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The Adventures Of Teddy Ruxpin: L.B.'s Wedding
Reviewed: 06/25/2013
Someone Was Watching WWF in Canada...
We are really going downhill here aren't we? We aborted one angle, had one really messed up angle and now we have the big day for LB and Buffy. Also; there is a certain crystal that it's power needs to be unleashed too; and the payoff to the Crystal Book still left on the agenda. Now let's see how messed up the shot continuity becomes. So let's rant on shall we...?!
We begin this one in Teddy's room as we pan west to Teddy at his desk writing in his diary about the Crystal Book still being mysterious and then he actually flips back to the entry when Prince Arin discovered the Crystal Book in an underground catacombs of King Nogburt's right on a pillar. Arin is the prototype for Cristo/Kryil in Dragon Quest IV by the way (the Japanese artwork of course). We even get a flashback of the Crystal Book being discovered and then cut to footage as Prince Arin, Princess Aruzia (the one with the light brown hair and red robe), and Queen Lillibet (the one with blond hair and a purple headband with pearls on it), Teddy and Grubby are at the table with the Crystal book as Teddy monologues that they had problems with getting the thing open since it had a golden lock (the ancient version of DRM); but Teddy discovers that one of the crystals (one of the few times any crystal would do) opens the lock and the book finally opens up. Sadly; it's written literally in funny symbols that no one can understand as we return to see Teddy proclaim that if they can figure out how to read it successfully; the mystery of the crystals would be. I'm not giving descriptions of many of the characters in the show because they come much earlier and I'm going to be ranting on those episodes at some point (although if I do; it will be on a story arc basis. I'm running the idea that after Easter Sadism 2014; I'll be selecting episodes and doing probably up to three episodes from up to three different shows. Maybe more different shows if I like.).
By the way Princess Aruzia is voiced by Abby Hagyard and according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): Hagyard's interest in acting began when she was 19 years old and enrolled in a modeling class with her mother. She modeled for two years and then had a secretarial position in the New York offices of Playboy.[1] In 1972 she returned to Edmonton and studied drama at St. Patrick's College (now Carleton University) for 3 years.[1][2] She began her work in entertainment as a production assistant and actress in the 70's, while also working as sketch comedienne and gofer for live comedy revues.[3] In the early 1980, she toured the eastern seaboard performing in small venues,[2] and then began hosting the CBC television show Scene From Here,[1] while continuing to perform sketch comedy.[4] Referred to by the Ottawa Citizen as "one of our town's best and busiest actresses",[5] Hagyard stepped into the role of the mother on You Can't Do That on Television in 1982. Ruth Buzzi had co-starred in the 1979 primetime version of the show entitled Whatever Turns You On, but left when it was canceled at the end of the '79 season. Production on the show had resumed in 1981.[5] When Hagyard joined Canadian TV Comic Les Lye on the series in '82, she became one of only two adult cast members among the hundreds of children who participated over the series' run,[6] although adult roles were occasionally played also by some of the older children in the cast, particularly hostess Christine McGlade. She remained a regularly featured member until the series came to an end in 1990.[7] Hagyard's other regularly occurring role on YCDTOTV was as a librarian who spoke with a British accent. Between taping sessions Abby provided character voices for the animated cartoon series For Better Or For Worse, The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, Dennis the Menace and The Care Bears. She also co-hosted a popular morning drive radio show,[8] and produced several award-winning stage plays. Hagyard now works as a business consultant. She only has 14 credits to her resume; and all of them are mentioned in one form or another in the Wikipedia paragraphs; with seven of them from television specials from the For Better Or For Worse series. Along with three Care Bear movies. Her final credit was in 2000 when the For Better Or For Worse specials went the same direction as the Land Before Time OAV; in it got a television series. She was Elly Patterson by the way. In the "Adventure Series"; Aruiza is voiced by Katie Leigh who voiced Honker Muddlefoot in Darkwing Duck and Sunni Gummi from Gummi Bears. Abby also voices Elenore Tweeg by the way.
