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Peppa Pig: Series Five #1 Rant

Reviewed: 11/18/2018

Let The Parade Of Daddy Pig Begin!

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 finally begin Series 5 as we start as the gloves are finally off of this show as it turns from just a normal pre-school show into a legendary pre-school show. So; how do these episodes fare? Let's rant on shall we..?!

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

Opening Moment #1: I might as well mention this before we go any further: The only difference between Series 1-3 and 4-5; is in Series 1-3; the credits don't appear until they show the Peppa Pig Logo a second time. In Series 4, the credits start rolling on the bottom of the screen when Daddy Pig walks in to do his big snort. Series 5 returned to Series 3's opening sequence.

Playing Pretend: So, we begin with episode #213 on the animation paper as the episode opens at the house on the hill with Suzy riding up with helmet on, on her bicycle. Cue Queen music~! Out comes Peppa in her bicycle and both girls want to race; so, it's ready, steady, go~! Suzy says go a second before Peppa can get on her ride and Suzy rides down the hill stage left. Like a person with no scruples, trolls love to troll other trolls. Peppa tries to ride her bicycle; but the tire punctures, for no reason. Geez; Daddy Pig needs to stop using cheap rubber tires. Speaking of cheap tires, here comes Daddy Pig to try to mend the tire, because he's a bit of an expert on these things. That also includes his love for concrete. More on that later in this rant. So, he takes the wheel off, along with the rubber tire; which looks like a rubber band dyed in black paint. Suzy is not impressed and calling for Peppa. Question: Why does Daddy Pig need a bucket of water? Because this article on mending bicycle tyres (tires) doesn't mention water at all. I think BS&P got cold feet and Daddy Pig really meant, rubber solution; because a bicycle tire repair kit has a small piece of sandpaper and rubber solution (it's not glue for a good reason). Daddy Pig tells Peppa to pretend she's riding her bicycle while this is going on; since to mend it right; you must take your time. Peppa ponders it over and runs down the hill acting like she's riding her bicycle from the Flintstones. That was funny. Suzy questions this funny running; and she's half right. Peppa's pretend bicycle is all sparkly and is painted like rainbows. When you are playing pretend; any bicycle is believable, so for Peppa to have a real life believable bicycle is kind of not being bold about it. And isn't being bold part of Peppa's character? Suzy joins in and her bicycle is slightly more bolder than Peppa's. Peppa loves it of course. In comes Danny Dog and I should note that everyone has their boots on. Huh; I wonder what the final spot is going to be. Luckly for the writers; they found a way to make it unique. Danny wants to play ball and Suzy asks if Danny has a ball. I don't know how; but that was funny! Danny has no ball; but it don't matter because we can pretend to play ball and they play with a pretend ball. Okay. Danny kicks the ball; and Danny's punting skills need a lot of work. That pretend ball did not go a pretend ten yards. In comes Rebecca Rabbit and the kids sum up Danny's kicking skills and somehow they managed to not insult him. Rebecca Rabbit wants to play "Guess who I am?" and Suzy calls her a rabbit. Rebecca claims that this is a "Guess who I am pretending?" and Danny asks if she's a jackass in roundabout terms. I shake my head as Peppa claims that Rebecca is a fluffy elephant and Rebecca says she isn't any of this. I hope she says that she is a bunny; just to blow these kids' minds. She's not a space rocket either. Nice objectification there, Danny Dog, you dogass!

Of course; she's pretending to be a carrot and I betcha she blushes when the right answer is said. I check the video...She doesn't. That was disappointing. Also, the kids are so dumb that Rebecca has to basically say: "Ask me if I'm a carrot?"; basically giving the answer away. In comes George from the east, bouncing and giggling. If you cannot guess what he's pretending to be; you have no business reading this rant because he does it in nearly every episode he is in. Peppa calls this too easy and tells George that he can be anything he wants to be. They get a close up of George pondering this thing over, and it's too bad the Jeopardy music is not in the public domain, because this would have been a prefect moment to use it. George picks...Dinesaur (sic)...GRRRR! HAHA! The kids all sigh like bigots and answer correctly. In comes Pedro F'N Pony skipping and wishing he was Toadwart. Pedro of course picks the most sensible thing to do: Jumping up and down in muddy puddles. DING! There's one problem with Pedro's "foolproof" plan: There are no muddy puddles anywhere, because it's sunny and dry. So close, Pedro, so damn close. So, Peppa proclaims that they can pretend it's raining and everyone runs in a disorganized fashion with no signs of them sliding around since water is wet and slippery. Harley Bird continues to demonstrate that her singing is hilariously awful as she is literally slipping singing her lines out just to avoid saying "the old man is snoring"; because that would be an insult to Grandpa Pig. Only Daddy Pig is allowed to be insulted, it says so in his trademark notice. So, finally; the pretend rain has stopped and it's not all that different from the "real" in storyline raining in this show. Time to jump up and down in pretend muddy puddles. Isn't it a bit overkill to have it pretend rain; when you can just pretend make the muddy puddles appear. I mean; if they aren't real even in storyline, why bother with logic? Oh; and Daddy Pig has mended the bicycle tire and brings it down the hill as Suzy's bicycle was written out by teleport. Peppa claims that she doesn't need it anymore because she loves playing pretend. Daddy Pig wants to join in; but Peppa stops him because even in the world of pretending puddle jumping, you must wear your boots. HAHA! Daddy Pig then claims that he is wearing pretend boots and Peppa accepts that carte-blanche. Geez; why bother with the kids wearing their boots for real in this segment? Not that it matters; it's still funny anyway. And even though they are pretend puddles; Daddy Pig is still doing his usual ritual of causing earthquakes. Everyone loves to jump up and down in pretend muddy puddles to end the episode at 4:30. Outside of Danny's objectification; this was a fun episode filled with pretend spots that were believable enough to enjoy. *** 1/4 (65%).

