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Fish Hooks
Fish Floaters/Flying Fish Rant
Reviewed: 03/15/2011
Milo's Dreams Are Oscar's Nightmares!
So we finally make it to the second half of Fish Hooks and we start our first short with the MXC battle of girls Vs. boys in making the best fish float. Can you guess the ending before I finish this rant? The second short is one that I have actually been waiting for because Milo is channeling the powers of Cubbi and Kit Cloudkicker BABEE! His dream is to be able to fly and I say that this alone might just have what it takes to produce the first perfect monty in the new Disney. So let's rant on shall we...?
Fish Floaters is written and storyboards are done by Diana Lafyatis. The story is done by Jackie Buscarino and Justin Roiland. The direction is done by William Reiss and C.H. Greenblatt. Flying Fish is written and storyboards are done by Carl "Dillweed" Faruolo. The story is done by Tim McKeon and the direction is done by C.H. Greenblatt and William Reiss. All episodes are done in Flash; with CGI animals in the background. Heh.
Fish Floaters: We begin with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (sign: Hardware Store) as we see Bud sleeping on his feet drooling and snoring at the same time. Geez; I thought rednecks couldn't do those things. We head to the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH and inside Mr. Baldwin's classroom. Mr. Baldwin checks his watch and admits that he didn't read today's chapter and has nothing to do for the next 37 minutes. Let me guess; he planned on reading it; but the Seanut Butter Coffee he drank put him to sleep and wiped his memories. Anyway; the door slams open and here comes Principal Stickler in his chair with Fishington which means that we'll probably get a Kirby's Epic Yarn moment with the nurse soon enough. Stickler wants all class instruction suspended at once as he has an announcement to make. Baldwin salutes Stickler and floats out to wonder the halls and slams the door shut. Whatever turns you on Mr. Baldwin. Fishington uses the clam grippers to lift Stickler up as Stickler proclaims that homecoming is upon them and he needs the best float possible. We cut to Bea pondering about it and raising her hand like she's hyper and Stickler calls her a red head. HA! Bea is offended; but recoils and proclaims that the float should be about the essence of beauty and all the girls pop for her including Clamantha. Suuuurrrreeee Bea. Ask Fishington about it. Hmmmmm... Sadly; I was hoping Stickler would point that out to her and do the Epic Yarn spot; but it doesn't happen sadly. We anime teleport to Milo raising his fin and Stickler calls him the child who looks like a dinosaur. Stickler needs to get his eyes checked again. Milo jumps onto the desk and proclaims that the float as he dances around and wants the theme to be radical. Milo's theme equals MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. Bea's theme equals opposite of money. All the boys pop for that one. Can you smell the obvious here; or do I have to spell it out for you? Think back in 1985 with the Gummi Bears episode A-Hunting We Will Go and you'll get the picture here.
Bea blows him off because they are already using her idea. Umm; I didn't hear Stickler approving of such an idea Bea. You need an ear checkup as bad as Stickler needing an eye checkup. Fishington needs an attitude adjustment though. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm.... Stickler sees instantly that we have some competition and he wants to float by another idea and we get the bum-bum-cing sound again. Not funny sir; but at least I get the joke this time around. Stickler wants both boys and girls to build two floats and Stickler will decide which one is best and which gender is better. There are only two endings to this; and not one of them involves the boys having any hope in hell of winning. Nightflight said that in doublespeak; so it must be true. Bea tells Milo that he needs luck and Milo blows it off because he has a Krackpotkin plan in store. Oh goody; at least Milo is trying to make this episode not suck. Anyhow we head to the gym as Milo is addressing ther boys team which is Oscar, Steven Jackson, Albert Glass, Jumbo Shrimp and Jocktopus. What? No Bo Gregory? Was he banned for testing positive for steroids or something? I knew those cows he was milking in Dances With Wolves Fish was a bad sign for him. Or maybe it was playing Milloyball with the girls; I don't know. Milo asks what is the most radicial thing in the world. Albert claims ninjas (check!), Steve Jackson claims Rock And Roll (check!), Jocktopus claims himself (borderline check!), Jumbo Shrimp claims brontosaurus (borderline check!) and Oscar stammers and sweats of course (WRONG!).