So we head outside as Illana is looking on from the window and watching Newton Gimmick doing "science" experiments on crystal number six while putting a pie on the window sill. Gimmick is still trying to get the crystal to work; but no dice is forthcoming. There is also a gray fish in a fishbowl that has no water in it for some reason. Gimmick uses some rope to tie the crystal up (why didn't Darkwing consider that with arm number six in Aduckyopobia?) and swings it like he's in the hammer throw and then uses it as a stirring stick in the fishbowl which has water in it now. Still an improvement from last episode. He weighs it and measures it with scales and measuring tape. Gimmick then does this speech about not resting and spending days on end trying to solve this mystery. And then Illana calls Gimmick to breakfast and Gimmick decides to come inside anyway. Well; it doesn't matter because the discovery is going to take about 15 minutes of episode time to find out anyway. So we pan over and see Tweeg hiding behind the bushes. Speaking of major continuity problems; Tweeg wearing his regular clothes. That I thought would be the logic break since he was wearing his bathing suit earlier, but he has a white bag and it could have contained his clothes. The real break is that the bushes leaves are brown in the middle of summer. Remember that Father's Day in real life is in the final week of Spring. So all the leaves should be green. Still better shot continuity than last episode...so far. Tweeg proclaims that this is his chance to see what the babyfaces are doing because he thinks they have evil intentions or something. Classic whiny, cowardly, projecting comical heel. This is great. So Tweeg practices the fine art of not being seen to the window as the babyfaces are in the kitchen setting up the island table while Illana comes over to the window sill and grabs the pie (which is Rillonia Rhubarb Pie by the way) and Tweeg does a better job at not being seen than any babyface in the modern era. Rhubarb Pie for breakfast? Huh. Works for me as Gimmick is at the table while Grubby's sweet tooth is acting up again.
Gimmick calls finding the powers of the Sixth Crystal the greatest feat he ever had. Ummm; no Gimmick. Wearing that bathing suit in On The Beach was the biggest feat you ever did. I cannot take anything you say seriously. That bathing suit was...GOOFY! Teddy thinks the Crystal Book is a bigger problem to solve as Illana wants to see the strange book as she calls it. Grubby has a blue towel on as he gives Illana the Crystal Book. Illana looks at it and apparently has seen these symbols before; but is having a hard time remembering what they are. So we head to a literal stone like hotel as we zoom in and we see LB and Buffy in the living room sitting down and not looking amused by the two elder Bounders (one with red curly hair and the other has an eyepiece on his right eye and white hair. If these are LB's parents; then wow, this makes Gimmick look like a jerk in hindsight. Actually; the white haired one is LB's mother; so the curly haired one is Buffy's mother. Same thing. Buffy's mom want's a quiet wedding with only the family and a brass band. LB's mother wants a noisy wedding with everyone invited and thinks the brass band is a bad idea. They both get into an argument over who's house they can have the wedding; and Buffy suggests that they want it to be at the beach near Bounder's Pass. Which is a fitting place in my book; but it's too babyface-ish because the female Bounders both agree with each other that this plan is terrible. And Buffy cries like a baby (0.29 on the Crying 1950's Daisy Ducks scale) as the mothers act all like Radhe from Ogre Battle 64. LB wishes he eloped right about now as we head back to the kitchen as they are washing dishes for the second time in as many episodes. Burl asks how Gimmick is going to solve this mystery and Gimmick gets all "science" on us which the end result he means that he doesn't know what to do; or as Grubby would say: wing it. Illana has a broken plate (wow; they DID remember what Gimmick did in On The Beach? Although Illana finding out about it now is kind of making her look...I don't know...dense.) as she would like to go to the market to get new plate and a tray.
And then she gets the LIGHT BULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and there was no "TOING" sound either. See; that sound was never needed and it still got the message across. She then remembers where the symbols from the book came from as everyone goes into the living room with Grubby having the Crystal Book in his hands. Illana goes to a cupboard which has a lot of plates; and now she is having a hard time remembering where she put the tray. So we head back to the living room with Buffy increasing the cry to 0.5 Crying 1950's Daisy Ducks as the mothers are still arguing over petty stuff. Buffy points out the one little flaw in their reasoning because Bounders don't wear stuffed shirts. And then they both yell at her to shut up. Wow; I didn't expect this show to allow someone to say that. Buffy gets up to 0.55 on the Crying 1950's Daisy Ducks scale now. LB proclaims that this certainly brings a family together in unison. And he said this in a non-ironic way as well. And then we head outside and it's the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM time~! I think this is LB's third song that he has led in (You're Sinking Fast Into The Goo, and the debut with Teddy inside Maple's house. I forget the name of course). It's called a "Beautiful Bounder Wedding" as this is probably the only one we see every Bounder that could be animated by the overseas animators. The singing is so awesome that it completely drowns out the mothers still arguing outside. Come on Buffy! Only she would cry during a FUN singing sequence. So we get a scene changer as we have more Bounders and Buffy is wearing a bride's gown that is supposed to be tattered and full of holes; but it's clearly not. It looks dusty; but that is about it. Still better continuity than last episode. LB is in the standard tuxedo (sans sleeves of course) with top hat. Some of the male Bounders have appeared before; including two or three that debuted in the very first episode when LB and company attacked Teddy and Grubby and got defeated when Gimmick stuck logs in their mouths. Come to think about it; attacking new friends for no reason would be GOOD reason for Gimmick to hate LB throughout this show actually. So we see the mother in laws (according to LB) as they are picking flowers with their mouths (orange Rosadiasias) and then have a meeting of the minds. And it wasn't at the courthouse. They spit the flowers out and argue again as LB gets in front of them before it gets ugly.
