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Peppa Pig: Series Five #6 Rant

Reviewed: 12/21/2018

Let The Random Concrete Tests 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 are winding down the final episodes 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. This time; since we only have 12 episodes left; I have divided it up into six episodes per rant this time as there are sailing boats, concrete tests from a train ride, George's clothes have holes in them, Mr. Potato is baked, a tiny land draws near and we finally get to go inside Madam Gazelle's house of death. And I do mean, death! 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.

Sailing Boat: So, we begin with episode #241 on the animation paper as the episode opens at the docks with Peppa, George and Grandpa Pig walking towards the end of the pier. George is wearing his pirate hat while the kids are wearing lifejackets and everyone is wearing white shoes. Again; why isn't the adult wearing a lifejacket? Mr. Stallion and Mrs. Corgi are at the pier with teacups filled with tea and holding onto saucers. Both of them are warning Grandpa Pig to not go sailing right now; but Grandpa Pig nicely blows them off as Peppa thinks the two members of the sailing club might be correct. Grandpa Pig proclaims that they do not know what they are talking about and jumps onto the sailing boat. The sailing boat doesn't sell properly and Grandpa Pig doesn't like it; because you see, all the sailing boats are stuck on the ocean floor because the tie went out and there's no water to float them. HAHA! Peppa and George hop on the sailing ship and Grandpa Pig assures Peppa that the tide will come back in soon. Ten seconds later; the water level rises from the dead (I'm pretty sure this doesn't happen in real life) and the boat is now free to sail normally. So, we sail for a while as Peppa loves bobbing up and down. In comes the sailing boats of Mr. Stallion and Mrs. Corgi, just because they want to annoy Grandpa Pig to no end; even going as far as calling Grandpa Pig; an old chap. Grandpa Pig nicely blows them off and the two sailors sail away stage right as Peppa thinks this is a race. Thankfully; Grandpa Pig tells her that there is no hurry since it is not a race. Peppa then invokes the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM to waste some more time. I don't know why; there's about two minutes left in the episode anyway. The song is basically four or five words used over and over again as the sailboats come back to annoy Grandpa Pig some more; basically taunting him to return before his boat gets stuck in the mud again. Grandpa Pig nicely blows them off again. Grandpa Pig whisper yells to Peppa to inform her that he knows all about tides and they know nothing. Yeah; I'll bet! Peppa sings her bobbing song again, and then as predicted, the tide goes out and the boat is stuck again. HAHA!

See; this is what happens when you don't listen to Mr. Stallion and Mrs. Corgi, two sailing experts! Peppa wonders when the tide will be coming back and Grandpa Pig confesses, it will be tomorrow morning. Oh snap! But, wait?! Grandpa Pig remembers that the sailing boat contains a cabin in the bowels of the sailing ship; so Peppa will at least get a sailing sleepover tonight. So, Grandpa Pig agrees to it and brings out his cellphone to call Granny Pig at the white house on the hill, who answers the green phone in the living room. They exchange notes and Granny Pig couldn't resist calling Grandpa Pig out for getting the tides wrong, further burying him for not listening to Mr. Stallion and Mrs. Corgi, two sailing experts! Grandpa Pig denies it all; but Peppa claims that they are stuck in the mud. A confession in Granny Pig's ears as Grandpa Pig claims that they are on an adventure and hangs up. So, Grandpa Pig opens the out of nowhere trap door as everyone walks down to the bowels of the ship as Peppa and George will sleep in the bunk beds downstairs, while Grandpa Pig brings out his sleeping bag and decides to sleep under the stars. Good night; I hope Grandpa Pig rolls into the water tomorrow morning and demonstrates why adults should be wearing lifejackets. Speaking of morning, we jump cut to Peppa snoring and the boat is creaking, which is the signal for the tide coming back. Peppa and George wake up and they are so happy the boat is bobbing again. They get dressed (with lifejackets) off-screen and return to topside with Grandpa Pig as it's time to sail back to the pier for real. Jump cut to the pier as Granny Pig comes over to pick up the kids and probably laugh at Grandpa Pig for being a stupid idiot...AGAIN! And for those of you who were wondering if George would ever get over his "ig" speech impedement in this show...Nope! George calls her "Ganny Ig" in this episode, too. So, Granny Pig is amused by Peppa's commentary as the adults and children come in to do the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30. Just another fine episode from the muddy puddle jumpers and dumb grandpa. ** 1/2 (50%).

