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My Fair Baloo Re-Rant

Reviewed: 12/30/2010
Additional Commentary: 11/11/2021

Baloo's Class Isn't Always Low.

Original Airdate: 01/09/1991 (Syndication), Episode #44 (TaleSpin DVD Volume 2, Disc 2), Episode #36 (Production Order).

My Fair Baloo Notes
My Fair Baloo Transcript

We begin the New Year's re-rant with the end of Disc 2 and the beginning of the 1991 episodes where the series got quite a bit iffy quality wise compared to the 1990 episodes. We begin 1991 with Baloo and Rebecca going to a high class ball which sounds like something out of The Status Seekers. (2016 Gregory Weagle Says: Not really by a longshot 2010 me! The plot of this episode is that Rebecca is trying to get a date for the business ball; but everyone comes up with an excuse not to take Rebecca. So Kit suggests Baloo; but Rebecca winces at the notion that Baloo's a slob. However; since big contracts are involved, Rebecca has little choice. Kit and WildCat have to teach Baloo some manners. When that doesn't work out; Kit mentions that the party takes place on the Spurce Moose, Baloo is more than willing to learn. Sadly; the lessons don't take at the party and Baloo is making the business partners coil in disgust until a bunch of gangsters arrive to crash the party and steal the Spurce Moose from Cape Suzette harbour. Anyhow; I've decided to do all the re-rant commentary and editing first instead of the usual transcripts first because the transcripts are taking forever to write. Once those are done; I'll focus on the transcripts and anything I miss while doing the additional commentart will be added. It's a lot easier on me during this healing time. Anyhow; I should note that I like the Status Seekers from Ducktales more than this episode. Not a lot more; but enough to make the difference. This is also another "write Kit out midway through" episode; but at least this one made sense.) So let's rant on shall we...?!

This episode is written by Jeffrey Scott. The story is edited by Jymn Magon. Jeffrey Alan Maurer is the grand son of Three Stooges star Moe Howard who did a few kid roles in three Three Stooges movie releases in 1963 and 1965 (The Three Stooges Go Around The World In A Daze and The Outlaws Is Coming); plus a cameo in Kook's Tour as a second male camper in 1970. (Jeffrey Scott in this show had great source material and world building to work with compared to Ducktales; so it made his writing a lot easier to swallow here. Not to say he's a bad writer by any means; but if he doesn't give a damn, then there is trouble in paradise so to speak.) The animation is done by Sunwoo Animation.

We begin this one with a sky door shot of the offices of Higher...For...Hire and then we cut into the office as Rebecca is on the phone while Kit is flying a model version of the SeaDuck on the loveseat. Oh; if that isn't a FCC investigation waiting to happen; I don't know what is. (I don't think the infamous "No legit toys in cartoons" FCC rule was enforced until at least 1996; but that didn't stop Toon Disney from showing it anyway, so I'm guessing bigotry was the reason for the edits of that kind on Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh!. I'll look further in the manner and get back to you on that one 2010 me.) Anyhow; Rebecca is speaking to Dudley and Dudley (I don't know who his voice is. (I don't think Dudley actually said anything that we heard in that scene. If so; I'll take a wild guess it's Maurice LaMarche or Pat Fraley. (November 2016 Gregory Weagle Says: Okay; my transcript notes clearly have Dudley speaking multiple lines in the first scene. I still do not know who voiced him.)) has no clue who Rebecca Cunningham is and Rebecca blows him off as Dudley finally gets it. (Gets what 2010 me? The WRAITH OF BECKEY? Geez; I hope that it is the WRAITH OF BECKEY and not him being a sexist dweeb.) Rebecca is asking if Dudley would be interested to going to the Businessman's Ball. Got to love the irony of THAT statement considering Miss Cunningham is a woman. (No, it is not ironic 2010 me! Besides; you cannot spell woman without m-a-n anyway, which is why you sometimes see a few people spell it as womyn. Why? I don't know.) Dudley no sells it. See; he's feeding pigeons in the park and got things to do as Kit giggles under his hand in response. Rebecca is not amused that Dudley thinks more about the pigeons than her. (Ah; so Dudley is one of those douchebags who heard Rebecca is a jerk. I think it's for the best that Rebecca reject him out of hand. Or in this case; CLOUDKICKER HANDS~!) Rebecca blows him off as a birdbrain and slams the phone down. HEE HEE! We then see Rebecca, with the awesome KIT CLOUDKICKER HANDS~, cross off Dudley's name.

Interesting Moment #1: The list is very interesting to say the least as apparently the following TaleSpin crew has no interest in going to the ball with her: Kurt Anderson, Larry Lathan, John Kimball, Keith Tucker, Rob LaDuca, Ed Ghertner, Rick Leon, Tim Borquez, Jamie Mitchell, Alan Brunett, Jymn Magon, Mark Zaslove, Dave Smith, Len Smith (or Uhley), Duane Capizzi, Gary Krisel, Jim Schlenker, Derek Carter, Scott Wolf -- which is funny considering that years later on the internet, Scott Wolf claimed on his website that he would go out with her -- (Oh; so now you want to date her Mr. Wolf. Hmmm; I hope that you didn't go the first time because you were legit too busy...)), and a Mii. Ummm; yeah. (Consider that in Project X Zone; the main character of the story is named Mii; which may or may not imply that Rebecca is so desperate for a date that she'll date a woman for money. Which I might add is not a bad thing considering that it's a business trip anyway as you'll see later on. Mii was implied in Project X Zone 2; but never was directly talked about, nor shown although her manison was in plain sight. I was told that Korogo and Mii were planned to be in the game at some point; but were nixed. I don't know how much of that is true; but the references in the game suggest that it was possible. I hope Bandai-Namco is planning to remake Namco X Capcom for Nintendo Switch because the fan translation of the PS2 game is extremely poor and the existence of an alternate retelling of the first game for new fans would assure me of buying that system.)

Anyone; Kit has since jumped off the loveseat and does his airplane noises with the model SeaDuck as Rebecca sulks about pulling strings for getting invited to the Businessman's Ball; now she cannot get a date. Kit tells Rebecca to cheer up and offers to be her date. Oh god Kit; and people are SHOCKED he's the "Second Most Inappropriate Cartoon Character In History~?! (Actually; this episode had nothing to do with Kit getting the title. Kit got the title via his cloudsurfing gimmick and being thrown out of airplanes. Even though he was only thrown out of a flying machine once in the entire series by Dumptruck in Plunder and Lightning Part Four. Why shouldn't I be surprised that these idiots never let the facts get in the way of a well poisoning of even a good story?!) Rebecca nicely no sells and pulls the hat down because the business types with frown if she brings a twelve year old to the party. I think they would also accuse Rebecca of having INCEST with Kit too; knowing Republicans. (Of course; Kit's a minor and this is a serious business arrangement that real adults must play; so Kit is out of the running. Which is funny considering that Kit's mental age is thirty five at this point of the storyline. I also want to rant and rave on the word "Inappropriate" and this is not bashing 2010 Me because he was referring to an article on these characters. The word inappropriate is used so much now that it can be used to stifle any conversation without realizing that the word doesn't mean much at all. It really means "I don't approve of this". The minute I hear someone use this word in an unironic way; I would throw in the monkey wrench question: "Why?" If they explain themselves; then I say: "Why didn't you just say that instead of using a meaningless word?" You are the one making the claim; so you should have to explain it. If you cannot do that; then your claim is laughable to begin with. If it is racist, say it's racist. Don't say "inappropriate" because it basically means "something I don't like". Own up to your claim and be prepared to explain. Even "this is harmful and toxic" sounds a lot better than inappropriate. It's something that really annoys me to no end.)

