve of this. So Oswidge sees a cauldron with a wooden spoon in it. Oswidge runs to the cauldron and picks up the wooden...ladle and spoons green stuff in rapid fire at Malsquando. The stuff splats so violently that Mals loses Lula and the wand. Then Oswidge pulls Mals by the white beard (and there's a lot to grab) like a heel. And then he proceeds to hogtie him up with said beard; and wins because Malsquando is even more useless without his wand; then Oswidge is with his wand. Yeah; it's a decent finish. Oswidge is so cocky that he puts the hot ladle in his coat pocket when cutting his promo; and he sells burns. Dave is so happy as he pulls the bricks from his chains and claps. Yes; Dave could have escaped BEFORE Oswidge arrived. What an idiot?! Lula is of course an asshole who wants her apple fritters. Sod off Lula; no one cares about you. So we head to P.J.'s as Candy, Dinky and Cheesette are enjoying a drink while watching Malsquando licking the floor with his tongue. I swear to god this happened. I thought it would be Dave doing this; which would have been a lot funnier. So Malsquando swears revenge and gets zapped by Oswidge who has somehow managed to make the wand work. Yeah. Oswidge is cocky that he hiccups another grey cat who proceed to swallow his head whole again to end the episode at 10:26. This was a dumb episode; but Oswidge did a decent job of making it work well enough. At least Malsquando's burial wasn't nearly as bad as Chuckles since his punishment was pretty lame. Shawn Patterson was the start of this episode with the sailor song, so call it ** 1/2 (50%).
Sweep Dreams: We begin this one with a red bird singing on a tree and then a shot of the castle as the narrator tells us that spring is in the air. And without even reading the summary; I knew what plotline was going to be used before it even happened. See; Dave's gimmick is that he enjoys cleaning. And it's spring; so let the two gimmicks combined and you got spring cleaning. See how easy it was to give the entire plot away? We get a picture of Throktar handling an octopus on a rug as we pan down to see Dave with a bucket of water and a mop screaming "SPRING CLEANING"; prompting Fang to panic on cue. She tells the rest of the babyfaces that Dave is cleaning. They all scream and run out of the castle and out of sight; leaving Lula as the only babyface with Dave. The writers have just admitted that I was right all along in this being a major turnoff for kids. Listen; when Ammonia Pine made her debut with this gimmick in Darkwing Duck; I loved it. Why? Because she was a heel, so the kids can boo her without feeling guilty about it. When Ample Grime debut in the same show; the episode went down the crapper because she was a heel who was dirty. I realize that she was supposed to be the sister of Ammonia Pine; but no one wanted to boo her because it meant that they would realize that booing something that they relished for so long means that they are hypocrites. Kids are not that stupid not to notice this. Despite this; Ample Grime was a guest character and didn't do much damage to Darkwing Duck except give him another negative star episode. Dave loving cleaning and he is the number one babyface of the show. Hell; the show is NAMED after HIM! So the kids will always boo him when he does such crap. Now; laughing at him for being a coward and/or a bump machine is perfectly fine, because it doesn't turn off kids. It can sometimes rub me the wrong way in the wrong context; but at least it does it's job. Cleaning is instant "go away" heat from the kids.
