Peppa Pig: Series Six #6

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Peppa Pig: Series Six #6 Rant

Reviewed: 10/18/2020
Additional Reviews: 10/31/2020

Peppa's Brain Has Gone Into The Stone Age!

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. Now, please can I have some more cosplaying from the Grandmothers who have stone age brains, some new poems, practice with fire hoses, go to the moon (AGAIN!), look for thing and Mr. Bull becomes a teacher? Thank you. 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.

Stone Age Granny: This is episode #304 on the animation paper and the episode opens at the white house on the hill as the red car arrives to park on the steep side of the hill once again. I believe Mummy Pig is driving here as Peppa and George jump out and run right into the house. They make it to the kitchen as Granny Pig is dressed up like CAPTAIN CAAAAVEEEEEMANNNNNNNNNNN~ complete with the greatest fake orange beard.mustache of all time. Peppa of course cannot tell it's Granny, so we shouldn't be too hard on henchmen falling for the worst disguises Baloo ever wears. So, the grandmothers are cosplaying The Flintstones this time, although Grandpa Pig cannot say that because TRADEMARK~! So, Peppa asks about the stone age and we HIT THE FLASHBACK...or Grandpa Pig's wet dreams. Either answer is acceptable with a sunset shot of the cave doods doing cave dood things while carrying spears, such as live in caves, eat berries and chase wooly mammoths, which are describes as big hairy elephants. Talk about de-mammothizing there, Granny. Oh, and Peppa likes this and she and George want to be cave doods; so Granny accepts and they get to wear the costumes, and take their shoes off off-screen. So, we head to the back of the house as Granny, Peppa and George walk out of the house and down the hill to see the other grandmothers Granny Wolf, Granny Dog, and Gigi Gazelle digging into the earth with their stone age clubs with hammers made of stone. Or as I like to call it, the ancient version of HHH's SLEDGEHAMMER OF PLOT. The grannies are digging up the garden to create a cave, and Peppa asks why don't they have buckets and spades (shovels) and of course, the answer is obvious since there are no such things as bucket and spades in the stone age. I'm guessing that this is the very old school version of the Stone Age, since the Neolitch era (New Stone Age) had shovels made with shoulder blades of animals, which gave the terms for spatula and spade. The lack of bucket use is totally accurate though. Grandpa Pig comes out with a tray of teacups with tea and the grannies all take the teacups from the tray and drink tea; prompting Peppa to ask the obvious question since there was no tea drinking nor teacups nor trays in the Stone Age. Granny Pig's response: Not exactly. Flashback: Not at all. Reality: Cups could have existed in that era, albeit crude; trays, no; tea; no. Grandpa Pig buries the cosplayers once again, what a surprise?!

Granny Pig then basically admits without outright saying that they couldn't and the other Grannies act like they cannot think for themselves. So, the grannies have the hunger overcome them and they decide to pick the strawberries and eat them from the garden, prompting Grandpa Pig to run in panicking, as this is his strawberry garden. So, apparently, cave doods steal from gardens. Good to know. Next up; one of the grannies wants to chase a wooly mammoth and Grandpa Pig is totally fine with that; but we all know where this is going and it's...MUSIC BREAK~! Lasts about 35 seconds. I'm so sad the original creators didn't consider this, even for one episode. We return with Peppa invoking the POINTY FINGER OF DEATH at Grandpa Pig of course, because the grannies have to get their heat back against their enternal bury guy. So, Grandpa Pig finally agrees to it and walks on all fours stage right as we get the single most silliest wooly mammoth chase of all time. I approve of this chase; especially when Peppa is taunting the mammoth during the whole thing and it ends with Grandpa Pig making it to the back of the house and the kids of course catch him first. So, the grannies try to lift Grandpa Pig and they cannot get him off his feet. They didn't even try to get all four grannies to lift him off his feet; and just ask him to walk with them. Grandpa stops selling and just walks stage left to the smallest cave in history, but as if was a cave dood. So, everyone is at the tiny hole and the grannies have a problem. So, Granny decides to whip out her cell phone and call someone, DESPITE COSPLAYING AS CAVE DOODS~! WHAT?! When Peppa Pig has more sense than you, it's time to pack it in. Also, guess who she calls?! Come on, guess; it's too shocking. It's OKAY, BOOMER~! POW! OUCH! Ummm...it's Mr. Bull on the boring road with his digger machine. Wait; so Mr. Bull's service is a private company? And I don't know why you all punched me in the kisser; calling him boomer is surprisely accurate. So, Mr. Bull accepts this because he's bored, or something and digs the dood cave for the cave doods as Peppa is questionning this and Granny eliminates the whole pre-tense that she has stopped caring about authincity and is just wanting to get this episode over with. Everyone walks in and we get a short session of painting the walls complete with them chasing the wooly mammoth and Peppa drawing the ultimate troll picture of Granny Pig on her cellphone calling Mr. Bull and his digger. Grandpa Pig: Exactly as it was in the Stone Age! How Kit Cloudkicker of you, sir; as everyone does the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30. That last one is believable at least. Fun episode, but the shelf life for this angle is getting old at this point. Not as old as the Stone Age, but maybe Iron Age stale. *** (60%).