The Carnival: Next up is episode #255 on the animation paper as the episode opens in town with a huge lineup of people, including what appears to be the debut of Mrs. Fox. Peppa, George, Mummy and Daddy Pig are in the lineup as Peppa meets and greets Suzy Sheep and Molly Mole. Apparently; Daddy Cat has his own daughter besides Candy Cat; or the color stylist got Candy Cat wrong. Either way; we exchange pleasure thoughts and notes for a while. They are hoping for fire breathing dragons and magic people coming out of thin air. The video quality is poor here, so I couldn't tell if Daddy Pig was hoping for this to happen, or not. Peppa then thinks this is starting because Mr. Rhino is sweeping the pavement with the RIC FLAIR BROOM OF DOOM. I can believe that, considering Mr. Rhino's out of control fetish with digging up the road in every episode. Then the entire construction team (including Mrs. Elephant and Mr. Labo) are playing brooms, trash cans, trash can lids and other tools to make music as Granddad Dog's truck is driving in the front and the back of the truck features a rock band playing the Peppa Pig song; including Gerald Giraffe on guitar, Mr. Bull on his tuba and Mr. Orange Cat on drums. The next parade float is driven by Mummy Mole with Daddy Pony and Pedro F'N Pony showing off a giant eye chart in the back and even though the letters are big; I can barely make out the F since the video quality is poor and yellow is almost the same color as white. Almost. The kids are amused as a foghorn rings out and the next float features Mummy Dog driving Danny Dog and Captain Daddy Dog on a boat float. HAHA! Well; it is well within the stips; so this is fine. Next up is the float containing Miss Rabbit's Rescue Service, driven by Mr. Rabbit; but Miss Rabbit is not in the helicopter. She's on the next float because she's the carnival queen. And guess who is driving her? Nope; not the real Queen, that would have been many buys! It's Grampy Rabbit; which somehow is even more buys! I also love how the characters are actually happy to see Miss Rabbit doing nothing for a change. She has to be the next Queen of England next year! Sadly; the episode now starts to go downhill from there because here comes Mr. Potato in his death trap of a car as the back of the car contains a rope featuring a giant self portait balloon of himself. He sings his stupid song and then the rope breaks and the balloon slowly rises up. Mr. Potato stops the car and opens the glass dome to grab the rope again. He thinks everything is fine; but the balloon forces Mr. Potato in the air. Helium balloons are dangerous, in more ways than one it seems.

Rather than let Darwinism take over and have a heaping of French fries for everyone; Mummy Pig calls Miss Rabbit on her cellphone. Miss Rabbit answers and despite having the best job in the world right now; she still believes that Mr. Potato is human and thus will rescue the giant potato. However; she cannot do this with the Queen stuff on; so Molly, Suzy, and Peppa volunteer to get on the float and be the queen. Miss Rabbit bails as the three kids get on the float and of course they argue about who should be queen on the notion that they are bossier. Pfft; whatever. Daddy Pig breaks it up and Peppa accepts the crown, Molly accepts the robe and Suzy accepts the throne. Oookkkkaaayyyyy. Jump cut back to Mr. Potato in a panic hanging from a balloon. On second thought; let the three kids fight, that is more buys than Mr. Potato looking like a baked idiot. Miss Rabbit gets into her helicopter and flies up and whomever is doing commentary in this episode is far more sarcastic than I am today. Miss Rabbit almost turns Mr. Potato into potato chips and then backs up and flies up to the top of the balloon. Naturally; she has no plan and is going to wing it like she always does. Trust me; that's a better way. So, she puts the helicopter on auto-pilot and the auto-pilot cuts a promo and flies away stage right. Miss Rabbit is literally on top of Mr. Potato's balloon and even teases wanting to pop said balloon; this causes Mr. Potato to panic. I hope she does this; Mr. Potato sympathy heat is gone after the Super Potato incident. So, Miss Rabbit crawls towards the rope and undoes the rope and lets the air out anyway. What a moron Miss Rabbit is?! They free fall, the balloon has no air. Somehow; the two idiots manage to land on the balloon and ride it like a horse. Okay; this is so much better than the kids fighting over who shall be queen. The crowd is in shock and awe as somehow; Miss Rabbit and Mr. Potato manage to land on their asses just fine and not break anyway. Everyone cheers as Miss Rabbit wants to be back being the carnival queen; but the kids have ruined that for her as they have stolen the throne chair. Everyone laughs and sadly the video cuts off the final three seconds, so I assume most of them did the backsplash laugh at 4:30. Miss Rabbit got her heat back in a really fun episode that didn't involve a carnival at all, it could have been titled Parade and meant the same thing. **** (80%).

