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Fish Hooks

Get A Yob!/Fuddy Duddy Study Buddy Rant

Reviewed: 04/14/2013

Please Get Noah Onto That Candy Loving Vampire You Fuddy Duddy!!


  Our next rant up for bids on the "New Disney Price Is Silly; But I've Seen Thousands Worse" features Milo screwing with the lunch lady and Oscar being Shellsea's study buddy in a science project. I don't know who to pity more here. So; let's rant on shall we...?

Get A Yob! is storyboard and written by Ian Wusseluk. The story is done by the directors of this short (you know which two), Ian Wusseluk, Maxwell Atoms and Noah Z. Jones. Fuddy Duddy Study Buddy is written and storyboards by Derek Evanick and Dina Lafyatis. The story is done by the QUADRIO OF WASTEFULNESS. All episodes are done with Toon Boom; thus correcting a serious mistake I made calling this series (and Kick Buttowski for that matter) done in Flash. My opinion is the exact same: Medium don't matter; talent does.


Get A Yob!: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Mush) as we get a closeup of Bud's hand holding a wiggling worm and then Bud puts it in his mouth and dangles it in a nest of little chicks (the animal kind, not the sexist kind). Did I mention that Bud is wearing a white bird suit while doing this? Anyhow we head to the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH and we head to the lunchroom with a closeup of a face only a mother could love with only four teeth spread out; blond hair and a fish net on her head. Yes folks; even the lunch lady known as Latoda is getting a focus episode over Fimberly. Life is so unfair. I guess she shouldn't have stalked Taylor Swordfish...allegedly. Latoda is talking about the menu of the day to Albert Glass in an old country accent similar to Helga from Kick Buttowski. It's not April Winchell voicing here; it's really Mindy Sterling voicing here (last seen on Kick Buttowski in Not Without My Cereal). Needless to say; Latoda gives him a bowl of mush (goolash according to her) and Albert is repulsed by it and protests this. Latoda end arounds him and calls for the next victim... ERRR... I mean, student as Albert floats away. In comes Milo behind Oscar as Oscar has a bowl and Milo is excitedy again. He proceeds to put various meals he swiped from the counter including a pair of rain boots and a birthday cake with sundae on top. Ummm; yeah, Milo has the same food fetish as dubbed Ash from the Pokemon anime. Oscar points at Milo and asks him how he is going to pay for all this and Milo's response is he is going to pay for it with that MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. He extends his arm (while carrying all the food in his other arm mind you) and demands money from Oscar. Oscar gets annoyed and informs him that he's broke and Milo will have to put the food back. Well; at least he's not yelling at him for being lazy this time.

So Milo then gets the Krackpotkin plan of doom as he plucks the hair strand from Oscar's head (and there is lots to grab, natch) and plops it onto the top of the sundae. See; he's going to get a free meal by claiming that Latoda put it there and therefore was completely careless in her food preparations. That is SO contrived and forced that it is going to work because modern shows like this don't adhere to believability. Too much work to get it over the execs say. Lazy asses! Oscar naturally protests this as stealing and there is no such thing as a free lunch. So I'm guessing being close to nature and eating natural food is not free either, right Oscar? This promo only works as a social construct, not a nature construct. Milo proclaims that this will be the first time he proves Oscar wrong and Oscar sighs as we scene change (why? we are in the same scene, so why not just cut to Latoda) to the lunchlady talking to Bea now as Bea does her "HEY" routine and wants tofu and a salad; which Latoda no sells because Bea has no meat on her bones and having meat on her bones is culture in the old fish country. Yeap; she's fish Helga and she plops a meat log on Bea's plate. It's clearly a weiner and judging by the reaction of Bea, this appaears to be a more subtle oral sex joke than the one Dumptruck pulled on Don Karnage in Ransom of The Red Chimp. And we get the Kirby Epic Yarn closeup of Latoda with Z-movie horror film screams. HA! She looks even better than Nurse Fishington; far away and up close combined. Bea is repulsed by this and floats over as Oscar enters with his bowl as Latoda loves her job. She asks what Oscar wants and Oscar sweats so much that it's coming directly from his hair. Oscar cannot say much; so Latoda scoops mush into the bowl and Oscar floats off afterwards.