Space Adventure!: Next up is episode #305 on the animation paper and episode opens at the white house on the hill as Mummy Pig parks her car on the steepest side of the hill...AGAIN! Peppa and George hop out and in comes Grandpa Pig to hug them. It's been over 300 episodes and George is still keeping the slient P in pig. And it just occured to me: He also calls him Papa and the P is not silent. Furthermore, is he implying that Daddy Pig is a found dad and Grandpa Pig really is George's biological son? What a web we weave here and I fear this is going to happen in Ducktales 2020 too. The car also turns around in a magical logic break and Mummy Pig waves farewell and drives down the hill. Out comes Granny Pig in a space suit complete with radio voice over and George doesn't say Ganny Ig here. Peppa asks the obvious as Grandpa claims that she is playing another game with her Grandma buddies; so even Grandpa Pig thinks this angle is getting older than the Stone Age. And for goodness sakes, couldn't you do this angle in Series 7 or even near the end of Series 6 instead of doing it after doing basically the same thing in the previous episode? Granny Pig blows it off because it's an historic reinactment of space people going to the moon. At least this time, it's 1960's booking instead of 2020 booking disguised as Stone Age booking, so the amount of stupidity will be a bare minimum this time around. So, the family walks down the hill as Grandpa still believes that this is an excuse for free tea and cake. At least it's believable this time unlike the last episode. Cut to Gigi and Grandma Dog cosplaying the role of system checks. Oh, did I mention that there is a rocket ship in the back that looks like the one in The Golden Boots; only strudier. Nah; they would be this absurd to allow anyone to legit go to the moon for a second time, could they? I just love that Grampy Rabbit is lending them his rocket for the day...and speaking of the EVIL ONE, the hatch opens and we see Grampy Rabbit being Grampy Rabbit. Granny answers Peppa Pig by claiming that they are pretending to go to the moon, because there's no way in hell that the writers are going to have them really go to the moon again. That would be totally unbelievable. So, basically the Grannies contend that the garden is the moon where they "hop on the moon, plant a flag and collect moon rocks". Grandpa Pig tells them to be careful about the rocks as he bails to get the tea and cake. So, everyone gets into the rocket and Grampy closes the hatch. He begins the countdown as we cut back into the kitchen as Grandpa Pig continues to mock Granny Pig's cosplaying ideas while making tea. Grampy yells "lift-off" and the rocket lifts off into the sky as we cut back to Grandpa Pig complaining about the noise. The narrator...wait a second?! THE ROCKET LIFTED OFF INTO THE SKY?! WHAT THE HELL?! Yes, folks; the Grannies, Peppa and George are headed to the moon legit. If I see one Miss Rabbit gift shop on the moon again, I will sue the creators for emotional distress.

