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Peppa Pig: Series One #2 Rant

Reviewed: 02/11/2018

Gregory Weagle Is Now Stuck! Everyone Is Now Stuck!

Okay fans; I have now decided to rant on this series full time, because I do in fact like this show enough that I can handle the best and worst of the Pig family from Great Britian. Okay; so we head back to Series one as we make pancakes, do some babysitting, some ballet, some lunch, cleaning the car and make a treehouse. We attend a musuem, a fancy dress party, and it ends with thunderstorms, sleepy princesses on a very hot day as Daddy Pig has to exercise a lot more now. Yeah. It's going to be a fun ride to say the least. So, let's rant on shall we..?!

All the episodes are done by Neville Astley and Mark Baker. Animation is done by Astely Baker Davies animation; with the two mentioned creators and Phil Davies.

Pancakes: So; we start with episode #29 on the animation paper, as the episode opens at the house on the hill as we zoom into the kitchen as Mummy Pig has a wooden spoon and has put a carton of milk on top of the table. There is a bag of flour, a bowl, a frying pan and one egg. Just one egg? Really, Mummy Pig? The narrator claims that Mummy Pig has a surprise. The surprise is that they are having pancakes and Daddy Pig loves it. Everyone loves it as they all giggle and snort for a while. Everyone loves pancakes so says the narrator. Daddy Pig takes the frying pan and offer to flip the pancakes, because he's a bit of an expert on this. Mummy Pig questions this because he got grumpy the last time when the pancake landed on the floor. Daddy Pig denies it and claims there was an issue with the frying pan. Note that he was grumpy when he denied this; so him not being grumpy when this happened is a lie. The kids laugh in response along with Mummy Pig, so they know what's really going on. Peppa wants to help make the pancakes and Mummy Pig agrees to it as we make the batter with flour, milk and just one egg. Mummy Pig starts stirring and Peppa wants to help stir. Mummy Pig agrees to it and Peppa stirs rather well. George joins in and the batter splatters around. Peppa joins in and batter splatters even more; which is hilarious because none of the batter spreads onto the table at all despite leaving the bowl clear as day. Until about five seconds later when the batter is spilling onto the table. Geez; the logic plug-in defense squard look long enough to plug that one up; didn't they? Mummy Pig grabs George and breaks this one up. Mummy Pig tells the kids to sit down as she cooks the pancakes. The Pig Family has a gas operated stove as Mummy Pig pours the batter on the frying pan which is already on top of the gas burner of the stove. It literally takes five seconds for the bottom to get hard and the pancake starts to wiggle in the frying pan. Everyone except Mummy Pig licks their chops in stereo as Mummy Pig flips the pancake successfully with ease. Peppa Pig pops for this as Daddy Pig wanted Mummy Pig to flip it higher; but Mummy Pig tells him to do it himself. Yeah; do it yourself, Daddy Pig; otherwise it wouldn't be funny. George gets first dibs on the pancake and we bring out a bottle of the MAPLE SYRUP OF CANADIAN STEREOTYPES~! George eats his pancake in three bites, natch. Of course!

We repeat the entire sequence for Peppa, including Peppa popping for her own pancake, Daddy Pig complaining, syrup and Peppa eating it in three bites. Of course, natch?! Only difference is Peppa showing her teeth and calling the pancake delicious. We repeat the entire sequence for Mummy Pig, only with different animation, some word difference and Mummy Pig eating hers in two bites. She licks her chops; but doesn't show teeth. So; Daddy Pig pours the remaining batter as the kids watch on because Daddy Pig is cocky about flipping that damn pancake high into the air as the kids and Mummy Pig have bailed over towards the entrance of the kitchen, which along with the kids giggling, indicates that Daddy Pig is going to flip it so high that it will lands on Daddy Pig's face. Daddy Pig flips the pancake so hard, it lands on the ceiling causing everyone to gasp in horror. Me; I was more like BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Peppa deduces it all as Daddy Pig is dumb. Daddy Pig gets onto the table while blushing the entire time. I AM THE TABLE~! Daddy Pig is not anywhere close to touching the pancake and he's screwed. Or is he? Mummy Pig and the kids have a Krackpotkin plan and they bail out of the kitchen and go upstairs. They go into Mummy Pig's bedrom and she tells the kids that after the count of three, they jump up and down. Like they are jumping up and down in muddy puddles. DING! After the count of three by Mummy Pig; we jump, jump, all you loves~! Or if this is too rock for ya; jump, jump~! Cut back to Daddy Pig looking up as he is off the table now as he hears bumping and giggling and is generally confused. Finally; the pancake is dislodged and...BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Told ya it would land on Daddy Pig's huge grill and glasses! Daddy Pig is dumb as the rest of the family enter the kitchen and Peppa trolls it all with her comment. I wouldn't say Daddy Pig is grumpy, more confused and awkward is the way to go. Mummy Pig is amused as she asks if Daddy Pig wants maple syrup, and Daddy Pig says "yes, please" after teasing going full-borne grumpyass as Mummy Pig puts the syrup on the pancake. Daddy Pig does get the last laugh by flipping the pancake with his nose and eating it in one bite. Daddy Pig loves it, everyone laughs as Peppa calls him silly; and that ends the episode at 4:30 approx. I am very disappointed that they didn't do the backsplash laugh here, that would have made this one complete. This episode was great, outside of some animation mistakes as it was a simple concept that made Daddy Pig look both like a chump and a champ within a minute or so of action. **** 1/2 (90%).

Babysitting: We continue on with episode #30 on the animation paper as we begin at the house on the hill AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as the car is pointing in the opposite direction. I was hoping the brakes were off and it went down the hill so it would teach these characters not to park on the steepest side of the hill, but alas. We zoom into Peppa's bedroom as the adults are in their formal gear as seen where Peppa and George were cosplaying them, so they have since been washed up. Peppa and George are in their pjs jumping up and down with their toys as the adults are going out for the evening and in comes Grandma and Grandpa Pig to babysit them for the night. Apparently; Mummy and Daddy drove them to the house since we don't see the grandparents' car. So we meet and greet as the kids get into bed. Daddy Pig calls them his little piggies, which is a bit creepy in hindsight. Mummy Pig wants them to go asleep and both kids are selling it as the grandparents call them well behaved. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sorry; just think that's so funny. The lights go out and the kids close their eyes. Mummy and Daddy go into their car and drive down the hill as the sitting room light is on and we zoom in as Grandpa and Grandma Pig are sitting in the sitting room enjoying a pizza. They think the kids are behaving nicely. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Cut to Peppa's bedroom and Peppa and George wake up and get out of bed less than two minutes in. Peppa flicks the light switch on and the two kids bounce the bouncy ball, which causes earthquakes for some reason. The bumping and shaking does not go without notice from the grandparents and they decide to go upstairs as we see Peppa playing the fairy princess again while George plays the fool; since Pedro Pony is not available at this time. George's ball throwing is still hilarious; although I can see Pedro doing it even funnier than George. I see Peppa's ballet skills are improving; even though this episode aired before the first ballet lesson. Yeah; something tells me this episode was produced after Ballet Lesson; but aired before it. Episodic culture, everyone. So the grandparents go up the stairs and the kids hear them; so they turn off the lights, throw their cosplaying items onto the floor and get back into bed, asleep. The grandparents open the door and they do not suspect a thing. I do love these mind games the kids play on parents, it really makes me laugh.