Milo calls them all rad; but not as rad as this as he uncorks the white scroll paper on the boys and they all stare in awe. Sadly; we never get to SEE the float plans as Milo rolls them up. Milo proclaims that nothing...AND THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING can make them lose this one; so Milo wants someone to spy on the girls to find out what float they are making; just to be sure that they can win. Only someone who is good at talking to girls will do as we get a jackhammer shiny background of Steve Jackson's face. No; really, I'm as shocked as you are. Milo picks him and gives him a white paper of notes Milo wrote to counter any girl thinking that they are onto Steve's spying antics. So we go to the scene changer as we see Fimblery taking out boxes of violet petals (I think) out of the locker as Steve Jackson float up and locks the locker door. Steve greets her and we do the jackhammer Jackson face again to amuse me. The hair is what makes this amusing by the way. Fimberly is giddy as I expected her to be as Steve offers to help Fimberly with the violet glitter and floats off as he wants to see the team and offer to talk to them about their day as Fimberly floats stage right behind him looking charmed. Wow; I am as shocked as you are considering BS&P notes are supposed to be in full effect on such things. Anyhow; we head to the theater as we see Shellsea using the hacksaw, Clamantha painting a board with her tongue and Esgormargot simply holding the board as Koi Fish has boards in the foreground and smiling for the first time since ever. We cut to Bea invoking the FLAMETHROWER OF DOOM to weld metal (nice to see someone wearing protection here) as we zoom out as Steve Jackson (with box of glitter) is exchanging lunch notes with Fimblerly. Bea turns around and is SHOCKED and HORRIFIED as we jackhammer Steve's kisser again for my amusement. Fimblerly calls this good deed absolutely dreamy. Bea giggles and then points out that Steve should be helping the boys and this is rather odd.
So we cut to Steve invoking the CHILD CORRUPTING BALLOON OF DOOM (which is apporos since it's Milo in such balloon) as Milo reminds him what to do if the girls try to figure out what is going on. Steve goes to his notes and his acting goes from seducation to Z-Grade in less than ten seconds as Milo's hand writing sucks like crap. Bea of course sells it for three seconds; and then calls Steve Jackson out on it and Steve intentionally blows Milo's cover. HAHA! Bea whimpers saying that it kills her (death reference #1 for the episode) and wants Steve to leave and Steve simply agrees to and floats off stage left. Bea then turns around and addresses the girls like a drill instructors. See; Bea thinks those boys are SOOOOOO clever; because they are going to spy on their float because two can play at that game. Bea's team: Koi Fish, Clamantha, Fimblerly, Esgormargot, Clamantha and Piranaha. Wait; it's 7 VS. 6 here. These girls are lousy CHEATERS sezs I. Bea proclaims that they will use the most clever master of disguise the world has ever seen. Oh; if you cannot guess who they chose; you have no business reading this rant.
So we head to the gym floor and it's Clamantha dressed up as a boy. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I mean; the baseball cap has the word boy painted in black letters. THAT'S RACIST AND SEXIST! I knew Bea wasn't enlightened which is quite ironic all things considered. Clamantha of course screws it up by calling herself a man. Wait; I heard the Disney Channel promo for this short and I'm certain Clamantha said I'm a boy! Something tells me BS&P wasn't too happy about her saying it which is pointless since the word boy is plastered on the hat for all to see. She is also wearing a mustache as we zoom out and Oscar is stammering again because we have a situation here. Milo is listening to some music to get a soundtrack down which is probably copyrighted as Jocktopus hammers on a lot of nails on planks of wood. Cla-Man bounces away stage left and bounces into Albert Glass with a hacksaw as things get broken; and a paint can Jumbo Shrimp was using gets tipped over as Cla-Man loves his car. Cla-Man then cuddles up to Oscar and Oscar blows him off because she's Clamantha. Cla-Man acts dumb because he is a boy like Oscar and jumps on him wanting some kissy-kissy stuff. Ooooooooooooo..... This completely defeats the point of doing a BS&P job right there as Jocktopus notices a clam with a mustache and runs in and grabs Clamantha and throws her right out the window. Wow; didn't see that one coming at all.
