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Peppa Pig Tales #10 Rant

Reviewed: 08/20/2023

Old School Peppa Pig Is Back! Sort of Part Ten!

Well, since Peppa Pig the series has been slowing down and there's only four episodes left in the pot, I was going to resume TaleSpin work this year. An easy series that gives me great joy in terms of mockery and enjoyment. There is still lots let to do before I can finally wrap that show up. Sadly, TaleSpin has been delayed until at least 2023, because my second love and enjoyment decided to really run interference on me. How so you ask? Welcome to the Rant Shack: Peppa Pig Tales! And after the very first episode, I cannot resist and I'm going to rant on these "shorts" because Baby Alexander is back and creating a lot more questions than answers. (March 2023 Gregory Weagle Says: Hold it! I have just gotten word that there is no problems with Uncle and Auntie Pig and the family is getting along just fine. You'll see the evidence in Baby Bumps. Only one missing is Cousin Chole now.) Peppa Pig Tales is a series of short 3-3 1/2 minute episodes (Literally up to 75% of an average "Peppasode".) of Peppa Pig doing stuff without the original voices or creators with most of the "filler" cut out. That's basically it. It is awkward listening to this when you are so used to seeing the show, however; it is basically the same in term of premise. So, I'll be doing eight episodes per block like I always do until this series gets sick and tired of this and goes back to the actual Peppa Pig series which has reached eight series up to this point. How do these episodes fare? Let's rant on shall we..?!

Editor's Note: I will no longer be revealing which episodes were done by who, since my video source keeps cutting off the EDs and it's basically the same five to six writers anyway.

Cameras: Short opens with Peppa and George unpacking boxes of globes and clothes while Grandpa Pig is sitting in the loveseat doing nothing while Daddy Pig fiddles around with a camera. Peppa grabs the camera from the sofa and asks what it is as Daddy Pig explains the camera. It's funny how they are talking about an old camera when they have already done a video camera from Series 1 I do believe. Daddy Pig takes a picture and Peppa already knows the word cheese. I guess "fuzzy pickles" is trademarked by Nintendo now. Daddy Pig's photography is horrible by the way, Peppa is way too close in the shot, you can only see her nose. Peppa wants to do some photography and takes the camera as Daddy Pig hold George for the cheese picture. Peppa Pig's photography is actually decent for a first timer actually, outside of photographing George's hand and basically running out of photo paper. It was mostly George's fault because I betcha the photo paper needed for that camera is phased out in Peppa Pig's world. Daddy Pig is not dumb. Anyhow, Peppa's frowning that her photography has ended in less than one minute. Daddy Pig ponders it over and then brings out his cellphone as it has a camera phone and fliters as George has a fake mustache filter for his trouble. So, instead of wasting photo paper, they get to overfill space on his SD card. Peppa takes the phone and everyone goes into the kitchen to basically make Mummy Pig look like a geek while she is wearing a bath robe with bunny slippers, drinking coffee. That's a telltale sign that this is free time and anyone disturbing it is going to get their heads handed to them. Thankfully, Peppa gives her a flowerband on her head and Mummy Pig is shocked that her photo was taken. Next up, Grandpa Pig is snoring on the love seat with the eye piece and top hat fliter, because he's the Monopoly Pig~! Somehow the snap sound wakes him up, talk about a light sleeper. Peppa, George and Daddy Pig go to the park and take pictures of nature, as the brown birds get their souls stolen. Okay, maybe not. Damn, stop pestering those birds, they don't know any better. George uses the crown filter on them, so he knows who the kings of the park are.