Kit suggests Baloo, Rebecca is against it completely because this is a fancy dinner see and Baloo is....well... and Kit points out that he's a slob in the most sly expression possible for him. Then we see the magically appearing green sock in the trash and Rebecca puts Kit's comment mildly. (Considering that no one wears shoes on a regular basis in this series; I'm guessing that this is the same sock Babyface Half-Nelson wore in Bringing Down Babyface.) She looks disgusted as Kit flies the model SeaDuck around and proclaims that she's right. After all; who needs all those rich business people with big contracts for those little air companies anyway?! Rebecca finally admits defeat while throwing the sock away and decides to ask Baloo anyway. Kit Cloudkicker: Master of stirring the pot on people; even sensible business type people. Rebecca leaves stage left as Kit just smiles. (I see the scolding in Captains Outrageous didn't take either.) Scene changer as we see Baloo on the left engine behind the props with a baseball mitt in his left hand and wants Wildcat to burn them in his mitt. (No; he doesn't mean use the mitt as an oven. Surprisely; WildCat actually knows what Baloo is talking about here.) We zoom out to see WildCat with his mitt and a whole piece of salami/pepperoni behind his back and he throws it with the WHIRLWIND WINDUP OF DOOM and it goes through the props slicing the meat perfectly into thin slices and lands in Baloo's mitt as that is strike two. I guess strike one was for the bread since he places the salami next to the bread on a platter. Baloo once him to do it again as Rebecca and Kit walk in, Rebecca yells at Baloo which distracts him long enough for WildCat to throw the tomato slices (or cheese) through the props and Baloo gets smacked; trips into the tower slices of bread and meat and falls into the drink with a resounding splash. Baloo pops with the silver platter on his head proclaiming strike three and he's out to lunch as he eats some bread and belches. Wow; and people accuse the new Disney of this crap? (This is one of those moments where taking copious notes pays off because by doing so, I do not have to rely on a defective memory and say something that is not true. To be fair; at least Rebecca was embarrassed here, so the fart joke at least had the basic principal down, but still...)

Rebecca backs away as she tries to weasel her way out of asking Baloo; but Kit stops her and even shoves her lightly. (Where does anyone get the idea that there is a no male on female contact rule in Disney? I say this because Kit is a boy with an adult mind.) Baloo gets up to the docks and wants to know what Rebecca was going to ask him. Rebecca claims there is nothing AND THE ROCK SAYS NOTHING! Kit then winks and tells Baloo that Rebecca wants to know if he'll take her to the businessman's dinner. Rebecca just gets flustered as Baloo walks over and calls it his kind of business. Kit has the Gruffi pose on as Rebecca shoves Baloo away because it's not a good idea whatsoever because it's fancy, formal and Baloo doesn't fit in see. Baloo backs up and asks if the doorway is too small. HAHA! (See, make the joke and pay it off. Plus; it pisses off Rebecca because it's reaction to the "joke" that makes the joke funny. Anyone can make a fart joke; it's how they react that counts.) Rebecca gets flustered and decides to give up; but Kit stops her before she leaves. Kit has a plan as he wants to teach Baloo some manners. Having Kit and WildCat teach manners to Baloo is absurd since Kit is a rebel in spite of being the best trained in manners and WildCat is plain goofy. (Yeah; no matter how much Kit tries to be an adult, he's still a child. Let us not forget that.) Kit promises that by Saturday night he's be able to rub elbows with the filthy rich. WildCat proclaims that Baloo is already filthy which proves that context is not his strong point. Rebecca isn't sure; so Kit tells her that she may never get another chance to hobnob with the snobs. A hobnob is an oat biscuit and is related to the Reading F.C. Soccer team founded in 1871 when they were called the Biscuitmen (Now called the Royals since 1970...) based on the main trade company Huntley & Palmers. Hobnob means “ to drink together, taking turns toasting one another”. So yeah; another not so obvious alcohol reference. (This episode is chocked filled with "Crap Past The Radar"-equse stuff, more so than usual. Again; this is a show in 1990 doing this.) Rebecca sighs and decides to let Kit teach Baloo some manners as Kit runs over to Baloo and proclaims that even WildCat and him are through with him; Baloo will be a real gentleman. (BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~! That's a good one, Mr. Cloudkicker.)

Baloo nods as Baloo and Kit climb down the ladder and WildCat proclaims that his name is not Horatio. Wait; I thought WildCat's first name was Charles. I guess it's Charles Horatio WildCat. (I'm going to assume that it's a joke and not a legit middle name that WildCat doesn't like. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Len Smith didn't have a middle name for WildCat Puma. At least not yet.)) That is some irony indeed as even WildCat is confused. Kit opens the door and tells Rebecca to watch as she has the Gruffi pose on. She is seriously not buying this as Kit and Baloo decide to annoy me by doing the “after you” spot from Save The Tiger and then the three fools stuff themselves into the small doorway. HAHA! See; make the joke and then pay it off. Rebecca is not amused as they manage to get inside with off-screen MAN-SIZED bumps and Kit gives the thumbs up sign which makes Rebecca sulk on the oil barrel. (They already paid off the joke; but at least they stopped using it after this, so it's not a Fairly Oddparents situation where they keep going to the well too often.) We go to a far shot of the docks as we zoom in left to the SeaDuck as Kit reads DA RULES (FAIRY GODPARENTS!) of etiquette. It's hard to believe that a twelve year old can say etiquette these days. (I'm more concerned with adults not knowing nor saying that word these days 2010 me; but it isn't all that hard to believe.) Kit claims that there are certain ways to treat a lady right. I noticed that the props from Lady & The Tramp are in the background and I know they are going to be used at some point. (Surprised no one noticed it except me. Then again; most of the fans of the Disney Afternoon are really Darkwing Duck fans under a afternoon block label. As if this hides their real loves. One of the biggest reason why I don't refer to the Disney Afternoon as some brand; since it's a television block. Disney Television Animation is what the brand is called, even if it spans up to today's modern cartoon stuff.) Anyhow; we pan over to Baloo sleeping on the bottom bunk bed (I guess Miss Cunningham decided to throw Baloo out of the office again...). Baloo claims that he always treats his ladies well; as well as a sexist would since he has anime staple number three hundred twenty: pin up pictures of women on the airplane wall.