Long Train Journey: This is episode #261 on the animation paper as the episode opens at the house on the hill. We zoom in as the family is at the kitchen table eating breakfast as Daddy Pig has a letter. Now; I would like to mention that I am using a non-English version of the episode to review and I don't blame the translator for anything in these next three episode rants. It's not their fault that Peppa Pig talks a lot and has few non-verbal cues which would help me figure out what is going on. This is all on the creators part. That being said; I do remember this episode and the guise of this is: Daddy Pig gets a letter and he opens it. His mission -- should he choose to accept it -- is to travel to a far away land on a train to help a country test a block of concrete. Yeah; he damn well accepts that one. Peppa and George are pleading to come along, Daddy Pig at first no sells this; but the Peppa Pig sweet talk routine wins over all. I know a train is involved because George chants choo-choo during this sequence. I think Daddy Pig goes into his complex science speaking routine and Peppa calls it magic; but Daddy Pig defers to Mummy Pig and Mummy Pig I think doesn't have a problem coming along with Daddy Pig and the kids. Which I can accept since someone has to make sure Daddy Pig's fetish doesn't get him in anymore deep crap than it already has. Either way; Daddy Pig relents and agrees to the terms. Jump cut to the train station as Daddy Pig is in his work suit while the rest are in regular clothes. So, here comes the train being driven by a Miss Rabbit in the faraway country's uniform. I think there is one Miss Rabbit per country in this storyline; doesn't make the burnout any less horrid. So, the Pig family gets in and sits down in the coach section as the train drives away stage right. Peppa I do believe is bored literally seconds into this train ride. Peppa is so bored that her singing the train song sounds so boring. It also doesn't help that the piano music isn't in evidence, so even the piano player is bored of this episode. The family talks for a while, Peppa is still bored. The guise of this is Daddy Pig is going to show off the coach section as he pushes the out of nowhere red button.

This causes the coach action to transform into four bunk beds. This impresses Peppa far more than the entire trip so far as Mummy Pig pushes a side wall red button out of nowhere and this reveals the bathroom, which is basically three buttons, a mirror and a sink. The far left button brings out the toilet as Daddy Pig steps in and pushes the far right button like an idiot; and he gets a shower for his troubles. Why don't they label those buttons?! See; it's not Daddy Pig's fault that no one in this world labels the buttons at all. Daddy Pig is all wet as the kids giggle at his expense. A train guard (in the same uniform as Miss Rabbit #3) comes over and asks Daddy Pig for his passport and Daddy Pig shows it off. The train guard is in awe of Daddy Pig for some reason; implying that Daddy Pig has been in this country before and is famous! I guess Peppa Pig the series is very popular in this country. There are much worse things to be proud of than this show. The guard bails, Daddy Pig sighs and we jump cut to the train crossing the bridge AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) and then we head into the coach cabin as everyone is in their night gear and are sleeping in bunk beds. So, everyone sleeps except for the train driver (Miss Rabbit) as she sings Peppa's song and sounds much better than Peppa. Morning arrives and there is snow everywhere; except on the train tracks. We head to the dining area of the train as the Pig family arrives. Miss Rabbit arrives with the breakfast tray filled with cereal, toast, crossiants and yoguart. We get a spot involving Daddy Pig choosing tea or orange juice and then the bear guard from earlier is doing the same spot; because Daddy Pig is more popular than the King Goat of the entire country who is sitting in the back wanting breakfast and the guard tells him to take a hike basically. Yip; that was the payoff to this whole ordeal involving the passport. So, we head to the train station in another country as the family gets out and there is a marching band playing in the background.