The grandparents have no clue and go down the steps to the sitting room to watch some television about gardening a red rose, after thinking that the kids are really asleep. Yeah; I'll bet. Peppa Pig's background music is among the worst of pre-school shows, even though that's due to having very few pieces of music more than it's quality. I should note that the narrator is basically the same narrator as the show; but with a television sound added. Then we get some pruning tips on this rose as we pan over and there is George and Peppa with a look that reads: "Are you planning to kill us?" This is exactly why I love this show. I know this is not what the creators intended, but it still makes me laugh. Really; you expect us to not believe that "cutting the head off" is not some poor, disturbing analogy to dismembering a human body? How clueless do you have to be as a writer? Grandma Pig is shocked to see this as the kids admit that they are not sleepy at all. The kids would like to watch television and Grandma Pig complies thinking that this will make them sleepy. Trust me; nothing on television for a kid can cure insomnia; much less, inabilities to sleep. So the narrator comes on about yellow roses and I think this might be one of the few times I have heard the word horiculture used in a children's cartoon. I do see it in RPG's a lot though. Peppa is bored and the yellow rose seens to be even more so. So we play the toss and wee game and it is supposed to be one turn each; but that rule is broken within seconds. Apparently; it's been a long time since Grandpa Pig has been doing this because he actually comments on Peppa's weight, albeit in a lot more subtle way than when Peppa comments about Daddy Pig's weight. Grandpa Pig is tired and Grandma Pig has to break this up because goodness knows, Peppa has been thrown four times in this sequence and George has actually followed the rules. What a troll Peppa is? But I repeat myself over and over again. Next up; tag Grandma Pig is it! In Britian, it's called "catch". So we play tag for a while which mostly involves running around the sofa in a circular fashion and laughing. No one catches anyone as we head outside, and here comes the red car as it parks on the steepest side of the hill...AGAIN! Mummy is hoping that the little piggies are asleep as the adults go in and it's dark in the sitting room as the grandparents and kids are sitting on the sofa, snoring. The adults are amused by this and that ends the episode at 4:30 approx. I loved this episode in so many way and it's probably the best episode of series one at **** 3/4 (95%).

Ballet Lesson: Here is episode #31 on the animation paper as we head to the playgroup on the hill with lots of piano music playing in the background. In comes the roofless red car with Mummy Pig driving it and in the backseat is Peppa Pig. Once again; the car is parked on the steepest side of the hill. Mummy Pig and Peppa hop out as Peppa is dressed in a red bodysuit and white cloud trim around the midsection. Out comes from the school is Madame Gazelle wearing purple with the white trim. They are also wearing ballet shoes; because this is the show's answer to Angelica Ballerina. This might be interesting. Madame Gazelle is the ballet teacher and I betcha she won a trophy for that as a world champion ballet dancer. Here's a question: Was this episode the official debut of Madame Gazelle? Because they do the meet and greet as if Madame Gazelle had never saw Peppa until this very moment. Just an odd sequence there. Peppa's bowing is awkward to say the least. Gazelle is fine with it because it is her first lesson of ballet! Mummy Pig leaves as Peppa and Gazelle head into the school as we have Suzy Sheep, Rebecca Rabbit, Candy Cat, Danny Dog and Pedro Pony. Yes, men do like ballet folks; it's basically figure skating and ice dancing without a skating rink. The girls get different color outfits; but Pedro and Danny are in all white. Why? Why not?! Introductions galore with lots of hand clapping from Gazelle and the first lesson is a Demi Plie. Okay; I'm no expert at ballet, but demi does mean half in French and it makes sense since Gazelle apparently comes from France. Everyone does it awkwardly; except for Suzy Sheep for no reason. Next lesson: the Pretty Jete. I think she meant "little jump"; only little was supposed to be in French, but it sounded like pretty and petit doesn't sound like that in French. Sometimes, these accents are not 100% clear. Gazelle's jumps have grace and beauty; none of the kids have that part down. Peppa's grace is as graceful as a 3.4 on the Richter Scale. Danny Dog's grace and beauty is to do the splits at one point and Pedro's is graceful in that he not once acted like an idiot; which is a major plus for him I might add.

This was a fun ballet lesson and it gets even more fun as Peppa and company try to be swans, struggling. The arm movements are graceful; but the prancing on the tiptoes sucks. Candy Cat is the only one who comes remotely close to Madame Gazelle's footwork and even that sucked. Gazelle asks what noise a swan makes; and the kids get it all wrong and dance around Madame Gazelle. This also sucked. There was no grace and beauty in this dance. I also protest the claim that everyone loves dancing; since there are lots of religious people who think this dancing is demonic. I think they are dumber than Daddy Pig ever was; but not everyone loves dancing. If ice was involved Sid Sixerio would blow at least three veins watching this. The bell rings outside and all the kids run out. Suzy Sheep, Miss Rabbit (Or Mummy Rabbit, depending on your poison) and Mummy Pig are at the cars; none of them are pointing in the opposite direction, so I expect a logic break and magical flipping to take place during this sequence. Peppa and Mummy Pig meet and Gazelle claims that Peppa did very well for her first lesson. Well; she was as graceful as a shaking building, so that would account for something. And yes; the car is now pointing in the opposite direction despite Mummy Pig getting out of it when it was facing towards the building. Does anyone in animation not notice this obvious logic break; or is this a running gag? I'm starting to believe the later now. Peppa want to show her moves to Mummy Pig and Mummy Pig wants to go home first, so everyone sees it. So Mummy Pig drives the car away as Peppa waves goodbye to Madame Gazelle. We jump cut to the house on the hill as the car shows up and parks on the steepest side of the hill...AGAIN! Mummy and Peppa go in through the back door to the sitting down where George and Daddy Pig are reading. Peppa greets them as she wants to show them her ballet moves, and is all cocky in thinking that George, Daddy and Mummy will find it difficult. Peppa pushes the red button on the stereo and we have piano music playing.

