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Fish Hooks
Diary of A Lost Fish/Good Morning, Freshwater Rant
Reviewed: 07/05/2011
Good Morning Randy Pincherson, Prepare To Die!
So we finally come down to the final three episodes of Season One of Fish Hooks (I think) as Bea gets blackmailed by Randy Pincherson on a date. Our next short features Bea and Oscar doing announcements for the school. Oooooooo..This should be fun to mock. So; let's rant on shall we...?
Diary of a Lost Fish is written and storyboards are done by Ian Wasseluk. The story is done by Jacqueline Buscarino and directed by William Reiss and C.H. Greenblatt. Good Morning, Freshwater is written and storyboards are done by Diana Lafyatis. The story is done by Tim McKeon and directed by William Reiss and C.H. Greenblatt. All episodes are done in Flash; with CGI animals in the background. Heh.
Diary Of A Lost Fish: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (sign: Secrets. Oooooo. Wonder if one of them involves Bud's past?) as Bud walks in with the PAPERBAG OF SHAME on his head and then the parrot steals it from Bud revealing a clown face. Whatever. So we head to the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH as Bea monologues. Thrilling...NOT! One of the football players gets kicked around and Mr. Baldwin does Spanish lessons. How amusing that the one useful thing Mr. Baldwin does in this series is the one Bea doesn't understand. Bigot. Esgormargot gets her contracted line in reminding Mr. Baldwin that it's math class. We then anime background to behind the class as Oscar and Milo flick paper to amuse themselves. Shellsea puta lipstick on her lips just to prove that she's nothing but a walking female stereotype. We finally get Bea talking for real at her desk writing in her diary. In front of the whole class no less. Well; that removes any sympathy I had for her for this short before it ever happens. How stupid do you have to be to bring your DIARY to school. Even more so when one of your stalkers is Randy Pincherson....
...And speaking of the EVIL ONE; he's snooping behind Bea's back and seething which Bea blows off harshly. Randy simply acts calm and notices the obvious dumbassery by Bea as Bea tells him to mind his own beeswax. Randy claims Bea is writing about him. If she was; it's not in the positive tense Randy, trust me on that one. Randy brings up the date thing and Bea is downright pissed off on that one. Randy of course is like a rapist (That'll be a yes); but he couldn't pinch Oscar to save his life anyway and Bea turns around to ignore him. Maybe if you didn't bring the damn diary to school Bea; Randy wouldn't have cared. Randy proclaims that Bea is his and he's Randy Pincherson. What did he lose? He dominated Bea in that round. Then the SIERNS OF PAIN beckon in the classroom which is the usual signal for Mr. Stickler to make his entrance and he does with the MEGAPHONE OF JIMMY HARTS breaking the alarm as there is a brush alert. And the brush comes in as Bud outside is brushing the fish tank containing the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH. Stickler gets hit (oh; the irony!) and his spike head lands on Mr. Baldwin's head and Baldwin screams....badly. Everyone scatters like scalded dogs as Bud scratches his back with the brush. Whatever.
The room is sparkly clean as Clamantha bounces in and lands on the desk to give the all clear signal. Seems like a long time ago when Clamantha spoke in nearly every short she was in eh? Everyone comes back in as Bea goes to her desk; and her diary is missing. Bea screams better than Baldwin ever could as she gains some roided strength lifting the desk with chewing gum on it and if you don't know who stole her diary; you have no business reading this rant. Yeap; it's the EVIL ONE himself. Bea is now officially dumber than everyone victimized by Wikileaks. I think you can guess where this is going now. Naturally; Bea tries to get it back; but Randy has the claw grip on the rainbow jackhammered background diary. Randy demands that Bea take her on a magical date to a fancy resturant. Bea clearly doesn't get the inner working of what blackmail is and looks like she just threw up in her mouth. Randy of course takes it as wanting to really eat with him. If only Randy; if only.
So we go to the scene changer of doom and head to the resturant known as Le Pincherson. Oh come on guys! It's Randy's parent's own fancy resturant that they own. It's SO obvious! So we head inside as Bea and Randy sit in the middle of the table and Bea seems more occupied with the diary she was stupid enough to bring with her. It's also a candlelight dinner as Randy proclaims that the diary is safe in his house. Of course; this basically means Randy can blackmail her into doing more than just a mere fancy dinner. Randy calls for the waiter and of course; it's the fish edition of the French Stereotype Waiter that got old since TaleSpin and we all wished it stayed in TaleSpin. Randy wants a reveal and the waiter goes to the conviently placed red cloth and unleashes Randy Pincherson as if he got that lobster's body from Spongebob Squarepants (Sorry; I don't remember his name right now) painted purple with Bea loving him....in bed. POW! OUCH! Ummmm.... Randy calls Bea absolutely speechless. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Randy gets all giddy as the patrons at the diner do not like the statue at all. I actually like the statue; I just don't like Bea and Randy in real life (no, not actual real life). Apparently; Randy's reputation is so bad that Bea's reputation will go through the floor as Bea is sulking. Isn't Bea's reputation through the floor into the basement floor already? This to me would be a step UP; not a step down.