Milo floats in wanting answers and Oscar explains that the girls sent Clamantha to spy on them. Milo is completely immune to the irony of it all of course and three can play at this game.....as Milo gets all evil like Max from Ruby & Max as he wants to sabotage the girls' float. Milo then reveals the dreaded stink bomb (probably made with the same ingredients as the bombs used in Kick Out) as Oscar calls it nice and foolishly asks who will do the deed and Milo winks at Oscar; and Oscar realizes that it's not nice at all. HAHA! Scene changer and we head to the double doors leading to the auditorium as Oscar floats in with his blue backpack and not looking very amused as Mission Impossible music plays in the background. He enters inside and practices the fine art of not being seen by hiding behind the seats. Oscar pops up and uncorks the stink bomb; but there is Piranha sitting two seats to her left doing the Gruffi pose. I see the BS&P has finally regained control of this short. Oscar greets as we cut back to Milo floating around the gym with the transmitter asking what is taking so long. He talks to the transmitter calling himself Green Apple; as Oscar is Blue Wizard which would have made more sense if the colors were switched. Then again; it's Milo so you know...
We then hear Bea on the transmitter as the cover has been blown as Milo demands to know what they did to Oscar. Bea tells him that Oscar is safe; but he had to be punished by doing knitting of rugs with Koi Fish. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oscar calls it fun and Milo calls them monsters. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. BWHAHAHAHA! Projection much there Milo? So Oscar is out of the running and I'm guessing Clamantha is out of the running too; so we are still 6 Vs. 5 for the girls as Milo and Bea exchange words and agree to meet each other tomorrow morning and to have a pleasant evening. So we head to the football field as both sides roll in their floats under white blankets. Stare down ensues as they meet at midfield. Oscar yells at Milo not to end it like this and Milo proclaims that it's already too late for that. If Oscar is saying that then the girls are going to squash the boys in this one for sure. See' Ocar is brainwashed by their cooties as Bea uncorks her float and it looks like a merfish with blond hair and a crown. Damn; I was hoping that it was a float that looks like Doris Flores Gorgous; just to put more heat on Oscar and Bea's relationship. I club BS&P! The boys whistle on cue as the princess also has a matching handbag to go with it. Whatever Bea. Shellsea gets her contracted line in almost eight and a half minutes in doing a wah-wah.
Milo calls her out on that one as Milo uncorks the white blanket off his float and it's a robot from Gadget's book of makeshift ideas to screw villains over. HAHA! Now THAT's radical. In any sane universe; that robot trumps anything Bea comes up with; but this is Disney and the girls must squash the boys because they don't want to be labeled as sexists and have parents with girls change the channel and boycott Disney. Disney has enough problems with boycotts as it is see. Even better; it has the boom box from Deadman's Drop and it shoots lasers. The only way this could be perfect is if it shoots bullets; but BS&P is clearly not going to allow that; so lasers will have to do in a pinch. Oh and Clamantha has appeared OUT OF NOWHERE as everyone dances to the beat meaning it's 7 VS. 5 in favor of the girls. Milo bounces his ass in a sexy matter just to piss off the moral guardians and amuse me as he wants Bea to beat that one. Bea is impressed; but missing one thing as we see a manhood coming out of the float's mouth (WHAT WERE THE WRITERS SMOKING?) and it invokes the clown powder of death which nails the robot with clown makeup. HAHA! I see the writers have not forgotten The Darker Side Of Fish when Milo dressed up like a clown. This Bea gal is such a wench!