Peppa talks about the silly words Gazelle uses as she bends her knees; and Daddy Pig points out that it's the petit jette and he says it better than Madame Gazelle! How about that? The troll just got trolled; because you see, Daddy and Mummy Pig used to be ballet dancers. Daddy and Mummy Pig do some ballet dancing for a while and they are so much better than even Madame Gazelle; minus the shaking, but DADDY'S BIG TUMMY~ what can you do? Sadly; Daddy Pig throws Mummy Pig into the air, Mummy does some graceful arm movements; but Daddy Pig fails to catch Mummy Pig much like Manu didn't catch Undertaker at Wrestlemania and Daddy Pig's tummy has been squashed. HAHA! George and Peppa giggle and clap, calling him silly. The adults decide to let Peppa play the beautiful swan and that ends the episode at 4:30 approx. I really hope she gets more lessons, her dancing needs a lot of work. Despite the dance moves not being good; they sucked in a hilariously fun way, instead of being just awful. And they are kids, so there's that. And this is their first lesson, so there's that. Well, Peppa's first anyway. *** 1/2 (70%).

Thunderstorm: Okay; here is episode #32 on the animation paper and we begin with the house on the hill complete with drum banging! Peppa and George come out with their play toys, a checkered purple/white blanket, a plate with two cookies on it, two colored teacups and a purple tea kettle. Oh; and they are having a shoot picnic with orange juice in the tea kettle, which Peppa pours out. Even then; Peppa is acting with Teddy to make this work. Mr. Dinesaur gets orange juice poured into a teacup and the Mr. Dinesaur responds like it always does. I love how Peppa cosplays her Teddy into allowing Peppa and George to eat the cookies; which they proceed to do. We hear thunder in the background and then zoom out complete with drum banging. Geez; I thought the underscore of this wasn't this overbearing! Some dark clouds show up as we cut to the back door with Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig at the door. Mummy Pig tells the kids to come up right now and the kids sell; but Peppa forgets her Teddy which she drops onto the ground. This sadly will become a running gag in future episode and I believe this was the debut of the running gag actually. Peppa asks what is going on and they need to get in because a vicious thunderstorm is coming. Sounds reasonable to me; but Daddy Pig insists that the rain isn't the problem. He's right of course; but they all go inside anyway. The skies get darker and noiser as we head to Peppa's bedroom as Mummy Pig asks about bringing their toys in as George shows off his dinosaur and growls. Peppa then realizes that she unintentionally left Teddy in the garden. At the time; this was unintentional. In later episodes, it became questionable. Daddy Pig tells her not to worry because he'll find it. Mummy Pig tells Daddy to hurry up; but Daddy Pig blows it off because it won't rain for ages. So Daddy Pig walks down the hill and grabs Teddy in the garden. Now; if I wanted to make a funny joke about this, I would book it as: Daddy Pig slowly walks back toward the back door and thinks he has proven Mummy Pig wrong; and then he's two feet away from the door...and then it pours down raining. That would have been a funny joke.

Instead; when he grabs the Teddy, he proclaims that there is lots of time, and then it pours down raining. This reduces the giggles of the joke because we are supposed to believe that maybe Daddy Pig could be right and then be proven wrong. When you do it halfway, you kill the effectiveness of the gag. So he has to run into the house and he's wet; and now I feel bad for him because he's cold and wet. Plus; in the next scene as he comes into the bedroom soaking wet, Teddy doesn't look all wet and yet Mummy Pig towels Teddy off with a purple towel. Daddy Pig is shivering. Peppa likes this as Daddy Pig is protesting this outrage. Daddy's wetter than Teddy for Peppa's sakes! Thankfully; the family gets it and writes in more towel by teleport before drying off Daddy Pig who giggles. Then the roof begins to leak and everyone panics. Daddy Pig returns with a bucket to contain the first leak; but gets dropped in the head with a second rain drop, ala Kit Cloudkicker from I Only Have Ice For You. Peppa brings in the tea kettle and use it to catch the rain. Jump cut to outside as the thunderstorm continues and back in; the bucket, kettle and leaks have disappeared. How about that? Peppa and George hug Mummy Pig; because the thunder is so intense, the power has been cut. Peppa calls them thunder bangs as Daddy tells them not to worry as we do the education moment of the episode: counting the time between the flash of light and the rumble sound to determine how far the storm is. They do this twice, the first time is three and the second is five as the rain stops on cue and therefore the thunderstorm is leaving. Literally three seconds later after that; it's sunny and everyone leaves the house through the back door wearing their boots. If you cannot guess the final spot right now...you guessed it. Everyone pops as they go down the hill; because George and Peppa are jumping in, out, up and down in muddy puddles in the garden. Mummy and Daddy Pig join in for the earthquake ritual again; as then they stop as Peppa cuts a promo praising the thunderstorm for this...and then they continue on jumping. Yeah; that ends the episode at 4:30 approx. This was fun; but mistakes were made. ** 1/2 (50%).

Cleaning The Car: So; here is episode #33 on the animation paper as it's a sunny day at the house on the hill to open this episode. Zoom in to the back door as it opens and out comes Mummy Pig, George and Peppa as they run down the hill. At the bottom of the hill is Daddy Pig in the red car which apparently has been in a muddy puddle auto race as of late. Everyone is ready, except for the car even though the car is running smoothly. Because you see; the car is exceptionally muddy and so they cannot drive around the countryside with it. Daddy Pig stops the car and goes out to check it and claims that it's not bad at all. Yeah; I've seen worse quality cars than this, most have scratches and dents on them. Mud is nothing and the car still runs well in spite of it. So yes; Mummy Pig is hot and bothered about the appearance of a car. And she's even more pissed as she inspects the inside of the car as it has crumbly newspaper pages, a bag of candy (wait; what's wrong with an unopened bag of sweets, Mummy Pig?!) and Mr. Dinesaur (Wait; what's wrong with that, Mummy Pig? George ALWAYS brings that thing to car rides.). Naughty, silly, Daddy Pig~ must clean the car before it leaves. Daddy isn't amused; but agrees to it as Peppa wants to help. Mummy Pig agrees to it and Peppa cheers on cue. Jump cut to Daddy Pig filling a bucket of water from the out of nowhere faucet near the back door of the house. Wait; I'm pretty much that warm soapy water is impossible by just running the tap there, Mr. Narrator! So out comes the out of nowhere sponges as we wash the car for a while. In Britian, the front of the car is called the bonnet. George cannot reach the windows and is not happy; but no actual bawling his eyes out are present. Mummy helps him wipe the glass window; but leave one mud stain on the window which apparently teleports from the car onto the ground as a muddy puddle. George drops the sponge into the muddy puddle. Yes; they created a logic break just to do a spot where George unintentionally muddies the car again! Then a bucket of water comes out of nowhere to allow George to put the sponge into it to clean up. No one in creative thought this sequence through at all. George cleans the sponge as Peppa wants to wash the car, so she takes the bucket of muddy water. Daddy Pig tries to protest this; but Peppa don't care as she throws mud and water onto the car. Peppa Pig is a troll! Now the car has more mud than it did BEFORE they cleaned it!