So we head to the living room as all the Best Bounders (BB's; which is a cool and witty name for this) bring in a "good luck" cake for the big party before the wedding starts. And the mothers ruin it by popping out of the cake like a bunch of old strippers much to the dismay of LB. Pffftt whatever. And we go for the final flourish with as many male and female Bounders they could fit and we end the song. Great; fun song with actual shot continuity for a change. Thank you animators; that's all I ask of you. So we scene change back to the living room of Teddy's house as there are dishes and glasses all over the floor and a portion of them look broken which implies that Illana might have some small motor skill issues. Anyhow; she found what she was looking for which is a white framed glass picture frame which has the same lettering as the Crystal Book. Gimmick calls this an important as Teddy opens the Crystal Book and places the tray over the page and the symbols change into English words. Yeap; I would say it's more than a clue as Illana is interested in what the book sezs. Teddy sits down at the table and turns back one page and puts the tray over and allow me to reveal the translation in full (paraphrased for this episode since I'm guessing that the translation I got was for episode 65 and as usual they will blow the continuity for the clip episode)....
Now Witnesseth the sacred record of Wyma the Illiper, scribe to the court of King Filbin, defender of the Illiper Realm. Hear me, while I tell of a Golden Age when all Grundo prospered, a time of great discovery and understanding. Illipers lived in peace with their great neighbors in the Hard-to-find City. Safe inside the Hard-to-find City were it's peaceful inhabitants. Well protected were they from the menace from the north, safe in the arms of the mighty Wall of Ying. Then, in the history of our people came the greatest achievement of our time; the six crystals of Grundo, and those who gaze upon them should know this: only the pure of spirit may find the treasure of knowledge therein.
Yes; this is the discovery that the Hard To Find City was not run by the Gutangs at first. This is a really awesome angle that was a victim of the budget running out and the series nearing the end of it's course. Again; this is what happens when you do a serial series using the culture of an episodic nature (try and top that Newton Gimmick!). On that note; I noticed Damon saying that the reason episodes are episodic in most successful cartoons is that the serial episodes do poorly in reruns. First to Damon; since you like saying "Ninja please"; here's my "Ninja please" phrase: Citation required. Otherwise you are just making stuff up. Second; no show, episodic or otherwise does better than the original airing in reruns. If there is evidence that I'm wrong about that, please e-mail with citations showing evidence that this is the case. It's just the way television works. Reruns always do poorer than the first airing. Now that begs the question: Does episodic episodes do better in reruns than serial? I don't think it makes a difference. Otherwise; Pokemon would have been canceled ages ago (instead of running forever on Cartoon Network although to be fair; Pokemon is still pretty warm at this point). And it's clear that this is a North American thing (since much of Japan's animation is serial, not all of it of course, but still). Plus even episodic episodes can bomb badly in reruns and the original airing (See Quack Pack) unless there is basic continuity. I also find Damon's view funny since he criticized people for calling him stupid when they accused him of not getting it; and yet Damon also basically subscribes to the demographics nature of how these companies run who have for decades treated the audience like a bunch of morons. See Ruby Spears. See Hanna Barbera in the 1970's and early 1980's. Don't get me wrong; I do love episodic shows (TaleSpin is episodic in nature), however; that doesn't mean that you are excused to not to adhere to basic continuity and having things make sense. Unless it is part of the gimmick. I mean; even in Spongebob Squarepants, some stuff doesn't make sense, but it has basic continuity since part of the gimmick of the show is that it isn't supposed to make sense. Okay; I have gone off the rails here, so back on topic.