So Dave practices the fine art of not being seen towards the throne room. WHY?! There's NO ONE in the CASTLE! So he gets a sword broom which is named Dusty and like Lula, also has a face. Five words for this: Low...Rent...Dora The Explorer! Yes; Dusty can talk and he cuts a dumb promo about cleaning. I would love to know the viewership for this episode in comparison to the other episodes because I cannot see how any kid hasn't changed the channel at this point. So we clean with Dusty the broom sword and we get the clouddust of doom a minute in; and then the dust clears. Lula blows Dave off because it should have an eviction notice because Dusty is killing her heat. That means Dusty is the most likable babyface outside of Twinkle The Marvel Horse. And Dusty is a cleaning tool! Lula dumps Dave and goes away stage right. So it's time to clean the fireplace as he looks up the chinmey and he panics and scream. He yells to let him go and unpops himself and flies into the wall with a wussy off-screen bump which somehow brings the shields down on him. Dave then gets up and brings out the...wait for it...the sponge of doom. Whatever guys! He needs to scrub the chimney because the creosote is screeching his eardrums. Scene changer of doom as I discover that there was a musicial band in the chimney because there are playing musical violins wearing all green. Whatever. Dave is fizzling (best way I can describe the buzzing noise) as the babyfaces come back to yell at Dave for cleaning the place for months as Candy is complaining about her hair again. Dave proclaims that he only needs to find some castle polish to buff the castle. Oswidge admits that he has a 1/2 off coupon for this castle polish and admits that he is encouraging this; but this will hopefully end his cleaning ways for the year. Fang proclaims that she would rather kiss someone with a lip fungus and then gets buzzed; so she changes her mind as they are going to the Fortress of Extreme Cleaniness, which shows Dave barely able to contain himself. Awwww; my heart melted. Not.
So we see the babyfaces walking in the forest in their quest for castle polish as I discover that Candy is not with them. Why? Because we cut to her at the window blowing off Fang. Because you see; Fang lied to Candy in claiming that the band members were all cute and Candy discovered that Fang is a lying psychopath. Heh. So we get the globe day to night to day sequence to waste time as we make it to the fortress of extreme cleaniness AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark). Dave is giddy and then the narrator ruins the moment by claiming that Dave is an idiot since the drawbridge opens to reveal Chuckles The Silly Piggy with two green ogres who are much bigger than he is. I smell The Idol Rich plot commencing here. Then a thunderbolt hits the sign as the part which is cleaniness is written over drops down to reveal that it's uncleaniness. The babyfaces scream as apparently; Chuckles gave Oswidge a fraudant coupon as a trap. Now THAT is funny! Chuckles rubs it in on the ogre with the red shorts because he claimed that this would NEVER work. This ogre seriously needs to learn consumer psychology 101, STAT! Of course the babyfaces do absolutely nothing and an iron cage falls on them. These are the most useless barbarians I have ever seen! Chuckles notices Dave right away and even remembers that he was defeated in Turbaloon which I remember because that was the last rant I did! Chuckles wants to torture them Monday through Friday with two weeks of vacation a year. HAHA! Dave is scared and Fang yells at him because he can take them. Yeah; one coward against two 500 pound heels and a magical silly piggy. Sure Fang; Dave is so more than a match for those three. NOT! So Dave jumps onto the top of the cage with ease and brings out Dusty. WAH WAH WAHHHHH! Fang blows him off as Dave stammers like an idiot. Cut to inside the throne room with violin music and musicians torturing Lula and Candy to death. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Lula claims that if she had ears; her ears would bleed. No; that would not happen in Disney even if you did have ears and in 2014!
So Dave uses the broom and it cleans the ground. Chuckles then ponders this over as Dusty is always so ready to clean up; and so Chuckles admits that the castle of extreme uncleaniness needs a bit of cleaning. So Chuckles is ready to make a deal with Dave; which Fang instantly blows off. Chuckles basically tells Dave to tell Fang to shut up; only Chuckles calls her a monkey. You can predict what happens next with Fang. So Chuckles basically tells them that they can perform "heroic tasks" or face the ogres whom one of them swallowed a human alive because he's not liking it inside the ogre's mouth. Dave picks option number one, DUH! Even though we all know Chuckles word isn't worth a damn. I know this because he cuts a "If you cannot trust; who can you trust?!" promo. Always an indication that he will break his word. So the first major task is to mop the floors and Chuckles puts it so over the top that thunderbolts comes down and even Dave is confused that the heel would recoil in disgust by this act. Yeah; this is dumb, but of course Dave accepts this dare because his gimmick is that he enjoys cooking and cleaning. That turns Dave heel and Chuckles babyface by proxy. Never a good idea. His gibberish laugh was the funniest part of the promo because there was lots of thunderbolts and flashes of light while he was doing it. So we head inside the castle of extreme uncleaniness as Dave dresses like a maid and mops, thus kids are turning on him by the dozens. Fang hates the outfit; but Oswidge blows her off because he claims that hers fit; even though Oswidge's outfit looks perfectly fine and not ill-fitting. It's probably because he has ugly shaven legs. Fang is pissed off and yells at Dave because this is not being a vile, psychopathic barbarian. She murders the maid outfit and Dave blows her off for ruining the floor again. Yeah; whatever. So Flappy is the hose as he spews bubble water onto the floor in front of Fang. Cut to a shot of the fireplace with an image of Chuckles laughing in the foreground of flames. We zoom out and HIT THE MONTAGE of Dave cleaning in the maid outfit! I hate the cleaning; but seeing Dave in a maid's outfit is funny.