Milo is PISSED as he order Albert to nail the float with the manly laser and Albert sells it like Honker on steroids as the lasers knock the crown off of the float's head and another shot does some damage to the face. Good; that means that they are going with the no contest finish which is as good as any in the new Disney. So Bea orders Shellsea and Piranaha goes to defense as they go into the big ass handbag and invoke the mirrors which deflect the lasers and shoot off the arms. Milo screams as Koi Fish holds up Clamantha and Clamantha spits pearls at the boys for good measure. Jocktopus punches some of them away; but one nails him in the kisser. Milo proclaims that it has come down to the lowest of the lowest as the boys bring out the jars of mayo and it's time to screw with the girls' hair. Mayo gets thrown; everyone bails, Oscar screams, Fimberly gets some on her hair and panics, girls lose control of robot and it goes forward into the robot float. Milo screams for Albert to get them out of here; but the control levers (WRONG LEVERS!) are stuck because Albert hasn't even been taking steroids. So instead of Milo helping him like in the old cartoons (because then the boys would win and that's not allowed in the new Disney); everyone bails and the floats all gets absolutely destroyed of course. And the floats break logic by being in mid air when they explode despite being on the ground the entire time. Now there is a BS&P decision if I ever see one.
Here comes Principal Stickler with Fishington demanding answers to this outrage as he looks forward as he is SHOCKED and....happy? See; when the floats all got destroyed; the ending pieces end up looking like a model of him. Naturally he likes himself being celebrated and everyone is stunned. Personally; I predicted this finished right before the short started and really it was the only finish that maintains the heat of everyone involved in this mess. Stickler asks who did this and Bea and Milo admits that it was a collective and Stickler declares everyone a winner as there is no selling from the kids and then they cheer about three seconds later. I'm not offended because the alternative was to have the girls squash the boys which would have completely destroyed the males creditability as characters. Good decision there guys. Scene changer as we see the homecoming float come into the stadium as the football team cheers with the students as Piranha and Jocktopus kiss each other on the lips on-screen. We then cut to Oscar, Milo and Bea exchanging notes as Bea learns that boys and girls are both equal and immature equally. I think Kit and Molly would have something to say about that Bea. Oscar learned rug knitting is a fun hobby for anyone and he uncorks two sweaters in stereotypical boy blue and pink girl colors. Whatever Oscar. We zoom out to Bud's pet shop with the tanks shot as everyone thanks each other and that ends the short at 10:20. Predictable as hell; but still a fun episode to watch thanks to Cla-MAN and Steve Jackson; plus Milo's radical robot design. *** 1/2 (70%)
Flying Fish: We begin with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Flight School. Ummm; yeah) as we see Bud trying to swat a fly with the pink fly swatter as the fly lands on Bud's nose and Bud MURDERS himself with the fly swatter. The animation here is terrible even by this show's low standards. We head to the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH as we see Zeus yelling that dreams are important and everyone must have a dream. We then head to Zeus's classroom which is dark and spooky as Mr. Mussels is yelling and the students oversell naturally. Oh and don't ever give up on your dreams either. Good to know; but I have a dream to have Mr. Mussels to stop screaming on every sentence. Mussels turns over his desk and talks softly and admits that he gave up on his dreams. He uses the flashlight to force the point and then turns it off and that somehow turns on the main lights. Logic break #1 for the episode and we aren't even a minute into this one. Mr. Mussels whispers to go to their dreams. We then see the students dreaming and sleeping (Now THIS is a class I like actually) as Albert plays the violin, Bea is a fashion model movie star, Oscar is with Bea holding hands while riding dolphins, and Milo cannot seem to dream about anything. So he tries again and there is nothing to dream about. His dreams are popped and Milo knows it as the bell rings and everyone floats out. Mr. Mussels is eating a whole wheat sandwich in case anyone cares. He notices Milo raising his hand as Milo asks what happens if he doesn't have a dream and Mr. Mussels goes ballistic on him. See; if he doesn't have a dream, Milo will be cold, hungry and alone. In other words; Kit Cloudkicker before becoming an Air Pirate. It took him years before he got his dreams to come true. Milo needs time Mr. Mussels; NOT a lecture. Oh and let's jackhammer the zoom in for good measure.
