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Where There's Smoke, There's Goof
Reviewed: 01/22/2017
Where There's One Credit Writer, There's Smuckers!
Yeah; we continue along the beaten path as Goofy and Max become firefighters and have to put out a fire from a guy who hates firefighters because they are "fish haters". I am not making this up, people! So; how does this episode fare? Let's rant on shall we...?!
This episode is written by Kent Wadsworth and story edited by the late Bruce Talkington. I have nothing on Kent; which lends me to believe that this is a ghostwriter for someone, although Kent worked for Smuckers (a jam making company) five years after this according to a Linkedin profile I found before ranting on this. The animation was done by Walt Disney Animation Australia, PTY, Limited.
We begin this one with a sky pan shot towards the back of Goofy's house with Max sitting on a tire swing on a tree and PJ standing there. Goofy is in blue overalls, cyan blue shirt and a white hat with a bag pulling up weeds, because they are off-limits in Goofy's lawn, see. Sadly; one of the weeds has gone sentinent (sort of) and will not be picked. Goofy stops and whistles for a while as the weed is scared for no reason. The kids are confused as Goofy grabs the weed and he gets pulled into the ground. The kids run in and pull on Goofy's legs while Pete is yelling at them to come over because the sprouts have to learn what a man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do. PJ and Max abandon Goofy and look in a hole in the wooden fence to see Pete on a wooden deck with bags of charcoal and a pressure cooker-equse BBQ that looks like a steampunk-equse metal vase. Don't ask; I don't know Pete's fetishes. Pete pours charcoal into the vase as Max calls this a dream come true. And judging by his acting; he is not impressed. So Max jumps over the fence and PJ follows off-screen to Pete's deck as Pete goes over the secrets of the best BBQ known to man and Pete Pete. I don't think extra charcoal in the BBQ is a good idea Pete. I don't want my spuds burning to a crisp, if you catch my drift. PJ notices that the gauge claims that Pete overloaded it three times too much. Only three, PJ?! I find that hard to believe. That looked more like ten times to me. Pete blows it off as he's an idiot once again. Speaking of idiots; Goofy continues his war with the weed of doom which is actually the roots of his trees which are sucking into the ground. Goofy makes it to a flag pole roller and rolls the weed onto the spool. Cut back to Pete pushing a button as the kids cover their eyes for a second and then stop covering their eyes and no sell. Huh? Oh; and the BBQ doesn't start. Somehow. Pete sells for three seconds and then shakes the BBQ blowing it off as useless. Pete kicks the BBQ causing Pete to have a superball up his ass and then the foot grabbing spot ensues. Wow; I think we have someone who can sell that better than Gruffi Gummi. There is hope for Pete Pete being something after all: A bump machine. In an asinine sitcom. Yeah. In comes Peg with a fat fireman chief wearing police clothes and a thin fireman wearing an orange raincoat and boots.
Pete is called Mr. Astaire, a play on Fred Astaire who was a dancer and passed away about five years before this show; so no one is going to get the reference even in 1992. DUMB! Oh; and Peg is asking Pete to make a donation; and to hurry up with the BBQ. Pete sells for Peg and once Peg is out of sight...he no sells the donation, because he's like one of those republicans who hates giving away money to stuff we should be paying for with their tax money. The fire chief claims that Pete is one of the most respected citizens in Spoonerville. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You know you are desparate for money when you are praising PETE PETE for being a respectful citizen. Talk about kissing someone's ass there, chief! Pete turns around surprised as the chief asks him for a few more dollars to buy a fire engine and his name will be on a donar's plaque. In which the fireman is confused; causing him to be shoved to off-screen. Yeah; Spoonerville's fire department is on it's last legs and this is a bad thing. The fireman gets clipped into a lawn chair on screen as the kids notice the BBQ is finally working and it doesn't look good at all. Pete leans on the chief a little as we continue watching Goofy rolling up a tree root...ERRR...I mean, a weed. Doesn't Goofy have a pair of shears or did Pete steal those? PJ tries to tell Pete that the BBQ is acting up and gets cut off because Pete is talking to the dishonest adult here; which makes two of them, see. PJ grabs Max and bails stage right as Pete asks what is wrong with the engine they already have. Then we get ringing and the BBQ completely explodes like a nuclear warhead. This somehow snaps the weed; causing Goofy to roll into the pulley and the chief and Pete running in a disorganized fashion. Pete wants a lot of water; which if anyone has seen Pizza Pie In The Sky, knows that is an extremely bad idea since the ground is gushing out with what appears to be legit crude oil. The chief calls for the fire deparment and they have a meeting of the minds. And it wasn't at the Firefighter's Ball. This leads to Goofy flying into the air and crashing into Pete's satellite dish and he rolls around the property and then drops Goofy first into the oil BBQ pit which the dome smothers the fire. Wow; I didn't expect BS&P to allow Goofy to be inside the dome there. That's one good thing Kent Wadsworth has written and we're four and a half minutes in. Goofy screws up the dish to pop up from the carnage and Pete is panicky and pissed.