Time for Mr. Bull to run in and look like a geek. Oh wait, Peppa uses the clown filter on Mr. Bull. Mr. Bull like an idiot looks at Peppa in taking his picture and Mr. Bull trips and lands in a bunch of flowers, looking like a bigger clown than the filter could ever make him as such. Mr. Bull don't care that he was totally buried by Peppa there, so he's self-aware who the star is and who is the geek. Daddy Pig's creditibilty streak continues with the phone camera as he tries to take a picture near the duck pond; but Mrs. Duck screws the photo over and they all have a giggle. Subtley is not this show's strong suit with these characters I see. We head into the sitting room as Peppa and George glue the photos taken into the scrapbook. Sadly only ONE photo is blurry, but it's a photo that everyone can clearly see, so it's pointless. Daddy Pig's promo is meaningless since the photo is not awful. We all giggle and enjoy the funny photos to end the episode at 2:56. Oh, and the ED was included in this episode. Too little, too late show. A really fun and enjoyable episode as Peppa's a better photographer than Daddy Pig, and so is George for that matter. *** 1/2 (70%).

Concert: Short opens with the Rocking Gazelles on stage, the only three characters with actual first names and not titles. Gigi "I am not a vampire" Gazelle plays gee-tar, Gretel plays bass guitar despite looking like a different colored guitar Gigi is using and of course Greta is playing drums. Greta don't want to work, she wants to bang on the drum all day! I feel like wanting to do the same at this point. Since this is Peppa Pig's first concert, I expect a lot of TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOMs to be playing during the next three minutes, so this might be the shortest review ever. Lots of colored spotlights as Gigi addresses the crowd and despite this being a children's show and a band for children, most of the crowd is adults. Kids: Peppa Pig, George Pig, Gerald Giraffe, Danny Dog, Zoe Zebra and Candy Cat. Those last three kids are on the backs of Captain "Those damn stips" Dog, Postmaster "Overpackaged" Zebra, and Daddy "When do I appear again?!" Cat. The other adults are as follows from top to bottom:

- Officer "Why does this show hate my kids?!" Panda.
- Mummy "I can be scary, honest!" Mouse.
- Mr. "I don't mess with Mummy Pig" Bull.
- Granddad "Suzy was right all along about trees" Dog.
- Mummy "I can make pottery" Zebra.
- Mummy "Where's Wendy?" Wolf.
- Officer "I never met an inanimate object that I didn't like to ticket" Grey Squirrel.
- Mummy "Wink to the camera" Cat.
- Miss "I should be the queen to make everyone take the hint" Rabbit.
- Mrs. "I made a hand washing song" Badger.
- Doctor "I don't do console wars" Pony.
- Uncle "Cousin Chole is fine" Pig.
- Reggie "I am the real star of this show" Rabbit.
- Mummy "I can make toddlers cry 20 times" Elephant.
- Daddy "I'm as tall as I am old" Giraffe.
- Mr. "You park at owner's risk" Rabbit.
- Mr. "Freddy who?" Fox.
- Doctor "I know turtles can climb trees, honest!" Hamster.
- Daddy "I'm a bit of an expert at being dumb." Pig.
- Mummy "I need to tidy up." Pig.

And at least three unknowns, one looks like a rhino, one looks like Mummy Pony, and one looks like a jackrabbit with glasses on. Yeah, I'm really filling up this space, I'm in a good mood today. Crowd is popping, music is playing, Peppa jumps up and down because she cannot see her teacher, so Peppa and George climb onto the backs of their parents, but Gerald, the tallest kid in the show requires Daddy Giraffe to carry him on his back and now the pig's view is blocked. Which is beyond hilarious because the style is so flat that if the pig family turns to their backs, they can clearly see the stage. Just made everyone look like fools. Gerald notices the pig family and Daddy Giraffe just sidesteps them. This would have made more sense if the stage was to the left side instead of in the background. Sometimes, this art style really shows it's limitations. So, more proof that the art style is a problem for this episode as we get Gigi cuing up the crowd and then play music and not sing. Lots of stiff dancing as Peppa and Daddy Pig "unintentionally" get stuck in the crowd with Mummy Pig and George waving from the outside, and then they do the "I can't hear you" spot which is annoying because the shouting is louder than the music. I realize the actors have to be heard, but if that happens, book a different spot then! So, the family gives up and more stiff dancing ensues. A beach ball bounces out of nowhere and they play volleyball for a while. Somehow, the ball can teleport to any side it wants and it ends with the beach ball popping unintentionally by Mr. Bull's horn. I would call him a party pooper, but that beachball had it coming for that teleporting nonsense. Thank you Mr. Bull for your commitment to science and fair play. (Mr. Bull: Thanks, I think) Also, I love it when a beach ball sounds like it is literally farting. Peppa is the one to apologize and all is forgiven because the popped beach ball is actually a segueway to the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM featuring a literal bubble blowing machine as bubbles are popping and Gigi Gazelle is singing. More stiff dancing as the pig family finds each over, HUZZAH~! Also, because Peppa is the star and everyone else is a geek, the Pig family is invited on stage and the Pig Family outdances everyone on stage. HAHA! More popping bubbles as the song ends and the narrator says it all to end the episode at 3:11. Outside of that stupid "I cannot hear you" moment, this episode was awesome! **** 1/2 (90%).