We meet I believe is the president of the country; who looks like Mr. Wolf in the same gear as Miss Rabbit; only in different colors. So we exchange notes for a while. It's not as funny as Daddy Pig rowing the boat while blushing with Mr. Wolf in the boat claiming that he's really hungry. In comes a version of Mr. Rhino who might be Mr. Rhino's brother for all I know, wheeling in the dreaded block of concrete for Daddy Pig to test. Daddy Pig inspects the concrete. Daddy Pig taps the concrete with a glass thermometer. Daddy Pig ponders over the block and approves it. At least thirty people pop for Daddy Pig. That's it. This literally took fifteen seconds and his job is done. I realize this show is five minutes long; but COME ON~! So, everyone talks some more as Peppa wonders how they are getting back home and the answer is the train of course. Jump cut to the Pig family in the train heading west with Miss Rabbit as everyone laughs to end the episode at 4:30. This was a fun episode; but the finish was so lame. *** 1/4 (65%).

Madame Gazelle's House: Next up is episode #260 on the animation paper as the episode opens with the tallest purple house on the hill next to one of the tallest trees I have ever seen. Tiddles would be giddy if he saw this. Anyhow; this is Madame Gazelle's house and it appears that the tree is trying it's damnest to knock the house down. Suzy might be a big enough sadist to want to chop this tree down too. The Pig family walks up and Peppa rings the door bell. The door opens and out comes Gigi Gazelle as she invites them into the house. The Pig family suddenly trip and land on their asses and start sliding down the floor boards; because the entire house is tilted at an angle. They land into the living room and it's at another angle; forcing them to walk uphill. Peppa and George are amused by this; Daddy Pig probably is not and did I mention that the walls are cracking right now in full view? This house is a death trap; says I! Gigi don't care it seems. We exchange notes for a while as the walls continue to crack and some objects are falling on the floor, probably shattered into many pieces. More talking and Daddy Pig walks out and hugs the giant tree for my amusement. Thank goodness it is not a barb wired Christmas tree; that would have been bad. Gigi then relates a story to how this tree became so big and notice that they don't show any decorations on the giant tree because I'm going to go back to it later on. So, we HIT THE FLASHBACK at night in the living room with Gigi celebrating Christmas alone with the tree being smaller than most plants in a pot on a wooden stool (NOT THAT ONE!). The little tree is decorated as Gigi is eating a cupcake in her chair. It is also heavily implied that her father or beloved has past away since the portait in the background of a male gazelle is also in evidence. There are three presents on the floor and the fireplace is decorated with two stockings and three Christmas cards. The guise of this scene is that Gigi didn't want to throw out the tree and it was in soil; so she went outside to the back on a snowy day and planted the tree in the snow. How it didn't die during the winter;, let alone grow as tall as her house, shows the power of this tree.

Daddy Pig is in awe as the house is now like the leaning tower of Pisa, only it's Gigi's house and so he gets out his cell phone and calls for probably the worst man for this job. Take one guess who he is...Yup; it's Mr. Bull. Mr. Bull is on his way and arrives at Gigi's house. So, the house tilts some more to the right as we exchange notes for a while and Mr. Bull brings out an axe and proclaims that he is going to chop the tree down! And if you listen closely; Suzy Sheep is laughing all the way to the bank on that one. Gigi doesn't like it and Peppa want this execution of this tree to be stopped because there is too much wildlife in the tree. Sounds reasonable to me; as Mr. Bull decides to climb the tree. Didn't Mr. Bull get height fright trying to rescue Tiddles? So, Mr. Bull finds some purple and pink birds in the nest and then the rest of the babyfaces walk in and go to the first floor, noticing the birds in said nest. Next floor and climb; a beehive and no one gets stung; much to my disappointment, since Mr. Bull deserves it. Next floor and climb is a brown owl in broad daylight. That's awkward. Next floor is two bats who are sleeping in broad daylight as we are near the top look out of Gigi's house. They heavily imply that Gigi is supposed to be a vampire; already mentioned the joke during the Halloween special episode, no need for me to repeat it here. Mr. Bull climbs further to the top and finds the Christmas decorations and the angel topper. Mr. Bull gives the angel topper to Gigi and Gigi loves it with all her heart. Notice all the bats, birds, bees, owls and decorations that have come out of nowhere. Yeah; what a stupid logic break; just to give suspense to something that didn't need it. Mr. Bull decides that he will not chop the tree down; and just knock the house down instead! Ooooooooo....Mr. Bull is a troll! Everyone in this show is a troll! So, here is the solution to this problem: Uproot the house and place it on the tree branches. Wait, WHAT?! This makes no sense at all. You couldn't move the house two feet away from the house?! This was really stupid. Gigi puts the angel topper back onto the top of the tree as everyone laughs to end the episode at 4:30. What a dumb ending to an otherwise really fun debut for Madame Gazelle's house. That tree and house is going to destroy each other, I just know it. *** (60%).