The fire chief comes over and thanks Goofy for putting out the crude oil fire of death! They shake hands as the chief wants to use Goofy as a young turk and have him be a firefighter. Considering that Goofy needs a job; I cannot argue with this, even though this is going to cause more trouble than it's worth. Goofy is living proof that socal welfare is a great thing, thank you very much. Goofy pops out and the chief proclaims that it's only an honorary position, so even the chief is hedging his bets here. The fireman claims that they have no honorary position and gets backhanded back into the lawn chair again. Wow; we have a really violent fire chief here. Surprised he's not on Spoonerville's police force. Yet. The fire chief hedges his bet more by asking for a small donation towards the fire engine and Goofy asks when training starts. The chief, Goofy and Max leave as the chief claims that it starts after the cheque clears. Pete and PJ look at the dome and Pete deduces air density. Yeah; I'll bet. So we head to the streets of Spoonerville and pan left to the fire station as the chief explains the rules of engagement as an honorary fireman, which is basically answering the phone while the chief and his fireman hit up the citizenery with donations. Yes folks; this fire station is completely empty and their fire engine looks like a relic from the TaleSpin era. So this fire station employs two people and has the oldest fire truck in capitivity. Geez; this is the defintion of a subuirban redneck hick town now. And the chief also breaks the crank shaft of the fire engine should an alarm come in their absence. Goofy and Max salute, Waffles does not; so Waffles is calling BS on this whole thing. So the chief proclaims that they have the privilege of cleaning up the place so they don't get bored either. Fireman throws the pail at Waffles; just so Waffles can scratch and claw around Goofy's head. Goofy thanks the personnel anyway as Max just looks confused. Godfrey Daniels?! Is that the BS&P version of goddammit?! Anyhow; the chief hates Waffles and Waffles hates him even more as Waffles nearly bites the chief's finger off. The fireman's name is Dexter by the way as the chief and Dexter walk out and slam the door. Goofy salute him anyway and that is that. Jump cut to outside of a building with a completely unsafe building on top of it. Jump cut to inside a messy room which looks like someone is a massive bookworm judging by the piles of books. The chief addresses the whiny man at the chair facing the desk as Mr. Howling Huge (Pat Fraley or Frank Welker; depending on what mood IMDB was in, sounds like Frank Welker to me.) as the chief is asking for donations for the new fire engine and Huge asks the perfect question for this: Why? Well; because the old fire engine is straight out of the 1900's. That's one reason why.