I do recall when they did "The Black Box" episode that it appeared in Burl's (who is wearing the bandaged shoes again) memory that there was a shot of the Hard To Find City and even some footage inside. That tells me that Burl has been there before. Maybe he met Illana there the first time; although they would probably be cubs or early teens at that point. Gimmick does have a grandfather who related to this history. Interesting. Again; this is a wonderful angle with a lot of options to consider, but it came too late to go anywhere. Grubby cannot believe that because the Gutangs live there and Teddy thinks that they were more friendly back then. Oh how wrong Teddy is on that one. Grubby shows off the power of suggestion as he misses the glass of conveniently placed orange juice (that wasn't there) but it still topples over and spills juice onto crystal number six. The crystal glows and it flies into the air as we finally discover that orange juice allows the crystal to have the same effect as the Fly spell from Pokemon. The crystal flies out of the window as Tweeg calls it nothing but rubbish. If he's talking about On The Beaches, yeah. Tweeg then notices the crystal flying around and grabs it and he flies into the air and then realizes that he's screwed so he let's go of the crystal. Tweeg gets WARNERED....or would have if the crystal didn't land in his chest on the way down as we play "hang onto the horse" spot for a while as after Teddy finishes reading the end of the first paragraph; they finally hear Tweeg screaming as the babyfaces wonder how Tweeg got to Rillonia and Gimmick notices the sixth crystal has gone missing. Gimmick tastes the orange juice on the table with his finger and that ends the segment 10 and a half minutes in. I got to admit that the 6th crystal power is awesome; but the problem is, this should have been discovered before the hate plague occurred. Can you imagine Teddy flying around like a bird? That would be awesome. I can certainly imagine Kit getting his dirty, smelly, evil paws on that crystal too. Again; too little, too late now to go anywhere.
After the commercial break; we head to an outside shot of Teddy's house from the sky as Tweeg is still flying around with the crystal in his hands. Tweeg almost manages to blindside the babyfaces as Gimmick has binoculars hidden somewhere on his person as he deduces that Tweeg has the crystal and the acid in the orange caused an anti-gravity pull. Grubby; as usual has no idea what he is saying, but Teddy pretty much explains that it can make someone fly. They realize that they got to stop him and Teddy Ruxpin of course is more concerned about Tweeg's well being than getting the crystal back. That was good. So we head into the air in Gimmick's airship as Grubby and Teddy are "Illioping and Octopeding" the nets. Yeah; it sounded better in my head at the time. Tweeg is pleading for mercy and promises that he'll give to charity and pay LB his backpay. Tweeg is going to regret that last one; I'm certain of that. Anyhow; Teddy and Grubby try to catch him with the nets as the color stylists is having problems trying to keep the colors of the airship balloon straight. No dice as Tweeg flies away in the distance. He's got a crystal that gives him super speedy flying problem. THEY'LL NEVER CATCH HIM~! Teddy proclaims that Tweeg has to come down at some time as Gimmick ponders about what happens if the orange juice evaporates. Geez; what do you think is going to happen? So we head to Bounder Pass in front of the beach as the guests all arrive with presents with LB finding about three dozens ways to greet all the babyfaces and makes it sound like a backhanded compliment.
What a guest list this is: Louie is filming the thing live (So this is a public wedding? No wonder the adult Bounders were against it! It's the most incriminating evidence ever.); we see Leota The Wood Sprite (the one in the Princess Peach dress with wings and is about half a foot tall and the strength of an ant), The Wooly Whats-It (the purple Yeti like beast with a heart of gold and very dense), King Nogbert and Queen Lillabet (which I believe LB cracked a thinly veiled fat joke on her ala Rhinokey on Hoppo), Old Beanly (King Nogbert's postman. Wonder how many times his boss had to read the invitation to him to make sure he didn't forget?), some of the Fobs (although I don't see Fuzz; unless he changed back to purple color again), Elinore (!!! That makes two MAVO members who turned on Quellor and are still alive.), the surf Grunges (only the three ones that anyone gives a darn about), Eunice (the doctor who seems to have a crush on Gimmick and the same stuttering problem) and the Bounders including Cousin Larry with a ball and chain around his ankle and stripes. Welcome back from jail indeed! They exchange notes as we discover that Larry isn't so upset about being in the Grundo jail. I'm guessing it's actually the dungeon from King Nogbert's castle; but whatever. Larry asks who the bribe is and in comes the Jungle Grunge Chef with the wedding cake under the cover as it is unveiled. The crowd sells it like someone did a flip in a wrestling match. And just to get them out of the way....