Airshow: Short opens with Miss Rabbit firing up the hot air balloon as the Pig family watches on. Miss Rabbit joins with Mr. Wolf and I think an unknown adult male dog because it's not Captain Dog. Captain Dog is a water elemental lover I see. Mr. Fox has a hot air balloon in the literal shape of a cloud which Kit Cloudkicker would love to kick/surf. Daddy Cat is in a hot air balloon in the shape of broccoli. Mr. Zebra has a clown air ballon. Damn, I wanted Pedro F'N Pony to be in that hot air balloon. Granddad Dog makes George's day by riding in a hot air balloon shaped like a dinosaur. In comes Doctor Hamster in her aeroplane with a helmet and goggles, but no scarf. Daddy Pig calls it a bi-plane, which will trigger certain bigots, I'll bet. Cameos: Mr. Bull, Mummy Mouse, Mandy Mouse, Rebecca Rabbit, Reggie Rabbit, Mummy Sheep and Suzy "Please let me say that line" Sheep. She literally does skywriting (Vowel Play) and draws Peppa Pig's kisser because she has to remind eveyone that Peppa is the star and everyone else is a geek. Peppa thanks Doctor Hamster for the drawing, they make small talk as Doctor Hamster flies away and the Pig family heads west to a giant blimp run by...Mummy Rabbit?! I say this because Miss Rabbit is already in her hot air balloon. Either it's Mummy Rabbit or it's a logic break. Mummy Rabbit explains the blimp as well as she can and everyone enters the blimp. Mummy Rabbit changes her helmet and goggles, to a captain's hat so yes, it really is Miss Rabbit and apparently she can teleport. You couldn't just have Mummy Rabbit wear the captain's hat from the start so we know it's two different rabbits?! Miss Rabbit sounds more like Mummy Rabbit in Peppa Pig Tales anyway, so why not?! Miss Rabbit is in the cockpit and flies the blimp into the sky and does her captain's announcement, so the Kathy Throgmorton airplane announcement joke is basically a nod to how the British do PSA's. The family sees a bunch of birds flying as Miss Rabbit explains all. She shows clouds and Doctor Hamster flying around for a while and then Peppa decides to go into the cockpit to tease being a dangerous troll because she sees buttons. George teases pushing a giant red button with Daddy Pig, but Miss Rabbit tell them not to touch. The timing was off as Daddy Pig blushes, whatever. Miss Rabbit shows off the steering stick and the family just does some funny walking and wheeing for awhile. Miss Rabbit shows off the microphone for the PA system as Peppa wants to do a pronouncement. Which is a real word, which means she wants to boss everyone around. Of course! The blimp is over the parking lot as Peppa is allowed to make a pronouncement as Mr. Lion makes an appearance. Peppa cuts a promo, it was not a bossy promo like I expected, which is disappointing given the setup. Miss Rabbit then teases forgetting one thing and I'm thinking that they are out of petro; but nope! Miss Rabbit gives Peppa a pilot's hat to wear and Peppa wears it. George gets one as well to wear. Peppa and George declare themselves pilots and everyone except Miss Rabbit does the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 2:56. Fine episode with a really dumb logic break. ** 1/2 (50%).