They are wearing skin showing outfits; but otherwise not nude as Baloo even mocks the golden bear with the big breasts (!!!) before kissing the picture. Good lord; this is why I didn't really like the manners angle in this episode. (Yeah; Baloo's sexism and anime-equse spots are not the endearing part of this episode.) Kit blows him off because he's talking about real ladies. (I just love a tweet on Twitter asking Kit (and I'm sort of paraphrasing here): "What do you know about real ladies? You're just a kid and an ex-pirate."; because this implies that Rebecca is not a real lady, that Kit works with on a regular basis. Twitter: Make sure your statement makes sense in one hundred and forty characters or less (well, not anymore since that limit is being killed off.); or otherwise, just blog the damn thing and take your time. Everything has a season and place.) Then in one of the most disturbing moments in this series (...and that covers A LOT of ground I might add...) we see WildCat at the door dressed as a woman with the coconut breasts, an orange mop and half naked. EWWWWW! GET IT AWAY! GET IT AWAY! It's safe to say that WildCat's dressing up like a woman was the low point for WildCat in this series. Kit invites him in (Yeah; this is not disturbing for a kid to see in anyway; no siree...) as we start lesson one which is seating as he goes into the "Miss Manners" book as he asks Baloo where his date sits at a formal dinner. Baloo proclaims that she sits on her backside which of course is a nice way of saying ass. I notice WildCat is wearing a burlap sack as a skirt and blue high heels which makes him look even slightly more disturbing. Baloo laughs and slap him right on the ass which Wildcat sells. Wow; just wow. (Yeah; this ended up being the second major CPR of the episode, and one that made the finish seemly awfully mild in comparsion. This is the sort of thing that modern cartoon pound into the ground and yet, here it is being done in 1990.) WildCat calls it "fresh" and slaps Baloo right on the left cheek hard; which Baloo sells like a drunk. (Not only was the risque humor kept; the slap WildCat pulled off was on-screen with no impact stars. Remember that 4Kids was editing out these with impact stars and you'll understand why Disney is a really dirty, filthy company with no sense of clean fun.) Kit is not happy to say the least.

Kit goes flipping into the book and decides to skip seating and go straight to table manners looking mad. That is chapter three and I wonder what chapter two implies. (I'm guessing chapter two is getting the coat; but since no coats are involved, this chapter get skipped.) Kit reads the book while taking a butter knife while reading said instructions. Baloo and WildCat actually sit down properly at the table as Baloo proclaiming that Kit is not holding a butter knife; so Baloo takes out his sword (Which is even sharper than Don Karnage's REGAL CUTLASS and out of nowhere, of course.) and slices the entire table in half in one shot. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WE NEED THAT PROP FOR THE LADY & THE TRAMP SEQUEL, YOU BASTARD~! Okay; I'm better now. Baloo and WildCat laugh it up as Kit sides with me in thinking this was not funny, tosses the book away, drops on his ass and sulks because Baloo isn't going to the businessman's ball for sure. Baloo still has the sword like knife in his hands as he tells Kit to relax because he doesn't want to eat with stuffed shirts anyway. Kit continues to sulk because he wants dinner on the Spruce Moose. Baloo then gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY as Kit apparently walks out but returns as Baloo has always wanted to visit that plane for five years. Kit says "yeah" and Baloo grabs him like a little child and wants those manners laid on him as he walks stage left. I betcha that won't be allowed anymore in Disney. (So far, it hasn't; although I have not seen every solitary second of new Disney, so I'm guessing that it is going to happen and then it will also be pounded into the ground like every other joke they have done in the past ten years or so.) Scene changer as we head to the front of the office AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as the limo stops at the office and Rebecca comes to the door; which Baloo opens for her and allows her to come in. Rebecca's dress is AWESOME tonight as she goes in and Baloo rubs his nose behind her back. Ummm; yeah. Baloo's hair looks fine; but the bow tie is completely absurd (Red with blue spots. EEK!). Rebecca notices Kit coming down the stairs. Kit has the JOKEY SURPRISE OF DOOM in his hand as Baloo comments on her looks, takes her pink cape and looks to dump it. Kit then comes rushing down and grabs it before any damage can be done to it.

Anyhow; Rebecca cannot believe that he's changed. I cannot believe that because it's clear Baloo hasn't changed a bit and why the manners angle isn't panning out. Baloo should be making mistakes when he gets ONTO the Spruce Moose later on and not making mistakes behind her back now. (Yeah, because we have to make Baloo look like he hasn't really changed or put an effort in making Kit's teaching look strong. This is why the dumb adult doesn't work all that well for storyline purposes in the long term and when you keep doing it again and again, it stops being hilarious.) Baloo proclaims that you can teach a pilot new tricks as Kit points on Baloo's shoulder, Baloo stammers as he grabs the present and it's for her. After seeing Flying Dupes and even A Spy In The Ointment; I don't trust presents anymore. (Just this show, 2010 me? Why not back at the Smurfs with Jokey Smurf's surprises...) Rebecca accepts the present anyway and gives Baloo one which is a rented white suit which Baloo complains about as they are supposed to be at an airplane and a flight shirt would suffice in Baloo's narrow minded little head. Rebecca then proclaims that you can judge a man by his clothes. Wait; doesn't that contradict A Touch of Glass' moral?! You know kids are going to be confused at this one. Another reason why this angle doesn't wash with me. (Don't worry; they'll soon ditch this subplot with one that actually is good. Jeffrey Scott is trying really hard to make this subplot work; but it's not working.) Baloo kind of likes being judged as a pilot. Rebecca invokes the SNOOKI WOOKI REQUEST OF DOOM and you know I truly suck when I have to make a reference to The Jersey Shore on Rebecca Cunningham (Wow; you admitted that your reference isn't on the up and up 2010 me? I'm shocked. I don't know what's worse: The Jersey Shore television series; or the The Jersey Shore culture itself that became an MTV hit.) and Baloo goes all "awww."

I should point out that Kit and WildCat are written out of this episode from here on; which at least makes sense compared to Feminine Air anyway. (Yeah; because in Feminine Air; Kit could have bought a ticket and be in the audience watching. It's not like Rebecca didn't notice Baloo was Tan Margant at the end of the episode anyway; so why not have him in the crowd. I don't recall Rebecca looking at the crowd anyway; so what gives?) We head to the docks and we get a full profile of the Spruce Moose which is a giant ass airplane that is shaped like a moose. NYUK! NYUK! (Geez; how fitting for 2010 me to say that considering who is writing this episode?!) The spotlights are on as well as the neon sign; which makes the snobs in the building seem a bit hypocritical do you not think?! We pan down as we see a rooster doorman in a white captains outfit open the door and out comes Rebecca and Baloo as the doorman welcomes the couple as Baloo calls it an aviator's dream because no one has ever flown it before. See; they built her so big; she cannot get through the cliff guns. (Oh, how wrong was that statement in hindsight?! Considering that you could fly over the cliffs.) We see various snobs entering the plane as Rebecca realizes the reason for turning the Spruce Moose into a nightclub. Baloo would love to take that plane for a spin as the couple enter the Spruce Moose and we pan southeast to a motorboat containing two owls, and two pelicans all wearing trench coats, and matching hats. The short owl (Maurice LaMarche using his Brain voice from Pinky & The Brain. More on him later on since he doesn't reveal his name until later.) telling the troops to suit up. Lefty (Michael Bell) who is on the midget owl's left gets ready as the owl midget proclaims that the rich jerks won't know what hit them as he puts on his red flower which may or may not be loaded. Quite frankly; I don't think snobs ever know what hit them until it's too late. We enter inside the ball room of the Spruce Moose as Baloo and Rebecca walk among the snobs as Rebecca asks Baloo if this is marvelous as we get a zoom out shot of the ballroom and it looks great. It even has a stage with a pipe organ to boot! And there is also disco ball on a stick of course.