Then Huge rises from the desk wearing a blue suit and purple bowtie accusing the firefighters of not letting him ride the old fire engine. Behind Huge is a goldfish is named Atlas, who is apparently the CEO of his company. Oh geez CEOHoles; you don't need to make a goldfish CEO to prove that you are scoiopathic monsters there. Chief is not believing this; but plays along, because he's an ass kisser. Huge is accusing the firefighters of having a spotted dog that buries him. So Kent Wadsworth is a dalmatian? That's impossible. Huge sways on piles of book taunting the firefighters as they admit that they have no dog; but Dexter admits that they have a mean ass cat and of course the two hate cats. Geez; I wonder why? I mean; how many shows have the goldfish and the cat living together in perfect harmony? I can't think of any. Cats and dogs living together; that's at least believable and may have been done to some degree; but cat and fish. Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! The fire chief is voiced by Jim Cummings, I believe Dexter is voiced by Pat Fraley. Huge is trying to tickle Atlas's throat with the fish tank which was cute. I think telling Atlas to not think of those nasty men is bad advice, in my opinion. Yeah; so the story is that the fire station is the worst fire station in the USA and the government won't fund them anymore, so they have to beg for money to even buy a fire engine that doesn't look like it came from the 1900's. Huge goes back to his desk as the firefighter beg off, allowing Huge to push the red button on the desk. Trap door opens and the two nasty men free fall as Huge consoles Atlas again. Oh; and I'm certain Huge is a Goofy clone (check the ears). Huge assures that the mean fire department will never come back ever again. Wanna bet that it will happen again? Because the SLEDGEHAMMER OF PLOT demands it! Scene change to Goofy washing down the fire engine with a mop while Max does absolutely nothing sitting down with his feet up while Waffles looks on. What a slacker Max is?! Oh; did I mention that the fire engine is now channeling Brave Little Toaster now? Why? Well; the fire engine now has eyes and a mouth. Seriously! Take that crap back to Bonkers where they need every bad gimmick under God's sun to get over! I don't think the gimmick is creepy or anything; it's just pointless in this cartoon. Bonkers doing it makes sense; because his adventures take place in Toonworld and thus it made sense and wasn't all that creepy. Heck; Dora the Explorer was fine because the adventures took place inside a computer and I could accept these things a lot more. Here; it's just out of place and it actually exposes that a rookie writer is writing this thing. So we get a cute sequence of Goofy spraying down the fire engine and making it ticklish that it splashes water onto Goofy like a dog. This would have been served better in Bonkers. I'm just saying.
Waffles jumps onto the horn of the fire engine and sleeps on it as Max is yawning and completely bored. Goofy pulls on fire engine and sadly; the hood of the fire engine is completely stuck; so Goofy's attempts to open it look really uncomfrontable to me. Goofy goes flying while Max is sleeping and we get the off-screen crash. Max gets off the Rolling Stones reference. And we accuse modern cartoons of this?! The fire engine is the reincarnated Lead Bounder from Teddy Ruxpin; completely with Vinny V. laugh. Goofy pulls up his overalls; so now you know he's serious BABEE! Yeah; I'll bet. The fire engine refuses to let Goofy open the engine as Goofy proclaims that there's more than one way to skin a cat; and Waffles oversells it right on cue. Because you see; Goofy has no idea that he abuses his pet. Goofy then apologizes and pets Waffles on the head. Please bite him Waffles! So Goofy doesn't think the fire engine is tough, so he invokes the most devastating move in all of DTVA: the CHOOIE-CHOOIE-COO OF DEATH and that causes the hood to open. Wow; Kent actually setup the tickling spot and paid it off. GREAT! It's still stupid though. Fire engine is pissed and screws with Goofy and the hood. Goofy stands his ground; so the fire engine teases being tired and Goofy stops...and then Goofy gets nailed and goes inside the fire engine while the fire engine gets all evil on him. Now Goofy's getting tickled and the fire engine is acting like this is not a good thing. HA! Fire engines spits Goofy out of his fire engine (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) causing Goofy to go flying stage right and crashes into a table and a wall; which neither of them break. Weaksauce. I AM THE TABLE....& wall~! Goofy clears the ears and goes over to the fire engine to pet him on the hood. Then we hear alarm sounds going through the city, so says Max. Are you sure it isn't Pistol doing a prank or something? Goofy wants to inform the Chief and uses Waffles tail as a horn because Goofy has to abuse Waffles in every episode. Waffles screams like a cat as Max shows Goofy the real turner. Goofy panics and they are dressed in fireman's clothes because it's up to them to save Spoonerville from the wrath of the alarm bells. Or something. Max is not liking this at all as the garage door opens from outside and the fire engine races out with tires screeching. Then we pan back to the fire station as there is smoke inside and a fire crackling sound in the background. Uh-oh! Something tells me the alarm system overloaded. Considering that their fire engine is ninty years old; why doesn't that surprise me?! That ends the segment nearly ten minutes in as we cut to the alarm bell as the final shot. Outside of the stupid fire engine face; this is actually a fun episode with few logic breaks actually.