And then it's Milo's turn with his FOOD FETISH OF HAIRY DOOM and Latoda calls him the crazy looking iguana. HAHA! Okay; I can now see why the brothers are different looking now. Milo does his dramatic promo as he points out Oscar's hair in the sundae. Pffft. I have a hair on the top right corner of my flat screen monitor right now. And would it be a shock if I told you that this works and Milo gets his free meal on the house so to speak? Great acting by Milo; dumb angle still. And in comes Principal Stickler (yes; I'm ignoring Principal Bea because I'm dead certain that he was rehired after the robotic Nurse Fishington incident. That would make sense than the alternative. Nothing.) in his chair without the nurse (damn; no more chances for the Kirby's Epic Yarn closeups with flies either.) as Milo points to Latoda and blaming her for the hair in his sundae. It's hard to have sympathy for Latoda when Latoda isn't exactly a good lunch lady who has trouble speaking proper English. Stickler doesn't care about her and she's fired. She takes this well..until we head outside as Latoda is really upset because she got the pink slip. Oscar is pissed off at Milo for getting her fired. Ummmm; Oscar, she is a poor lunchlady. She serves crappy food to begin with. Consider Milo's work to get her fired that way a public service. Latoda sobs, Bea yells at Milo and Milo blames Oscar for this. Well; Oscar did try to challenge Milo's point of view, and the hair was a consequence of that so, Milo decides to step in and make this "right". Milo offers to help Latoda find a new career for her and you know what; I like where this is going actually. So we scene change to Bo Gregory's farm as Latoda is at the gates and Milo proclaims that he has found a job for her and yes; Bo Gregory is riding a wild seahorse in the background. So Latoda decides to try it out and she approaches Bo Gregory and messages the head of the wild seahorse which surprises Bo Gregory. Sadly; she does this promo and her culture talk makes her say the FCC FORBIDDEN WORD OF THE DAY and the seahorse goes wild and bucks Bo Gregory off. HAHA! Sadly; because of her broken english, I have no idea what she just said to him.

Latoda proclaims that this is not working and Milo states that this is going to be tougher than he thought. NO?! REALLY?! As if the language barrier wasn't a problem as it is. He does his hot dog promo and Latoda drops the OUT OF NOWHERE hotdog right on his head. HAHA! See; make the joke and then pay it off. So we hit the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM (and that show is next on my ranting list in June!) and we have Latoda singing which is a million times more hilarious than hearing Hoppo sing. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. We also discover that Clamantha's mother owns a candy store since Latoda uses a fish as a stick for the cotton candy. So we do some firefighting while Latoda roasts meat while Milo gets flustered. So we fix autos with food, do back messages with rolling pins (the tool of choice for DTVA) as Oscar gets a punching back message in the background. This is clearly not working as Latoda gets fired again and sobs. And yes; she sezs job as "yob" by the way; hence the title. So we head to Oscar or Bea's house as Latoda cries like a baby as Bea suggests that they go back to the school and get her the old job back. Milo blows it off as a failure and has a better idea. And if you cannot guess what it is; you have no business reading this rant. Sadly; this spot has been done since the late 1980's, so the old farts are at fault here. So tomorrow; she's returning to the school and Milo does the hot dog spot and Latoda pays off the joke again much to the groaning of Milo. So we head to the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH as there is a lineup that is large and in charge outside. See; there is a banner for the cooking tryouts as we head to the lunchroom as Stickler is tasting the food from various chefs who clearly need to learn James Barber's rule of not showing that you are sweating. Because Stickler blows off all of that crappy food because he demands food to be mysterious see. So he eats a weird; but good looking meal as I notice that Nurse Fishington is behind him. Hooray! Sadly; no closeups of her; yet.