Baloo is in awe in how much cargo it can hold and Rebecca reminds him of manners. Over a comment like that, Miss Cunningham?! That's a wee bit silly for my liking. (Comments like this are part of the reason why Rebecca has been panned over in recent years: It sounds condensencing; like it was in Last Horizons. Rebecca Cunningham can be a great character and that much of Rebecca being difficult is on Baloo's laziness and jackassery; but she needs to remember that to be careful that when dealing with a monster that she doesn't become one.) There are a lot of different species on board that we center on a vulture with old hair, two pearl necklaces and a black dress which matches her feathers. She is Mrs. John D. Rockafeather and I didn't know John could be a girls' name?! (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: I learn something new every day is what 2010 me was trying to say here.) I'm guessing originally she was supposed to be a man. She is voiced by Russi Taylor. (I think it's supposed to be a rib on Ducktales and their version of the same character; but they forgot to change the first name to somethng more in line with the parody they were shooting for. Or, they decided to have a woman be a business leader (which is a good thing I might add) and forgot to rename her. Personally; calling her Kit/Chris would be perfectly fine here actually.) She greets Rebecca as she is the head of the Chamber of Commerce. Baloo waves behind her back as Rebecca introduces herself and her escort. Dee (I'm guessing that's her middle name because it's easier to type...) extends her wing and Baloo shakes it violently while looking so giddy. (I dare Teddy Ruxpin to shake Baloo's hand; I dare him to. That would give endless amusement to me and Kit at least.) She looks worn out as she exits stage left as Baloo calls it a great little bash and she's Rocky. HAR! HAR! Dee is not amused either as Baloo is confused; so Rebecca pulls him by the ear, they walk stage right to a private spot and the snobs all huddle in to listen to like the "invasion of privacy fools" that they are. (Is this a Hulk Hogan party? If so; that's racist!) That's not the funny part...it's Rebecca's WRAITH OF BECKEY as she whispers yells at Baloo:

Rebecca: Listen Baloo, I worked really hard to get invited to this shindig so I could make contracts. If you screw it up with your stupid antics, so help me, I'll clip your wings but good. You copy?

For those who wonder why I mention this; it's the fact that Rebecca used the phrase “screw it up”. In that context; that phase was rarely if ever used on children's television back in 1990. Mainly because it was one step away from “F*** it up”. Now; it's a pretty safe phrase; used by Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh a lot. I'm amazed Rebecca didn't say “So help me God” since we have heard God used in vain at least three times in DTVA already. (Actually; it's four times in this series alone.) As for Shindig; it's also a 1964 American musical variety series which is owned by Disney. (Good to know.) The makeup of the snobs doing the hand on the ear listening spot: dog, walrus, Thembrian warthog (!!!), hippo, one duck (Who says that this show drools, eh?!), rhino, monkey, green parrot and a few others. (I'm taking screen shots of the various crowds as evidence of how varied the crowds can be at times; even with a cheap animator like Sunwoo. (Sadly; I lost the crowd shots for some odd reason (VLC erasure of material methinks) and I'm not taking them anymore. If anyone else wants to take a shot at it; be my guess.)) Baloo asks if Rebecca is mad and Rebecca fumes out stage left. We then see Baloo with a bird wearing a red coat with a golden platter of snacks and asks Baloo if he wants "Hors D'oeuvre" and Baloo naturally takes them all and eats in a messy manner off-screen much to the disdain of the bird waiter. Baloo thanks him (with his mouth full) and places the toothpicks on the platter as the bird waiter walks off stage left. We see Rebecca blushing and looking like she's ready to sob in response. (I would cry too if I saw all those lovely "Hor D'oeuvres" get wasted on a lazy bear like Baloo who doesn't have much respect for decency.) So, the writers don't like the angle too much either as we head outside the Spruce Moose at a ladder as the short owl proclaims to do things according to the Krackpotkin plan he drew up see. POW! OUCH! Ummmm... The motorboat rubs against the moose as the big black owl climbs up the ladder. We return to the ball room as Rebecca covers her eyes in horror as Baloo smacks his chops on more toothpicks just to annoy her. I see a white rabbit in the background just to make my life complete (I don't believe it's the same one from "Alice In Wonderland"; nor "Arisu in Chainland" either.).

Baloo asks if she wants any "horse doober", which is English slang for "Hor D'oeuvres". Rebecca blows him off; of course and slaps his hand away from the snacks. Baloo apologizes in kind. If it's for this silly angle; then good for him. (Not exactly for this angle; but his apology's close enough for me.) Baloo then tries to pick up the stuff; but Rebecca pushes him away stage left to a table and pleads for Baloo to try to be a gentleman. (That's a fool's errand Miss Cunningham.) Baloo agrees to as he takes off the pink cape and stuffs it behind her back onto a waiter, probably the same one he screwed with the snacks earlier. He trips and falls in a pratfall off-screen of course as Baloo steals a chair from the hippo snob on the table to the left and gives it to Rebecca to sit. (Can you see this angle dying before our eyes? Not to mention this really screws up Kit's creditability as a teacher.) Needless to say; the hippo falls on his ass off-screen in a MAN-SIZED bump as Baloo and Rebecca turns around and Baloo gives him the nice blow off allowing Rebecca to cover her eyes again on the next shot. Rebecca opens her eyes and sees a cat snob with red hair and blue trench coat and the green parrot snob from earlier invoke the eye contract violence on Rebecca. I see the snobs come from the Hoppo School of Snobbery. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmmm... Baloo is at the table and spreads butter on a roll like a maniac as the almond butter turns clear white when it's on the roll Baloo is holding for color mistake number two for the episode. (This is interchangable as a logic break.) Rebecca proclaims that he's embarrassing her; which would have more effective if Sally Struthers wasn't talking like her mouth was full. (It would also be more effective if A Star Is Torn never existed either; but that episode ruled, so who cares either way?!) Baloo apologizes and proclaims that he'll try harder as we see the owl and Lefty & Righty walk in with the violin cases easily getting past the shaggy dog doorman -- in a different coat than the waiter from earlier -- proclaiming that they are with the band. Damn; these snobs are so dense; Sara Palin must have been under the influence back in the day. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm... (Oh my 2010 me...At least you are not using toxic words in this re-rant. Yet.)