The Castle: Next up is episode #214 on the animation paper as the episode opens on the boring road with Daddy Pig driving the car with the rest of the Pig family in their seats. The narrator states that the family is going to visit...wait for it...a castle. This would be the second time they have visited the castle, so they are rebooting the series in full now. And what a reboot it is since it's almost like a continuation of the series, only stuck on Groundhog Day. Peppa asks what they will do at the castle and asks if it's fun or if it's boring. Mummy Pig checks the travel guide which features the castle with a clear cross on it. Mummy Pig says it will be good as Peppa asks about knights in armour and George loves that. Daddy Pig chimes in that they might see a dragon or two and George likes that one too. Mummy and Peppa say it will be a pretend dragon because dragons are not real and only in stories. Like in National Geographic for example. The car parks at the end of the road as there are cracks in the road; and the cannon ball heavily implied that someone has been firing the cannon and trying to destroy the gift shop; but keeps on missing. So, this what Jack W. Tweeg has been doing? How low on the diginity scale does Tweeg have to be in order to be that mad at Miss Rabbit running a gift shop near a castle? It's not like she's running it on the moon...Oh wait... Trust me; the joke is dead now. Of course; the travel guide is way off as the castle is on a hill and has four crosses on it. The family gets out as Miss Rabbit tells them that they park at their own risk. Daddy Pig assures Peppa that all parking lot attendents say that. If Tweeg is firing; then you really don't have anything to worry about, unless you are Miss Maggotheart. So the family jogs up the hill to meet Mr. Rabbit in a suit of armour with a helmet that gravity loves, if gravity had the ability to love. It also has a lot of feathers to dangerously send Michael Eisner out of the Phantom Zone again. So Mr. Rabbit shows off the cannon and puts a cannonball into the cannon. Peppa asks if he is going to fire said cannonn and Daddy Pig says no, because that would be crazy and it would be impossible to do so since matches are not allow....Oh wait; Mr. Rabbit struck a match and lit the fuse of the cannon. On screen. No censorship at all. On a pre-school show. A spot that Toon Disney snipped out of TaleSpin cartoons designed for 6-12 year olds in a country that is supposed to have a free speech fetish among a huge chunk of the populace.

I would make an Anti-American reference here; but quoting Donald Trump alone is so much more accurate in that regard than anything I could ever come up with. And...it missed the car. Damn! I see Mr. Rabbit's aim is worse than Tweeg. At least Tweeg hit Miss Maggotheart's wagon and he's supposed to be the worst cannonball shooter in history. Hold your head in shame, Mr. Rabbit! Daddy is shocked and appalled by this as Mr. Rabbit points out that owners park at their own risk. HAHA! So, we head inside the castle for the tour as the animators are sure making the areas darker than usual. Lots of old stuff lying around as Mr. Rabbit explains the tour. I would love to hear what Mr. Rabbit's definition of a "real medieval banquet"; because I don't see them delivering on that promise. Now; the dragon on the other paw...George likes dragons. Unless they are real or images of himself dressed as a dragon in the mirror. Then he bawls his eyes out. So, we see the throne room where the king and queen sit; hopefully not on their own crowns. That would suck and they would probably hate life. George and Peppa sit down and put on the crown and Peppa makes no bones about who she is playing. Mr. Rabbit asks the bossy queen if he can continue the tour and Peppa says yes. So, we continue on as Mr. Rabbit claims that there is a secret passage and a secret button in the area and the family must find it. Daddy Pig has watched a lot of cartoons in his life to know that the secret button is usually a book push or pull and checks the shelf. However; this is Peppa Pig and the secret button is always put in plain sight. Cartoon razor doesn't work here as George finds the button right away as it's on the floor, it's red and it's blinking yellow. Oh, come on, now! You expect me to believe Mummy Pig is fooled by this button? George double stomps the red button; there is a buzzer and the fireplace slides open to reveal the secret passage. Of course, it's too obvious, that's how "hiding in plain sight" works, Mummy Pig! So everyone enters the secret passage filled with cobwebs and spiders. Hopefully; those are fake spiders. This leads to the banquet room filled with a "real" medival banquet as everyone is giddy. Peppa picks up an apple and realizes that this is all fake news. The "real banquet" is made of plastic. I betcha the treasure vault is all plastic gold; because this is a Z-grade castle tour.

But wait; you do get a "real medieval banquet"...which is basically like ordering at a fast food place, called banquet in a box. HAHA! Thanks for the memories, Miss Rabbit! Peppa is perfectly fine with this; not so much with Daddy Pig though. Because truth in advertising is for non-capitalist dogs, you see. So, we head up the spiral staircase for the dragon unveiling as Peppa and Mummy Pig are claiming that it's a pretend dragon who is on the hand of Miss Rabbit. They were not as far off as you would think as we head at the tower and everyone is surprised as Miss Rabbit comes in, controlling a giant robot dragon. So that's where they blew the entire budget on this attraction; which is so Z-grade of them. So yes; the cannon was completely real, the throne room probably has plastic gold crowns so it's fake, the secret passage is obvious, but real; the banquet is fake as gourds and unexpected, and the dragon was fake; but exceeds all expectations. I see Miss Rabbit has played a lot of Mega Man games in her life time. She is also felling trees in the process; so this is the first time she has ridden on said dragon. That doesn't help my confidence any. Even more so; the dragon can be programmed to breathe legit fire. Thankfully; everyone ducked, including Daddy Pig; so Daddy Pig is aware of the consequences of following Mr. Proud's example from The Proud Family. Even more absurd; the dragon robot walks down the hill as Miss Rabbit is going to park the robot and it's a tease that Miss Rabbit is going to crush Daddy Pig's car. Cartoon's Razor would suggest that she crushes the car in the end gag; but this is Peppa Pig, and the dragon robot parks in front of Daddy Pig's car, the dragon's foot is about six feet away from crushing the car, but it stops in mid-air and the car is spared. If this was an American cartoon; that car is toast and history. Because smashing stuff is what kids like, am I right?! So, Peppa calls this George's best day out ever. But was it Peppa's best day out ever? She doesn't say as they all laugh at the tower as everyone loves castles to end the episode at 4:30...as Miss Rabbit is walking back up the hill with the cannon ball and they tease having Miss Rabbit put the cannon ball in the cannon before they cut away. I am so disappointed that the ending credits didn't just have the audio carry over with music and have Miss Rabbit fire the cannon, destroy the robot dragon and crush Daddy Pig's car all in one go. That would have been an awesome payoff. Oh well; this was another really fun episode. *** 1/2 (70%).