Stickler seems to at least tolerate this latest meal so he goes to the judges as we see a yellow colored fish which looks like a human face with a fish body and brown hair; and the second judge to her left is a red fat fish with curly brown hair doing the Gruffi pose. They even introduce themselves as Bobby Filet and Giada De Laurentfish which I betcha no one outside of cooking shows know. Well; Giada De Laurentfish is voiced by Giada De Laurentiis who is a private chef and caterer. Only two acting credits; Handy Manny as Paulette and Fish Hooks which are her DTVA debuts and most recent credits. She has 28 Self Credits; mostly cooking and talk shows. That's it. Bobby Filet is voiced by Bobby Flay and he is actually a chef voicing his own character here. He has 58 Self credits; mostly cooking shows and a few talk shows on the side. He is the producer of Alex's Day Off, Bobby Flay's BBQ Addiction, Sandwich King, Mexican Made Easy and 3 Days To Open With Bobby Flay. He has only two acting credits: Fish Hooks (his only DTVA appearance) and as Leo Ashford in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. That's pretty much it actually. Basically; this is the cooking version of Kick Buttowski's Trash Talk in terms of famous stars. Only with a lot less screen time (less than four minutes to be sure) as Giada does a decent job of evaluting the food with that "I don't care why I'm here" smile and Bobby blows the whole thing off because he doesn't do high school stuff. Then why did the real chef doing the voice of the parody decide to pick this show? Stickler blows them all off as worthless. Sexist twit! Why not just have Nurse Fishington taste the food and the winner is the one who gets the least amount of Kirby's Epic Yarn closeups? Stickler wants a lunchlady; and not a chef. So the green fish chef (lime green) floats off as we head to the back of the line; but still in the hallway as the goofs with attitude talk about getting Latoda her job back. Milo proclaims that he has a Krackpotkin Plan as he has put Latoda in a clever disguise. Apparently; we tease the disguise as Oscar and Bea think the creepy old man behind them is Latoda and he looks ultra creepy in purple.

Sadly; it's not her because Latoda has the same mindset with disguises as Baloo in All's Whale That Ends Whale. At least she remembered to add on a half way version of Marge's hairdoo, so it's an improvement. The old man blows off the kids for insulting him and leaves for no reason. Which begs the question; why was he here to begin with? So Milo makes it to the blue curtain as they are up next and Milo wants him to do the talking. That sounds like inviting death to dinner there, eh Milo?! Latoda rambles on about something that I cannot make out at all which causes Milo to panic. I'm sorry folks; the audio in this show sucks and when accents are involved, it takes forever to find out what the hell they are saying. So we scene change to inside the lunch room as Stickler demands answers to this outrage (already?) as Milo stammers like an idiot before introducing his latest find for the school lunch lady position called...wait for it...Lay Deguiseo. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I did laugh at that. Giada likes that name; Boddy doesn't give a crap either way and Stickler is angry because he doesn't give a crap for fancy names. Stickler has no sense of humor whatsoever as he demands Milo to bring in the dish which Milo does under a silver dome and puts it on the table as he opens it to reveal grey mush which Stickler gets off death reference #1 of the episode (killing me?). So Stickler spoons one and puts it in his mouth and then his eyes grow wide and we HIT THE B&W FLASHBACK~! So we see a young nurse Fishington wheeling in a child looking Stickler (yes folks; Stickler was the principal of this school as a kid) into the lunchroom as apparently; the lunch lady in this flashback is lunchlady Stickler who happens to be his mother. So we dish out the grey mush and he eats it with melodramatic music playing in the background. We return to reality (no, not really) as Stickler bursts into tears calling it so bland and mushy; as he appoints Lady Disguiso as the new lunchlady of the school.

Milo and company cheer and Latoda blows her cover and takes off the mustache and now Stickler realizes that he was duped and demands her to leave. Milo finally comes in and proclaims that he cannot fire her and Stickler claims that he can because he is the main authority figure see. Milo claims that Latoda is the one for the job; but Stickler points out the hair in the food. Milo admits that the hair didn't come from Latoda; it came from Oscar's hair and it was Oscar all along who sabotaged her career. HAHA! Yeah; it means Milo will escape blame; but at least it makes sense since it was Oscar's hair after all. Oscar cheers on cue and then catches himself which only incriminates him more. HAHA! I like this finish actually. Stickler proclaims that he is wrong and he rehires Latoda which causes the babyfaces to cheer. Stickler then looks at Oscar and fires him on the spot as everyone laughs on cue. Milo wraps up this episode by proclaiming that he got her job back, and got Oscar the pink slip. HAHA! Sadly; Milo talks on and on for too long; basically blurting out his entire plan to Stickler and of course this leads to Milo changing into lunchlady Latoda's gear and his punishment is that he will never leave the room until all the onions are peeled. HAHA! What have we learned kids? No; it's not "There's no such thing as a free lunch". It's "Never blurt out your plan like a heel when you are the lead babyface, or even as a heel." See Colonel Spigot at the end of Flight School. Milo proclaims that at least he got his free lunch and eats an onion. He cries and that ends the episode at 10:40 approx. A fine episode with a funny finish and ending; but not much more. I didn't care about Latoda as a whole; but Milo carried this episode kicking and screaming so call it... *** (60%).

