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Pizza Pie In The Sky Re-Rant

Reviewed: 02/23/2011
Additional Commentary: 11/20/2021

Kit Finally Beats Huey Duck In The One Area He Couldn't Beat him In!

Original Airdate: 02/05/1991 (Syndication), Episode #52 (TaleSpin DVD Volume 2, Disc 3), Episode #42 (Production Order).

Pizza Pie In The Sky Notes
Pizza Pie In The Sky Transcript

Yes; the caption does apply to a scene later on in the episode. So here's our first Walt Disney Animation France episode since The Time Bandit as Baloo, Kit and Louie start a pizza delivery business. (2016 Gregory Weagle Says: Oh yes, this episode. I think people sometimes call this show a Ducktales wannabe because it does a lot of plots Ducktales did; but for this episode, this is being a Wuzzles wannabe since this is literally a slice of life episode where Baloo and Kit join Louie in creating a global pizza business. I have seen nearly every Wuzzles episode have a plot like this, and it works better in TaleSpin than it does The Wuzzles because the characters are more real and believable, plus; the logic is a lot less wonky. Although, as you'll see here, not all the wonkiness was eliminated from this episode. Anyhow; reading my notes, I noticed that Len Uhley consulted on the script. I do not know why Len needed and that would make for a great shoot interview question. Occam's Razor suggests that the original script Mike and Michael wrote was not good and the fact that Ken Koonce and David Weimers are story editing this episode (which usually means, skim over and accept what was written) tells me that even the Eden siblings have some sense in getting a second opinion about what they write in a story editing level. Personally; I wish more writers would do that, regardless of the era.) Let's rant on shall we...?!

This episode is written by Mark and Michael Edens. The story is edited by Ken Koonce & David Weimers. Additional script consulting was done by Len Uhley. The animation is done by Walt Disney Animation France S.A with additional services done by Walt Disney Animation London. (Along with Lapiz Azul, Cinemadores and Jaime Diaz Studios as subcontractors.)

We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM as we head inside the office and see Rebecca pondering over what to do before leaving. I see she actually has bought a safe since the last episode we saw her. (Oddly in the same place where the filing cabinets used to be. Granted; shuffling the office around it not unusual in a business (heck; I can speak from my experiences at Reboot), but this is the only episode where the safe is involved. I guess she moved it to an area where Baloo wouldn't be able to dip into the petty cash. Which I wouldn't have a clue where since that safe is much bigger than Baloo.) She opens the safe and there's almost no petty cash in there except for a paperbag. Which conveniently allows Baloo to appear and take a donut from it (and seconds later; we see Kit appear.). Rebecca blows Baloo off because it's not a fridge; it's a safe which she will fill with that MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. See; she's going to the Better Business Boot Camp and Baloo calls the seminar stuff a bunch of hooey. He then throws the donut away and Kit is forced to duck as Baloo proclaims that she needs some common sense and Baloo has the most uncommonly common sense. Well; that makes sense since business seminars were invented in 1979. So yeah; that sounds out of place in this cartoon. (It is completely hilarious how we are supposed to take Baloo seriously as a business person when every episode has him screwing the pooch and having no sense of financial acumen. He makes 1990's Sega look like 2008's Nintendo!) Rebecca shuts the briefcase and wants money and less sense as she walks out. (I think she meant "cents" in the sense that she wants big bucks but not small change. I should also note; that she also has a suitcase out of nowhere. Sigh.) Baloo and Kit wave at her proclaiming that they will take care of the place good. Rebecca walks out asking if she should take a correspondence course. Which makes sense actually since they were invented before the 1920's. So, at least the Eden twins are self aware. (Not self-aware enough to notice dialogue problems in their storylines. I have never seen so many "kiddo" references to Kit from Baloo in my life in this episode. Even a fanfic writer would not go to such lengths to avoid saying Kit's name and pet name. I don't know if Len Uhley was the reason for it; but it annoys me because while Baloo's pet name to Kit is annoying to fans, at least it's memorable. Kiddo is never memorable.)