Leota is voiced by Holly Laroque and she has only three credits: This show, Holly from Under The Umbrella Tree in 1989 (WONZA!!) and Homes By Design in 1999. According to Wikipedia: She has appeared as a guest star on programs such as Fred Penner's Place, and on specials such as Christmas Holly, and Holly Larocque: It's About Time on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She was also a nominee at the Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on Under the Umbrella Tree. Holly can now be seen starring in The Big Band Broadcast starring Holly Larocque and the Mark Ferguson Orchestra, which recently completed its first tour and will continue touring through 2006. Wooly is voiced by Pier Kohl (Paquette) who started with Une Vie was Benoit Brossard in 1982; then did a number of bit roles and cartoons as The Smoggies, Pig City as Uncle Porter, Sesame Park as Louis and a number of games including Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Aveux is his most recent credit in 2009. He has 32 titles to his resume. In the adventure series; Leota is voiced by Russi Taylor (Minnie Mouse and the nephews in Ducktales; along with John Dee Rockafeather from My Fair Baloo) and Wooly is voiced by the late Tony Pope (Save The Tiger from TaleSpin) And speaking of wrestling matches; we see the shot continuity having problems as Jody has entered despite not seeing her with the Surf Grunge. Still...you guessed it. Louie comes in with the camera and wants to film it for his own personal amusement. Or something. Anyway; he makes the fatal error of asking the Chef (it's the same Jungle Grunge who does the Grunge Stew in the first story arc and partially responsible for turning Prince Arin into the Iron Warrior. I hope he didn't put Vitamin Z in that cake (although I wish he did in hindsight; just for old time sake). See; there is a wedding cake present and anyone who has watched...ummm...two Jim Cornette promos knows that every time a birthday cake is involved, someone has to have it's face splattered into it and destroy said cake. And then we see Tweeg free fall from the sky and he splatters the wedding cake on everyone just to be a Cornette guy. HAHA!
Everyone teases wanting to kill Tweeg as the chef is panicking and then he tastes the icing and he loves it and everyone tastes the icing and likes it. Now remember Kickasarous Wrecks when I mentioned how awful that finish was? It doesn't apply in this case because all Tweeg did was splatter into a cake and made a mess of cake on everybody. It'll be hard to wash out; but he didn't almost kill anyone. Compare that to the finish Kick did and you can see the difference. Even more obvious; Tweeg is a heel and Kick is a babyface. Yeah. LB tells Tweeg as he comes out of the carnage that he didn't have to be a wedding crasher since he was invited anyway. Tweeg thanks him as the crystal is on the top of his head. Speaking of shot continuity problems; the wedding ring is already on LB's horn and it looks like a gold doughnut from the episode where LB thought Tweeg had made gold out of buttermilk. So LB's mother demands Tweeg give him a present and Tweeg stammers like an idiot as LB blows off his mother because Tweeg is too cheap. So Tweeg gets really offended and he goes into his clothes (thus the only logical reason to give him the robe in the first place) and reveal the seashell box Elroy gave him. LB sort of accepts it and throws it into the present pile. LB has no idea what is inside; although Tweeg doesn't either, so the feeling is there. Speaking of the crack shot continuity guys; the golden ring on LB's horn is gone now, for no reason. I think LB's mother's glasses have changed to gold now from black if I'm not mistaken. So Tweeg proclaims that it's full of seashells and it took ten minutes to set up; which is nine more minutes than he usually gives to LB. HA! So we head back to the beach where Elroy's shack is as Elroy makes a seashell necklace with seashells and puts it around his neck. He listens to the ocean with it and thinks it's narly and all that stuff. He also admits Tweeg will be surprised that he pulled the switcheroo on him. HA! Now that I think about it; this is probably the last appearance for Elroy and probably the most pointless. They could have easily put it with On The Beaches and be done with it. Wouldn't have made the episode better; but it would show that they were padding the running time at this point.