After the commercial break; we head to a wooden area of Spoonerville as the fire engine races down the streets past the speed limit with sirens wailing. This nearly causes houses to break down as we jump cut to Goofy driving. The ladder causes several signs and trees to be chopped down in half as a result. Geez; I wondered why the chief wanted a new fire engine so bad and wanted donations? They spent all their money paying for damages caused by this fire engine. Oh; and it wouldn't be a Goof Troop episode without a "babyface heads straight for a vehicle" spot; although at least it wasn't a mach truck this time, so I'll be gentle on Kent for this one. Even if it involves a child named Max Goof. So we ride around town and over the car; as we stop through the drive thru for some burgers and drinks at Behemoth Burgers. Well; Max is eating anyway as the fire truck races down the hill and crashes into a fence and into a tree; which causes Goofy to get caught into the ladder and raised up towards the top of said tree. You got all that? Waffles goes all sexist pig on us because there is an orange cat with a pink nose hanging on for dear life on a branch of a tree. Goofy calls the cat a lady; and the cat gets pissed off that it claws at Goofy. Geez; these cats are all mean. WildCat really was a special dood, wasn't he?! Goofy goes backwards on the ladder and crashes into the ground as his head is literally at his penis now. That looked brutal and just had to suck for Goofy. If Goofy had any sense; he would be hating life, but I doubt it. Max lets Waffles climb up the tree and greets and meets the orange cat. They "talk"; she winks; he oodles over her and then Goofy has an axe and is trying to chop the tree down. Oh sod off Goofy Goof; you suck! Why must every spot involving Goofy and Waffles have Goofy abusing him in some form? I realize that 99 percent of the time, it's not on purpose; but COME ON! Oh; and Max makes no effort to stop Goofy either as the tree comes crashing down and falls on a conveniently placed house. Luckly; it didn't destroy the roof; so the only damage is a tree and a fence. I would say fire engine; but that fire engine deserved it for messing with Goofy. Max wants to bail and Goofy agrees because a fireman's work is never done. They leave via the fire truck as we cut to Waffles and the orange cat snuggling together while a dognose with a purple hat shows up in the window looking like he's concussed. Geez; tree physics in this world are screwy.
Waffles runs out of the window and chases after the fire truck as the man looks at them. Scene change back to the fire chief and Dexter running back to the fire station panting as the chief is pissed off because the entire fire station burnt to the ground; except for the brick wall. Dexter is shedding tears seeing this. Yes folks; Dexter loved this fire station and cannot stand it being burnt. Dexter literally has no life as he asks how they can find them. Chief hears the siren and they run stage right like a bunch of Scooby Doo characters, right down to the sound effects and loop running. Chief is afraid that they'll burn the whole city down. Spoonerville is a city?! I find that hard to believe, Chief. Chief must think he lives in 2017 or something. Scene change to outside a house as a fire truck is left at the sidewalk with Max sitting on it deep in thought. If Goofy would do that more often...Anyhow; we hear a male voice screaming for help and I cannot tell if he's in pain; or he just saw Goofy come in. Oh; it's Goofy as we scene change to inside the bathroom looking for the toolbox which is right in front of him. The problem is Goofy is covering his eyes; because the anthro is in the bathtub butt naked of course. This anthro has a red mustache and beard and is clearly a catnose. He looks like he's both in pain and pissed off. Old Man In The Bathtub is voiced by the late Dal McKennon (passed away in 2009) and according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): Born in La Grande, Oregon, McKennon's best-known roles were that of Gumby for Art Clokey, and Archie Andrews for Filmation's Archie series, and the primary voice of Buzz Buzzard in the Woody Woodpecker cartoons. In the early 1950s, McKennon created and hosted his own daily kids TV wraparound show, Space Funnies/Capt. Jet, which was seen weekday mornings on KNXT (KCBS) TV Ch. 2 in Hollywood, California. Space Funnies was the first Los Angeles-based kids show to air reruns of The Little Rascals and Laurel & Hardy Film Comedies. He was also the primary voice actor for the 1960 cartoon series Q.T. Hush. McKennon was also the voice of Hardy Boys sidekick Chet Morton in the 1969 animated mystery series. McKennon also sang, and provided many character voices for Disney.