So we head to the fish park as Milo sulks in wondering about having a dream as a pink leaf breaks from a tree and flies down into Milo's fins and then the wind whips it away as Milo is happy....and then sulks as he see various fish people talking in their dreams with CHILD CORRUPTING BALLOONS OF DOOM. Milo waxes over dreams and that segues into a song as Milo has grown female lips. I am not going to call this because it's silly and it involves Milo stealing dreams from a baby and failing badly; but Corey Baxter's singing isn't too bad all things considered. So we segue to Milo's room as Milo waves good night in his bed and falls asleep and snores. Oscar's is in the opposite bed wondering what the hell just happened. We then go to Milo's dreams as we are in Kirby's Dreamland if it was done by a six year old. Oh; and we see that Milo is flying like a bird man as his dream posse cheers for Milo or death on the ground. Even in Milo's dreams it's hard to tell. Oh and there are flying apples and a robot with a hotdog as we return to reality (no, not really) as he is happy and he has his dream at last. So we head to the Hokey Poke and cut to Oscar and Bea sitting on the table questioning Milo's taste in clothes as Milo is dressed like a pilot. Yippee! Milo's dream is the same as Kit Cloudkicker's. FINALLY; a new Disney character I can RELATE TOO! There is hope still for Mr. Dillweed. Milo and Bea exchanges notes as Milo wants to fly around the world and he can dream it to make it true. Bea points out that Mr. Mussel didn't mean dream it literally as Oscar tried telling Milo that but he doesn't listen. Oh come on Iger; let Milo be the new Kit Cloudkicker and make Fish Hooks into an AWESOME series already. Carl has finally found a gig for Milo that I LOVE and you're going to RUIN my buzz?!
Oscar proclaims that fish cannot fly not unlike a 12 year old bear cub who cannot fly. Oscar needs to watch TaleSpin more often methinks. Milo wants to build up his strength and orders a lemonade and drinks from it as Bea calls this a Milo Moment. You're damn right it is Bea and I'll be damned if you and Oscar RUIN said Milo Moment. Thankfully; Oscar and Bea decide to humor him and play along as Oscar apologizes to Milo. Milo proclaims that this will be the greatest adventure ever and the grandest ever too as he continues to slurp down on the lemonade. We then get the PIXEL SCENE CHANGER OF DOOM as Milo is giddy (and taken off his pilot gear for some strange reason that will never be explained) as Milo has a tablecloth with two ways to fly: using a balloon and jumping with a jet pack (I think). So Milo builds this water vacuum as he fills a balloon with fish air water (might as well since the logic is shot all to hell) and floats up with said balloon. He floats up and would have succeeded had the conveniently placed light bulb lamp not been in his path to burst the balloon. HAHA! Bud just hates Milo's guts doesn't he? Bea and Oscar look on from outside the tank as Milo crosses off the balloon floating trick. Next up; he'll just the jet blower of doom to make himself fly; complete with pilot's gear. I see he wants to make sure nothing goes wrong and that is his lucky pilot's gear. Milo float over the tank and bounces off the conviently placed trampoline; but cannot get any air to fly. HAHA! See; flapping your wings like a bird doesn't work. Milo needs to study the nature of flight if he wants this to work. Oscar wants to end this now; but Bea want Milo to get it out of his system. When BEA is the one who wants to please me and let Milo do his thing; you know this episode rocks.
Anyhow; Milo crosses off the jet pack scheme and we pan south to see that he is going to do the rocket ship. Well; he had a robot shooting lasers so this shouldn't be too hard logic wise as we jump cut to Oscar sipping from his drink and panics as we zoom out to see Milo waving at Oscar in a makeshift bottle rocket thus channeling Kit Cloudkicker, Gadget Hackwrench and Cubbi Gummi all in the matter of three minutes. The rocket flies high and bounces off everything; destroying the rocket of course and smashing into tanks before taking a flop onto the floor; triggering the smoke alarm and turning on the sprinkler system. HAHA! Milo looks up as some of the pets blow him off for causing so much damage for my amusement. Oh sod off you unfunny animals! You probably said the same thing about Kit Cloudkicker too. So we get a far zoom in shot of the tanks at the pet store and then return into Milo's bedroom with Oscar and Milo in their beds (and Milo seemly has a red light bulb coming out of nowhere and probably going the same place. Milo proclaims that he'll never fly now and the animals were right. So Milo is no Kit Cloudkicker after all; Kit would have fought to get to fly until the end in Flight School. Oscar tells him that he's not a failure because fish cannot fly anyway. So what does that make Milo Oscar; an almost total failure? Oscar proclaims that he'll put in his earplug to prevent crying and then falls asleep. Prick.