Then it gets worse as Shellsea and her girl friends (Huh? How? Does that make sense?) arrive as Shellsea calls her out on dating Randy Pincherson. Answer: Yes she is Shellsea. When you are blackmailed by Randy Pincherson; it often become a soft core porn date. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Fimberly seems to cannot contain herself and looks almost ready to laugh as Shellsea blows Bea off for dating Randy Pincherson. And Bea has no one but herself to blame for this because she was stupid enough to bring a diary to school. Shellsea panics and shakes Bea as Bea wants to explain; but Randy cuts her off at the pass as it's a 90% chance of romance and Bea throws up in her mouth again. I guess 10% vomitting is the hazard pay for Randy Pincherson. The girl friends all leave to go shopping as Bea cannot believe that this day cannot get any worse; and here comes Steve Jackson. Huh? When did Bea and Steve Jackson ever have a relationship? If Hugh Edminston came in; this would make more sense since Bea dated him in Doris Flores Gorgeous. You know; the one with the funniest finish in the new Disney. That I predicted BEFORE the short happens. We get the Steve Jackson Jackhammer Smile Special for amusement purposes. That allows Bea to hyper-ventilate like a anime purist after seeing an American dub. Steve wanted to talk to her; but she's on a date and he'll leave her to her date as Bea panics. Nice to see Steve Jackson of all people actually showing respect for the one dumb girl. This is getting wretched now.
Randy proclaims that she's on a date with him and Steve respects their privacy and decides to leave talking to Fimberly. Finally; they actually pay off Fimberly's smile. So nice to see that little detail; and yet it's so trivial. Steve floats away as Bea is pissed. So Bea uses her cellphone to call a distress signal to Milo and Oscar who so happen to be hiding outside behind the leaves. Wait; there is a plant outside the resutrant. I didn't recall seeing that on the first shot of the place. And that was a wide angle shot. Oh and she cannot spell Randy Pincherson as we see Milo with binoculars proclaiming that she is having the time of her life. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Milo claims that she's crying tears of joy and Oscar doesn't buy it because he knows Bea would NEVER go on a date with Randy Pincherson. Oscar wants to get to the bottom of this. Milo then notices his text message on from Bea and doesn't think it's important and threatens to delete it. Oscar grabs the phone and the message is in the INTERNET MISSPELL LINGO OF DOOM. And naturally; Oscar, despite being the internet nerd of the group cannot understand the lingo at all. Oh and logic is broken since they used CGI human fingers. Basically; Bea wants help from Milo since Randy Pincherson has her diary and it's at his house. She wants them to get it for him. Oscar wants to go to the Oscarmobile and Oscar rides Milo stage right.
Oscar Batman scene changer (Okay; that was funny, the first funny spot of the short six minutes in!) as we head to Randy Pincherson's house as Oscar is wearing camoflague with tri-scope of doom on his head as he wants to practice the fine art of not being seen by Randy. However; that is ruined as Milo is wearing a zombified version of the Camel-O-Flague. HAHA! That is officially funnier than Milo in a hamster suit and that equals MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. Bea having a date with anyone; most so Randy Pincherson is opposite of money. They sneak through the magical window as Oscar orders Milo to be quiet. Milo promises as he struggles through the window at 120 dbs. Huey: That yelling munches! Milo gets disrobed and plops onto the quiet playing dead as the Fishdogs get unleashed. Seriously; that is what they are. Oscar panics as Milo eats an apple. Oscar wants Milo to throw something and Milo has four choices and he decides to throw Oscar to the wolves. HAHA! That is like 80 million sharp objects and Milo goes for the bullrope. I'll explain that joke one day; seriously I will. Milo decides to search for the diary while Oscar runs inteference. Sounds good enough for me. Sadly; this episode is getting too funny since we have to focus on Bea now....