Miss Rabbit's Taxi: This is episode #215 on the animation paper and episode opens at the supermarket on the hill and head inside with Mummy Pig and Peppa Pig walking with a shopping cart with George inside said shopping cart filled with food. They make it to the checkout, attended to by Miss Rabbit, of course. Miss Rabbit is surprised by the amount of shopping done by Mummy Pig. Really? I don't think this is all unusual; until Mummy Pig states that they are shopping for Granny and Grandpa Pig, too. Peppa proclaims that Grandpa Pig and Granny Pig are going off on holiday as Miss Rabbit does the checking at the check out counter. Jump cut to outside with Daddy Pig as the rest of the Pig family comes out with the shopping cart filled with bags of food; as Daddy Pig demonstrates how stupid he is by not bringing the car. Mummy Pig shrugs it off and calls for a taxi with her cell phone. No, Daddy Pig; you are walking home this time, since you were willing to walk to the supermarket on your own. Meanwhile; Miss Rabbit is checking out various customer's items and her cell phone rings. Because the gimmick of Miss Rabbit is that she does all these jobs at the same time. This joke use to be funny; and then they put her on the moon attending a gift shop on said moon, and the joke now ceases to be funny; and is now just a reason to get Miss Rabbit on television without any character development whatsoever. She answers it and runs out leaving the customers hanging, which is not a good tactic to gain customers. Miss Rabbit's taxt is already written in by teleport as she hops in. How convenient; eh?! Daddy Pig loads the food in the back and hops in with the family. So much for Daddy Pig walking home. So the car goes down the hill and gets on the boring road as Miss Rabbit is acting like she wasn't at the checkout counter at all and Peppa asks why is Miss Rabbit talking so much. Better question: Why are you acting like we never met? Miss Rabbit claims that she's a taxi driver stereotype, more or less.

Miss Rabbit relates a story about Mr. Potato; which we barely get to hear as we jump cut to the purple white house on the hill with the gardens as I discover that it's only Granny Pig going away on holiday and Grandpa Pig will be on his own. Head inside as Granny Pig is basically teaching Grandpa Pig how to use a can opener. With all the fresh food available in storyline at this house; this seems like overkill and making Grandpa Pig look like an idiot. In Britian; a can opener is known as a tin opener. Granny then teaches Grandpa Pig how to boil an egg and Grandpa Pig is getting irritated by this. Come on; Granny Pig; Daddy Pig is the brainfarter of this family. So, we hear beeping and here comes Miss Rabbit's taxi as it parks on the steepest side of the hill as usual. All of the Pig family comes out with the shopping as Mummy Pig asks why Granny Pig is not at the airport, so Granny calls for a taxi....as the taxi and Miss Rabbit are right in front of her. Even in the world of Peppa Pig; they cannot communcate face to face, when they are close enough to be face to face. Is there some law in this world that you must use a cell phone to call for a cab at all times?! Even when the cab is in front of you in plain sight? I'm more concerned that the Pig family didn't pay the cab fare and probably means Granny Pig has to pay it. What trolls?! So, Granny Pig hops in with Peppa, George and Daddy Pig hopping in to make sure to be there to wish her good luck on her holiday. But not Mummy Pig; as she is left behind. Shouldn't Daddy Pig be the one to stay behind? Never mind; let's complain about being in a hurry from Miss Rabbit, because she is a taxi stereotype. Miss Rabbit admits that she has never been on holiday because she's overworked and underpaid. This joke is dead now and it's becoming a tragic allegory for people who are overworked and underpaid and it's time to retire Miss Rabbit for her own sake. She has earned that retirement a thousand times over now. Let the world of Peppa Pig collapse; it's much funnier that way, anyway. So, we head to the airport as the babyfaces hop out and wave goodbye to Granny Pig as she enters the terminal. So, then out comes Mr. Wolf and he goes into the taxi and the taxi drives off stage left. Pfft; cats and dogs living together, that's so passe! Wolves and pigs living together in perfect harmony; that's a compelling storyline! Peppa and George wave as everyone loves to wave. Peppa then asks Daddy Pig how they are getting home and Daddy Pig claims that it's by taxi...Ooops. Daddy Pig is dumb and does not think his plans through.

Jump cut to Mr. Wolf in the car with Miss Rabbit as Mr. Wolf is tired and doesn't want Miss Rabbit to talk. So Miss Rabbit -- taxi stereotype -- talks a mile a minute anyway. It's time for competition in this area in every area of expertise, for the sake of Miss Rabbit's health and the well being of everyone involved. Miss Rabbit drives to the brick house on the hill as Mr. Wolf doesn't bother to pay up as Miss Rabbit has no idea how to properly run the meter and is probably going to put the tab on Daddy Pig's bill and claim that it's all for a good cause. I betcha that is the finish of this episode, too. Her cell phone rings and Miss Rabbit answers it. It's Daddy Pig calling a taxi and Miss Rabbit is right onto things. Miss Rabbit drives on the boring road and is stopped by Mr. Bull and his barriers. So, yes; Mr. Bull is mending something; but it's the airport and his (de-)construction truck is broken down and needs help. Miss Rabbit offers him a ride and he hops in as Mr. Skunk opens the back of the taxi as Miss Rabbit asks about his luggage and Mr. Bull claims that it's only sand and the dumptruck backs up and pours sand right into the back and it engulfs the entire inside of the car; causing the narrator to say that the taxi is full of sand. Of course! Mr. Skunk even speaks and waves as the taxi drives away. The taxi arrives at the airport and both Mr. Labo and Mr. Rhino are written in by teleport with their tent and table containing their tea set. How about that?! So, Mr. Bull gets out and lifts Miss Rabbit's car, causing all the sand to come out of the back in a neat spot as Miss Rabbit coughs and thanks him for the service. Daddy Pig, Peppa and George hop in as Daddy Pig wants to go home; and we jump cut to Miss Rabbit driving up the hill near the house on the hill and drops them off. Miss Rabbit calls this the final stop of the day; so Mummy Pig is staying with Grandpa Pig tonight. That's fine. Daddy Pig wants her to go home and rest; as Miss Rabbit nicely blows it off and backs up the taxi. Jump cut back to the supermarket and continues her checkout duties, like nothing had happened. Except the lineup is only twice as long, indicating this town has about 100 residents tops. The narrator sums it all to end the episode at 4:30. It's past time to retire Miss Rabbit and this gimmick. It was funny for a while; but now it's tragic seeing that there is no variation in the gimmick and Miss Rabbit is going to die on her feet at this rate. And Miss Rabbit's stereotype of a taxi driver is so no buys! Call this ** (40%).