Milo sezs goodnight and falls asleep without crying as we return to man child's Kirby's Dreamland for six year old's as Milo Kirby is flying in the sky again before waking up again as he cannot sleep due to this obsession of flying. Well; flying is addictive. Ask Kit about it. Milo opens the fridge door because we need at least one scene where someone raids the fridge. Milo notices an apple and pushes it away. I see he saw those "Won't Going to Kill You" Ads as he drinks a carton of milk. And then we see the GHOST OF MR. MUSSELS blowing him off for giving up on his dreams. Jeepers; it's bad enough when Zeus has to scream in your ear during class, it's far worse when he uses his macabre powers to become a ghost and scream at you when you are raiding the fridge trying to strengthen your bones and teeth. I see where Oscar gets his prick attitude from too. Even worse; when Mr. Mussels' ghost proclaims that the answers are in front of him; he steals Milo's ice pop treats and flies away. Prick. Milo chases the ghost of Mr. Mussels; but smashes into the tank with a MAN-SIZED bump. And then we zoom out as Milo notices the bird cages hanging in the petstore and has a Krackpotkins plan in mind.
So we go to the scene changer as we see Oscar in bed with his earplugs on (despite not seeing them until now. Logic break #2 for the episode) as there is knocking and Oscar tosses and turns using his pillow to block the noise; but giving us a glorified shot of his ass crack. Oscar takes off the earplugs as we see Milo using a mallet to nail some wooden planks as Oscar and Bea pop up from the water. Bea asks what is he building and Milo uncorks the blue cloth to reveal a cage trap pulley system with yarn which is built with the desk lamp that screwed him earlier with the balloon floating. HAHA! Milo calls it a bird trap as Oscar is confused so Milo repeat it while laying seeds on the newspaper lining the bird trap. See; fish cannot fly; but birds can and he does a bird call as Oscar proclaims that this is not what he meant. Ummm; yes that is exactly what you meant Oscar. Fish cannot fly; you said that yourself, but birds can fly which is true. Bea stops him because it's time to get it out of his system and give him one hour to fail; and they both panic as a white parrot perches down in the cage eating bird seeds. I might as well get the voice actor of the bird out of the way......
The white parrot is voiced by George Takei and according to USIMDB: Although primarily known for playing Sulu in the original "Star Trek" (1966) television series and the first six features, George Takei has had a varied career acting in television, feature films, live theater and radio. He also is a successful writer and community activist. His first-hand knowledge of the unjust internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans in WW II, poignantly chronicled in his autobiography, created a lifelong interest in politics and community affairs. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, George and his family were relocated from Los Angeles to Camp Rowar in Arkansas, and later, as the war was ending they were moved to a camp at Tule Lake in northern California. After graduating from Los Angeles High School in 1956, George studied architecture at UC Berkeley. An ad in a Japanese community paper led to a summer job on the MGM lot dubbing eight characters from Japanese into English for Sora no daikaijû Radon (1956) (aka "Rodan"). With the acting bug kindled in him, he transferred to UCLA as a theater arts major. Contacting an agent he had met at MGM led to Takei's appearance as an embittered soldier in postwar Japan in the "Playhouse 90" (1956) production "Made in Japan" even before starting classes at UCLA. Being spotted in a UCLA theater production by a Warner Bros. casting director led to George's feature film debut in Ice Palace (1960), various roles in "Hawaiian Eye" (1959) and other feature work. In June of 1960, he completed his degree at UCLA and studied that summer at the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-Upon-Avon in England.