So we return to Le Pincherson as Randy Pincherson is being generally annoying. He is truly THE EVIL ONE...of manners. Randy blows off Bea for not eating her lobster since it's not cheap. Bea just wants the goofs to hurry up. So we return to Randy's house as Milo looks around and sees a old mummy and panics. The mummy talks as we discover that it's Granny Pincherson...and she doesn't suspect a thing either. I'm guessing those glasses haven't been changed in decades as Milo shakes like a leaf. Milo asks about the diary and Granny agrees to give it to him; if only he cleans her dentures as she spits them out and they are big ass as Milo screams...badly. So much for the funny as she's Granny Pincherson complete with blue jackhammered background. Well; she's no worse on the catchphrase than Randy; so I'll live. Anyhow; we return to Le Pincherson as Randy cuddles with Bea. He also has a digital camera with him as he tries to take their picture and Bea is so pissed off that she tries to storm off. However; Randy then reveals that he had the diary with his all along. Geez Bea; you and Oscar were telling Milo about Randy not being trustworthy like two shorts ago. So Randy decides to really go for the throat as he's going to reveal all her writings to the entire school tomorrow. He's Randy Pincherson the EVIL ONE (my words; not his) as he bumps into the wall with a decent bump before twinkletoeing out of the resturant. Bea panics and Randy needs to win this one; but I doubt he will so Bea can finally have that overdue lesson of not bringing personal matters to a school.
And then Oscar and Milo enter as Oscar is completely destroyed from the dogfish fight as Bea asks what they did and Milo proclaims that they did unspeakable things. Bea is confused because he left with Bea's diary and then she sees that Oscar has found Randy's diary and is so loving this as she sees revenge coming to Randy Pincherson. I do not like where this is going. So we head to the Freshwater Theatre as Randy Pincherson is on stage with the entire class sitting in their seats. Including Doctor Frog/Deranged Kermit too. Randy addresses the crowd and then threatens Bea with another date as Jumbo Shrimp gets his contracted line in wearing 3D glasses and having popcorn. Bea tells Randy to be the better fish; but Randy no sells and the square glasses are on as he opens the diary and addresses the crowd about Bea going from sweet girl to angry girl. Coach Salmons gets his contracted lines in as Randy goes to July 31st....but then gets cut off by Bea as the second curtain behind him opens and Bea is on her soap box and reveals Randy's diary. And offers Granny Pincherson to actually read the passages. Granny claims that Randy is been the naughty EVIL ONE and decides to read the diary starting in June. Apparently; Granny sings to Randy as Randy is SHOCKED and APPALLED. Whatever, who cares? This is supposed to be naughty? The problem with this angle is that it only truly works if it's PG and Disney is too kiddy at this point for anything to be taken seriously.
Bea asks Randy to return the diary and Randy no sells; so Granny reads that Randy stole Bea's diary and everyone is in SHOCK. Shellsea realizes this and calls Randy dead (death reference #1) as tomatos fly in Randy's face and he gets booed out of the theatre. Bea wants her property back and Randy gives her the diary. He threatens revenge date (codeword: rape) and he's the EVIL ONE Randy Pincherson as he takes a nast bump into the wall and knocks himself out. Whatever. Bea is grateful and then she rips up the diary in half. Everyone is relieved; so Bea reveals the out of nowhere laptop because everything is on blogs anyway. The babyfaces all pratfall on their faces and that ends the short at 10:20 approx. Whatever Bea; you just rendered an already crappy episode even more pointless than it already was. What a dumb short this was. Only the Oscar/Milo break into Randy's house was cute so call it * (20%). Boy; Randy Pincherson as a focus character is just hell's poison to this show in general isn't it?
Good Morning, Freshwater: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (sign: Organic Produce. A redneck environmentalist? Riiiigggghhhhtttt) as Bud is sleeping in his sleeping bag on the floor and the little parrots are annoying him. How cute. We head to the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH and into Mr. Baldwin's class as Mr. Baldwin has his toilet out discussing the finer points of pulling someone's finger. And he farts of course as he asks for questions and Milo's is asked first of course. Milo asks how male seahorses can create babies and Baldwin gleefully ignores it as he goes to the A/V cart and turns on the television because it's time for Oscar's announcements. And since Oscar is the dork of the outfit; everyone groans. No really. I am as SHOCKED as you are. Milo is a little over dramatic on that one as Bea has high hopes that he can pull it together this time. We see Oscar on the screen with his notes and of course he blows it as usual. I would love to know who gave him this job. Because it might be past time to fire Oscar right about now as Oscar fumbles and stumbles his way through the entire thing. And apparently; he cannot read cue cards properly either. I wonder if that was intentional or not. Fimberly bashes her head on the desk and Randy and Piranha get their contracted line in. Do we really need a pun on one of Disney's classic movies there Randy? Is Pocahontas really that sacred? Milo sleeps on the desk as Bea proclaims that someone needs to help him. Milo brushes her off and Bea takes it as her having to help her because she's talented....in bed. It would be a crime if she didn't show Oscar how to fix his show...in bed. POW! OUCH! Ummmm....