And even Grampy Rabbit admits that this is real because fake moon landings are no fun at all. Did I mention how awesome Grampy Rabbit is?! Granny Pig figures, okay. So, the rocket lands on the moon as this would officially be Peppa and George's second time on the moon, and at least the third time Grampy Rabbit has been on the moon in some form. Sadly, the episodes are all self-contained, so Peppa, George and Grampy Rabbit do not mention this. Everyone comes out in space suits! Outside of the tails being exposed; this is so much better than the time when Peppa and George were literally wearing fish bowls on their heads. Also, sad; this was a video that doesn't contain a MUSIC BREAK~! So, they do the moon hop of doom after getting out; Grampy and Granny do their version of the "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"; even though Grampy has already been on the moon at least three times, so the promo doesn't quite work out. Peppa and George are loving life on the moon as we cut back to Grandpa Pig mocking the cosplayers, as usual while preparing the tea; concerned about the garden more than the fact that there are TWO F'N KIDS ON THE F'N MOON~! Back to Peppa, George and Granny doing their moon walk as we see the USA flag planted on the moon. Question: Is it still there for real? So, George plants his straw flag on the moon surface as Peppa finds a neon green rock that is making weird sounds. Hmm; are you sure it's not a biohazard?! There are lots of moon rock that don't do this, so I don't think this rock is a good thing to take home with you. Grampy Rabbit asks about tea and so everyone gets into the rocket and they fly back home, so thankfully I don't have to sue the creators for emotional distress. Grandpa Pig is suffering from it as the house shakes again, he finished with the tea and cake and walks out in protest. The rocket lands and everyone gets out just as Grandpa Pig walks in and Grandpa Pig doesn't suspect a thing at all. Granny Pig tries to explain that she went to the moon and heck, she has multiple witnesses and GRAMPY F'N RABBIT, a space person expert to back her story. Grandpa Pig doesn't believe her and he can sod off. Peppa gives Grandpa Pig a moon rock, a piece of evidence and he still doesn't believe them as he puts the rock in the garden. When he dies of cancer, he'll be singing a different tune. Everyone laughs for a while and then does the backsplash laugh as no cup shatters to end the episode at 4:30. This episode was much better than The Golden Boots because:

[A.] Everyone wore legit spacesuits and the rocket was much strudier.
[B.] NO GIFT SHOP~!
[C.] No adult got buried by 14 kid babyfaces at the end.

And of course, there is the most responsible space person in the world, Grampy Rabbit, who loves to keep it real! Also, this really makes Science Museum even funnier in hindsight as you'll see later. *** 3/4 (75%).

Fire Station Practice: Next up is episode #306 on the animation paper and episode opens at the fire station on the hill as out comes Miss Rabbit, Mummy Pony, and Mummy Dog as the car arrives, parking on the steepest side of the hill...AGAIN! Out comes Mummy Pig and like the other Mummies in this episode; they are wearing their firefighter outfits. It's for training, you see. And apparently, Daddy Pig also believes that the Mummies just drink tea and sit around. Sexist moron! Mummy Pig rightfully calls him out on it and I do too. Mummy Pony's voice has clearly changed since the last time I have heard here, which I think was the episode where Pedro Pony stole the music of Gigi Gazelle's Bing Bong song and turned it into something about baked beans. Mummy Rabbit offers the kids to come on, so Daddy Pig might learn something. Everyone walks inside the station, we go upstairs to the control room and all the Mummies sit down and....have tea and cookies! Daddy Pig: BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh boy! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Told ya! But, wait! It's just a setup on Mummy Rabbit's part because the tea increases their senses to get ready for an emergency as Mummy Rabbit rings the bell and we do the first sequence of training as the Mummies all go down the fire pole, get into the fire truck and drive down the hill. Daddy Pig, Peppa and George follow them, thank goodness Freddy Fox isn't here; we'll never hear the end of his siren chants. So, apparently "Ready, Steady, Go" is a three step process and the Steady step is steadying the hoses sequence. Mummy Pig has a wee bit of trouble steadying the hose, but does get it right and the target (a sign with a fire symbol on it) is down for the count. Everyone cheers and Daddy Pig gets inspired because he thinks this is easy. I betcha his hose will go so out of control that it will prove Daddy Pig is dumb. I check the video...no MUSIC BREAK~!...damn; I'm good. The heaviness of the hose was a dead giveaway. To be fair; Daddy Pig was not prepared at all and this was more Mummy Dog's fault than Daddy's. She even apologizes for the gaffe. Mummy Rabbit talks about fitness being important (and it really is); so we have an obstacle course, which looks straight out of Red Zone Cuba in terms of low rent.