After starting a Master's degree program at UCLA, George was cast in the socially relevant stage musical production, "Fly Blackbird!" but was replaced when the show moved to New York. He took odd jobs until returning to his role at the end of the run. Getting little work in Manhattan, George returned to L.A. to continue his studies at UCLA, once again appearing in TV shows and feature films. He earned his MA degree in 1964.Wanting a multi-racial crew, Gene Roddenberry cast him in "Where No Man Has Gone Before," the second "Star Trek" (1966) pilot. Mr. Sulu remained as a regular character when the series went into production. In the hiatus after the end of shooting the first season he worked on The Green Berets (1968), playing a South Vietnamese Special Forces officer.After "Star Trek" (1966) was canceled, Takei did guest stints in several TV shows, voiced Sulu for the animated Star Trek series and regularly appeared at Star Trek conventions. He also produced and hosted a public affairs show, "Expression East/West" aired in Los Angeles from 1971 to 1973. In 1973, he ran for the Los Angeles City Council. Although he lost by a small margin, Mayor Tom Bradley appointed him to the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District, where he served until 1984 and contributed to plans for the subway. During this period he co-wrote a sci-fi novel, "Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe." He campaigned to get more respect for his character in the Star Trek features, resulting in Sulu finally obtaining the rank of captain in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), a role reprised in a "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) episode "Flashback." George has run several marathons and was in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Torch Relay. He gained a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame in 1986 and left his signature and hand print in cement at the Chinese Theater in 1991. His 1994 autobiography, "To the Stars," was well-received by more than just Star Trek fans. He remains active as a stage, TV and film actor and as an advocate for the interests of Japanese-Americans. He has almost 150 credits to his resume. He started with Godzilla Raids Again and Rodan in 1956. Hercules The Animated Series is his DTVA debut as Ptolemy and Kim Possible as Sensei. Supah Ninjas!, Larry Crowne, Strange Fame: Love & Sax and The Potential Wives of Norman Mao (which he is also executive producer) are his most recent credits. He also wrote the documentary Space Travelers in 2009.
The white parrot is easily caught in the cage as Milo stalks him with a riding crop as he opens the cage door as Oscar demands answers to this outrage. Milo proclaims that he is going to mount the parrot because this is his destiny before slamming the door cage shut. Ummm; I can clearly see a tiny flaw in your plan there Milo: How are you going to get the cage up to fly him out of? Milo invokes the riding crop on the parrots' leg and it screams with jackhammer anime background and Milo panics. No really; I'm as shocked as you are. Oh wait; Milo screams and jumps up and grabs hold of the white parrot's neck. My mistake as usual. Oscar and Bea run in as Milo has the riding crop on and he is on the back of the parrot; but the parrot counters by somehow grabbing Milo's midsection with it's beak and shaking him about eight times before dropping him in between the cage bars. Oscar screams that he needs to get the hell out of there; but the parrot grabs him by the talons (how does that work?) and throws him into the opposite side of the cage with a wussy bump. Milo tries the riding crop; but the parrot jump cuts (!!!) into him and peaks his ass good. HAHA! I am so loving this episode. Milo gets bitch slapped and slides about ten feet away from the parrot as Milo remains defiant; but gets choked out by the parrot's talon. Excellent selling from Milo by the way. The parrot goes in for the kill; but Oscar and Bea manage to open the cage somehow; and yank Milo out of the cage before any more awesomeness can happen. BOO! HISS! Milo grabs onto the cage door to try to get himself back in (YAY!); but Bea and Oscar keep pulling on him in a tug of war Milo is not going to win; no matter how much of a fat ass he is. POW! OUCH! Ummmm.....