Daddy Pig shrugs it off and goes back to the facuet to attach a yellow rubber hose to it and Peppa wants to help on that. Peppa holds the end of the hose and runs down the hill. Somehow; the hose is long enough despite looking like it was going to come off the faucet end at any moment. Daddy Pig turns on the water and Peppa Pig is so inpatient that she looks into the hose and gets sprayed in the face with it. HAHA! The troll just trolled herself! I should also note that the sound effects they used here sounded like someone flushing a toilet. He regains control and Mummy Pig gets splooshed as a result as the water has become a troll. HAHA! Peppa turns the hose up into the air and the water rains down on everyone now as Mummy Pig is yelling at Daddy Pig to turn off the water and he does. Everyone is wet; but the car is officially clean now. The kids and Mummy shake the water off as I should note that they changed into their boots in between the jump cut from the muddy car to Daddy Pig pouring water into the bucket in case anyone thought I missed that. I almost did. The kids and Mummy Pig go back into the house while Daddy Pig polishes the car and it magically is so beautiful that Daddy Pig can see his own reflection in it. Daddy Pig makes a funny face and in comes Peppa and George making funny faces. Mummy Pig comes in and they all giggle for a while. Daddy Pig cuts his usual "I'm a bit of an expert at these things" promo and this one at least made sense. So everyone gets into the car and Mummy Pig will drive the car. I guess Daddy Pig has been grounded from driving the car for messing up the car in the first place with the newspapers inside the car. Mummy Pig drives the car stage left as Mummy Pig orders them to keep the car clean and the kids and Daddy Pig obey her. And then the ultimate in total subterfuge occurs: A muddy puddle is in the middle of the road. Mummy Pig drives the car at full speed and gets the car completely muddy once again. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Daddy Pig and Peppa Pig taunt Mummy Pig for this as Mummy Pig looks embarrassed as the other family members laugh to end the episode at 4:30 approx. Everyone trolled on everyone tonight and the finish was glorious. *** 1/2 (70%).

Lunch: Here is episode #34 on the animation paper and this episode opens up on the white house on the hill as Grandma Pig is waiting for someone at the door. Here comes the Pig family's car as the car parks on the steepest side of the hill...AGAIN! Everyone gets out as the narrator tells us that the entire family is here for lunch. We meet and greet as George calls her "Granny Ig"...AGAIN! So Grandma Pig asks if the kids would like to help Grandpa Pig with picking the veggies, they agree to it and run down the hill. Cut to Grandpa Pig watering his lettuce. George has Mr. Dinesaur growling for us as Grandpa Pig is impressed by this. So Peppa has the basket and they are picking veggies like tomatoes, lettuce and cuecumber and Peppa likes the veggies, but George is all "NO" when it comes to the veggies. He is all "yuck" on cuecumber, and how dare he? Cuecumber is really tasty. Grandpa Pig asks what veggie does George like and George proclaims that he loves chocolate cake. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Should have seen that coming a mile away. Peppa rightfully calls George out on that one as everyone goes into the house because maybe George will like them in a salad. I betcha George's response to that would also be "no". So we head into the kitchen as the basket is handed to Grandma Pig and Grandma Pig puts the veggies into the sink. Grandma Pig fills the sink with water as George Peppa dunk the veggies like they jump up and down in muddy puddles as water sprays everywhere. Somehow; nothing gets wet in this sequence as they stop and we jump cut to Grandma Pig at the table cutting up veggies on a cutting board and putting them into the bowl. Grandma Pig calls for everyone to come to lunch as Grandpa Pig rings the bell and we jump cut to everyone sitting down at the table with four glasses of wine, two glasses of lemonade, six slices of pizza, six forks, six plates and a bowl of salad at the end of the table. Grandma Pig spoons salad on George's plate, burying it underneath the pizza, which doesn't amuse either me nor George. Everyone eats the pizza first, within four bites or so. Peppa eats her veggies in less than four bites.

George takes off the veggies and puts them on the table. So yes; George is not fooled by this salad angle either. So the adults start trying to force the issue with the salad pieces and we get two yucks and and George bawls his eyes out in frustration. Oh; for Peppa sakes, people; this is totally ineffective and it is only making George hate you even more for lying to him about the salad being not veggie-related. Grandpa Pig then has an idea as he takes the pieces and makes them into a dinosaur. If he loves dinosaurs; wouldn't he reject that since dinosaurs shouldn't be eaten? George likes it and he eats the dinosaur. If he loves dinosaurs like a pet; isn't this murder? Anyhow; George claims that he's too full for veggies or anything right now...until Grandma Pig brings out the chocolate cake. Then George changes his mind, just like that. Dammit! George gets cake and eats it too. Grandpa Pig claims that he got his appetite back and everyone laughs to end the episode at 4:30 approx. Started off good and then went downhill due to the way they were trying to feed George. ** 1/4 (45%).

The Sleepy Princess: Next up is episode #36 on the animation paper and we begin this episode on the house on the hill AFTER HAPPY HOUR as we zoom into Peppa's bedroom complete with cricket chrips. Peppa and George run in and climb into their beds. The adults come in and Peppa is not sleepy. I'm kind of disappointed because I wanted to see some mind games played on Mummy and Daddy Pig like in Babysitting. Peppa wants a story and Daddy Pig thinks George doesn't want one. Peppa telling George to say "yes" for the story is violating informed consent in my view; not that they can give consent anyway. George snorts twice; which means yes. That shouldn't count. If he said "dinesaur", then maybe he meant yes. Wait; what am I saying? Daddy Pig finds a chair and sits down on it as he'll tell one story and Mummy Pig adds the stipulation that they must fall asleep after said story. Daddy Pig is going to tell the story of the sleepy princess, in which Peppa calls it boring. Wait; if it's boring, shouldn't it make you go to sleep? Daddy Pig says it's not boring, so goodbye to any hopes Peppa will sleep. Peppa asks if a princess is involved. Mummy Pig tells her to let Daddy Pig tell the story. Never mind that in the title; it's called "Sleepy Princess". So Peppa seriously thinks that this title is false on it's ear. Does she believe that the title is a rib on her? Oh; and Peppa completely ignores Mummy Pig and asks again, Daddy Pig states yes. George don't care either way as everyone is tucked in and Daddy Pig slowly begins the story as we hit the dream sequence. We head to the really generic castle of doom on the hill as we have some trees with flowers on them. Head to the eastern rampart as Princess Peppa is looking outside, as she is the sleepy princess in this story. Peppa does her classic cutting off the story teller stuff as we see Peppa looking herself in the mirror as Daddy Pig claims she is pretty. Peppa continues to cut Daddy Pig off as the others in the castle (since Peppa asked the question) are George, Mummy and Daddy as prince, queen and king.