Scooters: Next up is episode #216 on the animation paper as the episode opens on the house on the hill as Peppa and George come out with helmets and scooters. It is a lovely sunny day; with one sneaky cloud watching over, hoping to rain on Peppa and George's parade. It just cannot find a way to do so without me noticing it. Peppa is so giddy as she rides down the hill and around the meadow; but George just stands there, worried; because he's still learning how to scooter. Peppa is telling George to come on down and George bawls his eyes out for the first time in Series 5! That was literally no reason at all. Even Peppa's crying in The Golden Boots was because she lost her boots. Peppa comes up and asks what is wrong. Peppa being a troll is one thing I can see, the second one is George has little experience in scootering. So, Peppa decides to teach George how to scooter and Peppa of course forgets to tell him to put one foot on the scooter because George puts two feet and flops onto the ground on his side. He doesn't bawl his eyes out this time. So, we ride down the hill and George gets it perfectly this time, effectively killing that angle dead. Out comes the parents thirty seconds later to tell them to stop scooting because it's time for play group. Peppa asks if they can at least scooter to play group and Daddy Pig accepts that because he could use the exercise. And yes; Daddy Pig said that himself more or less. So, Peppa and George ride down the hill and Daddy Pig runs after them while Mummy Pig stands there and does nothing. Now I see why Daddy and Mummy Pig's relationship was so good. The kids do not care how out of shape Daddy Pig is; especially on the up hills. I know that feeling all too well; Daddy Pig. At least you run better than me, that's for sure. Peppa is taunting him like the troll that she is and Daddy Pig cannot keep up. If I was in that position, I would do much, much worse. I cannot run to save my life. So, Peppa and George make it to play group along with Suzy Sheep, Danny Dog, Rebecca Rabbit and Wendy Wolf. Peppa and George leave the scooters on the ground without taking them in; which is a clear hazard. I guess they consider Daddy Pig to be the security guard in this setup. The kids do keep their helmets on and I hope they wear them during playgroup. Of course; Daddy Pig grabs the scooters and walks away like a thief in the night. You were suppose to guard the scooters; not take them. How are Peppa and George getting home now?! Daddy Pig proclaims that he needs wheels because the walk home will probably turn him into a steamed ham (as if his gimmick wasn't enough to make him a ham on it's own). So, Daddy Pig rides Peppa's scooter down and up the hills. Yes; Peppa's scooter, not George's scooter. So, he got his revenge on Peppa for taunting him.

The narrator says that Daddy Pig loves scootering and then decides to not invoke the obvious punchline of the show; which is "everyone loves scootering". And it's not like the narrator didn't have time to say it either. Daddy Pig arrives at the house of the hill and Mummy Pig is asking: Why are you riding Peppa's scooter? Daddy Pig's response: Yes. Completely ignoring Mummy Pig's question like a troll. It's getting easier and easier to justify Peppa's trolling now after this moment. Daddy offers Mummy Pig to ride scooters with him and before we get her answers, we jump cut back to the school house on the hill. We head inside for painting and artistry as we see all the kids along with Zoe Zebra and Pedro F'N Pony. Peppa and George are painting them riding scooters. Peppa even mentions this to Gigi and Gigi wants the children to paint a picture of how they came to school today. Rebecca came by bicycle, which we never saw anywhere. Wendy Wolf walked here; which is slower than Daddy Pig being there, and Danny got in by Granddad Dog's truck and Gigi is like me after seeing a stupid spot. Lovely, indeed. So, yeah Danny Dog is now being buried, because apparently the plucky little guy who never wins wasn't burying him enough deep into the ground. Jump cut back to the house on the hill as the car is already parked in the back. Mummy Pig comes out and cannot open the front door and asks Daddy Pig for the keys. Daddy Pig no sells because he wants to scooter back. Of course he does; because he took the kids scooters and he needs to go back to make sure Peppa doesn't suspect a thing. And just to show an awful amount of disrespect to Peppa; Daddy Pig rides down the hill on Peppa's scooter for good measure. Mummy Pig is somewhat flustered; but follows Daddy Pig in scootering anyway. So, all the parents arrive as the bell rings for school to end and they all come home via the same transportation they painted in their pictures. Daddy and Mummy Pig arrive and Peppa and George come out. Peppa acts like she expected Daddy Pig to take the scooters from them in the first place; so Daddy Pig was never a thief in her eyes. So, Peppa and George scooter away and Mummy Pig blows off Daddy Pig because Daddy Pig was stupid enough to scooter to school; but not smart enough to bring their own scooters. Daddy Pig proclaims that they would not have to walk; they will have to run and Daddy Pig runs down the hill in a race with Mummy Pig. Mummy Pig runs after him and the kids remember to slow down and let the parents come close to them as the narrator proclaims that everyone loves scootering to end the episode at 4:30. I'm surprised Peppa didn't call out Daddy Pig on his thieving behaviour and acted like she had psyhic powers in knowing that Daddy Pig was taking the scooters. Either that; or Daddy Pig has done this routine before. This was a fine episode. *** (60%).

Pumpkin Competition: Here is episode #217 on the animation paper as we open on the school house on the hill and head inside with Halloween decorations of bats, cobwebs, spiders (fake ones I hope; this show doesn't need nor want another banned episode in Australia), real and paper pumpkins with faces on them. So, today's classmates are Peppa Pig, Emily Elephant, Danny Dog, Rebecca Rabbit, Freddy Fox, Zoe Zebra, Suzy Sheep and Pedro F'N Pony, all with pumpkins. Except for Peppa for some reason. One win for the animators: All the pumpkins are different and Danny's is yellow in color. Pedro's pumpkin still has the barcode ID attached to it; as he cannot grow anything. Freddy's is made of plastic, and probably comes in sets of 12, knowing Freddy's dad. Peppa is awkward and claims that it's not here because Grandpa Pig is still growing it. Gigi is perfectly fine with Peppa not having her pumpkin here right now and considering that pumpkins are fragile and make a big mess (and in my case, the seeds and pulp legit can make me vomit. I'm not saying it for dramatic effect, I have issues with pumpkin pulp; mostly the smell.); it's probably a smart move. Gigi informs everyone to get them decorated and brought into the competition for tonight, because it's Halloween night and Trick-Or-Treating is too dangerous and unhealthy. Or something. So, the class is over and all the parents are outside to pick up the kids. In Peppa's case, it's Granny and Grandpa Pig as we have the meet and greet. Peppa asks about her pumpkin and Grandpa Pig assures Peppa that it will be ready for the competition in which there are prizes for everyone. Kind of defeats the purpose of a competition? You couldn't call it a "Pumpkin Demonstration"? Because; I would love to know what Grandpa Pig's secret is to grow giant pumpkins. So, we discover that Peppa's pumpkin is in Grandpa Pig's green house and holy moley; there's no way that pumpkin is going to make it to the competition. It's way too big. Is this for the competition; or is this Daddy Pig's new loveseat? POW! OUCH! Ummm... In comes the yellow car as everyone gets out. Grandpa, Granny and Peppa walk inside the greenhouse and Granny Pig asks about how to get the pumpkin to play group.