I think even the dog is taken aback to this as we cut back to Rebecca who is talking to what appears to be Ernie's dad. TaleSpin fan Koosh thinks he IS Ernie's dad as one fanfic would have us to believe. (The ending involves Ernie getting his tail pulled out and Herman and John Dee getting married. Aw! My heart melted.) The heyna is wearing a black suit, black tie; long eared glasses. Come to think of it; he might be even Bonker's long lost grandfather for all I know. His name is Herman Grapple of Grapple Electric (Michael Bell) as Rebecca remembers him as the guy who makes all those darling light bulbs. Heh. (Memo to Rebecca: Most CEO's probably made the plans up and the prototype; but the production goes to his light bulb factory team, not him. Sort of like Higher For Hire; only on a much larger scale.) Baloo keeps stealing rolls for fun as Herman ponders using Higher...For...Hire to ship his light bulbs as Baloo tries to eat his roll; but the FLY OF DOOM -- complete with stock sound effect -- flies in and lands on Baloo's nose. HA! Rebecca claims that she never thought of that which sounds like the deal is already falling through. (Grapple Electric is basically this show's answer to General Electric in real life. Sadly; Grapple Electric needs to diversify if it wants to make it in this world. Light bulbs only aren't going to cut it anymore, even in 1937.) The fly lands on the basket as we finally get logic break number one for the episode as the basket is still full; despite being empty in the previous shot and I didn't see anyone filling the basket during the sequence. Baloo calls the fly a freeloader. So what is Kit's excuse then Pop-A-Bear?! (Umm; Kit actually earns his keep and is generally a more responsible person than Pop-A-Bear is 2010 me. Shouldn't it be more like; "What's Pop-A-Bear's excuse?") Baloo brings out the wrench (!!!) and smashes the basket, which in turn breaks the table in two allowing Herman to get dunked with the chocolate fondue pot. Rebecca is pissed off now as Baloo thinks it's the wrong sized wrench. Even the snobs aren't amused as Rebecca invokes the WRAITH OF BECKEY on Baloo as Baloo backs away and goes into the next room to get a towel.

Then we hear the engines starting up for some odd reason and the ground trembles. Then we cut to an outside shot of the Spruce Moose and then zoom into the cockpit as we see the black fatass owl starting the engines. Man; how ironic that the pilot is a bird version of Pop-A-Bear. POW! OUCH! Ummmmm.... (Oh come on guys! Lefty's character is so obvious that he should be named Taloboo. More to the point; shouldn't Lefty be on the "terrible names in modern cartoons" list? At least Sway-Sway and Buhdeuce are amusing names if nothing else.) He pushes the lever (JESUS~!) and the Spruce Moose manages to fly. I should point out that the gas tanks were probably filled in case of emergencies and repair work so it's not a logic break there either. (Yeah; it claims that it cannot get out of Cape Suzette through the guns; but there's nothing that says that it cannot dock to another port in the same harbour for repairs and whatnot.) Needless to say; the snobs all panic as they all duck and the disco ball is destroyed with the machine gun fire in which we see no flashes whatsoever. The glass cascades down onto the floor as we see Owl Capone, Lefty and Righty with both with machine guns set to profits (Wow; another old reference to my Ducktales rants. I'm old.). Owl proclaims that he is hijacking the Spruce Moose and that ends the segment nearly eleven and a half minutes in. Now this is more like it! (The first act was basically a solid animated episode with an angle that didn't really go anywhere and it only served to make Kit and Rebecca look weak. However; now that Owl Capone is involved, this episode has gotten interesting now.) John Dee Rockafeather is voiced by the late Russi Taylor whom passed away in 2019. Owl Capone is voiced by Maurice LaMarche. (Wow; Brain from Animaniacs/Pinky & The Brain (even right down to the voice) and the nephews voice for Ducktales in the same episode? Shoot me now!)

After the commercial break; we see from the doorman of the Spruce Moose flying away as the rooster proclaims that someone is stealing the Spruce Moose. NO?! REALLY?! It might be Baloo...Oh wait; never mind. We get the long sequence of doom of the Moose flying and bouncing off the water as the snobs bump around all over the place for fun. Even Owl Capone isn't so sure as they are in front of the stage with the piano man and harpist. We cut to the lake where a police motorboat is listening to chatter on the radio. We then see a walrus police officer (From Stormy Weather; I do think, since he has the same voice...) dunking a doughnut in his mug of coffee while a dog furry is sleeping with his feet on the console. I'm guessing he is the same one from Vowel Play and I'm not in the mood to check his name right now. I don't have to as he is addressed by O'Malley as they panic seeing the nightclub coming straight at them and they get swamped in the process. HAHA! (Yes; O'Malley is an Irish sterotype of a name; but at least this show takes place in it's own world and this is not a case of police being stupid; it's mostly police dealing with professionals who know what they are doing. It's more difficult and the failure rate is higher than when stupid criminals pull off crime.) Officer number one and O'Malley get onto the wing of the police plane as officer number one proclaims that they cannot get through the entrance of Cape Suzette as it is too small to fit as shown from the Spruce Moose heading towards it. We then cut to the cockpit as the giant black owl is in shock and then he turns the stick to the right and tilts the Spruce Moose at a forty-five degree angle allowing all the passengers, heel and face alike to bump all over the place again. Sick MAN-SIZED bump ensues with the piano and harp players into the wall and even Rebecca takes a MAN-SIZED bump into the wall for good measure. Herman gets squashed by Dee for the sickest bump of course. I believe that is what inspired Koosh's fanfic in a way I suppose since Dee has got that smile of marriage on her when Herman panics. Now we see the Spruce Moose at 180 degrees as it flies right through the gorge effortlessly and then tilts back to it's original position.

We then see Owl ordering everyone up. One of the snobs is actually a cow at around 12:35 of the DVD. (Over 70 different kinds of animals were harmed during the production of this show. Remember that folks.) Some non verbal cues later; Righty gives Lefty his machine gun and takes out the sack as the gangsters stalk forward as the snobs raise their arms as Owl orders them to put their valuables in the sack. The snobs sell without fail as we see Rebecca not being amused walking with Dee and Herman. We cut to Baloo at the back door behind the gangster as Baloo calls them party hijackers which is something you will probably never see again in the new Disney. (Yeah; this is 9/11-equse stuff here. Thankfully; the gangsters do care about life enough to not crash the thing into a tall building; but not enough to steal their belongings.) See; Owl Capone is so generous that he proclaims that it's for a charitable cause which is the Owl Capone Retirement Fund. HAHA! (Geez; even super criminals know that they cannot live forever. Their legacy might though.) We then see that Dee, Herman and Rebecca have their arms raised as Rebecca notices Baloo crawling behind the heels practicing the fine art of not being seen. Rebecca almost blows his cover as we see Herman and Dee putting their stuff into the sack when it comes to them. Strange; I guess the second necklace pearls are fake judging by Righty's no selling and going over to Rebecca. Rebecca has nothing and I say that she give him the rose on the dress Miss Cunningham; I'm sure Owl would like to have something interesting. Owl accuses her of holding out. Rebecca whispers to him that she doesn't own any jewelry and Owl and the snobs laugh their asses off in response. Wait; why would the snobs laugh in response since Owl has them on lock down so to speak. (Because when it comes to greed; it doesn't care if you are a babyface nor a heel nor in between the two. Also remember that the snobs aren't the friendly babyface type in this episode.) Rebecca is flustered on that one as we see Baloo near a turned over table. He has a different wrench for the job as he opens the emergency hatch and stuffs himself through the hatch down into the sewer/pipes area.