Oh; and they literally do the royalty version of the opening sequence. This would have been funnier if they did the entire opening sequence this way; but they didn't. Sad! Apparently; King Daddy doesn't have a big tummy, even though it's clear that King Daddy Pig does have a big tummy. Not fooling anyone. Daddy also claims that there is a dragon; which causes George to yell "dinesaur"! HAHA! And that is what we get. Works for me. So in comes a purple long necked dinosaur, which doesn't look scary at all. However; Daddy Pig oversells it like mad to the point where George bawls his eyes out. See; even George has some naunce here. He likes dinosaurs, but not scary dinosaurs. That's a small bit of character development that gives George something a little more than just a gimmick. Mummy Pig thinks that was dumb as Daddy Pig tucks George in and apologizes for that gaffe. So the dinosaur eats a lot of grass and it burps. Of course! And Daddy Pig does it, too! HAHA! Mummy Pig was graverly offended by this moment. She couldn't believe Daddy Pig burped in front of her. How could Daddy Pig be so mean and cruel? Daddy Pig apologizes and confesses; this causes everyone to giggle. Peppa still wants to know why it's called the sleepy princess and we see the castle shot again as day turned into night and the dinosaur is yawning, the king, queen and prince are yawning. The princess looking into the mirror is yawning and we cut back to Peppa teasing that she is asleep as Daddy Pig asks loudly and Peppa wakes up denying that she is asleep. However; George is snoring and fast asleep. I guess the dinosaur in the story sleep; he must sleep, too. So; then Peppa yells at George and George wakes up. What a troll?! Let George sleep, for Peppa's sakes, Peppa! So we have to finish the story as the sleepy princess is completely worn out and King Daddy puts Princess Peppa into a golden royal bed and she snores away as King Daddy leaves. We end the story with a zoom out shot of the castle and that is that. George and Peppa are snoring in their beds as Daddy and Mummy Pig back up and turn out the light fully to end the episode at 4:30 approx. This was okay; although Peppa yelling at George was a low point for Peppa in the early episodes of this series. ** 3/4 (55%).

The Treehouse: So; here is episode #37 on the animation paper as we head to the white house on the hill as the red car arrives with the Pig family. At least they didn't park on the steepest side of the slope this time around. The family has their boots on, which is a clear sign that a muddy puddle will be involved at some point. Why did they go to the back door to knock? Anyhow; Grandma Pig answers the door and George still calls her "Ganny Ig" at this point. Grandma tells them they can come inside as long as they take off their muddy boots. Which have no mud on them. They take off their boots anyway and come inside to the sitting room where Grandma Pig shows off some purple hearted curtains which Peppa is in awe with. Peppa asks what the curtains are for and Grandma Pig tells them that it's a surprise. They are part of something Grandpa Pig has built in the garden and everyone runs out and puts on their boots again. Cut to Grandpa Pig making what appears to be the roof of a giant doll house. In comes the kids as George calls him "Papa Ig" again. Grandpa's hammer is written out via teleport as he simply puts the roof on the tree house. On a giant branch that is literally two feet off the ground. Or at the biggest point of Grandpa Pig's belly. The curtains are placed in the treehouse attached to the top frame of a window and the kids all cheer. Lots of cheers and thank yous from Peppa as we get three snorts in three seconds. Grandpa Pig asks who wants to go first and Peppa instantly climbs the ladder and flicks off her boots (which have no mud on them) onto the ground and goes into the treehouse. She opens the curtains inside said treehouse and declares that she is in the treehouse. Peppa closes the curtains as George snorts twice because he wants to be in the treehouse. So Daddy Pig knocks on the door and Peppa opens the curtians again. Daddy asks if George can come into the treehouse and Peppa will accept it as long as he takes off the muddy boots. George flicks off his boots (which have no mud on them) and knocks on the door. Peppa opens the curtains, George snorts, Peppa opens the door and lets George in. George comes in and they giggle and snort.

So Mummy Pig knocks on the door and Mummy Pig wants to go in on the fun. Ummm; I think this treehouse can only handle kids five years and under. Peppa proclaims that Mummy Pig has to say the secret word. Mummy Pig asks what this secret word is and Peppa opens the word and whisper yells into Mummy Pig's ear. I don't know why we had to hear that; especially when Mummy Pig has to say the password anyway. I realize that this is a pre-school show, but come on! It's okay for us not to hear the password when Peppa whispers it into her ear because Mummy Pig will still know what it is and say it anyway. You can create suspense in a pre-school show, it's okay. That's the stupid part. The password is "Daddy's Big Tummy" by the way; which is a statement of fact as much as a joke. Mummy Pig gets it and the kids all giggle. Mummy Pig knocks on the door again. Peppa tells her to say the password and Mummy Pig says "Daddy's Big Tummy"; as Daddy Pig rubs his tummy and is not amused by this. He says: "Those are soliskey (?sp) words!". I think he said it was fighting words; but there's no fighting in a pre-school show; so I'm guessing he meant insulting words. (Note from the future: He called them silly secret words. His first promo wasn't 100% clear on that sadly.) Everyone laughs at him anyway, and he's not thrilled by this, so Peppa intended it as an insult. Peppa Pig is a troll. Mummy Pig flicks off her boots (which have no mud on them) and manages to get inside the treehouse somehow. So Daddy Pig wants in and politely asks for different secret words, which in sercuity of computers would make sense. Not in this show, though as Mummy, Peppa and George do George's condescending, albeit in a funny sort of way no promo. So Daddy chooses to say "Daddy's Big Tummy". Which is a true statement. Daddy Pig is not amused. Sadly; this is the least of his problems because he takes off his boots and like in the episode "Camping", he cannot get into the treehouse even if there was no one in it.