His distinctive voice can be heard in movies such as Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. He also provided the voices for many Disney Attractions such as the famous Big Thunder Mountain Railroad safety spiel, a pair of laughing hyenas in the Africa Room portion of It's a Small World, Benjamin Franklin's voice in Epcot's The American Adventure and the voice of Zeke in the Country Bear Jamboree.[2] McKennon's best-known live action role is that of the innkeeper, Cincinnatus, in the Daniel Boone TV series starring Fess Parker. He also had a bit part as a chef in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds and a gas station attendant in the Elvis Presley film Clambake. His last movie was Gumby: The Movie, under the pseudonym of Charles Farrington, voicing Gumby, Fatbuckle, Lucky Claybert and Professor Kapp. McKennon was an avid Oregon Trail historian. He worked at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center giving instructional speeches and put together songs, stories and informational documents leading up the Oregon Trail's sesquicentennial (150th anniversary). He also worked with OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) creating "The Pappenheimers", an instructional video series to help teach children German. His character lived in Volkswagen Bus and would tell stories about relatives in Germany. Many of the episodes had clips of Germany as well as cartoons. He is also known for his recording of a crazy laugh, used for the Hyena in Lady and the Tramp, and later in a horror film called Tourist Trap. His laugh was also used in three Crash Bandicoot games Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Team Racing as a sound effect for a boss in the game called Ripper Roo. and then in a Christmas film called Elf. He began his career in Pigeon Patrol in 1942 as a carrier pigeon. Goof Troop is his DTVA debut and only appearance. Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse as the ghost in 2002 was his final credit. He has 194 Acting credits, 2 Soundtrack & Misc credits apiece, 1 Music Department, Thanks & Self credit apiece and 8 Archive Footage credits to his resume. So yeah; they actually convinced him to do a Goof Troop cameo.
I wonder if he was ever considered in a cameo role for TaleSpin and he refused for whatever reason? Hmmmm... Never mind; back to the rant. The man in the bathtub's big toe is stuck in the faucet; although he calls it a little piggy. Geez; that was ironic, sort of. He clearly doesn't care about Goofy seeing him naked as Goofy looks in his toolbox and brings out a fireman's axe. Uh-oh! Thankfully; he decides to not use it as the old man has soap in his eyes; which I believe he's only saying that so Goofy would get this damn thing over with. Goofy finds a monkey wrench and he walks foward covering his eyes. Of course! He slips on the bar of conveniently placed soap and water on the floor and does flips into the bathtub and squashes the old man; and somehow; gravity doesn't unpop the big toe; or break the toe off. The later not happening I can understand; but not the former?! FACKING BULLSHEET! Jump cut back to Max deep in thought asking if everything is all right back in there. Answer: It's not, Max. Jump cut to Goofy twisting the toe like a corkscrew while the old man protests this outrage. Goofy claims that things could be worse; and he twists the thing open and water pours out. Ah; yeah, it's worse. Goofy holds the water down and we get rumbling. Because you see; human stops water, water always wins. It says so in the bible of reality, you see. Water cyclone spot ensues and we get the flood of doom as the bathtub flies out of the house through the front door. Lots of screaming ensues as we get a mind boggling spot: Goofy and the bathtub crash into the fire engine as the water swamps over them. Somehow; Goofy is in the fire truck as the bathtub completely disappears and the fire engine takes zero damage whatsoever. Max asks what happened. Your guess is as good as mine, Max. That makes no sense! Max gets into the fire engine and Goofy drives away proclaiming that he didn't need the axe this time. As the engine drives away, the bathtub magically appears and his toe is out of the faucet. How about that?! And lookie here; in runs the chief and Dexter right on time to see this. The old man wants to talk to them as Chief and Dexter call speculation useless and they bail stage left. Imagine this; even the government is not corrupt enough to finance these two losers. Head into town seeing a glassy high rise building with a man in workman gear washing the windows forty stories up.