Shoe Shop: Short opens in the shoe store with Daddy Pig wearing boots that are supposed to make you look like a tough guy and Daddy Pig looks like none of that. The rest of the family is not exactly amused by this, although Peppa and George giggle at Daddy's expense. See, they are here to buy new shoes for George because his left shoe is pulled up in half. Daddy Pig takes off the gang boots and puts them on a shoebox, just to disrespect them even more as the narrator explains the situation despite Peppa pretty much explaining why they are here. That annoyed me. It's a three minute video on Youtube with rewind features, this is dumb. In comes Miss Rabbit as George is jumping up and down with glee as we exchange notes on the situation. George takes off his shoes and we measure the foot with the ruler of doom which almost causes George to lose his balance and Peppa has to assist him. His foot is three inches in length and less than 1/2 inch wide and high. Because his foot is a straight line, you see. All the footwear in the background would be too big for George's feet. Peppa then calls George a baby and George rightfully blows her infantization off. He's a toddler, you see. Miss Rabbit and company go over about six inches to the background shelves of shoes, so this is going to be a trainwreck. Apparently, Daddy Pig has a fetish for tough guy boots because he's admiring them before leaving. So, there's the bowling shoes and they fit fine; but George don't care and flicks them off his feet. Mummy Pig is questionning all the shoes he tries. Next shoe: Tapdancing shoes. George tries them on with assistance from Daddy Pig. They fit fine; but make a lot of noise so Miss Rabbit has to shout even though we can hear her fine anyway. Peppa Pig tapdances, but we cannot hear Daddy Pig, so HUZZAH~! Mummy Pig calls them too noisy, but George flicks them off and don't care at all. Next shoes: clown shoes and Pedro F'N Pony is smiling somewhere like the clueless putz that he is. George tries on the shoes, but they are awkward to wear, because they are taller than he is as Peppa calls him too small. This leads to George running to a blue chair to sit on as everyone brings in boxes of shoes and lots of shoes. The tall red boot literally squish down when George wears them. Sandals are next and they look like they fit perfectly. George don't care and throws them back like a clueless toddler throwing a baseball back after catching it after a homerun.

George even does mismatched shoes, but no go. George flicks them away and runs and finds...wait for it...dinosaur shoes. Of course! I betcha he destroyed his old shoe so that he could get those green dinosaur shoes that match his plastic dinosaur. This should be the finish and George wears them in future episodes, but those black plain shoes from the start must be worn because the drawers are expensive, you see. So, yes; George finds the black plain shoes because the dinosaur shoes are flippers, even though they clearly look like shoes anyway. Peppa knows the game of cheap animation well, I see. So, George wears those plain shoes and that's the shoes he will wear as Miss Rabbit pops from the conveniently placed tomb of shoes. George giggles as the narrator says it all and the family all walks out of the store and the episode ends at 3:10 with Daddy Pig waving goodbye looking depressed at the tough guy boots. Okay, that was a funny ending to say the least. Just your average Peppa Pig love in *** (60%).

Very Long Story: Short opens AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) with George forgetting that happy hour is over by jumping up and down in his bunkbed, annoying Peppa and Daddy Pig. HAHA! Peppa yawns, Daddy is snoring and the narrator is explaining the obvious to us. Apparently, the reason for all the books on the floor is that Daddy Pig is reading story after story and George don't care because he's having on of those phases. My mommy knows that phase all too well recently. Daddy Pig blows the dust off a giant book with stars on it, which he calls the very long and very boring story, which puts Peppa nearly to sleep already. Peppa was far more excited pronouncing it properly and she wasn't even trying to do so. Daddy repeats the spot and this cures Peppa's insomina. HAHA! Peppa waking up was not as funny as we begin the story, and Peppa cuts Daddy Pig off within seconds because she wants to be like Super Potato, for no reason. Now the kids are excited and Daddy Pig is screwed. We then hit the dream sequence of Peppa finding a flower wearing a superhero costume, so those superhero lessons were basically the setup for this short. She flies around a hill and gives the flower to Mummy Pig. She also helps Granny Pig by carrying her over a flooded bridge, which hits way too close to home as I am typing this. Daddy Pig and Grandpa Pig kick the soccer ball way too hard and apparently are in the same village from the Italian holiday arc in the mainline series. Peppa saves the ball, I yawn and move on. Then we get the earthquake ritual from a giant George Pig wearing old style clothes, assuring that George will never fall asleep in real life. The giant must be stopped, lest any potted plants get unjustly murdered by this giant naughty little piggie. Peppa flies in to run interference, Giant George doesn't care because real George cuts Daddy Pig off because we need a din-e-saur to accent the chaos even more. Whomever wrote this story should be sued, because this story is not boring, and not long either. Daddy Pig is confused and we return to the dream sequence with George as a Wuzzlefied Dinosaur. HAHA! Not the first time this has happened to him either. George completely ignores Peppa while chasing her, as Peppa is politely asking him to stop. Dino George somehow no sells this deal.