So, it's GO time as we start with the inconvenient wall of doom which is a brick wall. Of course they climb over the wall and struggle getting Mummy Pig over. Needs more physical fitness. Then the confusion tube, which Mummy Pig is confused. Then the see-saw of considerable upsets. That is what Mummy Rabbit said. This causes upsets for Mummy Pig as the tricky tyres is actually when she starts making her comeback. She climbs up the rope ladder and then the other Mummies are across the yippy zip line which is over a giant muddy puddle. If you cannot guess the final spot now, you have no business reading this rant. Yup, Mummy Pig's zip line screws her over and she's stuck in the middle; forcing her to climb down and land in the muddy puddle. If you listen closely, you can hear Daddy Pig laughing all the way to the bank on that one. Peppa asks if she's right and Mummy Pig gets up and calls the puddle nice. She's fine. Peppa, Daddy Pig and George take zip lines and intentionally jump right into the muddy puddle and it's time for the MUDDY EARTHQUAKE RITUAL~! Everyone jumps into the muddy puddle and it's shake up time to end the episode at 4:30. Just the usual. ** 1/2 (50%).

Mr. Bull The Teacher: Uh-oh! This could be trouble as this is episode #307 on the animation paper, as the episode opens at the school house on the hill as all the kids rush into the school from their cars, while Mr. Bull is mowing the lawn with a non-motorized mower. All the kids sit down in front of Gigi. Absent: Zoe Zebra, Wendy Wolf, The Panda Twin and Molly Mole. Gigi is about to teach something on the chalkboard when there is a squeaking sound. At first, I thought she farted; but Gigi realizes that the floor boards are causing the noise and maybe they should be fixed. Then her cell phone rings and she answers it; it's probably Doctor Elephant calling, or Miss Rabbit because Gigi realizes that she has a dentist appointment. In the middle of her class no less. So, Gigi has to leave for it as the kids wonder who will be teaching them. The door opens and in comes Mr. Bull; and guess who becomes their teacher for the next little while. Come on, guess; it's too shocking! Surprise! It's OKAY, BOOMER~! POW! OUCH! Ummm...Again, why did you all punch me in the face? Mr. Bull is the boomer of this show. All the kids do the pose as if all of them need to go to the restroom; but Mr. Bull accepts the terms. Can you sense the trainwreck coming, or do I have to spell it you for you? Gigi leaves and Mr. Bull decides to break the ice by teaching them numbers, and for once in this series, Danny Dog looks like himself. I guess Mr. Bull loves to reinforce the point if you catch my drift. So, the kids are smart, Edmond writes the number 42, because Edmond is a something something that this show no longer allows. Then we do letters and that makes Mr. Bull look like he's just wasting time to get Gigi back. Hey, at least he is using positive reinforcement of old things instead of fat shaming Daddy Pig again. Next up, nursey rhymes with Mary had a little lamb. Maybe in this world; but in the TaleSpin, Mary Lamb is a feminist. Next up, days of the week as even Peppa likes Friday over Monday. Years ago, this would be money, but I find Mondays to be better as a video gamer. Next up; fruit and vegetables. Sadly, Rebecca doesn't blush when she says carrot. I realize the show jumped the shark with the Golden Boots, but it might be time to end the series now. Mr. Bull finally concedes defeat and steps backwards causing squeaking noises and shaking. The kids giggle on that one again as Suzy claims that Gigi wants the floorboards fixed. Uh-oh! This is trouble.

Mr. Bull rolls up the carpet and in an amazing, shocking moment: He basically nails nails into the floorboards and doesn't dig up the floor! WOW! He didn't submit to his destructive tendences! AWESOME! Then his cellphone rings and he answers it. It's Gigi in the dentist chair in the dentist room with Doctor Elephant. I believe this is the first time I have mentioned him in any way since losing to FOURTEEN BABYFACES in puddle jumping. Mr. Bull basically tells the truth and Gigi is like: okay. She hangs up. She is going to regret that moment because the floorboards are still squeaking. Mr. Bull finds one floor board squeaking, then steps back and that floorboard is squeaking. So, when in doubt Mr. Bull does what he normally does: He'll dig up the floor! Ironically, the one floorboard that is squeaking legit is the one Mr. Bull is standing on and not the ones he pulled. The kids are completely amused by this. So, we head outside to the road in front of the dentist's office as Gigi gets into her car with Doctor Elephant looking on, I don't know why. Gigi rings up Mr. Bull on her cellphone during this and Mr. Bull tells her that everything is under control and hangs up. Back to Mr. Bull with the kids wearing hard hats and Mr. Bull is in his digger pulling up the floor boards. Jump cut to Gigi and her car making it to the school house on the hill. Gigi opens the door and I cannot stop laughing because not only did Mr. Bull dig up the floor, he literally dug up the foundation in the process! Geez, is there any wonder why I don't want Mr. Bull fixing my leaky roof?! Gigi is not amused by this as she wants everything back the way it was and Mr. Bull looks at the camera, doesn't blush (the blush would have made this better by the way) and agrees to it as he laughs, the kids do the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30. It's getting clear now that many of the gimmicks have been too problematic for this show and this felt like a decent episode without any real Peppa Pig touch. *** (60%).