So we head to a spot west of the crowd covered in icing (which they are not anymore) as the airship has landed and the trio all get out of the ship as Teddy thinks that they are still covered in icing. Grubby is so disappointed by this; what a shock? Thankfully; the closeup shots of the crowd cover for Teddy's "gaffe" as they are still covered in icing as Louie is filming the Wizard of WeeGee. No; he's not a mock name for Luigi from Super Mario; last seen in Nintendo Power comics and a Youtube meme for the Final Fantasy VI hack. I don't think filming the wizard is a good idea considering that he is Louie's boss and is supposed to be a wizard; who isn't a wizard. We pan over as Tweeg is talking to a brown haired Bounder who actually gets a contracted line in. Tweeg of course is full of himself about being scared. Might as well call him Drake Mallard (And to Drake: This is a Teddy Ruxpin rant; we must be on our best behavior. Drake: *grumble*.) as Tweeg talks about the runaway crystal and the brown haired Bounder (who is one of Tweeg's servants) thinks it's Tweeg's hat. Tweeg grabs the crystal from his head and then plays hot potato in a panicky manner. He then throws the crystal away claiming that it almost killed him. Who said that you cannot say die in a TEDDY RUXPIN production? Anyhow; the trio walks into the crowd and they are giving up instantly. Why not start with Tweeg himself? He was the one that had the crystal when he was flying around. Gimmick turns around with his right hand open and the crystals plops perfectly in his hand. That was so convenient the Backyardigans will steal it every time. Gimmick thanks Tweeg for the discovery which is dumb because it was Grubby "spilling" the glass of orange juice that caused it to fly away in the first place. Teddy puts the crystal in the crystal belt for safe keeping; but it's pointless unless more critic acid is involved. Wait; doesn't frosting contain citric acid? I just checked the Shoprite website on frosting and and whipped white frosting DOES contain citric acid. So does chocolate. So this is a huge logic break if it ever saw one since the crystal came in contact with icing. Therefore Tweeg should still be flying around. Bad reasoning there Newton Gimmick! Why doesn't that surprise me?
So the wedding is about to start as we pan over to the log like pews as everyone is sitting down and on stage is Wee Gee as the Justice of the Peace. That sounds horrible. We discover that one of the Bounders in formal gear is his Best Man. I was hoping it was Cousin Larry; just to make the cycle of heeldom complete. The best Bounder wants LB to bail; but LB no sells and looks at Buffy who is the bribe. You know what would make this complete; besides a song of doom? Tweeg coming in during the wedding and channel Roddy Piper during Cousin Elmer's wedding on Saturday Night's Main Event (which took place about a year before this one). Sadly; I don't see one happening here. And they screw up Wooly's face natch. I see LB got his ring back as we see Wee Gee motioning to Jody (I think it's Jody; my memories are shot on exact details on this show even though I remember this arc really well.) to start the music of the Surf Grunges (talk about doing double duty here) with Jethro and some blond haired Grunge with glasses on on drums. Might as well call her Lisa Drums and get it over with. It's not like Nintendo will steal that for Wii U Music next year at E3. This is the most hilarious metal rock version of the song I have ever heard and I think Flanders will be using it for his wedding soon enough. Buffy walks down the path to her destiny as there is a decent hole in the wedding dress now. I don't think it's a logic break; I think her mom sabotaged it. King Nogbert and Queen Lillibeth hold hands, Teddy and Grubby sit down together and Gimmick sits down with Eunice and they hold hands. Wooly sheds tears and blows his nose on a blue cloth. LB's mother is crying as Buffy's mom consoles her and LB's mother thinks this song is giving her a headache. Oh come off it lady! This song is not so bad, it's got a charming beat to it. So Buff meets up with LB and Wee Gee begins his usual promo on the wedding and I'm dying to see LB cut him off at the pass. HAHA! Good for you Buffy! That is the most boring part of the wedding anyway so thanks Buffy. I just wish you wouldn't cry like a baby.