Fuddy Duddy Study Buddy: We begin with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Monster Movies.) as Bud kills a dog house with his fat kick moves and growls. I'm guessing he hate being IN the doghouse in terms of heat and creditability. That's his problem, not mine. So we zoom into the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH and into Mr. Baldwin's classroom as everyone is being rowdy like a bunch of teenagers while listening to Brandon Bubbler again. THE EVIL ONE is on the desk and pinches someone while Fimberly presses on her cheeks and looks scared. Oscar is staring at his portable game as Milo comes in to push on Oscar and be generally amusing as Oscar blows him off because school is no place for games. And then Milo bails and we see Oscar playing games. Geez; the projection in is room smells like a toilet ready to be flushed. Mr. Baldwin comes in to blow off Milo and Milo goes back to his seat as Baldwin admits that he took a bathroom break and he cannot stand them losing it during that time. I think Baldwin is jealous because he wanted to LOSE it, so to speak. Speaking of losing it; Baldwin loses what they were supposed to do and Bo Gregory points out that it's science class. When a redneck knows that this is science class and the teacher doesn't; that's not a good sign for the teacher's future prospects. Baldwin of course wants them to do science projects about science as he doesn't want to waste time with selecting partners which Bea takes as them selecting partners. Milo loves this and jumps on Oscar and screams. HAHA!

Baldwin is cringing like mad and the ringing of his ears makes him decide to change his mind and he's picking partners. HAHA! Milo sulks in defeat. Well; your yelling was too awesome and you had to be punished for it somehow. So Milo is partners with Bea which Milo likes and Oscar doesn't. HA! Baldwin pairs Albert Glass with Jocktopus and calls it a natural pair..of beatdowns. Albert looks frightened as usual. Steve Jackson gets Escarmargot which means that the Albert/Escarmargot pairing is now canned. On the other hand; Escarmargot got to be partners with STEVE JACKSON! The Chovie Twins are the only ones scared to death and Baldwin pairs them together and they slap skin. So finally; Baldwin gets to Oscar and he is paired with (There are only three choices left: Fimberly, Koi Fish, Shellsea, Clamantha and Randy Pincherson)...wait for it... Shellsea? Damn; I wanted this to be Fimberly's first focus episode. Bea and Shellsea slap fins as Baldwin proclaims that they have work to do so don't bother him and he lies on the desk and sleeps with his pillow. I see the Seanut Butter coffee is working fine. Milo and Bea cut promos on each other on how this project is going to rock as Shellsea is playing games on her pink smartphone. Oscar stammers like an idiot trying to talk while Shellsea just looks at him as the scene is so dead, crickets are chirping in the background. Shellsea claims that she was yanking his chain as Oscar asks what the science project can be about and Shellsea wants to do something on music. Sadly; it's not about the science of music despite Shellsea claiming that music is science and the science of her life. HAHA! Oscar wants to do microscope science by the way.

This allows Mr. Baldwin to wake up to inform us that the science projects are due tomorrow. I don't understand why they have to be done by tomorrow since most projects after they are announced; you are often given a month's notice. Oscar panics like mad which means that that was the sole purpose of that line being added in by Baldwin. Oscar sweats and it rains on Shellsea allowing Shellsea to blow him off and use the umbrella to protect herself. Oscar talks about grades and how they are important so they must be serious as Shellsea gives Oscar her calling card which shows Shellsea in a suggestive position complete with disco jackhammer background and music. She's still as awesome as ever. She tells Oscar to only use it when it's absolutely needed because she's busy chopping and shopping. Does it really matter at this point? Shellsea bails stage left as Milo is a little concerned about Oscar; but then ignores it and slaps fins with Bea because they are the best team up ever. Well; it could be worse; both could have been partners with THE EVIL ONE himself. Oscar shakes his head and then we scene change to outside Shellsea's house as she has a green sweater bouncer fish guarding the front door. Did I mention that the house looks like the back door of a movie theater? So we discover that Shellsea's house is in the wrong part of town as Oscar floats over to the bouncer and asks for Shellsea; the bouncer wants a name. So Oscar gives it and the bouncer claims that he's not on the list as the Chovie Twins float in under the barrier and then the bouncer lets them in without even checking them. Oscar panics because of the science project due tomorrow. Uh huh.