Daddy pops out of the door as Peppa blames the big tummy for it. Truer words never spoken; and there was no room in the treehouse for him anyway, even if no one was in it. He's screwed. Everyone laughs at his expense; but Grandpa Pig has a Krackpotkin Plan: Open the roof and let Daddy Pig through it. Daddy Pig climbs into the treehouse via the roof and despite the tree branch teasing a break; it keeps up. Yes folks; they found a way to get Daddy Pig in the treehouse It's a miracle! The most awkward treehouse meeting in history, in my view. Peppa never wants to leave the treehouse; so Grandpa and Grandma Pig walk back to the house disappointed, because that means that they will eat the cookies all by their lonely selves and Peppa will get nothing. Peppa opens the door and climbs down the ladder, putting on her boots as we jump cut to the back door as the entire Pig family reaches the door and out comes Grandma Pig with a plate of cookies for everyone. However; they must say the secret words, which is...you guessed it. Daddy Pig is not amused as everyone takes their boots off and comes inside giggling. We head into the sitting room for cookies as Daddy Pig calls them silly secret words as everyone giggles and that ends the episode at 4:30 approx. I rub my big tummy and may that be my catchphrase until death do me part...or until I'm down to under 200 pounds. Another fun episode in a series of them. ** 3/4 (55%).

Fancy Dress Party: Here is episode #38 on the animation paper as we head to the house on the hill as we head into Peppa's bedroom as Peppa Pig is jumping up and down with joy as Mummy Pig puts a crown on Peppa's head because she's a fairy princess and George is going to cosplay Mr. Dinesaur. George does his usual catchphrase as outside, we see Mummy Sheep drive up a car with Suzy Sheep (in her nurse outfit), Candy Cat (dressed as a magic user/witch), Danny Dog as a pirate (a sea pirate, not an air pirate), Rebecca Rabbit as a carrot and Pedro Pony as a clown. Yes, a clown. So the writers are basically admitting that Pedro's role in this show is to be the butt of all jokes now when Daddy Pig isn't available. Suzy rings the door bell and the door opens to reveal Daddy Pig and Daddy Pig truly believes that Suzy is a legit nurse, so yes; this is a running gag now. Daddy Pig either cannot tell the difference between real or make believe; or Daddy Pig is trolling on her. I would suggest the later in this case. Yup; he's trolling. So the kids introduce their roles in this dress up party, Pedro Pony is of course the symbol of the cluelessness of this show sometimes. HONK! HONK! Yes; Pedro is in fact wearing long red clown shoes. We also begin the gimmick of Rebecca Rabbit of loving carrots so much she blushes. Daddy Pig is perfectly fine with that as he invites them all into the sitting room filled with balloons and lights. Peppa and George meet and greet them; well, mostly Peppa. Peppa orders Suzy to bow before her and Suzy sells it. Suzy orders Peppa to say "awww" and Peppa sells it. Pedro is a clown and honks his clown horn; it wasn't funny. Danny asks why she is dressed like a carrot. Because she wants to and loves carrots. Why did you bother to ask her? You're just doing it to make her blush and nothing else. Everyone giggles on cue and in comes George in the Mr. Dinesaur costume growling at the kids and only Danny does the unconvincing sell job as the other giggle. Peppa looks herself in the mirror; but it has nothing to do with introspection, honest! In comes Candy Cat as they exchange notes as Candy brings out her darker magic wand as Candy claims that she can turn Peppa into a frog. Peppa claims the same and Candy bails screaming stage left. Damn. Then we get an awesome moment: George comes in and looks in the mirror; and then bawls his eyes out. Because you see, George show his reflection and he looked like a scary dinosaur.

The irony of this is; that George plays with a toy dinosaur that looks exactly like the costume. That was funny! Mummy Pig takes the mask off to show that it's just him seeing himself with the dinosaur mask on and that was that. George growls at the mirror with the mask on for a while and we cut back to the middle of the sitting room because it's time to pick out the "Best In Costume". My three picks: (1) Rebecca Rabbit with the carrot that makes her blush (2) George's Mr. Dinesaur costume and (3) Pedro Pony's clown costume or Suzy's nurse costume in a pick'em for bronze. So; Daddy Pig wants a child to be the judge of this, which is stupid because Mummy and Daddy Pig are the only ones without costumes on. Unless they need a third judge to make a panel; but if so, why not call Mummy Sheep back to be the third judge? Daddy Pig chooses Peppa Pig as the third judge since it's her party. Yes; the one who trolls on everyone but herself is the judge. Very impartial. Not. Even worse; Peppa has no idea who a judge is. This is not going to end well for everyone involved. So Peppa inspects the costumes and the kids cut promos on their roles. Danny looks into an out of nowhere telescope for fun. Candy Cat and Peppa Pig gets into a raspberry exchanging feud caused by them claiming that they can turn each other into a frog; as Mummy Pig has to come in to break this one up. Peppa does apologize for it though as Pedro honks his horn and sounding more like Clamantha by the second. Pedro then flicks his shoes, trips and falls on his ass. Yeah. Peppa thought it was funny, I thought it was kind of sad, considering what Pedro becomes in this series. Rebecca blushes on cue because she loves carrots. George growls and Peppa is impressed with all the costumes...and so; she picks herself as the winner, because she's a troll. Everyone is shocked and appalled, what a surprise? Mummy Pig calls her out on it and Peppa has to pick someone else, so she picks Rebecca Rabbit out of hand and Rebecca blushes again, indicating that she didn't expect to win, even though I picked her as the winner! Everyone laughs as the narrator sums it up nicely to end the episode at 4:30 approx. Fun for what it was and not much more. *** (60%).

The Museum: Moving on to episode #39 on the animation paper, and we begin this episode at a museum like building with leaf symbols and a purple/white checked flag flying. The red car pulls up and parks on the steepest side of the hill...AGAIN! Then on the closeup shot; the car seemly disappears when the Pig family all get out. Peppa has Teddy and George has Mr. Dinsesaur with them for some odd reason. Peppa is questionning this as Daddy admits that there are things older than him, just to show that it's not over a hundred years old. Peppa is like "ooookkkkaaayyy" and Mummy Pig talks about a room based on royalty. Peppa loves this as Daddy Pig also points out that there is a room with a real live dinosaur in it. Yeah; I'll bet. George loves this and he is going to be disappointed by this real dinosaur. George does his usual promo and we head inside at the lobby with Miss Rabbit as the cashier. The museum is as fancy as the artwork will allow as we get five tickets: two adults, two children and one dinosaur toy. What; Teddy gets in for free? So; the first room contains colored robes and crowns hung on a rack as George wants to see the real dinosaur and teases bawling his eyes out; but Mummy comes in and tells him that they'll see the dinosaur next. All the robes are in fact properly of the Queen and this was before we saw the queen for real, so you can't say the writers were not building towards a payoff of Peppa seeing the queen of England. So we see the golden throne on a podium as Mummy Pig explains it is the queen's chair as well. Peppa calls it beautiful as we see the sparkling purple dress the queen wears. At least this dress looks like royalty and then we see the crown sparkling on a podium of it's own as Peppa is in awe over this. Peppa then looks around and asks: Where is the queen's television? I died and then came back as Mummy explains that there was no television back then. Yes there was; it was called theatre. They had no computers back then, sadly. Peppa has a dream of being a queen who eats chocolate cake all day on her throne room. This is the sort of dream I have, although chocolate cake is replaced with donairs and lots of onion rings. Neither one is believable actually. George is of course, the fool in this dream; at least it's not Pedro Pony this time. That would have sucked. Of course the subject bow to their queen as she wants more cake. Of course!