The adults come in with a harp as they play the harp to smooth the giggling beast, but everyone except Grandpa Pig and George fell asleep while Peppa was in midair. HAHA! George just no sells this like Hawk no selling a piledriver. Then things get even weirder as they try to give George a warm bath but that almost drowns the pig family, then a giant shirt, which somehow fit George, I don't know how. Dino George continues to no sell everything as Dino George is literally in bed wiggling it's legs while Super Peppa counts stars in the night sky. Dino George no sells everything as Super Peppa is still awake and everyone else is asleep as we head back to reality (no, not really) as Peppa gives up. Then Peppa looks down and George is snoring away asleep, but Peppa is now wide awake and Daddy Pig is screwed again. HA! So, the story has to be finished as Daddy resumes the story as we zoom out to outside the house on the hill to end the episode at 3:11. A fun episode, but I have seen it before so, *** 1/4 (65%).

Ice Cream Sundaes: Short opens with Mummy and Daddy Pig sitting at the table in the kitchen deciding to order some ice cream from Peppa's new ice cream shoppe. Peppa is dressed up like an ice cream vendor, proud to take said order. By the way, there is a second table set up to create the ice cream "masterpieces" with George and Granny Pig. Apparently, they are prepared to make banana splits today. Peppa makes a chocolate, vanilla (yellow colored) and strawberry ice cream sundae with a smiley face made of chocolate syrup for Daddy Pig, and outside of a slight amount of ice cream hanging on the rim of the bowl, no mess was made. Mummy Pig wants a banana split. Peppa is so happy, but then doesn't know what a banana split is. That made me laugh as Granny Pig demonstrates how to make a banana split and George tries to peel a banana; but pops it like a gun and the banana lands in Daddy Pig's sundae and somehow the mess was minimal at worst. So, George creates the banana split, and is shooting ice cream everywhere in the process as Granny Pig is panicky even though she would have never been hit even if she didn't move. How it didn't hit Mummy Pig is amazing and Granny Pig is ordering George to not squish the bananas even though George never actually did that. Did someone in editing not notice the line was not correct with the scene?! Peppa Pig has to add the whipped cream and the container is so out of control, Peppa is literally spraying whipped cream everywhere. I howled with laughter, and I was laughing with the adults when whip cream got sprayed perfectly into Daddy Pig's bowl of sundae. Hey, I love whipped cream, so why not. It's not like you cannot have that on a sundae. None of the cream landed on the banana split of course, but then Peppa sprays it properly and Granny Pig adds a cherry on top; giving the sundae to Mummy Pig. Daddy Pig finishes his sundae and leaves the table for Granny Pig to have her choice of ice cream which she calls a Knickerbocker Glory, which sounds like something the New York Knickerbockers in the NBA would serve at their games. It's basically what Americans call a parfait. In an interesting twist, it's origin is believed to be American from the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York in the early 1900's and then got transplanted to the UK in the 1920's. Kind of like the apple pie being British before being transplanted in America as a dessert as I mentioned in Independence Day in the previous rant.