Anyhow; we get the scene changer and head to the hallway as Oscar leaves the A/V room claiming that he knocked that one out of the park. Bea arrives and they meet and greet. Bea wants to help him up his production value...in bed. Oscar isn't so sure because his is hard hitting news. Bea proclaims that she is all about hard hitting news...in bed. POW! OUCH! Ummmm...... See; she was to tweak a few details to make the show more watchable...in bed. Oscar asks his brain and his brain proclaims that she's hitting on him....in bed....and to go for it...in bed. Because....in bed...the short sounds a lot better. Yeah; that's the way to go. Oscar of course takes it as a sign that the trigger is going to be pulled; but he recoils and it's just another silly tease. Oscar asks what to do first and Bea wants a makeover...in bed. So that logically leads to a stage as Oscar is on a stool (NOT THAT ONE!) and has had a professional comb over of his hair. Oscar tries to touch it; but Bea instantly blows it off. Bea is behind the camera telling him to read on the cue cards and maintain good eye contact with the camera. Bea counts backwards and pushes on the conveniently placed control panel as we head back to Mr. Baldwin's class as the screen turns on and we have a new intro which looks like something out of the PBS 1980's era. In other words; Bea's vision of better production values is to basically take hints from watching Family Guy and it's 1980's pop culture angles. Real smooth Bea; NOT! Oscar's delivery is as wooden as my sex life as he screws up by failing to turn to camera 2 before recoiling. Oh; and we have a director sun just to make it even more 1980ish as he talks about meatloaf. Escarmargot and Shellsea get their contracted lines in as we continue to witness Escarmargot continuing to be the one liner snail that she usually is in these situations. Oscar smiles as Bea gives Oscar the thumbs up. Whatever Bea.
So we head into the hallway as we see the Goofs with Attitude ( along with Shellsea and the Chovie twins, Bo Gregory and Piranha in the background) as Oscar and Bea exchange notes. Bea proclaims that this show blew everyone's mind as they talk to Fimberly and she proclaims that they are much better. Koi fish grunts and they both leave stage left. Oscar takes it as a good sign. I think they just commented on Oscar's fashion sense and not the show Oscar. Bea thinks that it's time to shoot higher for praise....in bed. Oscar stumbles on the words as Bea suggests playing with a co-host....in bed. Yes; this is my running joke for this short. Deal with it. Oscar isn't so sure; so Bea volunteers her services of being a co-host....you guessed it. Oscar approves of this of course as we get an outside shot of Freshwater High as the fish kids all float inside and we cut back to the hallway as Oscar opens the A/V door. He calls for Bea as Oscar enters and then he's in shock as the set has been changed into a dead ringer for The View. Since The View is usually on ABC which is a Disney owned broadcaster; why doesn't that surprise me? We pan left to see Jumbo Shrimp as the director with Bea wearing her adult clothes from Bea Becomes An Adult Fish. And she rearranged her red hair in case you didn't notice. We greet again as they are evaluating the schedule with Jumbo Shrimp....under the bed. Jumbo Shrimp gives the peace sign as Oscar asks about the look and we get the CGI Puppet Look of Bea and damn it to hell if that isn't funny. Well; at least this funny spot occurred a minute earlier than in Diary of A Lost Fish. They all float over to the set above the chairs as Bea points out the obvious to us. Bea is too giddy and looks like a tool in that outfit I should point out.