We return to reality (are you kidding me?) as the rest of the family is in the room and they left Peppa hanging. HAHA! Daddy calls for Peppa to come inside and we head to a barely lit room and Peppa has still not got out of her fantasy because she's ordering Daddy Pig to bow before her. Daddy Pig bows and explains that he's her daddy; and Peppa calls it very interesting as they are holding hands. Okay; can we advance the plot now? Thankfully; Daddy does as they are in the dinosaur room which Peppa and George are confused, because they cannot see him and assume that it's small. Daddy claims that it's actually very big as he turns the lights on and we get a zoom out shot of the skeleton of a giant dinosaur. Peppa and George giggle and love it and then we get to George's fantasy of being a dinosaur in the prehistoric ages, a Pigosaurus George that snorts like a pig and chases Peppa away who apparently got into George's fantasy by teleport because she's still wearing her normal gear. Peppa is scared and bails stage right. This was hilariously stupid and yet a bit creepy at the same time. Also; the dream sequence had better selling from Peppa then the chase with the kids in reality (are you kidding me?). Mummy Pig calls this room the favorite room of George and somehow, George has teleported back to where the dinosaur would be in the background. Peppa loves the king and queen room. Of course; even though Peppa had more fun being chased by George in the dinosaur room. I guess this room was a very close second. Mummy Pig proclaims that Daddy Pig is in his favorite room right now: the museum cafe at the table with a lot of honey mustard colored chairs. There is tea and chocolate cake at the ready as Miss Rabbit is running the cafe. Or is it Mummy Rabbit? Who knows, who cares? Everyone sits down and Peppa calls this a very nice room. Everyone laughs to end this episode at 4:30 approx. George's fantasy is more warped than Peppa's; and yet Peppa is the oppressive fantasy? Yeah, sure. *** 1/4 (65%).

Very Hot Day: So; here is episode #40 on the animation paper as we begin with the bluest skies ever at the house on the hill to indicate that it is hot and sunny outside. Zoom to the back door and out comes Peppa and George in their boots along with Mummy and Daddy as they calls this a hot day. Apparently; on a hot day, this family still believes in jumping up and down in muddy puddles. But wait! Since mud requires a lot of water mixed in with dirt to create it and water is very low during a heat wave, there are no muddy puddles to jump in. Just mounds of solid dirt. So Peppa jumps into a muddy puddle and she get a jolt as the puddle breaks like ice. The narrator explains the obvious for us and then the kids run back as Peppa points out the obvious to the parents. Mummy tells her not to worry because it's time to bring out the inflatable wading pool; known in Britian as the puddling pool. Somehow, I like puddling pool better than wading pool. I should also note that in Britian; it's not swim suits; it's swimming costumes. Also like more than swim suits actually. So, everyone goes inside as everyone comes out in their swimming costumes. Also; their favorite colors are part of the costumes, as in their favorite ice cream. This is the most rigid coordination of color roles I have ever seen, even in a pre-school show. Another British word I like: Sun cream over sun screen; because Sun cream makes a hell of a lot more sense. Mummy Pig smears Peppa and George with it right in the face. Daddy calls it a fuss over nothing. You know; if someone rubbed sun cream in my face, without asking first; I would go back into the house and not come out. Sun cream can burn your eyes. Maybe not cause permanent eye damage; but it does burn for goodness sakes. Just be careful out there and don't aim for the face! Let me do the face instead, then if it hits my eyes than I can blame myself for being such an idiot. Mummy Pig squirts Daddy Pig in the midsection with sun screen and Daddy makes a funny face -- before realizing that it's not in the face -- and then giggles and rubs the stuff on his tummy. Mummy pours the sun cream on her face as Daddy Pig brings out the puddling pool which is inflatable with a foot pump; and is really cheesy. George runs down the hill and the puddling pool is thrown onto the ground. Daddy foot pumps the puddling pool and calls it easy as pie, despite blushing when he was doing it. Mummy Pig attaches the hose to the water faucet at the back of the house. Peppa runs down the hill with it and I put 1:1 odds that Daddy Pig gets sprayed in the face with it, since he is the only one who didn't get water on himself during the Cleaning The Car episode.

Yes; they completely recycled "Cleaning The Car" as Peppa gets sprayed in the face with the hose after looking at the end of it. Surprisely; when Peppa manages to get the hose working, it fires into the pool and not into Daddy's face. Tres disappointing. The one time I wanted Peppa Pig to troll on Daddy Pig and give him his face spray, and they don't go for it. Mummy Pig turns the water off causing Peppa and George to jump in. Basically; they jump up and down like they do in muddy puddles, only it's in water. Then we hear bell ringing and it's Miss Rabbit in her ice cream icebox bicycle waving and driving up the hill at the same time. Peppa asks if they can have ice cream; Mummy Pig is all right with it since it is a very hot day. And really; I cannot argue with that. Daddy Pig asks if he can have one; as if he has no power to decide. What a moron?! Everyone goes up, except for Daddy Pig as Peppa wants a cone and she gets a vanilla ice cream cone; while Mummy Pig gets a chocolate and strawberry cone (one is for Daddy Pig, of course). George wants something dinesaur (sic) related as Peppa trolls George's lack of words, even though in the show, he can clearly say more than one word. Miss Rabbit understands and brings out an dinosaur-shaped orange ice lolly (In North America; ice pop) for George to have and she even unwraps it for him. Mummy Pig tells George to eat the ice lolly before it melts; but George don't care because he loves to cosplay with it. Mummy Pig gives Miss Rabbit three gold coins and Miss Rabbit bicycles down the hill stage left. Mummy turns around and tries to tell George to eat the ice lolly a second time; but before she can finish her sentence, the entire ice lolly comes off the stick and turns into an orange puddle on the ground. You can guess what George does next without me saying it. Damn that very hot day to hell! Mummy Pig tells George not to worry and offers the chocolate cone to share with Daddy Pig. I don't think that is a good idea as everyone goes down the hill stage right; as we see Daddy Pig sleeping and blushing. He has heat stoke; you see. So Peppa takes the puddling pool and dowses it all over Daddy Pig, which is better than hosing Daddy in the face. Daddy Pig wakes up as Peppa explains her actions and Daddy Pig is fine with that. So there are puddles on the ground and the kids run back into the house and come back out wearing their boots. They jump up and down in regular water puddles as Daddy Pig is eating his ice cream to end the episode at 4:30 approx. Outside of some annoying moments; this was fun. *** (60%).