Now, most people would see this structure and say: "Oh; he's washing windows." and leave him be. Not Goofy! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! He thinks the guy is in complete danger and puts on the brakes so hard that he destroys the parking meter by bending it in half; and cause a manhole cover to open up on cue. Goofy gets out and then blows it off because it only takes quarters. Max comes out asking why they stopped because the next call is miles from here. Goofy claims that the window washer is in jeopardy. Nah; he's more likely to be a contestent ON Jeopardy! See; I can make pop-culture references out of my rants too, show! Goofy brings out the fire trampoline; which as I mentioned in the Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue, this is no longer used due to obvious and not so obvious safety reasons. Jump cut to the window washer with brown ear hair asking what the hell is this dood doing. Goofy waves at him as he and Max set up the trampoline and Goofy tells the man to jump right now. Max points out that he doesn't want to jump and Goofy says that they need to get to a fire and this is enough for the window washer dood to panic and jump off his structure and free fall. Okay; maybe yelling fire on a window washer structure might just be worse than yelling fire in a crowded theater. I'm just saying, legal beagles. So Goofy and Max run around and the dood bounces off the fire trampoline and falls through into the sewers via the manhole cover yelling gnarly in the process. Wow; that sewer is a bottomless pit since I didn't hear a spla...Oh wait, never mind. Goofy tells him that they would help him out; but they got to get to the next call; so Max and Goofy bail and leave via firetruck. Chief and Dexter run in as Dexter asks when is this over and Chief proclaims that it'll be over when they get their hands on that infernal Goofer. And after they remind the color stylist that Mickey Mouse gloves are white in color. Goofy and Max drive around and notice that Huge Tower's is on fire. Okay; how?! Now; if I was a writer and wanted to set up the big fire on Huge's Tower, I would have the fire station right next to the fire station. Then I would have the chief and Dexter panic as the fire spread from the fire station to Huge's Tower so I would want to really get my hands on the fire engine so I can save the day. Here; the fire is completely out of nowhere and there's no set up to it. So Goofy calls this the big one in a reserved voice as we end the segment 14 and a half minutes in.
After the commercial break; another shot of Huge's Tower as it's nowhere near the firestation that burnt to the ground. Sigh. Sirens wail as we head inside Huge's office with the huge water tank as Huge assures Atlas that he's safe as long as he is around. Personally; Huge can dive into the water and he can save himself along with Atlas since it's a giant ass goldfish bowl with a goldfish in it. So, I wouldn't worry...well, until the building implodes on itself and then they are screwed. Huge looks out the window and tells Atlas to not start any long term projects. Yeah; you don't want to end up on Duck Daze, that would really ruin your career. Jump cut to Goofy driving the fire truck as the eyes and mouth on the firetruck rear their ugly heads again. They head straight for the building as Goofy dropkicks the brakes and gas pedals; causing them to go through the floor. GOOFY REDNECK ON FIRE~! Well; his boots anyway! It wasn't enough as they race into the lobby of the building and then race out seconds later. Goofy's boots are still on fire; but otherwise, it's smoke inhalation. That had to suck, and I'm shocked Max doesn't hate his life now. We pan up the tower and then we jump cut to Goofy and Max gulping. The fire engine is now scared as Max now understands the marshmellows on a camp out as Goofy feels the heat. Goofy is much too dumb and he still lives on as he's doing the foot grab spot and blows on his foot. Max runs in and uses the fire extinguisher which gets in Goofy's face and the foam buries him. Goofy thanks Max, Max claims that they haven't got started and Huge blows them off and closes the windows because he hates fireman and Max pointing at his penthouse. Goofy wants to do some engine-nuity and pets the firetruck again. Goofy needs more help than WildCat does in having imaginery friends. Goofy and Max run over and grab the opposite end of the hose. They run in opposite directions; I have no idea why there are nozzles on the opposite ends here, other than Goofy and Max bounce back and tie themselves up. Max wants to get organized as I want to get this episode over with. Logic break: Max's end of the hose has a red ring now as he plugs it into the fire hydrant. Disney Captions mistake: "Sick them!"?! It's "Sic'em!" in the audio, you stupid idiot. Goofy yells "fire" and means water. Sadly; the place isn't crowded; so Goofy is safe from lawsuits.