But Grandpa Pig is a one step at a time guy and he's going to basically cut the top of the pumpkin and scoop out the insides with a shovel. This reduces the pumpkin's weight from a ton down to about 200 pounds. Still too heavy, but it's more pushable. And yes; Grandma Pig puts a lantern in the pumpkin to make it glow as Grandpa pushes the pumpkin towards the car. This is the point where I realize how many of Daddy Pig's brain farts are heavily influnced by Grandpa Pig's brain fart; since he grossly miscalculated the size of the back storage of the car in relation with the pumpkin. See; size does matter, only Scott Steiner's view is ass backwards in this case. Peppa and Grandma Pig clap and they clap way too fast to make it into a mock. This deserves a much slower clap. Grandpa Pig tries to lift the pumpkin; but it's impossible, because the pumpkin is just too fat. However; Grandpa Pig has a Krackpotkin plan and brings out his cell phone and calls for Miss Rabbit's Rescue Service. Because this pumpkin needs help! Did the pumpkin give consent before asking for it to be carved and gored? Because if not; this is the last episode of this series. I guess the pumpkin did, because we move on to Miss Rabbit and Peppa claims that this is very important. Remind me to never allow Peppa Pig to dial 911 or whatever the emergency number is in Britian; because false alarms is what Peppa does best. Jump cut to the school house on the hill at HAPPY HOUR (which the sky was slowly turning into during this entire sequence before the jump cut in a nice attention to detail moment) as all the kids except Peppa enter the building with their pumpkins, including all the parents and Candy Cat, who was not seen in the playgroup before this. Must have gone to get the flu shot and couldn't make it. A reasonable excuse, says I. So, the place has no lighting; so I guess a power cut has happened somewhere, or this is an artistic decision on Gigi's part. Occam's Razor says: Artistic decision, so it's likely a power cut. So, Gigi asks if everyone is here and Danny says no because Peppa is missing. Okay then; start the competition then. Jump cut back to the greenhouse as Miss Rabbit arrives in her helicopter and Peppa in a straight face says that her pumpkin needs rescuing and brought to playgroup. And Miss Rabbit just allows it carte-blanche. I shake my head and giggle at the same time. By the way; the pully rope has a giant suction device which sucks the pumpkin up.

Oh; and the babyfaces even get to ride the pumpkin to playgroup. And you punched me in the kisser for pointing out that it might be a loveseat for Daddy Pig? Shame on all of you! Somehow; the sunction did not snuff out the lantern candle flame. Jump cut to inside the dark school house as Gigi decides that Peppa is being a troll and it's time to troll her back by having the competition right now! Suzy claims that no troll equals no fun; and then Gigi brings out the payoff ribbons...ERRRR...I mean award ribbon. Come on; all the titles are based on each pumpkin being unique with one entry. How could any of these kids lose with that stacked deck? Might as well called it a "Pumpkin Demonstration". So, Freddy is about to "win" for best plastic pumpkin (and this one at least is believable) and Gigi stops because there are helicopter noises outside. Also; when they come out the entire scene is reversed (It's not the user; this was the animators way of creating a "unique" camera angle) and it's selective foggy night as we get a shot of the giant pumpkin heading towards the hard camera. So, yeah; here comes Miss Rabbit with the babyfaces plus giant pumpkin and Peppa wins her prize. I was hoping Gigi would say that Peppa is too late; and then say just kidding. Oh well, Peppa loves pumpkin competitions as the pigs giggle and everyone else does the backsplash laugh (including Miss Rabbit in her helicopter) to end the episode at 4:30. I hope the auto-pilot was on; because doing the backsplash laugh in a helicopter while in the air is a bad idea otherwise. Another fun episode. *** 1/4 (65%).

Parachute Jump: Here is episode #219 on the animation paper as the episode opens on the school house on the hill as it's rainy and Mr. Bull is on top of the roof inspecting it. Oh; and the school roof is leaking...AGAIN! And yes; the narrator does say the same thing I do, only a lot less dramatic. Head inside with Gigi Gazelle and all the big kids minus George, Richard and Edmond. Oh; and Gerald Giraffe is making his second appearance on this show as his origin story is next! Yeah; I'm sort of doing these out of order here. The bucket is being used, struggling. We discover that it was Mr. Bull who created this roof and he basically destroys the roof. The questions are not if the roof is broken; but why is anyone willing to hire Mr. Bull to mend a roof? This is a toxic macho man who revels at destroying rather than mending. Shouldn't that DQ'ed you from fixing this roof? Is Mr. Bull the only mender of roofs? If so; then it's time to create a new character; even if it's a foil to Mr. Bull. Mr. Bull is so bull-headed that he makes the leak worse and then proclaims that it costs a lot of money to fix it. Where is the BBB when we need them?! Oh; and it's leaking so much that everyone teleported their umbrellas in, just to make sure. Gigi wonders where they will get the money this time. Ummm; why not sue Mr. Bull for neligiance? That should pay for the school roof nicely. Of course this is Peppa Pig; which apparently has no small claims court, and so Pedro F'N Pony suggests a parachute jump that Mr. Pony did recently, as seen in the obvious flashback. So, all the kids raise their hands to say that their parents would like to do this. Really, kids? I know Pedro's Dad wouldn't mind since he's already done one; but the rest? Oh; and when we return to the house on the hill as Daddy Pig comes back in their car with the kids, the rain has completely stopped, for no reason. Everyone goes into the kitchen as Mummy Pig is at the table reading the only magazine worth reading: Ezza magazine. So, Peppa exchanges notes with Mummy Pig; while Mummy Pig is not taking any of this seriously as Peppa has picked Mummy Pig to do the parachute jump because Daddy Pig is afraid of heights still.