Daddy Gets Fit: We conclude this series of random episodes with episode #42 on the animation paper as we begin on the house on the hill as Mummy Pig is doing exercises in front of the television which is a fitness show starring Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. Potato Head doing exercises; which Mrs. Potato Head quit the show for unknown reasons. Maybe we should do a background check on Mr. Potato Head and see if he has been potatoing anyone. POW! OUCH! Ummm... Peppa and George watch on as this is probably one of the few times Mrs. Potato has spoken for any length of time. In comes Daddy Pig yawning and sits down in the chair, claiming that he loves the tele. His flopping back almost causes pictures on the wall to fall as Daddy Pig asks what Mummy Pig is watching and she's trying to stay fit. Remember that line because I will be going back to this in a moment. Daddy Pig flops back and proclaims that he's naturally fit. Peppa then claims that he's not fit and points out the big tummy. Okay; this actually pissed me off. Listen; when they were making fun of his big tummy in the other episodes, it was based on a statement of fact. Daddy has a big tummy. I got it and it was funny because it was true. Here, Peppa is blowing off Daddy and accusing him of actually being fat claiming that being fat is not being fit. Here's a clue: You don't exercise to lose weight because 80% of the weight loss is due to reducing your food intake and eating food that is not overloaded with sugar and fat. You exercise to stay in shape, so that your muscles don't wear down so quickly. Sure; 20% of weight loss is due to exercise, but it's not a panacea. The problem is: Daddy Pig believes that he has to exercise to lose weight; which is completely unrealistic since weight loss is mostly due to a combination of less food and more exercise, not one or the other. So; in essence, Peppa insulted Daddy Pig's weight in bad faith and basically fed into his weight issue. That's horrible and this absolutely pisses me off. People have enough problems with weight as it is and don't need this kind of dumb crap!

Daddy Pig claims that he's totally fit; so Peppa dares him to touch his toes, which Daddy Pig cannot do to save his or my life. He also hurts his back in the process, so nice job to make him look even worse. There is a line between being merely a troll and being a comtempable ghoul and Peppa is dangerously close to that line now. Daddy Pig agrees to do some exercise...and flops back into the chair as he'll do it tomorrow. Sounds reasonable to me, as fitness is a marathon, not a spirint. Mummy Pig blows him off on that and he must do the exercises right now! Oh for Peppa sakes, Mummy Pig! It's not like one day is going to make a difference. This causes Daddy Pig to relent without a challenge. Oh sod off, show! Peppa offers to help him train and the first lesson is to do some breast ups. Yes; she actually said that! In any other episode, this would have been uber funny, here; it feels like they are punching down at this point. In comedy, timing is everything. They are push-ups and Daddy Pig only does two and then Peppa proclaims that he must do a hundred breast-ups. Daddy is not running a marathon, you contemptable troll! Daddy Pig doesn't like that at all and neither do I. By the way; breast-ups is British for push-ups. Oh wait; she meant "press-ups". Oh; and Daddy Pig cannot help make lunch until Daddy Pig does a hundred press-ups. So the kids and Mummy Pig head into the kitchen as Daddy does press-ups; as Mummy Pig is making veggie soup for lunch with onions, carrots and potatoes. Okay. Mummy Pig shows concern for Daddy Pig overdoing the pushups. So Peppa comes in...and as much as I hate this angle, this moment was glorious: Daddy is lying on the sofa watching television with the remote control while counting. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Serves Peppa right for insulting Daddy Pig's weight. Not only that, this moment lead to a really awesome payback by Peppa during Series 3. I loved this! Peppa accuses him of cheating and he is; but it's not his fault that you all are insulting his weight.

Peppa calls him naughty as Mummy brings in her old exercise bicycle as Daddy gets on it and tries to pedal and it works, but it's too noisy and he cannot hear the tele. Dammit! Mummy proclaims that he must get fit somehow and Peppa offers her bicycle, which Mummy Pig thinks is a good idea. This is not going to end well for Daddy Pig nor the bicycle. So out comes the bicycle of Peppa's with Peppa and Daddy leaving the house. Speaking of continuity errors: Peppa's bicycle still has the training wheels on for no good reason. Daddy Pig tells her that he knows how the bicycle works and gets onto said bicycle. Daddy rides down the hill and then rides up the hill and it's not so easy as pie, but he still makes it to the top of the next hill. Daddy races down the hill and stops pedaling; but that proves to be a stupid mistake as he cannot put the brakes on as he races to the bottom of the hill and this leads to Daddy Pig see sawing the bicycle about three feet away from the conveniently placed duck pond of doom and he splashes into the duck pond. Daddy Pig is dumb. Bicycle falls to the side despite having training wheels on; but ducks don't care about that lack of continuity. Daddy pops from the water with a duck on his head; and we cut back to the sitting room with the rest of the family watching a television program about trains. Geez; what hypocrites?! Peppa asks where Daddy is and Mummy assures him that he's having a fun time exercising. Jump cut to Daddy Pig pushing the bicycle up the hill and blushing the entire time. At least he is exercising, sort of. The three yellow ducks follow him from behind as Daddy Pig makes it to the house with the bicycle and somehow the training wheels are not broken. Continuity? What's that? Everyone gets out of the house as Daddy Pig explains the situation to us and Mummy Pig acts all concerned. Riiiigggghhhtttt. Daddy Pig thinks it's all over; but Mummy Pig points out that this is just today's exercise and he'll have to do more tomorrow because you must exercise everyday. Daddy Pig doesn't like this; nor Peppa's help, but since this is sound advice, he and the family can only laugh to end the episode at 4:30 approx. Thank goodness this is over. Outside of a few funny moments, this episode sucked. * (20%).

THE REVIEW LINE

Well; this was just another day in the Pig family. Most of the problems were with feeding George and the entire angle of Daddy Pig being fit which I was not happy with. The entire Daddy Pig angle with fitness was really stupid and all it did was insult Daddy Pig for having a big tummy, instead of focusing on the actual fitness. It also didn't help that Peppa was at her worst here either. Lunch was better since the crap was limited to the attempt to feed George with veggies that bothered me, although they did pull through at the end. I love the pancakes and babysitting ones because they took a simple concept and really ham it up (pardon the pun) to where I was laughing with them. The rest was the usual love in. I don't have much else to say outside of what I wrote. Next up will be the final episodes of the first series and then next up will be Series 2. Or some other show. So...

Thumbs down for Daddy Gets Fit and Lunch. Thumbs up for Pancakes and Babysitting. Thumbs in the middle for the rest and I'll see you all next time.

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