Baloo crawls about twenty feet and then notices the conveniently placed control line right in front of him. Baloo calls this machine failure as he twists the controls and we get shaking in the ball room as Owl calls out to Lefty. Wait; the black owl pilot is Lefty? That makes no sense whatsoever; I thought Lefty and Righty were the non-owl birds with the machine guns. "Lefty to Center" is having problems in the cockpit on the wheel and demands answers to this outrage. (That's because Jeffery Scott doesn't understand logic here. Lefty should be the white bird on the left of Owl Capone; or the left of us with Righty being the opposite. That's the whole punchline of the joke that you cannot tell which hand is which. When you make Lefty the black owl who's piloting the plane; it doesn't work as a joke. This is an example of Jeffrey Scott tryng way too hard to be different and ironic in a situation where he doesn't have to try very hard. (2020 Gregory Weagle Say: Calling him Centry would have suffice and maintain the joke or even Backy as the backstabber of the group. Yeah, this was dumb.)) We see the Spruce Moose flying to the right and diving down as Lefty turns to the left and the wrench whacks Baloo in the head. HAHA! (Stop laughing! Concussions are not funny! Laugh at Douglas Benson if you want to; but don't laugh at blows to the head. It's cringeworthy, it's bad and it's offensive.) Baloo calls him a wise pilot, uses the wrench to twist and Lefty gets the stick right in the kisser about five times. Good bumping from him too as the battle of pilot wits continues. Baloo loses as he gets twisted into the control lines and struggles a lot. Lefty has the stick twist around as the alarms and lights wail while the controls have a mind of their own. Lefty runs out of the cockpit as we cut to outside to see the Spruce Moose in a tailspin (BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (Well; there's my TaleSpin joke in a nutshell.)). We get more bumping and twirling around as Lefty has the parachutes proclaiming that they need to leave. Owl proclaims that they got what they wanted as they go to the side door; kick it open, the heels all jump, free fall and open their parachutes. (One of the bird bodyguards changes from a red suit to a black suit and then back to a red suit when you see them next time.)

This one actually is a good spot for later on; I should point out. Rebecca is thankful that they are gone; but Dee isn't so amused as Herman needs a pilot and Baloo opens the hatch and asks if he missed dessert. How convenient, eh? (If any of the Backyardigans existed in this show; or if this show was rebooted (Keep dreaming spinners! The Adventures Of Teddy Ruxpin is getting rebooted and there is We Bare Bears, we don't need three bear shows. I can just hear an exec say that now. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Teddy Ruxpin reboot was cancelled and Kit, Molly and Don Karnage got roles in Ducktales 2017, including Kit getting his one shining episode in. Yeah!)); one of the snobs would say how convenient this is. Which it is.) Rebecca pulls on Baloo's suit as no one is flying the plane and Baloo tells them to relax because he's the "ace of the base". As said in the original storyboard of A Bad Reflection On You Part 2 by Kit. (Funny how Jymn Magon had that line cut; more so when part two was #63 on the production paper, So Magon had to know this line existed since he's story editing this episode.) The moose nosedives as Baloo has everything under control and Rebecca doesn't seem amused as she follows him into the cockpit. Baloo is so giddy to fly this thing and then the control stick shatters when Baloo tries to pull on it. Maybe; your little witty game wasn't such a hot idea eh Pop-A-Bear?! (You know Jeffrey Scott gives a damn when he remembers that the flight stick was damaged during Baloo's misadventures with Lefty. Sometimes; having a great story editor helps a lot; , more so if you don't have the best writers on board. I know it costs money; but you are spending money to make money and you are a multi-national corporation anyway. If spending money gives you pain; stop creating, lay off everyone and run away with the money you have. At least you won't be able to make me part with anymore of MY money than you already have.)

The Spruce Moose takes a nosedive as Rebecca asks if he can get them down, and Baloo proclaims that it's easy as he fiddles with frayed cables and then pulls on the brake wires as staying in one piece that is hard. We then see the Spruce Moose dives down like crazy as the snobs shriek in panic and that ends the segment sixteen minutes in. See; now the episode is redeeming itself because the focus is no longer on Baloo's manners; but saving everyone from disaster caused in part by Lefty and Baloo's mind games. (The reason why the manners angle didn't work was because Baloo isn't even trying to have good manners. He only took the classes in order to get into the Spurce Moose; so who cares what happens inside since the snobs are too dense to throw him out. That might work for comedy; but it doesn't endear him and it only wastes time for the real story to emerge, to which by that time; the smarks have turned the channel to see Tiny Toons at this point. It's things like this that hurt the series rather than helped. To be fair though; nowadays, modern cartoons would make it much, much worse. But still; if you are going to do the manners angle; have Baloo try to have good manners; but screw up everytime either out of emotion or surroundings making him lose his cool. More so with the snobs so that it puts even more heat on them later on; because the way Jeffrey did it, most of the heat came from the piloting of the Spurce Moose and by then, few noticed because they had given up on the episode. Anyhow; now we are getting to the point where Snopes.com would be proud of and it tainted Aladdin as a form of clean children's entertainment (Never mind the Middle Eastern stereotypes for all to see) even though Disney has been a rotton little dirtbag for decades before this...)

After the commercial break; we see the Spruce Moose free falling in a tailspin (BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!) as Rebecca yells at Baloo to do something on the FPS shot as Baloo pulls on all the wires which balances the moose enough for Rebecca to see an island up ahead as she asks Baloo if he can steer there, and Baloo with wires in mouth (DANGER! DANGER!) saying that it's not a kite. That leads to a long sequence of the Spruce Moose bouncing on the trees on the island with repeat footage of the FPS shot of the moose landing; although Sunwoo does a decent job in not making it look too fake. (Probably because the backgrounds in TaleSpin are done really well at this point.) and the moose finally lands safely about forty feet from the beach. We then cut back to the cockpit as Rebecca is doing a cute Ron Tussien spot to amuse me as Baloo grabs Rebecca's ankle and calls his landing not bad since he landed a nightclub after all. Rebecca is not amused complete with Gruffi pose in response. (Well; Baloo acted like a manchild psychopath here, on par with Spiderman in recent years. So it's not just a modern cartoon thing.) Scene changer as Baloo and Rebecca open the doors and of course everyone is hanging from the rafters and generally looking worse for the wear as Dee walks in PISSED off with a pail on her leg; blowing Baloo off for ruining the ball and nearly getting everyone killed for death reference number one. (Well; she does have a point there, how would we know how Lefty would have landed the plane without Baloo's interference. I don't know; but it would be dangerous to crash the plane outright into something to make a statement and since Owl Capone wants to retire a happy owl, it's doubtful that he would kill himself for it. They might shoot the rich, Rebecca and Baloo to death; but not kill themselves 9/11 style.) I don't see how anyone in the Acorn Cafe can say that Rescue Rangers is the most adult show in Disney history. I think Baloo's F-bomb in Plunder and Lightning Part Four has something to say about that.