Tiny Land: Here is episode #263 on the animation paper as the episode opens on the boring road with the entire Pig family in the car. Oh; and Suzy Sheep has joined in for fun and trolling. So, we talk for a while as Daddy Pig shows off a brochure for Tiny Land; where the magic of small never ends. I believe Suzy was mocking the little people like the troll that she is and Peppa is giggling, because she's also a troll. Then; the car is forced to stop because Mr. Bull is blocking the road for more digging chaos...AGAIN! No one likes this; except for the deconstruction workers, because they are manchildren. Okay; the next spot they did was really stupid: After telling Mr. Bull about Tiny Land; Mr. Bull lets Daddy Pig pass and the car drives away. Then Mr. Bull stops the next car; only it's the police car (driven by Mr. Panda), a fire engine (driven by Mummy Pony) and an ambulance (driven by Doctor Brown Bear) and he won't let any of these three vehicles go even though their sirens are on and thus are in an emergency. I hope this ends Mr. Bull's career on this show for good. Probably not; but I can hope. So, we finally head to Tiny Land; which is basically a park filled with tiny models of various buildings and stuff. Guess who the tour guide is?! Miss Rabbit! If you hate the dreaded DESIGNATED LANDMARKS OF THE DAY; then press stop now; because you are going to see tiny versions of it in one park. Including the Elizabeth Clock Tower featuring a mini version of Big Ben. I should note that the Chinese stuff is actually a tease for the new movie for the Chinese New Year edition of Peppa Pig. So we exchange notes for a while; I wish I knew what they were saying. The most interesting area so far is the mini lake featuring Mr. Kangeroo on a sailing boat, Doctor Brown Bear in a motor boat and the Elephant family in a canoe rowing. They are all models by the way; along with the Miss Rabbit on megaphone on the shore. The model Miss Rabbit also talks into said megaphone as Peppa is instantly amused by all this. There is also a Pirate Island set with a model Pedro Pony without his glasses on. Of course!

One of the boats have models who do the Pirate chant and the kids respond in kind. Then a large growling sound occurs and Suzy and Peppa are scared a bit; but George is giddy because there is a mini dinosaur land coming up next. Miss Rabbit shows off the model dinosaurs who come in and they get into a fight! Then they walk away the moment Daddy Pig speaks. Miss Rabbit then notices some train tracks and here comes the train with the model of Miss Rabbit talking. Obvious question: How much input did Miss Rabbit get when this park was designed? It's almost like she owns the place and made the place. Next question: Where did she find the time? Daddy Pig might be pondering that question right now, because he is the only one not smiling. So, the kids follow the train and sing the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM. Yes folks; Mr. Rabbit model is present to stop the kids in their tracks at the train track barrier! Then we zoom out and discover that Miss Rabbit has basically made a model of the entire Peppa Pig universe. And while Suzy's house isn't shown and neither is Grandpa Pig's; Peppa's house and the school house on the hill is shown in the background. The canal shows Granddad Dog's model, Daddy Dog's model is shown at the canal boat in a nice touch of continuity and adhering to the stipulations. Mr. Zebra's post office van is shown, Miss Rabbit is in a helicopter, the Kangeroo family is shown in a seaplane. It's clear that the road goes around in a circle because Mrs. Cow's truck goes both ways. Then we hear Mr. Bull's model say stop and yes; the entire demonstration even includes an out of nowhere section where Mr. Bull and his deconstruction workers are digging up the road. This has to be magic; even science cannot explain this...yet. Mr. Bull is jackhammering the scene and it shakes as everyone laughs to end the episode at 4:30. There wasn't much to this episode; outside of the finish, which was funny and confusing all at the same time. ** 1/2 (50%).