So, the doorbell rings and Mummy Pig answers it as it's the entire town clapping their hands. I command you to clap slower, clap slower! Mummy Pig protests this because she has never jumped out of an airplane before. But Gigi is all like "Don't worry about it; it's all for a good cause" and Mummy Pig is all like "Okay then, I'll do it". At least Mr. Pony has done it once, perfectly. So why not him? This booking might have been done to make people not think the writers are sexist pigs, but at the same time; it makes them sexist for throwing Mummy Pig into the fire without at least making Mummy Pig look like she knows what she is doing. So that was stupid as we head to the school house on the hill because it's the day of the parachute jump as everyone involved in playgroup, directly or indirectly, or just there to continue showing how bad he is in mending roofs, in the case of Mr. Bull. Mummy Pig is rightfully having second thoughts about this. Why not have Mr. Pony with Mummy Pig to teach her some pointers if you want Mummy Pig to do the jump?! And just as I say that; there is a parachute trainer in Mr. Rabbit. Good; that is how it should be booked. Although I would have thought it was Mr. Pony, since we have evidence of Mr. Pony actually jumping out of an airplane and landing safely. If they have Mr. Rabbit claim that he has never jumped out of an airplane himself; I'm going to scream. And guess what the training involves? Mummy Pig jumps forward once. This is the one time where a jump cut would have been better as I don't like Mummy Pig's chances of living a normal life now. Mummy Pig is still having second thoughs as Miss Rabbit is flying the airplane of course. No Mummy Rabbit is present at all as Daddy Pig offers to come along for moral support. Okay; that's fine, although this kills the "afraid of heights" angle dead in the ground, not that anyone liked that angle to begin with. So, both adults get into the plane and Miss Rabbit takes off in said plane into the sky. I was hoping for Peppa to come along and sing her song and that causes Mummy Pig to jump out of the plane; but no luck.

Daddy Pig then makes the fatal error of looking down and losing all sorts of sense before falling out of the airplane and while pigs cannot fly; they can certainly fall. The animation in this is hideously hilarious as Daddy Pig is simply being turned around in a circle in the middle of the screen with his legs kicking at random points. Daddy Pig is dumb as usual as Gigi has oversized binoculars, luckly they do not expend like Fenton's binoculars did in Super Ducktales, that would have sucked. Gigi notices someone jumping and she's disappointed that it's Daddy Pig making an ass out of himself again. Mummy Pig does her jump for real and Gigi is more excited about that. Again; you wonder why Peppa Pig is a troll now? Mummy Pig zooms down and grabs Daddy Pig by the hands and saves him as everyone cheers. Then Mummy Pig's grip dies on her and Daddy Pig free falls...AGAIN as Mr. Bull has mended the roof in the shape of Daddy Pig's body (check the nail formation). If you cannot guess the final bump now; you have no business reading this rant. And damn; I'm so good as somehow despite being far away from the school when Miss Rabbit took off; they somehow went backwards all the way above the school roof; and they also screwed up the bump to boot as (a) Mummy Pig lost her grip about sixteen feet above the roof (BS&P decision of course) and (b) Daddy Pig missed the nailed formation by about sixteen inches when he broke through the school roof. Worse; the concussion of the slip; forced Mummy Pig to land safely on the ground in front of the school house. Mummy Pig asks if Daddy Pig is all right. I assure you; he's better than the logic in this show, that is for sure. Daddy Pig pops up from the carnage and is fine as Mr. Bull informs him that he'll have to do the parachute jump again because he broke the new school roof. At least this time, it wasn't Mr. Bull's fault and he did fix the roof, so he is good at mending. Daddy Pig agrees to it and everyone is happy because Daddy Pig's fear of heights is gone...until the next time they need him to be afraid again as everyone giggles to end the episode at 4:30. Daddy Pig is dumb as usual and this was just another okay episode in a series of them. ** 1/2 (50%).

Gerald Giraffe: This is episode #218 on the animation paper as we head to the house on the hill and zoom in to Peppa's bedroom as Peppa and Mummy Pig are doing the heigh measuring spot with the wall and a red coloring pencil. Apparently; they measure with the top of the ears instead of the top of the head with the feet flat on the floor against the wall. Peppa is experiencing a height increase; but George's height increase isn't profound; but he's two years younger than Peppa; so that is not a fair comparsion. Normally; it's an unfair comparsion to judge between the Nintendo Switch having only two years of games compared to Wii U having six years of games; however, considering that Switch has more games and more sales than Wii U ever did in it's lifetime, it's not only unfair, it says a lot about the defenders of the Wii U and the Wii U in general. Maybe the hardware was the biggest issue. Normally; it isn't; but this was an exception to the rule. Like with Virtual Boy for instance; although Nintendo threw it under a bus less than a year in. I mention this because Peppa is being a troll about always being taller because she is older. By age eighteen; that comparison doesn't work anymore in real life since the growth rate will slow down to a crawl and depending on events and actions, Peppa might lose height. The family has a hearty laugh about it and then we jump cut to outside playgroup as all the kids run into the school house on the hill without their parents this time. So, yes; the writers have not forgotten about Wendy Wolf and Freddy Fox in this one. The kids all sit down as Gigi Gazelle introduces our new play group student who is a giraffe anthro wearing shoes and a dark blue bodysuit. Gerald Giraffe is tall; but still less tall than Gigi Gazelle, so the whole "Gerald is too tall angle" they are performing doesn't work here. Unless they are going to wave it away by claiming that Gigi is out of shape; but previous episode show that Gigi really is an athlete, so that hand wave isn't going to make any sense in storyline. Peppa thinks Gerald is old. Maybe in pig years; but he's the same age as Peppa, natch. Rebecca Rabbit claims that she's taller and even if you measure to the top of the ears, Rebecca is an inch shorter than Gerald and a foot shorter if you only count the head. Nice try, Rebecca as everyone wants to be as tall as Gerald; because these kids don't know genetics yet. Sigh. So the bell rings and it's time for play time in the play group as everyone goes outside running down the hill as it's time to play seek and go hide. Peppa is the counter as she closes her eyes and everyone hides. Gerald of course is too tall and the bushes are not long enough for Gerald to hide on his back. While no one is the same height when on their backs; that's because their height become their length.