Baloo asks if Rebecca can trust him to run things for two days, Rebecca states that she would if he follows one simple instruction and that is to not do anything. (Now that sounds like a jerk; but the point is perfectly fair so she's fine.) We go to the far shot and Baloo proclaims that this is what he normally does. We head to that island in the South Sea's Louie's as Kit and Baloo are sitting at a table with Kit kneeling on the chair as Baloo thinks a pet coconut and a watch chicken will be the ticket; but then recoils because they never sell. (Wow; the first one actually sounds reasonable since it's a corruption of the pet rock I hear about a lot as a plot device. It's a collectable created by Gary Dahl in 1975. So once again; Baloo predicts the future, sort of. The watch chicken: THIS! Dammit! Also of note; Kit's sweater extends to his ankles in one shot; and his claw toes are missing. Teddy Ruxpin's Little Brother Confirmed~! Or not since it goes back to normal after Louie arrives with the drinks.) Louie arrives with drinks which are a lemon sludge and a pomegranate fizz. (Pomegranate Fizz recipes are available on Google. Surprisely; there are no recipes for lemon sludge that I'm aware of.) Baloo then asks Louie about the secrets of making that MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH and Louie states that the magic is gone for him since business is terrible. (Geez; I would have loved to know why Louie's is in terrible shape as of late. I wonder if it's because of the incident with Douglas Benson that scared away the customers into assuming Louie didn't get his business back? That would make for an interesting storyline reason. Of course; it would have made more sense if Chuck was writing this episode instead of the Edens, so there you go.) Baloo then states that Louie needs a partner with a nose for business and Louie isn't so sure about having Baloo back after the sandwich cateering business went up in smoke in Jumping The Guns. (Yeah; I wondered why the business went up in smoke? I guess it wasn't enough customers to make profits off of it. Then again; it was designed to help the Cliff Guns fend off enemies like Don Karnage so it wasn't going to be a big money thing anyway.)

Kit asks about him and Baloo pets him on the head and Kit is in the deal. Must resist making Gidget Pet Shop Joke here. (Kit finally speaks almost three minutes in! If this were today; he is the main character without any contradiction. Which would be exactly like my fanfics. Yeah.) Louie asks about what business to get into and Baloo proclaims that he cannot think on an empty stomach. Louie bails to find them something to eat as Kit has an idea which is to fly people's mail to them overnight and they get their letters the next day. Baloo blows it off because it will never catch on because no one would pay more money to get their letters faster. Just like "radio with pictures" never caught on eh, Pop-A-Bear? Here's a rule with Baloo: When he says that it will not catch on; in real life it did catch on. (Yes it certainly did, because you see; Baloo thinks that the mail only implies getting bills from service collectors. Despite the fact that in Sheepskin Deep; he was desperate to get a letter saying that he was invited to his grade school reunion. Also; never mind that the whole concept is basically the same thing Higher For Hire actually does, only with parcels and mail. A private business if you will over the government business. Now we have UPS and FedEx (And Fedex is a term used in general mailing now.) So yeah; remind me to laugh everytime Baloo dismisses an invention out of hand like he did with television.) Needless to say; Kit's reaction is dead on (He's not amused because he knows Baloo is full of it when it comes to predicting the future.) as Baloo states that they need something irresitable and we get the good pizza smell of doom and Louie comes back with a Louie Special. Which is a pizza. Kit proclaims that Louie makes the best pizza anywhere (invented in 1889) as Baloo proclaims that it's too bad you have to fly to Louie's to get it. Then Baloo gets the LIGHTBLUB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and he has a Krackpotkin plan in mind. We go to the scene changer with the phone ringing and Kit goes to the phone and answers it. He calls the operation: "Pizza Pie In The Sky" hence the episode title.