Looking For Things: Next up is episode #308 on the animation paper as the episode opens at the house on the hill as we head to the kitchen table where Mummy Pig is making an apple pie and putting it into the oven. The rest of the family look on as they watch the apple pie bake for a while and this makes Mummy Pig think that they are a bunch of creeps. Mummy Pig tells that that it will take some time to cook, so she basically tells them to get lost until the apple pie is done. The kids and Daddy Pig go into the living room. Daddy Pig sits down on his love seat reading the newspaper. He wants to do the crossword puzzle, but has nothing to write with, so Peppa and George to find something for him to write with. The kids go upstairs to look for someting and of course, the first thing George finds is Mr. Dinesaur, because of course! Peppa Pig hilariously blows it off and George giggles as they find eighty million objects and none of them are used for writing. Heck, a crayon would suffice; even if it means Daddy Pig has to stoop to Donald Trump level idoicy. Oh, look; they found a red crayon, go downstairs and give it to Daddy Pig. Wow, I am on fire today! So, it's time to play a looking game, which is basically 50% of the series right there. There is a square shaped something in the living room. George of course brings out a round clock, because he's the dumb one today and Danny Dog is not around. Peppa finds the square painting filled with squares to guess that one correct. Next object: something that squeaks and the hint is that it's in the bathroom. Three guesses what it is and the first two don't count. I do love George picking a towel and Peppa claiming that they are quiet. People who have whipped other people with them wouldn't say that they were quiet, Peppa. They found the rubber duckie of course as George finds it first; so it's tied at one. It appears that Daddy Pig's entire game is designed so he could finish the crossword puzzle without the kids bugging him. Now we find something blue with no hints this time around as the kids run upstairs and sadly, the spotty ball is now red. I don't know why they bothered; since the spotty ball isn't blue to begin with. So, they look around the rooms and there is no speck of blue anywhere. Even though George's shirt IS blue. Damn; I'm so good as they go down stairs and Daddy Pig tells them to look in the mirror and George looks in the mirror and wins the looking game 2-1. Of course, he was wearing it, so BIAS~! So, they all go into the kitchen because Mummy Pig has summoned it. She has her guessing game and Peppa is really screwing it up; but it's that the apple pie is done. Three minutes in real time. Of course! They have slices of apple pie as Daddy Pig sums up the all pointless episode and they all giggle to end the episode at 4:30. Just a boring and heatless episode as I kept predicting what would happen minutes before it happened. ** (40%).

Poems: So, next up is episode #309 on the animation paper as the episode opens at the school house on the hill as all the kids run in and sit down. Gerald Giraffe sighting! Gigi Gazelle then decides to cut a poem promo on the kids and the kids are more confused than Pedro F'N Pony is on a regular basis. Gigi's joker smile gave that one away. Gigi calls it a poem about wooly socks and Danny Dog is confused as he asks what is wooly socks. Gigi hears it as asking what is a poem and her explaination is that a poem is using words to put a picture in your mind. That's the creepiest defintion of the word I have ever heard. Molly Mole is also confused as Gigi is waxing gardens, hot days, broken hearts and according to Danny Dog....wooly socks. Man, has Danny Dog's brain fried in the last couple of series or what?! Example: And Dog with...ummm...Dog. So, did Danny and Pedro switch brains in the last couple of months as well. Mind you, Danny Dog in this season did a good job in the fruit and veggie quiz, while Pedro was dumb and now Pedro is smart enough to keep his mouth shut and let Danny Dog be the stupid one?! Molly Mole cannot think of anything, at least she's honest about her confusion as Gigi suggests thinking of sounds. Besides, poems don't have to rhyme, and Gigi heavily implied it as such. So, we get to hear a lot of wind, I'm guessing Darkwing Duck is cutting another full of himself promo. That made sense to me. So, we make wind sounds for a while and then the bell rings for play time. Oh, hello Mandy Mouse, I didn't see you there as everyone goes outside. Absent: Wendy Wolf, Zoe Zebra and the little kids. Gigi wants them to experience life and make it into a poem, or something along those lines. So, we have Suzy and Peppa together at the swing set as Suzy and Peppa notice a brown bird tweeting...and I mean making noises and not posting them on Twitter. The brown bird lands on Peppa's nose, so Peppa's poem promo was nice to it's ear. Not so much on mine. It's hard to take this seriously when I'm A Wiggly Worm was the best poem Peppa ever delivered in her lifetime. Suzy and Peppa get on the swing set and swing so hard that it's time for a....MUSIC BREAK~! So, we get more poems as Suzy does her version of the Touch! Nintendo DS promo back in 2004. The music was awesome, but Nintendo's marketing team often forgot to remove the line "You look stupid" from the song. Not a good look. At least Luigi getting his ass kicked by three Luigi look-alikes from around the world in the Mario Kart DS was funny and I can laugh at it.