Peppa understandably does not know what Granny Pig is talking about, and Peppa asks if sundaes are eaten only on Sundays. I laughed and laughed and laughed some more. Peppa burying American culture is always funny to me. Daddy Pig sadly corrects her, which is sad because I wish it was true, just to blow everyone's mind inside and outside of the show. Daddy Pig goes over to the sundae making table as they bring out the deep sundae containers. The narrator and Daddy Pig explain the ingredients, as I should note that it's almost 1:1 with the traditional Knickerbocker Glory, except they replace the nuts with wafers, due to possible nut allergies, which is a BS&P decision if I ever saw one. Personally, I would have both wafers and peanuts; but I don't have nut allergies, so there you go. Meringue seems to not trip up the BS&P barrier since meringue is made from egg whites. So, the adults have been served and it's time for Peppa and George's order. They want rainbow ice cream, which is basically Peppa and George scooping ice cream into a deep dish until the whole table is a mess and overflowing with ice cream, decorations, toppings and then stirred while they giggle. Of course! After getting ice cream all over the kitchen floor among other areas, Peppa then declares her work to be a Muddy Puddle. HAHA! So, they are out of ice cream as Daddy Pig goes to the icebox and brings out two vanilla ice cream cones. Normally, this should make the kids whine, but Peppa and George accepts the treats anyway and it's their favorites, just to mess with the adults minds. HAHA! The kids make messes of their faces licking the ice cream somehow as Granny Pig brings out a mop as Daddy Pig has to clean up, so the kids won't be tidying up the room like they should be to end the episode at 3:13. Mummy Pig's giggle is a sign that she knows Daddy Pig is dumb as usual. A really fun episode, but the kids should still assist in the cleaning up at least. *** 3/4 (75%).

Sleep Over: Short opens in Peppa's bedroom as George is cosplaying a purple ghost with a purple sleeping bag. Edmond Elephant and Richard Rabbit are legit scared until George exposes himself and then they are happy again. The kids run around in a circle for a while as George drumps his sleeping bag perfectly. Mummy Pig comes in and tells them it's time to go to bed as Peppa decides to make sure that the toddlers go to sleep, as my dirty mind thinks of CM Peppa Punk Pig again. Peppa finds the police cap and puts it on as the toddlers are in fact selling the fact that Peppa is in charge and when she tells them to go to bed, they all go into their sleeping bags. Mummy Pig then turns out the lights, giving us the green/blue lighting of darkness because this is a clue that Peppa is going to do a swevere. Peppa claims that she was just joking because you cannot sleep in a sleep over just yet. Peppa's whisper yelling is so bad, Mummy Pig must have bigger hearing issues than Grandpa and Granny Pig. George is so happy that Peppa bails and returns with a midnight feast. Only in this show is where the feast is peaches and a pineapple cut in half. Oh, and the toddlers cosplay ghosts with their sleeping bags and they no sell being haunted, but Peppa squeals and sells fear. The toddlers have a meeting of the minds, and it wasn't at the crying towel. Peppa gets it and decides to tell a spooky story, because why not?! Peppa sits down and brings out an out of nowhere flashlight to turn on. Her story is about a muddy puddle that wasn't muddy. Edmond Elephant then starts cutting the "I'm going to ruin this story in epic fashion!" science talk that Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory would be proud off. Just remember, Edmond cut this promo AFTER he cosplayed the very thing he says is not real. I howled with laughter, this was an absolute knee-slapper. He is a clever clogs, a disbeliever of ghosts and a party ruiner. Can someone put the GTS on Edmond, please? Thank you. Edmond takes out and you can tell Edmond is trying way too hard to make his story real while somehow make it look fake enough to be ficitional. It involves George and Richard chasing each other with George being big and Richard being small, even though they are the same size. This would have worked perfectly if PEPPA chased Richard, but that apparently is way too original and confusing to the audience. Everyone laughs and Peppa calls it a good story. Remind me to never trust Peppa critiques on anything.