Jumbo Shrimp gets the ten seconds to air signal as Oscar wonders why the rush and Bea proclaims that there are new segments that are supposed to air. So we begin with the ROCK BAND OF DOOM lead by Headphone Joe and the dark kids from The Dark Side of Fish. What's the point of a microphone if Joe isn't going to sing? Or smash his guitar? Anyhow; Bea begins the show as Oscar rubs the red plant to his left. Bea introduces the new show and the spiraling logo still stinks of 1980's hell. Or to be more precise; watching a home made Youtube video. We begin with the Bid Nit segment (which has a purple logo) as Oscar mentions the track team losing to the turtles of Shelldon High School. Wow; what a crappy track team to lose to a bunch of turtles. Bea cuts Oscar off and she turns it into a segment about Shellsea. Look; I'm all for personal interactions during a show to make it more notable; but Bea still needs to be taught some proper manners and let Oscar FINISH his segment before we segue into another segment. Needless to say; Shellsea is pumped. So when is Shellsea going to get a focus episode? Sure; she's a walking female stereotype, but at least she's more over than Bea. Scary thought I know. So Bea goes to the next segment which is what is getting under Milo's gills much to the shock of Oscar. And wouldn't you know it, his logo is the most professionally done logo ever. Seriously; it's 1990's heaven style. I don't know if I should call this generous by Bea; or Milo getting special pleading from Bea. Probably both knowing Milo. Anyhow; we segue to a desk as the chair turns and Milo is in a vampire suit complete with fangs. Sadly; he wonders why vampires get a bad rap; and since the clock is ticking he throws it back to Bea. Yeah; the writers stole Seth's "You Know What Really Grinds My Gears" segment from the Family Guy Movie. And screw Seth Mcfarlane because Milo does a better job of it already. And screw you Bea for only giving Milo ten seconds to be awesome.
Bea calls it thought provoking. By Milo's standards, yes sirree. She thanks Milo and the purple thanks comes in and tries to cut Oscar's comb over. No, not really. Oscar talks about losing stuff and then Bea cuts him off again as it's the segment called....wait for it....Albert Glass and his Bunny of The Day. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I don't care what people say about this; when Albert Glass talks about bunnies; it always brings a chuckle to my mouth. So we go out to the field in a rabbit cage as Albert Glass interviews a bunny. HAHA! Also nice continuity from The Darker Side Of Fish too as the students like it. Except for Randy Pincherson of course since he wants more segments of Bea. Ummm; I would rather fire Bea and keep the segments; making sure Milo gets 40 seconds to grind his gills some more. Bea calls it cute and Oscar patronizes that view as we move on to the next segment as Oscar talks about.....nothing as he gets the worse foghorn sound I have ever heard. Seriously; WHAT THE HELL?! Bea swears in dubbed anime style (you know which swear) as it's time to pick today's Kerploppity winner. And we get a logo dedicated to that too. At least she's moved onto 1998 CGI animation now. Bea tells everyone to pull out their game cards and everyone in the class does. Is this legal in American schools? Seriously; I would like the know. Bea tells Koi and Clamantha to take it away as we see Koi grabbing Clamantha and we dead ring the Price Is Right....literally. Yes; I have seen the original game and it's a very popular game; but this is still CLAMISM no matter how you slice and dice it. Clamantha lands on the number 36 and of course that leads to Mr. Stickler's office as he has number 36 and he's the winner. Wait; aren't positions of authority DQ'ed from the contest? Whatever guys.
So we return to Bea as we head to the next segment as it's Jocktopus with fitness tips. I'll give Bea this; the segments without her involved are more entertaining than anything Oscar has done in his life and Bea has done since taking over. And she is at least giving them more time than segments with her in them. Oscar groans on cue and sadly; due to time constraints we don't even get the segment with Jock as we scene changer and head outside the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH. Damn; I wanted to see Jocktopus do something neat for a change. We see Oscar and Bea coming down the stairs as the students all praise Bea and Good Morning Freshwater as the Chovie twins and Coach Salmons all get their contracted lines in. Oscar and Bea float down as Bea (who has since changed into her regular gear) is loving every second of his ego trip she is having. They go directly to the sign as Bea's next idea is to have Shellsea do fashion tips. However; Oscar stops and believes that the show is losing focus. See; Bea did a 15 minute segment on which boys have the dreamiest eyes. Good; I'm glad Oscar is pointing out how talentless Bea is compared to the other contributors of the show. Oscar points out that there were important announcements he didn't get to and Bea cuts him off once again. Bea then responds to that by saying that no one cares about what he said and the glass in his world shatters right on cue. OUCH! That had to be a punch in the face to Oscar. Oscar proclaims that the show was better without him in it as he redoes his comb over and leaves stage left. Bea tries to explain that it's not what she meant. Sorry Bea; but you said no one cares about what Oscar sezs. You meant it and you know it too.