So Oscar proclaims that he forgot his real name and apparently his real name is Steve Jackson; which is enough for the bouncer to open the door because SJ is on the hot list. The only difference in the "adults are stupid" between Disney and the rest is the new Disney tends to be a lot more subtle. Which actually makes me feel sorry for the adult characters. See Mr. Baldwin. See Miss Lips. See Stickler. See Bea's parents. Zeus Mussels doesn't count. So Oscar goes inside and apparently; Shellsea's bed is in the middle of one big ass dance party. HAHA! Shellsea calls for Oscar to come over to her bed and he floats over as we meet and greet. Shellsea is smiling; probably because Oscar's oversell is so hilarious that she's actually corpsing. SEND FOR THE MAN! Yeah; Oscar is freaking out because he shows a green biology book and cannot do this alone. Shellsea's smartphone rings and she answers it about five times. Thnakfully; she keeps her conversations down to ten seconds combined. So Oscar brings out his book bag containing books from the library that he borrowed from the science project and Shellsea ignores him to answer to one of her groupies. Sadly; I couldn't see what this fish was other than she has Shellsea's voice and that they were commenting on earrings. Oscar thinks music science is NOt science and Shellsea claims that he's not feeling it. So she goes to the control panel which appears from the wall and she pushes button to bring the disco ball down and we dance and sing like Justin Biber on steroids. Which means a lot of metallic voice sweetening as Shellsea proclaims that Oscar is getting an A for sure and calls him awesome. HA!

Oscar stammers trying to explain his situation; but in comes a light blue haired girl fish to sweep Oscar away. Oscar invokes the LEGAL HAND OF GOD on the girl fish right in her left eye. Seriously; that is where Oscar's fin is at 5:34 of the footage. Oscar panics because he's not feeling it. Considering that his favorite music is polka and the fact that Shellsea would no sell Milo kicking Oscar in the face in Fish Talent Show; color me not surprised. Oscar panics a lot because he's going to be thrown out on the streets and have bad grades. The problem with this is: He lives alone with Milo; so you are going to convince me that Milo is somehow going to throw Oscar out despite the fact that MILO would have worse grades than Oscar ever COULD have? How does anything he say make any sense? Shellsea calls for Oscar to calm down and decides to leave her house because it's dead inside anyway.I doubt that was the reason; I betcha she did it because Oscar was going to kill her otherwise. So we scene change to Milo's house as Oscar and Shellsea walk in through the front door and we see a mess on the floor along with a blender in front of the fridge. And Bea and Milo are doing their science project as both are talking about crystals and genetically modifying apples. Oscar calls this all complex as Milo wants to make the apple seeds taste like pasta and meatballs which they promptly put into the blender. Along with a teen magazine and stuff under the seat. Oscar is as confused as I mean; and not laughing like I am right now.

So Milo puts his hands on the top lid of the blender and we whiz until completely blended while Shellsea plays video games on her smartphone. HAHA! I see the "Shellsea should play video games to screw Oscar over" program I installed in her is working perfectly. So they use the eyedropper to suck up about one tea spoon full of the crap and then Milo kicks the blender away stage right. So Bea and Milo get up close and use the eyedropper to drop one drop of liquid crap onto the apple and it causes purple gas and explodes into purple smoke. The smoke then clears to reveal a big ass apple with human legs. Pfffttt; whatever. Milo and Bea are disappointed that their prediction failed; but it is still science (Riiiiggghhhhtttt!) anyway as the apple with legs runs off stage right forcing Milo to chase after it. HEE HEE! And the fridge gets toppled over of course. Oscar and Shellsea bail to Oscar's bedroom down stairs as Oscar really wants to get this project started; while Shellsea wants to blow Oscar off for being a fuddy duddy. Oscar then proclaims that he has a secret lair that he wants Shellsea not to tell anyone because Milo doesn't know. Shellsea in her usual roundabout way agrees not to tell because she doesn't like Oscar anyway and sees no point in making his life miserable since Milo does a good job of that anyway. So Oscar finds the out of nowhere broom and pulls on the stick which opens the wall leading into Oscar's secret lair of doom. Featuring two filing cabinets and a super computer.