Milo screams that he will not be denied his dream and Oscar calls this madness as Milo actually wins; but the cage door shuts and Milo screams as Oscar and Bea drag him back into the fish tank. Okay; that was really good. Then Milo is grabbed out of the water by Mr. Mussels wearing a blue stocking cap claiming that he couldn't sleep. See he was awaken by the scream of a broken dream. He grabs Milo and tells him not to lie to him as Milo said he wants to fly and Mr. Mussels asks if he is willing to do everything in his power to make it come true. Milo nods and Mr. Mussels calls it a real dream and blows off Oscar and Bea for not supporting him. Oh my God; I am loving this. Bea and Oscar apologize for not supporting him as Milo blows them off for recapping because he wants to fly see. Bea and Oscar still call it crazy; but they have his support now and the white parrot finally speaks out as he will support Milo's decision too. Milo is shocked as he pulls the cage open and Oscar panics. OSCAR?! You are supposed to support Milo; not panic? The white parrot flies out as Milo demands to know why the parrot didn't speak up instead of MURDERING him and the parrot gleefully answers that one for me. Milo breaks the stick dripping tears and kneels down and apologizes. The white parrot gently butts head with Milo and forgives him.
Milo proclaims that it doesn't pay to be selfish and the white parrot stammers on the great lesson Milo learned. I don't think the stammering was needed there sir. The parrot offers to make his dream come true as Milo saddles up with the parrot and Milo wants to share the dream with his friends Bea, Oscar and Mr. Mussels. And so the parrot grabs everyone with his talons and they oversell as the parrot flies with the kids on top and the screaming mussel teacher on bottom. Okay; that was more disturbing than I had intended. We fly around the shop as fish pop; Bud nearly get dive bombed and the parrot warns him not to abuse his dream. Milo apologizes as the white parrot shows him the nest of children as Milo and the baby rub heads together. We fly some more as Mr. Mussels notices an apple under it's wing and grabs it as the parrot flings apples onto the kids as the kids grab an apple each. Oscar calls it a dream come true as the white parrot chomps down on an apple from mid air as the parrot is so awesome and then it ends at the white parrot crashes into the desk lamp and flops onto the floor smoking the place and the sprinkler and smoke alarms blare up again. That close; we were THAT close to perfection until right there. The weasels blows off the fish again as we circle fade out to end the short at 10:20. The best Fish Hooks short EVERAH~! Too bad that they had to end it in stupid fashion though. **** 1/2 (90%).
THE REVIEW LINE
A really good mix of shorts this time around. Fish Floaters went about as well as I could have hoped for and it was an improvement from A Hunting We Will Go from Gummi Bears in that both sides actually brought the goods and it didn't make the females weak. Plus; the finish was really the only one they could do without burying the male lead characters. Plus; I really dig Clamantha dressing up like a boy since her granny voice sounds like it too. Milo's scheming was funny; as well as Bea's punishment for Oscar too. Also Milo's float was the real winner in that it shoots lasers and looks resourceful instead of vain. Sadly; there were several logic breaks including a really silly BS&P explosion at the end of it; but for the most part it was a good episode despite being predictable.
As For Flying Fish; it might be the best Fish Hooks episode in the entire series for one reason: Milo channeling the powers of Kit Cloudkicker, Cubbi Gummi and Gadget Hackwrench and failing badly. A few logic breaks and a really ugly ending prevented a perfect short (and when have I said THAT about a new Disney cartoon?) as Milo's performance was amazing. Yes; it doesn't have the pathos of Flight School; nor the overness of Kit Cloudkicker; but it did have the performance of Kit from Milo, the blowing off of Oscar and Bea in a rare showing of being supportive in her different sort of way. I also liked the sequence with the trapping of the parrot as Milo did something Kit couldn't do in Flight School: Take an ass kicking from a pissed off parrot. So next up is Two Clams in Love and Peopleing and I'm SO looking forward to the first ever Clamantha focused episode; in a perverse sort of way. However; those won't be readying until the first week of April since there is only one short remaining in March and that one has already aired. So; that leaves the two Kick Buttowski shorts left and I'll be doing those this weekend. So....
Thumbs in the middle for Fish Floaters and thumbs up for Flying Fish and I'll see you all next time.