So we head back to class as everyone watches Milo as it's the old question of how much does a woodchuck chucks wood. Why not ask Mr. Woodchuck from Ducktales? I'm sure he knows the answers to that. It's probably in the LIBERAL RED BOOK OF LIES THE KIDS EDITION~! POW! OUCH! Ummmm...I mean the Junior Woodchuck Guide Book. He throws it back to Bea and Bea waves goodbye as that is the end of Good Morning Freshwater. Jumbo Shrimp calls it a wrap as he leave and Milo comes in proclaiming that Bea was awesome. If only Milo, if only. Bea notices Oscar is not here and Bea feels terrible. Bea thanks her soft core porn acting skills because without Oscar; there is a sweaty piece missing. Milo tells Bea not to worry as he offers a Kelp shake and Bea follows her and magically changes gear as we segue into the hallway with Milo and Jumbo Shrimp. Everyone goes to the cafeteria and it's in complete lock down as the entire population of Freshwater High is SHOCKED and HORRIFIED. Bea panics as Mr. Stickler and Fishington come in as Stickler tells them that the cafe is closed for repair and Oscar was supposed to tell them to pack their lunches. Ooops! Bea is so totally screwed now as she tells everyone not to panic. One problem: Remember how the crowd turned on Randy Pincherson for stealing Bea's diary in the last short? And in Milo's Big Idea with the fridge hat rip off hair? I think you can guess what happens next here. And then we have the twist as Fimberly floats up having the half eaten granola bar and wants to share it and of course the angry hungry mob goes after her and chases her out of Freshwater High. Too obvious guys; too obvious. You just had to protect Bea somehow. At least it wasn't Milo getting chased this time around. Clamantha thinks Albert Glass is a chicken leg and gets all dizzy as the suba gear diver statue gets knocked down. And Milo chases Bea after seeing Bea as an applehead. HAHA!
.... And then plates of food fall from the sky as everyone eats up like mad. Take one guess who dropped the food down. Oh; and we find out that Oscar is old enough to fly a helicopter. Kit Cloudkicker must be seething in his grave right now. Bea bails into the helicopter as Bea is shocked that Oscar can fly one. Oscar explains that he can and he borrowed the news chopper to save everyone from food hunger pains. Bea admits that he didn't have to do any of this because she got so carried away and Oscar proclaims that everyone makes mistakes and that she's forgiven. Awww; how sweet. So we return to class as everyone is in their seats as Bea proclaims that this is the last time she's going overboard on anything. Milo tells her that she at least improved Oscar's show as Oscar is on the screen today as he manages not to stumble through the lunch menu at all...and then we REPEAT THE FOOTAGE of the Kerploppity game as it lands on 36 again. Randy Pincherson blows off the game as rigged. Best ending ever. That ends the short at 10:20 approx. Much better short this time as it started off stupid and it got better once Bea handed segments off to others. And good for the writers to bury Randy Pincherson for me too. *** 1/4 (65%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; we are really going downhill with this series aren't we? Diary Of A Lost Fish is your standard "heel steals diary and blackmails babyface into a date" plot which is usually a bad plot device since the babyface has to be really stupid to bring the diary into plain sight for everyone to see. Ironically; it was Oscar and Milo stealing the heel's diary that would have been better for the plot device if Randy had done the same thing from the start. The whole blackmailing thing was kind of pointless since we never got a chance to see what Bea wrote in the diary and to make matters worse; the whole finish of making Randy look like a fool was an obvious exercise in getting a thicker skin more than anything else. If it wasn't for the stealing mission by Oscar and Milo; this is a DUD bordering on negative stars and probably the worst short in Fish Hooks to date. So; yeah this was a wretched short to watch all thanks to Bea's stupidity and Randy poisoning the episode every time he becomes a focus character. It's past time to write him off into the background; because he's useless now.
Good Morning, Freshwater was much better than Diary of a Lost Fish once the writers finally started giving the denizens of Freshwater segments to play with instead of Bea hogging the spotlight. The whole angry hungry mob thing was pretty silly and only served to create a conclusion to set up Bea's apology to Oscar as a finish; but at least it lead to a good ending with burying the toxic Randy Pincherson. The beginning was somewhat brutal; although not to the point that Diary of a Lost Fish was due to Oscar's involvement. So while watching Bea on a ego trip was terrible; the rest of the cast certainly did their job to make the short not suck and I thank them for that. Overall; a middling episode. So we finally end Fish Hooks Season 1 (I hope) with We Got Fish Spirit which is the first 22 minute episode in the new Disney that I have actually ranted on and it's Oscar cheer leading with Clamantha against Clamanda. Oh joy! So....
Thumbs down for Diary Of A Lost Fish and thumbs in the middle for Good Morning, Freshwater and I'll see you all next time.