Oscar goes over to his computer and proclaims that he recorded every lecture Mr. Baldwin has done over the years. He than channels Star Trek: The Next Generation and calls for file #536 (damn; the one time where the 1986 motif was perfect; and they don't even bother referencing it.) and we see on the screen Oscar in the bathroom in a tub filled with water and bubble suds talking to Ernie's Rubber Duckie. HAHA! I'm disappointed though because he fails to do the Ernie laugh here which was the payoff the writers should have been shooting for. Apparently; Milo recorded this as Oscar looks into the camera and panics, calling out Milo. Oscar wants Baldwin file number 536; and the computer screen comes black with the words "Deleting All Files". Man; this computer has a personal grunge against Mr. Baldwin. Someone clearly programmed him that way. Did the EVIL ONE hack Oscar's super computer? TUNE INTO SOFT COPY TO FIND OUT! Oscar blows off the computer as he goes over to the filing cabinet where he stores all of his essays to improve his writing; and has motivational posters on his wall including one that sezs: Don't mess up. If only he has the foresight to install one in plain view for Milo to see. And the cabinet also contains paper bags because he does hyper-ventilate like an anime purist from time to time. Shellsea is not feeling this because there is no music nor heat. So Oscar tells the computer to load up his music and we hear whales crying. What? No polka? Shellsea blows this noise off because apparently; this is the same as listening to Fimberly on the phone. Man; those braces must really hurt her voice when talking on a phone doesn't it?!

Shellsea then calls out Oscar proclaiming that she is not being taken seriously. So Oscar calls her out on her obvious psychological projection and claims that Shellsea is trying to sabotage his life. Apparently those blows to the head in Fish Talent Show have wiped his memories about Shellsea's reaction to said kicking in the face by Milo. Shellsea invokes the LEGAL HAND OF GOD to Oscar's face and blows him off as only she can and then floats off and calls the partnership off. Oscar blows her off in kind and proclaims that he can do this project alone and then freaks out and blows into the paperbag as he has ass cheeks on his cheeks. Then the cellphone rings and Oscar answers it as Milo is on the screen. Milo doesn't look too happy as we talks about the amazing science project which Oscar admits he's jealous now. Well; Milo and Bea's science project has gone to hell so to speak as the APPLE MONSTER OF DEATH is now chasing them. HAHA! I heart Milo Moments; most so the Krackpotkin ones. And as they are running; the AMOD stomps Mr. Baldwin's 1986 car before he can get into it with his bags of food. Baldwin cannot believe his luck because he installed custom made seat covers. HEE HEE! So Bea and Milo scream for Oscar to save them; but Oscar claims that he's on a deadline. So Milo screams louder and that's enough for Oscar to leave the room as we get denizens screaming and bailing as we get the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE APPLE MONSTER EDITION~! So the goofs with attitude hide in a big rock with a hole in it and the apple monster stops and kicks the rock, no selling everytime. This monster has no nervous system at all.