Peppa goes to the box, empties it some more to reveal a cowboy hat. Peppa apparently was going to call a square dance, which I called great trainwreck television. The toddlers cosplay ghosts and have the fruit plate surrounded this time. Edmond is such a hypocritical clogs now. The toddlers have another meeting of the minds as Peppa wants them to stay up and count down from 100 o'clocks. This is enough to put the kids to sleep, for real. Best GTS moment ever! Eat your heart out CM Punk! Peppa claims that George doesn't understand sleepovers. HAHA! Mummy Pig comes in and sees Peppa has done the deed and has earned the fruit on the plate. The toddlers are tucked in their sleeping bags, Peppa eats fruit on the way out as the camera zooms out to the night sky at the little house on the hill with the narrator saying it all to end the episode at 3:07. Edmond Elephant's promo and immunity to irony made this otherwise boring episode fun. *** (60%).

YOGA: Short opens with Peppa and Mummy Pig waving hello to Danny Dog, Emily Elephant, Mummy Elephant and Mummy Dog as Mr. Bull enters. Then somehow an out of nowhere boom box starts playing death metal and Miss Rabbit has to stop the tape. Must be Reggie's tape in the boom box. There is a red barrier line while the left side can only be entered without shoes. That means you too, Mr. Bull! Miss Rabbit greets everyone saying namaste. Namaste is the most common greeting that means, "the light in me honors the light in you" in Sanskrit. It is usually spoken at the end of class. So, while it makes sense on it's own, it's more uncommon to say it in the beginning of class than it is at the end of it. Everyone takes off their shoes that still has shoes on and then walks to pick a mat. I should note that there are two colors for each mat, which tells me that if they do duets, the partners would be as follows: Yellow - Peppa and Mummy Pig; Blue - Emily and Mummy Elephant; Green - Miss Rabbit, Danny Dog and Red - Mummy Dog and Mr. Bull. Shouldn't it be Miss Rabbit having a red mat and Mummy Dog having a green one?! Never mind, let's ignore the fact that Miss Rabbit did a similar class like this to make Mummy Pig find inner peace and all it did was make everyone want to strangle Miss Rabbit. Everyone in class is burying yoga, especially Mummy Pig as she wants some zen and she winks to everyone to indicate that she knows this is BS. We start with breathing techs for a while which involves clasping your hands and breathing. Outside of the whistling noises from Emily and Mummy Elephant, nothing. Maybe it was everyone else screwing up the inner peace and not the exercises. Everyone giggles. Next up is stretching high into the air to the sky and then going down to touch your toes. Everyone does a great job on the first half, but the second half, the adults cannot touch their toes, because their arms are like the arms on that dinosaur Cut Man was on. The kids have zero problems with the second half by the way. The narrator is being way too kind here and the adults are blushing as a result. Except for Mr. Bull, who is in the best shape of them all and his arms can somehow touch his toes. I guess even the writers felt they need to reheat Mr. Bull's creditibility after burying him in Peppa Pig Tales.

Next up, the cobra pose which is basically stand like a four legged animal, but Peppa overdoes it by making snake sounds. Next up is similar, but more forceful downward dog. Danny Dog gets this perfectly, because he's a...you guessed it. Then we do the famous tree pose, which is one of the exercises for Wii Fit. Peppa does the pose, but cannot hold it and she hops sideways, bonks into Mummy Pig and this somehow causes a domino effect and everyone falls down. Peppa apologizes for her bad balancing; but Miss Rabbit knows how to get themselves out of this, she proclaims that zen involves a good giggle and they all do the backsplash laugh as the narrator says it all to end the episode at 3:15. Fun episode, but not as funny as Miss Rabbit's Stretching Class, mostly because no chaos and mayhem happened here. *** 1/2 (70%).

THE REVIEW LINE

Well, not much stood out in these shorts this time around. YOGA was fun; but it's not as funny the second time around when no actual chaos was forthcoming. Ice Cream Sundaes was great, although it would have gotten a thumbs up had the kids help clean up the mess they themselves made. The Concert was the best one, mostly because it gave me a chance to give the adults nicknames. Other than that, most of the episodes were all right to good, but nothing that stands out to me. The Very Long Story in a vaccum was good, but I have seen better in the mainline series for example. At some point, this is going to become way too repetitive for it's own good. So, we are 80 episodes down and there should be at least 24 episodes to go. So...

Thumbs up for Concerts, thumbs in the middle for the rest , and I'll see you all next time.

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