I think that wizard from Sir Gyro De Gearloose first broadcast running might want a word with the Cafe. (How about Scrooge threatening to kill Launchpad and the on-screen death of a villain? How about Gargoyles in general? How about TaleSpin and all those guns? Oh; and TaleSpin has taken god's name in vain at least four times in the series. I hope to look into the editorial I wrote on Livejournal many years ago and do a massive update on that because I would love to remind the Acorn Cafe how childish (and idiotic) they were when they had a collective orgasam hearing Donald Drake say "I'll kill Klordane; I swear to god". Above all else; swearing to God is not taking him in vain, it's making a promise to God.) Dee blows off Rebecca, Baloo blows her off and her tea party and storms out of the Spruce Moose. Dee waves him off thinking that running away is good because they would be safer without him. And now Rebecca is PISSED off as she calls her an ungrateful old goat. Oooooooo...Those are fighting words, Miss Cunningham as Herman and the snobs run in to protect Dee's reputation. Rebecca calls him out and tells him to stick a light bulb up his nose. OUCH! (Ass? Nose? Does it really matter here?! Both would hurt a lot.) That has to leave a mark. (On the lightbulb.) Welcome to the WRAITH OF BECKEY; it never discriminates. Ask Kit about it. Ask Louie about it. Rebecca calls them a bunch of weasels because Baloo saved their lives (In the most crudest fashion possible; but yeah...) and she would pick him over the snobs combined and she storms off stage right. (Rebecca better be careful because calling them weasels is possible gimmick infringement on Bobby Heenan. Shocked that Heenan didn't do a copyright infringement angle in WWE when he was manager because it would be money to see Heenan trying to silence the crowd since that would be one incentive to buy a ticket to see Heenan get his, both in court and at ringside. But; neck injuries would fell that idea since it must end in a weasel suit match; and Bobby should have gotten the surgery a long time before he actually did get said operation. Bobby is still alive at this point; (Nope, Bobby died recently) which he is now the new Jackie Fargo in that Mother Nature and Bobby himself tried to kill him (through Bobby's smoking, falls and other such things); but he didn't expire.)

Dee blows both goofs off and scoffs before asking her fellow snobs about grabbing a taxi; but here comes Owl Capone and his men (Huh? How did they get onto the island? I don't recall the moose circling around the island either? That's logic break number two for the episode at the eighteen minute mark.) as it's a small world made for shooting. (Disney reference which makes sense since this show was created by the company called Disney.) We see Shooter #2 (or #1) shoot the ceiling some more as we quickly cut to Rebecca who walks back to the door while the gunfire sounds erupt. I would say; we are up to 0.6 Trigun at this point. We then head inside the ballroom as Owl orders the blue bloods to go outside and cut trees and build a nice little raft. Herman asks about having a big raft and of course Owl proclaims that it's not for them and orders them to get moving as Shooter number two shoots some more as Rebecca runs away stage right. (Of course; because guns get results; if they weren't scary and deadly, then it's useless as a weapon to control. You might as well get a feather instead, it'll have the same effect. Except on Kit Cloudkicker of course; that is a nasty weapon to use. POW! OUCH! Ummm...I deserved that one.) We then see Dee proclaiming that the entertainment committee will hear about this as the snobs all run off with more guns a-blazing as we are safely at 1.0 Trigun for this episode. We then cut to Rebecca taking the same side door the mobsters took (Huh? Wasn't that in the ballroom where the heels are now? Logic break number three for the episode...) earlier and slides down the palm tree. (Toon Disney did indeed cut the shot of Shooter #2 shooting the machine gun. Both shots were edited out. There's another episode to add to the Toon Disney edit list. Most of the gun pointing remains intact though. Silly since we clearly hear shooting in the background both times off-screen. Also of note; this mean we are thirty for thirty seven in which the guns are pulled out in a series.) Scene changer as we see Rebecca in the jungle looking for Baloo as the leaves rattle and a snake curls around Rebecca's waist. (This is straight out of the Jungle Book with Kaa; only the snake has no name nor does it speak. I think it hisses, though.)

The snake looks to MURDER Rebecca; but Baloo grabs the snake from behind and ties it into a knot before throwing it away. (Again; another reference to the Jungle Book; so the people who made this show do remember the 1967 film.) Rebecca and Baloo embrace as Baloo proclaims that everything is fine. (Just like WWE is fine, amirite?) Rebecca proclaims that everything is not fine because Owl Capone is back and they need to help the guest. Baloo has the Gruffi pose on full blast as he asks for one reason why he should bail out those moneygrubbers. I wonder if that's the question we should have asked about our financial crisis eh? (The question was asked; and the answer was yes because like rapists; we avoid the word no at any cost to our well being. Which is why the word no is so underserved and needs to be used more often.) Rebecca gives probably the best reason I can think of: Because Baloo's better than they are. That's a good point since if they leave them to die; they are really no better than Owl Capone. (Sure; the snobs are assholes, but there is no evidence of them killing anyone, they're just not nice and hate slobs. Hating a slob is not grounds to let them die and suffer at the hands of Owl Capone. Even El Capitan didn't deserve his fate; but El didn't care about himself and once that happens, there is no reason to help him.) Baloo calls it a good answer and chuckles. Baloo takes Rebecca's hand and they exit stage left. We see the heels on the end tail fin of the Spruce Moose yells at the slugs to hurry up as we zoom down and see the snobs working together making a boat. Well; no one can accuse these guys of being the Status Seekers that is for sure. We then cut to behind the bushes as we see Rebecca proclaiming that they cannot get them up there. Baloo nods and apparently sees his opening. We jump cut to the front of the Spruce Moose and into the cockpit as Baloo checks the radio and it's busted. Baloo invokes the brake system, which allows the tail fin in the back to nail Lefty, fling right into Owl Capone and the heel as they free fall and land on the ground with MAN-SIZED bumps. Sadly for the machine gunners; they are on bottom.