So we see Oscar float in and then panics as Shellsea arrives for no reason whatsoever. Oscar wonders why she is here and Shellsea's apparently got a call on her cellphone from Bea I guess. So more apple kicking as Oscar panics so much now that he's frailing his arms and rolling on the ground like a crazy man. I don't know who to feel sorry for: Oscar for overselling this; or Shellsea for no selling this. Shellsea stops him as she suggests lying down on the ground, staying calm and listening to her smartphone play music. Oscar blows it off; but then realizes that he has no other choice and complaining isn't working, so he decides to sit down and calm down and listen. Then Oscar's butt starts dancing and likes the beat as he comes close to saying that he is shaking his ass; but stops before saying ass because he has an idea. He asks Shellsea if he can borrow her smartphone and Shellsea gives it to him as we see Oscar and Milo holding each other and screaming like they are in a Z-grade movie. Which is par for the course with Bea around. Oscar floats in and shows the cellphone of doom to the apple monster as the music is on and the apple monster dances to the beat. Yes folks; this is the finish, just accept it. So Oscar lures apple monster away as he claims that apples don't have ears but can feel vibrations. Which would have been great if apples were animals and not plants to begin with. So the apple monster jumps into the air and flies over the fish tank and lands in the trash can. Which is conveniently placed so Bud can go to the trash can; pick up the apple and eat it without chewing once. Sigh. Bud walks away stage right as Oscar realizes that he just screwed up. HAHA! I should have guessed that one at least.

So we head back to Mr. Baldwin's class as Bea and Milo explain that their original project had to be destroyed due to being out of control. I betcha Baldwin gives them an F; not because they did ultra bad science, but because that apple monster stomped his custom made seat covers...and his car. I check the video...dammit! They had a perfect payoff for them and they don't go for it because apparently, Bea has an apple solar system which Milo twirls. Leave it to Bea to deny us the obvious payoff to this whole apple monster angle. And they get a C+ in spite of killing Baldwin's car. So Oscar and Shellsea float in with a small apple tree in a pot as Oscar explains that apples give off vibrations and energy when music is played which Shellsea demonstrates with her cellphone music. While we play this music; I actually show on the Fish Hooks Wikia that the show was originally called Fish Tales and that Milo was supposed to have polka dots on his body while both Oscar and Milo had different shaped heads; probably to remove the "phillac symbol"-equse look before the episodes got produced. As for Bea; they added a star on her hairband and that's it. Seriously. So everyone dances to the beat including the apple tree and Baldwin gives them an A+ in his book. Oscar loves this as Shellsea is smiling and Oscar thinks she's yanking his chain again. Shellsea walks off stage left and Oscar panics to end the episode at 10:40 approx. Very good episode that could have been better if they actually did the payoff to the apple monster like it should have been done. Why must the writers have Bea save face here? *** 1/2 (70%).


THE REVIEW LINE

Get A Yob was just another average Fish Hooks love-in. Latoda would have been a much funnier character, if her broken English accent wasn't rendering her to speaking in gibberish. I couldn't make out half of what she was saying and the audio wasn't helping me at all. Milo is the main reason for this episode doing as well as it did; as he did a really funny finish and screwjob on Oscar and later himself. I enjoyed that part and the Bo Gregory seahorse bit was amusing at least. However; there is not much to say about this one as it was just fine for what it was and no more. Fuddy Duddy Study Buddy was a really good episode with a sort of crappy ending. Shellsea and Oscar were pretty good in a sort of hilarious way, in that Shellsea's laziness actually helped because she showed Oscar the art of being calm. It also included another Milo Moment with the apple monster; but I hated the pay off here because: It was supposed to end with Bea and Milo getting an F from Mr. Baldwin; not because they did bad science, but they destroyed Baldwin's car. If this was a BS&P decision to make people think that Baldwin would be considered sexist if they did the proper punchline to this episode; then the alternative C+ ending doesn't work. Oscar with Rubber Duckie was funny; but could have been funnier if he did the Ernie laugh. Overall; this was basically good because Oscar and Shellsea acted like themselves and we got some amusing entertainment out of it. At least Shellsea/Oscar's project ending was the correct one; so no worries.

So that ends Fish Hooks for now. Milo's Magic Milkshake and Bea Dates Milo might be done at another time; but not now since the footage is even crappier than Get A Yob!; and See Bea Ski and Night At The Luxobury haven't aired yet so I'll do those after Gargoyles is done. I might do them sooner than that; depends on my mood and other things. I do have the first part of Fish Porm; but the other two were blocked after that, so there is no go on that front. So; I'm done until after E3 which after that is the Father's Day Special and Teddy Ruxpin. After that it's Gargoyles, and then we do the Fall Assortment: Mighty Ducks pilot, Phineas & Ferb, Recess movie and Goof Troop Christmas Special to end 2013. I honestly don't know what I want to do after that. So......

Thumbs in the middle for both shorts and I'll see you all next time.



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