So Max unwenches the hydrant and we get a lot of water and swimming spots in and out of a high rise window for a while. The hose ties him up again and squeezes him as they protest in their own unique ways. The fire truck is so afraid that he shoots the blow horn from his...ummm...blow horn. Goofy grabs it and this leads to the snake charmer spot. Because; why not?! They fall to the ground as Goofy cuts a promo about handling the little fella and the hose counters with the water pillar on Goofy. Nice! I see someone hates the snake charmer spot as much as I do. We ride for a while as the hose ties itself into a giant knot; to set up the giant lump water spot as Goofy is ordering the hose to work together because there's a Contra...conflag and a fire to put out. Max and Waffles panic as Goofy notices the lump; says "shucks" and the hose explodes. Max turns the pulley to bring out the ladder as Waffles gets raised into the sky. Max pulls the lever (JESUS~!) and the ladder rises up some more. Goofy is so high in the air he can see his house from here. I believe him; he's too dumb to try illegal drugs of any kind. Somehow; the ladder flies from the other ladder into the sky because we have to abuse Waffles yet again. What is the point of Waffles in this show?! He's becoming the Meg Griffin of this show. Goofy grabs the ladder and we do some mid air acrobatics for a while. This all looks cool; but this is Kent's excuse to fill the running time. Although personally; this is better than them talking themselves to death. So apparently; a car wasn't enough, so Goofy heads straight for an airplane. Of course! We get the most contrived miss in history as Goofy blows him off as a Sunday driver. Speak for yourself, Goofy Goof! He looks down; they freefall and Goofy uses his raincoat as a parachute. I betcha it invert like Inspector Gadget's umbrella which it doesn't. He lands safely on the roof of Huge's penthouse; with Waffles in his hands. Dammit! Oh wait...GOOFY REDNECK ON FIRE~! HAHA! Good one fire, good one. And now the flames turn into Americanized versions of the Dancing Flame monster from Dragon Quest 2. One of them lands on Goofy's shoe and it's...you guessed it. Goofy blows it out and grabs a piece of wood. Yeah; because if water cannot put it out; surely a combustable substance like wood will. Yip; Goofy's dumb and he gets burned as a result. Well; only his hand. The dancing flames surround Goofy as Max wants the firetruck to do something. Uh-huh.
Fire truck starts as Max gets in with glee as the fire chief and Dexter run in protesting and ordering them to stop at once. Fire truck no sells this deal and races into the flaming building while the chief and Dexter run in after it. Because; why not?! This show has forfeited all common sense and logic anyway. Jump cut to Goofy pleading for mercy. Mercy? From fire? Please, give me a break! Somehow Goofy backs up to the open solar window and falls into it. Somehow; Waffles is heard despite we never actually see him anywhere in the scene. Did he fall before this scene occured? Jump cut to the fire truck riding up the stairway with Max in tow. Jump cut to police chief and Dexter running up stairs panting. Cut to Huge's office as we see Goofy and Waffles in the goldfish bowl with Atlas. Uh-oh! HUGE IS GONNA KILL YA~! And Dexter and the chief are going to be next on that chopping block; let me tell ya. And as predicted, Waffles already has eyes on Atlas as his next meal; causing Huge to stammer and panic in that order. Geez; even in 1992, people were calling other people "haters". No matter how much the millienals want to admit it; they are still stealing from the 1990's. Goofy comes up for air and Huge comes up to blow him off because he's not leaving Atlas; and then Huge dives into the water. Jump cut to Max driving the fire truck. You know what; now I know why it's sentinent now: It's a BS&P decision so the truck drives itself and not Max. That's really stupid; even more stupid than the firetruck crashing through the ceiling like a rocket; and pushing the goldfish tank right out of the penthouse into the sky. Goofy and Huge are shocked, Atlas would be if Waffles wasn't acting like an evil monster cat heel. On second thought; Waffles did deserve this abuse from Goofy after all. I take back everything I ever said; after seeing this. Goofy tells Huge to stop acting like a goldfish is a human being. I think Flounder from Little Mermaid would dispute that. Huge threatens violence on him because Atlas is his best friend. I think you mean, only friend since Huge is too much of an asshole to have them. Still better than having imaginery friends, I guess. Huge dives in and looks at Max and we get a huge logic break: Max is in the fire truck asking "What goldfish?". Max talks normally despite the fact that there is NO roof nor side on the truck. So it's impossible for Max to even be breathing normally, let along talking normally. How can anyone make such a rookie mistake?! Oh wait...