Peppa finishes counting to ten and find Gerald within two seconds. Ouch! Peppa's response to his sadness just makes it worse as Peppa points out that she has to talk down to George; without realizing that she has to talk up to her parents. Danny Dog wants to play ball and despite this being a fair game for Gerald compared to seek and go hide; Gerald's feelings are hurt and sits this one out. And he becomes the second kid who is over two years old to cry; albeit he sheds a tear. I don't blame him; Peppa is such a troll and a troll is going to hurt someone's feelings one of these days...Oh wait; I forgot about the number of times she has hurt George's feelings. So, the kids play catch for a while and Pedro F'N Pony throws the ball into a tree like a total clueless dolt. Hey; that kind of trolling is Peppa's gimmick! So, everyone except Gerald tries to jump up and down to get the ball, no luck. Ummm; you could climb the tree and get the ball. Oh wait; if they did that would be against BS&P rules and also because, the kids have to be useless because Gerald has to be the one to make the babyface comeback. When Suzy Sheep sounds like the reasonable one; you got a problem. And yes; Suzy again wants to chop the tree down and everyone blows her off for it. That'll never get old. Emily's trunk is too short and Suzy whisper yells to make me laugh again. So, the kids ponder it over and Peppa picks Gerald who is standing right there and Gerald decides, why not? Gerald nudges the ball down and saves the day, HUZZAH~! Gerald then notices someone hiding behind the leaves and it's an animal. One of the kids claims that it's a cat and Candy blows it off because she's here. Because of course, there are no legit cats in this show anyway. Of course; it's Tiddles, because he loves to climb trees. Of course! Tiddles jumps on Gerald's head, so we have solved the mystery of how Tiddles gets out of trees, too as Doctor Hamster walks in calling for Tiddles. She reunites with Tiddles and thanks Gerald as we exchange some notes as Doctor Hamster is pretty much the same height as Gerald at this point; but Gerald claims that he'll be taller than everyone not his spieces when he's an adult. I miught as well mention this that Gerald Giraffe is voiced by Leo Templer and outside of Peppa Pig; debuted as Roly in Hey Duggee. Here comes Mummy and Daddy Giraffe, who are basically Mummy and Daddy Pig with green shirts and pink dresses. Nothing really special about them outside their gimmick of being taller than everyone, including their son. Daddy is voiced by Zeus Jahn-Vilnor and I have zero credits on him, so this is his only appearance unless proven otherwise. Mummy Giraffe is voiced by Posher Ra Ra and Peppa Pig is her only appearance as well. Daddy Giraffe's head is almost touching the clouds, which Peppa points out as Gerald claims that his parents are very old. So, the kids are heightists while Gerald is ageist. Lovely! The parents tease not being happy; then they all do the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30. If Gerald had said "My parents are as old as they are tall!"; that would have been much, much funnier. An okay debut for Gerald; but with no muddy puddles around, this one is the worst of them. ** 3/4 (55%).

Simple Science Or "The Day The Concrete Turns On It's Only Fan!": Oh goody; this episode. I wrote this episode before starting this rant in full and this episode deserves the mostly unfiltered version. Probably the first time in many years that I put a picture in my work:

"The moment you realize that you are stuck in a moment you cannot get out of and you are about to lose your hearing and your sanity...." - Gregory Weagle, from my Facebook page

Well, here it is everyone; the episode that finally convinced me that this show was a good show. I looked back at it without kids and with kids and I still love it. So, you probably know what the star rating is for this episode. The plot is as simple and to the point as it gets: Daddy Pig teaches the children science in an age-group approved matter and then commits the greatest brain fart of all time. Now, I actually remember 95% of this episode (which is more than enough to do a full rant instead of a Quick & Dirty) and doesn't require watching the video. There are a couple of reasons for that, the first is that Series 5 is the only series that doesn't have many of the episodes that already aired due to copyright reasons, and the fact that Series 5 has not been completed yet (2018 Gregory Weagle Says: I wrote this back on May 8th, 2018, the same day as TaleSpin's debut 28 years ago. HUZZAH~! Anyhow; since then; Series 5 is complete and a number of episodes have appeared on the Tubes, so that is my next show that I am going to be working on besides Teddy Ruxpin. Also; I have been told by realible sources that Peppa Pig Series 6 is in development and a movie based on the Chinese New Year is also in development. Yeah.). The clip from Nick Junior in the United Kingdom is the only footage I could find and despite the episode airing in my country, I cannot find it and it's not recorded on the DVDR at my house television (several episodes from Peppa's trip to Australia are there, though some are edited due to timing issues). So,yeah; story of my life, you didn't come here to hear it.

So, this is episode #221 on the animation paper (Series 5, Episode 9) which puts it three episodes after Gerald Giraffe's debut. I mention this because Gerald appears in this episode; but no Wendy Wolf nor Freddy Fox are present. (Don't worry fans; Wendy and Freddy still appear in Series 5 in various episodes.) Molly Mole doesn't debut for another four episodes after this, by the way. Episode opens on the school house on the hill as there is shaking and rumbling occurring because we discover that Mr. Bull, Mr. Labo and Mr. Rhino are apparently trying to destroy the playground. This is really getting out of hand. Madame Gazelle comes out to protest this outrage, along with the kids; when suddenly Daddy Pig shows up to inform them that they are here to create a new playground, not entertain Mr. Bull's destructive tendencies. Whew! That's a relief, for now anyway. So, since Daddy Pig is the blueprint master and doing nothing...AND THE ROCK SAYS NOTHING~, Madame Gazelle offers Daddy Pig to come in and teach the kids some simple science and Daddy Pig accepts the terms. Okay; this is going to be great now. So, almost everyone heads inside as it's time for some simple science. Lesson number one: How many kids does it take to lift Madame Gazelle off her feet? Danny Dog is probably amused by this as the answer is three kids. Dares the question: How many kids does it take to lift DADDY PIG off his feet? Answer: Six kids to infinity, depending on how nice DADDY'S BIG TUMMY~ plays. POW! OUCH! Ummmm.... Lesson number two: Building a block tower, which is the low point of the episode as I think Pedro Pony was involved and makes it look unstable, because Pedro Pony is clueless as usual. (Actually; this was a team effort in cluelessness. Except for Edmond of course, because he's a you know..) This is the 5% I don't remember much of, but I do know that Edmond Elephant creates the most stable tower, so I do know that this was to remind everyone that Edmond Elephant is a clever clogs. Time for lesson number three which opens with Daddy Pig asking Peppa what her favorite past time is and Peppa proclaims that past time moral guardians hate: Jumping up and down in muddy puddles. DING! Everyone goes out the front door as Daddy Pig digs a spot on the ground with the out of nowhere shovel and brings out a grey watering can. He sprinkles water on the ground and Peppa tries to jump in it; but there is no splash nor spray present.