Don't hate the oufit; hate the gimmick! Fang breaks stuff; Oswidge gets squashed by the statue of Chuckles (which would have been funny if Oswidge didn't yell: "I'm all right" afterwards) and Dave washes dishes which the narrator calls the most inhumane task of them all. Why don't you take it up with the United Nations and try to get it added to the list of stuff that is considered torture then; and SHUT THE HELL UP?! So Dave is so giddy about this that he never wants to leave; because he's so freakin happy about his gimmick. Fang blows off this because it's clear Chuckles is never going to let them go anyway. Oswidge admits that Dave is not playing mind games with Chuckles and has a Krackpotkin Plan in mind. Thus we hit the montage again! I don't care about the plan because Oswidge is Vince Russo's evil cartoon writer since the plan is so complex; Fang pretty much yells at Oswidge to call Candy at the castle. Yeah; Fang's lie actually made sense to do and she looks smart now. So we head to Candy's room as she is painting her toenails on a stool. The crystal ball on the table is ringing and she notices Fang is pleading for her to come save them from Chuckles The Silly Piggy. Candy no sells thinking this is not all that bad; so Fang shows her the maid outfit. This horrifies Candy and she proclaims that no one dresses Fang like that. But Oswidge and Dave wearing it is perfectly acceptable right? Actually; it is, but no one cares anymore as we see Candy running with Lula with the globe day to night to day shot again. She was barefoot in the room and thankfully; she got her boots. I was sadden by this because I wanted her to lose them to setup Chuckles using the feather duster on those feet of hers. And then she gets to the castle and basically demands that the cage be dropped on her; and that is exactly what happens. Again; why is this funny?! The babyfaces look like complete morons and it's not funny. So Candy gets squeeze by the hand of one of the ogres as we have about three jump cuts in sequence as Dave comes in to wave at Candy; and to tell her to help him with the pantry. So we scene change to Dave putting cans in a cupboard and asks himself how to sort the cans.
Flappy is eating a wooden chair and Candy is looking in the mirror pacing around complaining. Everyone else is doing nothing as Chuckles comes in and praises Dave for his cleaning gimmick. However; he is not pleased with the other babyfaces lack of work as he remembers to call Fang a you know what; which Fang can somehow hear and blow off Chuckles. So the two ogres come in and grabs the other babyfaces as Chuckles informs them that they will be liquidated, literally. Dave panics; so Chuckles tells him that he is really only making them into soup. Yes folks; Chuckles used Dave's gimmick against him and because the other teenagers and useless loads hate the gimmick, they must die. Chuckles did a great job making himself look like a heel in this; but Flappy was pulling his weight with Dave. And what the hell happened to Dusty? We haven't seen him since Dave got captured by Chuckles in the dumbest way possible. They scream as there is a cauldron in front of them on the floor. Dave is angry as he cleaned that cauldron and calls Chuckles a fiend. Chuckles mocks him as Dave brings out Dusty and does the FCC FRIENDLY DUSTCLOUD OF DEATH which is one of the only times it was not used to obscure a beatdown. That's a win! Chuckles is coughing and then stops selling to check his cape which means that this spot did no damage whatsoever to him. Whatever. Then he runs in with Dusty and the FCC FRIENDLY CLOUD DUST FIGHT OF DEATH ensues. With a broom! The ogres get beatdown onto the floor on their bellies as the babyfaces are free. Lula for once thanks him and is proud of him. Which I'm certain is a lie. Chuckles is dizzy as Oswidge orders everyone to run and everyone runs out of the room like a Scooby Doo chase sequence in the late 1960's. Not making this up. Dave notices a yellow tin on the shelf and steals it from Chuckles as it's castle polish. Yes folks; he stole something from a heel. And we are suppose to cheer for him getting it? Chuckles is punch drunk saying that he'll get his revenge on Dave The Barbarian; which I CHEERED! Because Dave STOLE his castle polish! What a heel?!