And they giggle; so the rain says "F*ck You All!" and it's raining, it's pouring, Daddy Pig is snoring, he made some concreate, got stuck in the head and couldn't get up in the morning! I wish Peppa would have done that, just because. Sadly, we cut to Gigi saying that she needs to bring out the big umbrella of doom. Kids don't care, they default to jumping up and down in regular puddles. And there is some big splashes. How sad it is that Alloy from Horizon: Zero Dawn cannot do this and it on a machine that is supposed to be the most powerful console in existence...until the next generation of consoles. Even Switch had Link make a splash and that one was more realistic than Peppa Pig's! And Switch is supposed to be underpowered to the gills. Gigi runs in with the BIG UMBRELLA OF DOOM and opens it and it actually lives up to it's name! How about that?! So, the kids make sounds in conjuction with how hard it is raining at this point. So, it's back inside the school as Mandy has to really wheel her chair stage left hard in order to avoid the rain, while Pedro stands there for three seconds too long before joining them. The kids all sit down as Molly Mole suggests making a poem about rain and Gigi likes the idea. I suspect major trolling to happen during this segment; but it doesn't happen as they give really good answers here. The punchline is that it makes Peppa want to jump up and down in muddy puddles. And sadly, that doesn't happen. So, we cut to outside as the rain has stopped and the cars arrives with all the parents getting out and walking into the school as the bell rings. So, the kids are on stage as the parents look forward to hearing the poem about rain. Of course! Let's do a boring poem recital because killing obvious and entertaining punchlines is the responsible thing to do. The poem was all right, Mandy Mouse lifts the front wheels and slams them down in order to simulate jumping up and down and the parents all cheer. Laughing and clapping ensues to end the episode at 4:30. Danny Dog's creditability is dying before my eyes; but the episode was otherwise fine. ** 1/2 (50%).

Please & Thank You: Finally, here is episode #310 on the animation paper as the episode opens at the house on the hill as we head into the kitchen with the entire Pig family at the table eating breakfast and reading the newspaper, in the case of Granny Pig. Then something amazing happened: Peppa asks for orange juice and even says please and thank you; which leads to Granny Pig reading the article saying that children these days are rude. After all these episodes and seasons, Peppa is being "nice" here; after all the times Peppa has been a rude, evil troll. This episode was designed to give critics a stiff middle finger to them because they accused this show of booking the main character as rude. The irony of it all is that considering how evil many adults are nowadays and many of them are in the Republican party alone, methinks rudeness is the least of the worries. It's like with COVID-19; the things we consider anti-social now seem like the responsible thing to do and the stuff considered social is responsible for killing us all. Like going to church for example. Nuance is not the enemy of the good, nor the people. So, even George can say please and thank you, as Granny claims that children have no manners and do not say those words, which Grandpa Pig claims that they always say please and thank you. To be fair, there are a few episodes where this happens, but most of the time, Peppa acts like a troll. Sometimes it's understandable, other times, no. Granny is relieved that Peppa and George are good children (SNORT~!) and Grandpa Pig claims that these words are magic. Even Peppa thinks this is BS; and to be fair to Peppa, it actually is. George talks more than any other episode I can think of in roughly thirty seconds and using only three words at best. He's overdoing it. So, we head outside to the back door as the car magically appears out of nowhere. Geez; those words really are magic in this world. Daddy Pig, George and Peppa get into the car and Peppa says thank you when she really didn't have to since no one asked for something. But hey, those words are considered magic in this world, so let's overdo it. So, all the cars head to the school house on the hill as Mr. Bull is cutting the grass with a hand mower and Daddy Pig likes it; so even Mr. Bull says thank you. Yeah; they are trying to gaslight the critics. Yawn.