Peppa is not amused, so Daddy Pig pours a lot more water and this is enough for Peppa to jump up and down in said muddy puddles. You know, I love this segment so far because, while the science is sort of dumb down so that preschool kids could understand, none of the spots were unbelievable. Heck; the last science spot involved a simplified version of the old "The dose makes the poison" canard. Yes, science is far more complex than this; but this show actually got the educational spots down and make it fun without letting the children on that there is education in progress. So, the kids all jump up and down in muddy puddles for a while, because it's always a fun spot and never grows old, especially when the writers find ways to make the payoff look great. (Yeah; because it's not a random out of nowhere spot. It's okay to do random stuff if the random stuff actually leads to a payoff instead of ending up in a dead end angle.) So, Daddy Pig proclaims that muddy puddles remind him of the wonders of concrete, because the story of this show is that Daddy Pig has a love for concrete. He once admitted to buying a bag of reinforced concrete for no reason at all. When he goes to the library, he borrowed at least two books detailing the wonders of concrete. (And he loved the book so much, that he forgot to return it TEN YEARS LATER~!) So, the show has been implying that Daddy Pig has a fetish for concrete and here is yet another example of it. So Mr. Rhino or Mr. Labo back up a truck towards the giant hole that the construction made in the playground as the kids and Daddy head to said hole. The cement truck pours the concrete into the hole as Daddy Pig shows off the concrete hole and loses half of his height in the process. He stirs the concrete and then proceeds to test the concrete. Poke! Poke! Poke! Edmond Elephant continues to amuse me some more by being a clever clogs as Daddy Pig continues to test the concrete more and more. Mr. Bull is trying to tell Daddy Pig something and Daddy Pig kindly tells him to buzz off. I don't blame him; Mr. Bull did try to fat shame him in one episode. So, this goes on and on and then the concrete finally goes hard as a rock. Everyone claps and then Daddy Pig turns his head to Mr. Bull and asks: "Okay, what do you want to say to me?" (I'm paraphrasing here.).

Now, I have a confession to make. I lied. Yes, I lied. However; nothing I said was wrong. This is a lie by omission because I omitted something in that entire sequence of events. Can you guess what I omitted? There is a tiny hint in that rant that explains it. So, what did I omit? I'll give you all a five second pose (or the Bundy five count, doesn't matter)...

Reporter: Okay, Mr. Weagle; what did you omit?
Gregory Weagle: Actually, I'll let Mr. Bull say it.
Mr. Bull: I was saying, you should get out of the concrete before it gets hard.

Yes folks; as this scene was going on, Daddy Pig was literally wading in the concrete! I have the money shot picture on Facebook and most of the scene from the webpage and it was so glorious. And Daddy Pig says "Ah!", blushes in embarrassment (Damn; I wish he actually did this in the episode for real.), looks into the hard camera and the narrator says the only line that makes sense in this situation:

Narrator: Daddy Pig is stuck.

I cackled myself to almost death with this. Here's the thing that makes this the greatest brain fart of all time: Daddy Pig himself throughout this episode was someone who absolutely knew what he was doing and showed competence at both his job and his teachings. There was nothing to suggest that Daddy Pig was an idiot...until he tested the concrete and didn't realize that he was in there despite being half his height to level ground until Mr. Bull said it. He made one tiny mistake in judgment and now he is stuck. People complain about Daddy Pig being an idiot while leaving Mummy Pig alone tend to forget that Mummy Pig was made to look like an idiot many times in this show and in The Blackberry Bush, nearly killed herself due to her idiocy. And she also got mocked just like Daddy Pig and Daddy Pig getting stuck in concrete by itself isn't dangerous. Now; Daddy Pig's love for concrete has come back to bite him in the ass and the consequences are now graver than Mummy Pig nearly landing on her head in The Blackberry Bush, because this is Mr. Bull we are talking about. See the above caption to begin this episode for further details. Here is how this episode ends: Mr. Bull then tells Daddy Pig not to worry; because they will just DIG UP THE PLAYGROUND...AGAIN~! Budget? What budget? Hearing? What's that? Sanity? What's that even? Mr. Bull brings out his out of nowhere jackhammer and starts to jackhammer both the concrete and the point home. Daddy Pig looks like he wants to cry; but the show won't let him. There is shaking, there is bouncing, there is giggling because the kids in this scene are having the time of their lives and do not give two craps about this situation at all. I was hopelessly sobbing with laughter at this point. Then we zoom out and the episode ends at 4:30 with the narrator saying what would be the funniest line I have ever heard in a pre-school show:

Narrator: Daddy Pig loves to be dug out of concrete. Everyone loves to be dug out of concrete!

I know some of you are probably going to say: "I hope you made all of this up." Well; you are mistaken. All of this actually happened and that last line tipped me over the edge to the point where they totally sold me on this show's greatness. I saw London first before this and it was amusing; but nothing to the extent of Simple Science. Imagine the narrator saying all this while you see Daddy Pig looking completely uncomfortable, Mr. Bull jackhammers the concrete harder than anyone having sex with their loving beloved, the shaking of the camera and then seeing the kids (who didn't even bother to speak up when Daddy Pig was in the concrete, Edmond seemed to be amused by this when he cut his promo) bouncing and giggling like it was pure sport. This whole payoff was spawned by Daddy Pig's fetish for concrete and now, he'll never EVER love concrete again after this. (Well; you are totally wrong because later on in Series 5; he went to another country to test a block of concrete. So, he's gotten help since Simple Science and has reeled in his fetish.) And that's if he doesn't lose his sanity, nor his hearing in the process. This episode is truly the GOAT of preschool episodes. ***** (100%).

THE REVIEW LINE

I'm not going to bother doing a reality line summary for Simple Science; because I cannot describe this in a simple paragraph. Everyone needs to check this episode out in it's full form and I also recommend The Library and Horsey Twinkletoes as a supplemental, in order to get the full extent of Daddy Pig's love for concrete finally turning on him. Miss Rabbit's Taxi is below average mainly because the entire Miss Rabbit gimmick has stopped being amusing and now it is turning into a tragedy of a worker who is overworked and overpaid. Gerald Giraffe's debut was okay at best; and without muddy puddles around, it just isn't the same. The tall gimmick is also overdone although Doctor Hamster seems to understand that turtles can climb trees. Parachute Jump was just a mess of logic breaks and botchery. The rest were fun episodes with their own problems. Overall; a mixed bag, with one perfect episode at the end. So, there are several more episodes left to do and I'll be continuing to work on those later. So...

Thumbs up to infinity for Simple Science, thumbs down for Miss Rabbit's Taaxi, thumbs in the middle for everything else and I'll see you all next time.

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