George's New Clothes: Last up for Peppa Pig is episode #259 on the animation paper as the episode opens in the apple tree garden in spring as Peppa and George with boots on are splishing and splashing in muddy puddles lined on the ground. Lots of jumping in muddy puddles ensue as George gets all muddy for real after almost thirty seconds of jumping and somehow staying clean. I guess the magic shield around George is wearing off. So, Mummy and Daddy Pig call George and Peppa to come back to the house and the two obey without question. Daddy and Mummy notice George is all muddy and that means a bath for George and a wash of his clothes to boot; and George looks down and realizes it. HAHA! After all of these episodes, he still doesn't notice until he looks down. Jump cut to the bathroom as George is splishing and splashing in a bathtub filled with water, his nose is still muddy though. Mummy Pig uses the sponge to wipe the mud off of George's nose. Jump cut to the washing machine (in the kitchen no less) as Daddy Pig opens the machine after the clothes are washed and George's clothes now have holes in them, just like that. Hmmm; maybe the washing machine needs fixing in addition to getting new clothes. One of the holes fits George's belly button, one of them shows off George's bare ass, which Peppa gleefully points out. Although you can see their tails regardless of if the clothes have holes in them. George is giggling at this as Mummy Pig decides that it's past time to get new clothes for George Pig. Okay. So, we head to the clothing department store in town. Guess who is running the clothes shop? Why; it's Miss Rabbit of course. This angle just never ends! We exchange notes for a while and George is so lucky because he's in a clothes shop. Of course! Miss Rabbit brings out the tape measure and George teases putting his arms up and then steps back. Peppa claims that George stepped back because he thought Miss Rabbit was going to tickle him. Miss Rabbit promises not to tickle him and keeps the tape measure away from the body, assuring that no tickling will be in evidence. Peppa -- the troll that she is -- tickles George anyway. I do not buy the narrator's claim that George loves to be tickled; although George showed no signs of hating Peppa when he was tickled, so I guess there was consent.

So, we head to in front of the changing booth (In North America, changing room; although booth is more accurate in this case) as we try out some new clothes. Here's what happens: Miss Rabbit shows off new clothes, George tries them on, they look reasonable, George no sells, rinse, lather, repeat. Clothing #1: A white sweater. This one is understandable because the neck of the sweater is covering his mouth. In Britan; a sweater is called a jumper. Clothing #2: a helicopter hat and candy cane overalls; making George look like a clown. If that was on Peppa; that would be buys! On George: NO BUYS~! George doesn't like it anyway. Clothing #3: a tuxedo. Yes, a tuxedo. Peppa claims George looks like a penguin and George does giggle in amusement; but still doesn't like the clothes anyway. So, finally; they pick the blue shirt that he has worn all the time, except it's brand new in the store and everyone likes it, including George. At least this shirt is new from the store and not like the idiot plot with Peppa in the episode The Doll Hospital. So, we jump cut to the house on the hill as the car drives up and parks on the hill. The kids jump out as Peppa meets and greets Daddy Pig, who comes out via the front door. I should note that before they tried on the new clothes: George's bare ass was exposed in town for all to see the entire time. So, we exchange notes on the situation because Daddy Pig thought that magic was the reason for the new clothes and it was the old clothes being repaired. So, Peppa wants to play in the garden and everyone follows; as everyone gets their boots on off-screen. They go to the garden and it's time for Peppa's favorite past time: Jumping up and down in muddy puddles. DING! Hey; if you are going to kill time, this is the best way to do it in this show. Peppa also sings the song from The Golden Boots on free television now. So, they blow each other off for muddying up their clothes, they have a great time. Mummy Pig claims that it'll all come out in the wash, so let's get muddier. More muddy puddle jumping as they are caked with mud and then they all do the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30. Outside of the tickling spot; this was your average Peppa Pig love in. *** (60%).

THE REVIEW LINE

Mostly a lot of middling shorts this time around with only the Carnival being great; mostly because of the interactions between Mr. Potato and Miss Rabbit; along with Molly Mole wanting to be queen. The rest was the usual stuff you have seen before; it was good, but not really great. A few of them (Madame Gazelle's House and Long Train Journey) had a great episode marred by a lame or stupid finish. So, next up is the final six episodes of Series five as there are stamps, a holiday in Australia and finally; the big payoff to Mummy Pig's work on the computer with their secret coded messages. Hopefully; I can find all those episodes and be up to date in line for Series six coming up next year. So...

Thumbs up for The Carnival, thumbs in the middle for everything else and I'll see you all next time.

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