So, the kids all sit down in school with Gigi Gazelle. Gigi brings out a fabric tree called the Tree of Niceness; which confuses Suzy. Gigi explains that if you are being nice, your picture goes up on the tree. I betcha Peppa and George knew this in advance and decides to practice beforehand. And likely everyone else did the same thing. Bunch of trolls?! Gigi puts her picture on the tree as Suzy asks: "How do you become nice?" Wow; that is like a confession of being a mean-spirited troll right there, Suzy. Someone needs therapy, STAT! So, Gigi claims that there is a lot of way to be nice; well, as much as there are ways to be nasty. Peppa brings out the magic words of doom and explains them to the kids as Gigi wants to play a game with these words. And one of them is Suzy Sheep and the another one is....MUSIC BREAK~! ...Danny Dog. Gigi gives Suzy an apple and Danny has to ask for the apple, and Danny doesn't say please. Yup, Danny Dog is getting buried in this show now. Suzy gives him the apple anyway and is perfectly fine with it; and they render the magic words completely pointless. Maybe we should work on actual empathy for others; then you wouldn't need such words in the first place. Of course, this is all wrong and corrective measures must take place since we don't want critics to think that this show teaches children how to be rude. Never mind that this would have been more effective in Series 1, instead of waiting 16 years and 300 episodes to give the critics the middle finger. Danny of course thinks magic words does not equal please; so he's a simpleton. When even Pedro understands the magic word, Danny is getting buried. Danny finally gets it right, but since Gigi gave Suzy a second apple and Danny already has one and Suzy says no. And in a way she has a point, since Danny already has an apple. Suzy is actually acting like a normal human being would in this situation. Gigi was so concerned in not looking like a hypocrite that she sabotaged her own game. I laughed my ass off for the whole thing, this was good. So, after some prodding from Gigi, Suzy gives Danny the apple and after more prodding, Danny says thank you and he goes back to sit down and has two apples, getting the last laugh on everyone, and I do mean everyone.

Suzy sits down with the kids again, and Gigi Gazelle brings out her guitar and plays it as we invoke the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM complete with karoke as the kids stand up and sing and maybe dance. Pedro F'N Pony completely no sells this song. I see where Grandpa Pig got his idea at the end of Jukebox and I'm ranting these episodes out of order...AGAIN! So, the song is done as the door bell rings. Gigi answers it and it's Mr. Bull informing her that the grass is cut. Gigi calls it good and slams the door; and the kids literally call her out on it! Ah; so that's the person who wrote the article Granny Pig read at the beginning of the episode. What a hypocrite Gigi is?! Peppa tells her to say thank you. Gigi opens the door again, says thank you to Mr. Bull, Mr. Bull gets three words in and then Gigi slams the door on him, and the kids all smile and forgive her for it. Like I said, rudeness might be the least of their worries. For goodness sakes, let Mr. Bull turn around and leave before slamming the door. That was very rude. Gigi thanks the kids and everyone does the backsplash laugh as Mandy somehow does this without tipping her wheelchair to end the episode at 4:30. Much better than it had any right to be. *** 1/2 (70%).

THE REVIEW LINE

Well, this was one of the weaker sets of episodes for series 6 as Looking For Things was really boring and heatless and Mr. Bull The Teacher could have been much funnier back in Series 3 or 4 than being merely a decent episode. The rest were the usual episodes; although Space Adventure! was chugging really close to a great episode which is a vast improvement from The Golden Boots. The angle of cosplaying Grannies is really starting to get to me though, lucky for me Grampy Rabbit was in that episode too. Only six more episodes to go and Series 6 will be completed. I will say that the MUSIC BREAK~ gimmick was funny and it made the episodes ever more watchable than if the gimmick didn't exist so, there's that. So...

Thumbs down for Looking For Things, thumbs in the middle for the rest and I'll see you all next time.

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