The snobs surround the heels and demands to know how this all happened as we hear Baloo answer from the cockpit as he is the average party wrecking buffoon. Average Pop-A-Bear?! Surely; you deserve more credit than that. (Yeah; Her Chance To Dream is a bigger party wrecker than this crashing of the party. I see Kit Cloudkicker has had some influence in making Baloo slightly more modest in an unmodest situation.) Another scene changer beckons as we see the heels tied up in a corner with five snobs looking on as we pan over and we hear Dee apologize on behalf of the snobs for treating them badly. See; for all the MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH in the world they cannot change a flat tire. I find that hard to believe since they seemly have no trouble making a raft. (Yeah; this makes no sense. Then again; if they couldn't make a raft, they would have to be killed and BS&P RULEZ you know.) Dee asks for Baloo's help and Baloo agrees to it on one condition that they do exactly what Baloo says no questions asked. The snobs are thankful and giddy as they accept the terms which makes them a million times better than the Status Seekers in the jerkass department. (Sadly; not in the episode's quality though, although you cannot blame them for that. Something called manners caused that decline.) Baloo then orders everyone to gather up anything that will burn, grab some decent tools, and the rest go to find needles and thread. All of the snobs run off in opposite directions as Rebecca is so proud of him. Then Baloo just has to do something historic (Because Kit cannot have all the fun of being a BS&P nightmare...):

Baloo: Oh, and one more thing. TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES~!

If anyone from Snopes wants an answer to the Aladdin debacle; HERE IS YOUR TARGET RIGHT THERE~! Like I said; "and people are suddenly surprised when the moral guardians thought that Aladdin was telling teenagers to take off their clothes...Allegedly." Dee faints dead away in Herman's arms on response. HAHA! Everyone else is in SHOCK as Rebecca blows him off for THAT one and storms off stage left. Baloo response is on the double to her. Now THAT just makes me laugh on SO MANY LEVELS! (Compared to slapping WildCat on the ass earlier on and the fact that they are in their undergarments afterwards; there was no sign of pornography to be had and therefore the trope is midigated somewhat.) We do the scene changer as we get a long sequence of the snobs throwing wood from wheel barrows while wearing nothing but the under garments. Even Baloo is down to his T-shirt as the stove is the fireplace as they throw fuel to the fire and create smoke like steam as the snobs saw through a hole on the top of the ceiling as more construction work is done outside. (I'll give Baloo this; he knows how to make a bunch of snobs work for their money and the snobs are sensible enough to at least try to make up for their jackassery.) We cut to morning as the babyfaces stare in awe as the black/white striped balloon (How symbolic eh?) blows up to full as we zoom into Baloo on the steps proclaiming that Baloo Airlines flight to Cape Suzette is ready for boarding. (Still having trouble letting go of Baloo's Air Service, huh; Pop-A-Bear?!) The babyfaces all go aboard as Baloo wipes his forehead and closes the door as the Spruce Moose Balloon takes off into the air in another long sequence as we cut to inside the ballroom which is clean as a whistle as jazz music plays and everyone is dancing to the beat.

Rebecca and Baloo are dancing with each other; Dee and Herman are dancing separately as Dee praises him for being good despite being an ill-mannered slob as Baloo calls her Rocky and he was a pilot doing his job. (I think the Louie's Place theme song is playing in the background here for some reason.) Herman talks to Rebecca as he wants her to consider shipping those light bulbs; and those he didn't shove up his nose of course. (Well; it's probably slightly less painful than shoving them up the asshole. Although I'm certain some quack will be trying to tell people the benefits of shoving lightbulb emmeas up the butt sooner or later, since it brightens up the bowels, according to the claim. Then we all die of "Poeing the Ass" just by it's mere presence. Or something along those lines.) Rebecca giggles and calls that a bright idea as Baloo and Rebecca dance the day away in their underwear which is quite romantic in a private dance sense; but a wee bit disturbing in a public sense as we see the Spruce Moose Balloon outside flying over the cliffs of Cape Suzette easily to end the episode at 21:12. Really fun once they started going away from the manners angle and more into the rough edges acceptance angle. A few logic breaks didn't help the cause though. (Considering that the Status Seekers from Ducktales was better than this; I'm dropping the rating of this episode to *** 1/2 (70%). The manners angle was weak and there were a few dumb logic break later in the third act that caused the dropped rating. It's better if you start off awesome and then drop to below average than it is to start off bad and then rebound to greatness simply because kids -- like most people -- do not have the time nor patience to continue watching something if they feel it is going to be a waste of time. It doesn't matter if the ending is the best thing going when the set up causes people to change the channel.)

Final Note: This episode uses the prop font size. This episode was also edited in it's second run since post-production was done by Jamie Mitchell. (Apparently; IMDB believes that this Jamie Mitchell is NOT the same one as the Jamie Mitchell who was directing TaleSpin episodes. I have a hard time believing that and I'm not adding a new name until I have official confirmation that they are different people.)

THE REVIEW LINE

I originally panned out this episode as an average episode which so happened to run in repeats forever during the early 1991 run. I think the reason why they did it because it had a heavy-handed moral of manners. The problem was that the learning of that lesson with Baloo around dragged things down to a point where it became necessary to include the hi-jacking angle as a way to save the episode. And it worked like magic because the show got much better the moment Owl Capone stepped in and took over and then the moral changed from manners to gratitude which was a much better executed moral and one that is hardly seen in cartoons anymore because of the "attitude is cool!" mantra which is a thousand fold worse than "rhyming is cool"! (Sadly; the manners angle probably hurt in the ratings a bit since it was poorly executed.) After seeing this episode for ranting; this episode was much better to watch. (Now I've cut it back to above average with Act I being below average and the remainder being awesome.) Although I must admit; the writers were really testing Business Standards & Practices on this one and it's sexually suggestive material rather than violence. At least two shots of machine gun shooting were cut from the Toon Disney version later on; yet the whole “Take Off Your Clothes” sequence which would have got the moral guardians into a bigger hissy fit were kept. Not to mention that Rebecca almost became the fourth character to say the word God in the series; but did manage to work the word screw in the vulgar dialogue context. Also, don't get me started on the near incest (I'm...going....to...get...killed...for..this...!! (No you are not, 2010 Me. My internet career is still intact. That absect nearly killed me; but I'm still here, so enough of this.)). I don't think it was incest, but Kit's blushing doesn't help do the scene any favors mind you. (Nah; Kit is 12 years old and it's a legit adult business thing. If it was a private dinner with her dad; then Kit would be allowed to come and Dan Green's already wrote a fanfic on that.) All in all; this was a great episode; but it had a pretty bad spots between Kit stating that they were going to teach Baloo some manners and Owl Capone enters along with several logic breaks and several animation screw ups; including the KIT CLOUDKICKER HANDS~! I betcha if animation buffs weren't so angry with DTVA; they would still be laughing their way to the bank on that moment. I know I was laughing and it was a fun joke. Other than a few logic breaks; this episode was better than last time; but I still give the nod to The Status Seekers on the plot line on the basis of The Status Seekers NOT having the manners angle. (That is pretty much the right call there 2010 Me. Ducktales can have better episodes than TaleSpin; but you also have to remember that Ducktales came first and they were still getting the awful 1970's/1980's writing out of their system at that point. So I can forgive Ducktales for some of it's booking decision; not so much with TaleSpin though.) So, last up for Disc two of this volume is Waiders of The Wost Tweasure. Bad spelling intentional. So..

Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you next time.

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