So Wee Gee asks for the couple to exchange vows and LB does a really lovely poem that gets Tweeg all angry and then he channels Roddy Piper! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! There's your $50 right there folks. Jethro, Aruzia, Arin and Wooly mumble him down to stammering like an idiot. HAHA! Not as swell as Jesse Ventura getting his face splattered in cake; but it gets the job done. Sadly; we never get to hear Buffy's vows. Sexist writers, grumble, grumble...So Wee Gee wants them to exchange wedding rings and they do this neat spot of ring toss using their horns which looked really cool. The crowd popped for that one and rightfully so. So the babyfaces all surround LB and Buffy and we get another shot of Elinore who has not even noticed her son. HAHA! So they are no longer on speaking terms. Just as well since Elinore should be in jail or dead after the hate plague story arc. The music is now making LB's mother cry at 0.8 Crying 1950's Daisy Ducks. See; make the joke and then pay it off. Buffy thanks everyone and then shoves Eunice out of the way. Even funnier; Gimmick is in the crowd and after episodes of him hating LB with all his being, he does nothing here. Oh well; c'est la vie. So the couple starts tearing the presents with their mouths and they throw various stuff as there is a hammer; the saddest clown picture in history (which is thrown back in their mother's faces. HA!); a pink custom made blanket which LB gives another back handed compliment to the King and Queen again. Buffy loves the portable sun tanning lamp; although nowadays, this would be some back handed compliment from Netwon Gimmick to give the Bounders skin cancer. Or something along those lines. So after tearing gifts apart; they come to Tweeg's present as Buffy blows off Tweeg again as LB calls Tweeg Twist and demands this be good. So LB opens the chest and he's in awe as Tweeg cuts a promo about pulling out all the stops on his gift to him and proclaims that he deserves seashells. LB dumps it out and proclaims that instead of that; Tweeg gave them gold coins.
Tweeg repeats the line and then we get the "TOING" sound and the LIGHT BULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY. Ummmm... BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Seriously; that look on Tweeg is priceless. Tweeg got worse luck than Jake "The Snake" Roberts. HE SCREWED HIMSELF AGAIN! What an awesome payoff to this angle?! Everyone runs in shocked as Tweeg shakes like a leaf (using Canadian sound effects) and then faints dead away. HAHA! This was AWESOME~! This is The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin at it's sweet, sugary, taste like diabetes best here. So we scene change to a shot of Louie's helicopter bicycle which has been custom made with a shotgun side (a shotgun wedding perchance?) for Buffy and LB to sit in. It has the "Just Married" sign and cans on the back with rope as the crowd cheers and watches on. LB and Buffy hop into the shotgun part and Louie is about to fly away (it's almost sunset now) as Tweeg runs in shoving some of the guys and he hangs on the ropes protesting this outrage and calling LB an ingrate. Buffy asks if he has to come with them on their honeymoon (and her ring is now white for no reason whatsoever). LB: Why not? He "paid" for it. {Vinny laugh.}. HAHA! Great closing line as Louie flies away with the somewhat happy couple and that ends the episode at 19:12. Once Tweeg splashed down into the cake; the episode became awesome again. What a great payoff to the Buffy/LB wedding angle as despite the bad continuity errors and logic breaks; it delivered as promised and once again, Tweeg screws himself. The first half of it was kind of meh; but at least the logic was better this time and Illana is still a goddess when she's speaking. **** (80%).
THE REVIEW LINE
What a refreshing turn of events here as this episode really recovered from a meh start with better continuity and less errors. I still hate the logic break with the citric acid thing and anyone who bakes can see it for what it is. The Bounder wedding was classic as they did some really neat stuff and it led to a finish that was awesome and funny. I'm glad they went for the screwjob here because it makes perfect sense given Tweeg's bloated ego and LB loving to make Tweeg look like a total dolt in front of large crowds. And a nice touch with Elinore not even looking at his son once and saying anything. The only another problem with this show is that they don't do all that well keeping the continuity straight on large crowd. Yes; a lot of Disney cartoons from the same period had their issues; but the shot continuity in those shows was far better than this; although it was less of a problem than usual. The flying crystal was an awesome power and so is the tease for the Hard To Find City; but this is episode #64 and the show is not coming back so it makes the effort seem wasted. Plus; the final episode "The Mystery Unravels" is supposed to pay off the back story on why the Gutangs took over; but the way they handled it leaves a lot to be desired. I'll explain next weekend on that since it's the last Father's Day Special episode left. I must say though that having 3 out of 4 episodes with a thumbs up is a surprise to me because I wasn't expecting LB's Wedding to be a thumbs up (still good though) so I'm glad it was better than it had any right to be. So the last episode is LB's Honeymoon and the clip show with Teddy explaining the crystals one by one (despite demonstrating two of them in On The Beaches) and it's a drinking of "Spot the Continuity Errors" in the flashbacks. And Wyma speaks! Yeah... So....
Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you all next time.