So yes; Waffles eats Atlas and now I forgive Goofy for all of his abusive tendencies towards Waffles now. You do not kill someone's best friend, even if it's a pet. Waffles is doing the backstroke during this; just to piss Huge and me off. Screw you Waffles, you lost all sympathy I ever had with you. At least Goofy wasn't trying to hurt you on purpose. Huge grabs Goofy and gets in his face for this and I don't blame him since it is Goofy's cat after all. And speaking of logic breaks: How in the world aren't they in space yet? Huge is pissed and calls out to Atlas because he's Daddy. And the firetruck finally stalls like a CT-37 on a steep plane and we freefall. Cut to chief and Dexter hanging on the roof stammering like idiots. Dexter pokes as chief, chief blows him off, chief looks up, godfrey daniels rears it's ugly head again, they panic and the fire truck completely misses the penthouse; but somehow, the water splashes all over the fire and puts the whole fire out. Everyone is flooded out of the building as the fire is out and we jump cut to Huge sobbing on the fire engine because Altas might be dead. So chief is pissed and asks what Goofy has to say for himself. At this point; why doesn't the chief just call the police at this point. I mean; it shouldn't be hard to press vandalism charges on Goofy and Max. I betcha we will never even get to that point. Because wanton destruction of a city is funny, you see. Sure; Goofy never intended to destroy the city; but so what?! Goofy calls this worth every penny, hyuck; as the chief threatens to sue them for damages, which Max turns on them claiming that the damage was caused by the chief and Dexter not doing their jobs and caring more about jettisoning an old fire engine than using it properly. Okay; I made up the last part; but it's true. Even Dexter concede this; and so does the chief, who whacks Dexter in the helmet and gets wobbled as a result. So Chief basically fires them from firefighting and Goofy accepts defeat. He takes off the coat and takes Max and bails stage left. He remember to step on Waffles' tail and Waffles spits out Atlas and Atlas lands in Huge's glass of water. Max notices this and goes over to Huge informing him to not drink the glass and Huge finds Atlas and he's so happy that he embraces Max for it. Awwwww; my heart melted. Goofy; thank you for teaching me that I should have never trusted that Waffles cat fellow.
Huge asks how he could repay them and Max whispers in his ear and Dana Hill actually remembers to lower her voice when doing this. Awesome! So we head inside the firestation as it has been totally rebuilt; and complete with a new fire engine as we head inside with Goofy, Waffles and Max wearing medals on the far shot at the right side of the engine. Why does Waffles deserve a medal?! He's the one who ate Atlas! STUPID! Oh; and the fire department has been renamed the Huge Fire Department; so yes, Huge bought the farm on this one. Goofy and Huge shake hands and love each other as Huge wants to test out the new fire engine. Huge also orders Waffles to ride in the back. HAHA! Serves you right, Waffles; you should be lucky that you are even getting a medal of valor. Max and Huge get in as Max asks about the chief and Dexter. Huge tells them not to worry because they have more important things to do. The fire engine leaves as Chief and Dexter are shown washing up the sentinent fire engine. The fire engine sighs as Dexter and Chief don't seem to be complaining about it. Damn; I wanted the fire engine to be Goofy's present when he leaves. Oh well; it's not like we will be seeing this red engine ever again. That ends the episode at 21:17. Wow; why did Kent Wadsworth leave cartoon writing? Granted; this isn't a very good episode or anything, but it's no way near offensive or anything. *** 1/2 (70%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; I don't have much to say about this episode other than it was kind of fun inspite of the vandalism and animal cruelty present. I will say that the episode was well paced, and the writing was in fine fine with a few obvious logic breaks and some really good animation spliced in between it. It's also a really stupid episode that turns Goofy into a dumb vandal; but most of the destruction was localized and none of the fires were started by Goofy; so it was understandable that I felt sort of bad for Goofy after he got fired. Sure; he caused some destruction of his own; but none of it was intentional or out of malice, it was sheer stupidity. If anyone deserved to be abused in this episode, it's Waffles. Up until this episode; I felt bad for Waffles because Goofy kept unintentionally hurting him and making it sound like no big deal. Once he ate Atlas; I lost all sympathy for him. Waffles is a horrible cat and I wanted Huge to skin that cat alive when this was over. There was a lot of stupid moments; but it was fast paced and it worked for the most part. Overall; this was a fun episode with better pacing and an evil cat who can go pound sand now. I'm surprised Kent left cartoon writing to be honest with you. Nothing in this episode was really terrible or anything and having fires as a plot device isn't nearly as problematic than delivering a bomb to a head of state to unintentionally start a war. I'm confused here. Hopefully; I can get an explaination as to why he left. So...
Thumbs in the middle for this episode and I'll see you all next time.