So the blue shorts wearing ogre comes in and squashes Chuckles flat which would have been funnier if it was the red shorts wearing one; because he was the one being taunted by Chuckles earlier on for claiming that his plan would not work! That would have been a sweet ironic finish; and a long lasting laugh from the kids. But nope; no one cares. So we head back to the castle as Dave sponges the floor and it's squeaky clean. Dave has the cleaning eye tool in his eye as he tells the babyfaces to come in because spring cleaning is officially over! They all come in as Candy gives him some spring flowers because according to Candy, it has been 12 months since he started. Yes; it took a year to clean the castle and we are supposed to buy that notion. So Dave realizes that a year has passed; so he brings out Dusty and yells that it's time to clean the castle...AGAIN! Everyone runs out of the castle again in a repeated shot; and this time we keep the shot as Dave pops right in front of the hard camera and wipes the camera lens claiming that it's dirty. So he sponges the lenses and that is the fade to black moment to end the episode at 10:26. Chuckles was great in this one; but it's overshadowed by lousy booking and a premise that rubs most kids the wrong way. A few logic breaks didn't help either; but the music band and Dusty were highlights in this one. ** 1/4 (45%). Because hell; I feel generous. Chuckles is now a babyface comedy dork in my eyes after Dave stole that dang gum castle polish and Dave should be ashamed of himself for such a heelish action.
THE REVIEW LINE
Another rant down; another set of middling shorts that I don't hate, I just don't care. Sorcerer Material was a decent enough episode that had a fine main story and Oswidge did a decent job in being something other than useless. The finish with the hogtying beard was perfectly acceptable; but I felt Malsuando was just a generic wizard heel who brought little to the table, and looked like a fool. The only funny moment with him was licking the floor at the end; but at least he wasn't buried as badly as Chuckles was. The whole Candy subplot was pointless for the most part. Sweep Dreams was fine for what it was and it doesn't really offend me nearly as much anymore. Dave wins with the cleaning gimmick, HUZZAH! But the stupidity of this episode to set up the gimmick; as they were too stupid to notice the iron cage, to the point where Candy almosts dares Chuckles to capture her and he does. Chuckles is a comedy dork heel; but he wasn't as funny as he was in Turbaloo. The finish was dumb and the ending was dumb as well with no heat and Dave stole the castle polish. At least have Dave throw money at Chuckles for payment before taking the stuff. That was heelish of you. Dusty was great and the music band was entertaining since the two worst babyfaces in the show got their just desserts, so I was generous and it's merely below average instead of a clunker. Kids are not going to endear themselves into characters who love cleaning and cooking. Sure; they'll laugh at him as a coward, but not when he is doing stuff that they hate. Unless Dave was a heel; which he is not. Overall; just a bunch of shorts. If you must see them; watch the Sailor Song in The Clotted Scubble with Shawn Patterson singing because that was awesome! Tomorrow is the last random half hour segment of Dave before I start alternating between it and Mighty Ducks. So....
Thumbs in the middle for Sorcerer Material and thumbs down for Sweep Dreams and I'll see you all next time.