He is taking an order on the phone as Baloo explains that this is a pizza delivery service (Invented in around 1950 which is fine for this series; although it might have happened as early as 1889 as well. It's actually great since they are doing a more global operation than the localized one you often see today.) by airplane as Louie makes the pizzas in the oven. Always hot; or your money back as Baloo would say. He eats a slice of pizza and then tries to grab a hot pizza from the table; but Louie invokes the spatula to stop his grubby hands. I see Baloo is trying to eat the profits on Louie again. No wonder Super Baloo's Baloo was made up of food jokes. (Yup. I should also note that this was the pizza Louie took out of the oven at the beginning of the scene.) Louie is making pizza dough and using his hands for a change as he proclaims that you can never have enough toppings except for the anchovies because no one likes those. I think the late James Barber would have something to say about that last one Louie. (Actually; as you'll see later on, at least two people in the world love anchovies: Nanuk and Rebecca Cunningham. So Louie is full of it as well.) Louie flops the dough into the air as he tries to rant on his last experience with them; but Baloo cuts him off because he has deliveries to make as Kit walks in with a dozen pizza boxes which probably weigh as much as he does and walks out with a smile on his face. Baloo and Kit walk out as Baloo proclaims that they will be back with the spending kind of dough. Louie is not amused as the pizza dough splats on his head in a cute bump. We cut to outside as the SeaDuck leaves the docks of Louie's and has a symbol of a pizza on wings on the side of the door next to Kit. Ooookkkkkaaayyyy. (Which I think it is supposed to be on both sides of the plane; but sometimes in some shots; they disappear and reappear at will. Although at the end, it didn't matter since Baloo and Kit washed the SeaDuck down to prevent Rebecca from noticing.) We head to the north pole (which is called the Land Of The Midnight Sun in canon. LOTMS~! That actually sounds neat.) as the SeaDuck flies and lands near an ice floe.

Then we get logic break number one for the episode as Kit pops out the window on the pilot's side of the SeaDuck proclaiming that he bets no one has ever delivered pizza to an ice floe before. I have to concur although I didn't think anyone in the North Pole would be ordering pizza even today. (Not exactly. In terms of "north pole/south pole" locations on Earth; I think so. I don't have any evidence to suggest that pizzas were delivered to the north pole nor the south pole. In terms of cities; there is a North Pole in Alsaka and there's a South Pole in Illinois I do believe, which do have pizza shops. So TaleSpin was ahead of the curve in that department.) Baloo runs out on the navigational door side (At least this makes sense now so the logic break is popped out of the episode. This episode had a lot of little annoying mistakes; but nothing I would consider gaping.) proclaiming that no one had any sense to advertise in Better Igloos & Ice Gardens. Ookkkkkkaaaayyyyyyy. (This gag actually returned in Club Penguin, so somebody in creative did in fact watch this show. Nice one.) Baloo knocks on igloo and pops his head in the door as he calls for someone named Nanuk and then backs away as Nanuk shows up with a grey fur coast and he's a giant ass polar bear even by Baloo's standards. (As Bryan Alverez would say: "He's enormous!" and Vinny would say: "Besides Mark Henry.") Baloo asks him about the weather and Nanuk calls it cold (Jim Cummings). Baloo gives him the pizza and Nanuk hands him the money. Nanuk then starts getting angry stating that he ordered a large pizza and Baloo checks his notebook (with pretty pink paper) that he ordered a small pizza. (Baloo's handwriting must completely suck in order to make that simple of a mistake.) Nanuk slams the pizza box and pizza over his head as the tomato sauce sprays like crazy. This is as close as this series got to spraying blood so at least the anime losers will be only slightly displeased. Nanuk gets his money back as Baloo proclaims that the customer is always right; even if they are large customers. We head back into the skies with the SeaDuck flying back to Louie's and then jump cut (Acceptable in this case due to time...) to the SeaDuck flying in the skies back to the Nanuk ice house.

Nanuk is waiting as Baloo runs in with the large pizza. (Personally; I would have cut the SeaDuck flying sequences here and just have Baloo return with the pizza. It was there just to pad the running time.) Nanuk blows him off because he was supposed to deliver the pizza in two hours and it's midnight. Baloo blows him off because the sun is still up. Nanuk calls this the Land of the Midnight Sun and the pizza is frozen solid. Baloo calls the pizza at room temperature. You are confusing the pizza with your IQ there Pop-A-Bear as Baloo decides to come back later as Nanuk wants anchioves (that officially makes two people who like such things. (Which is James Barbar and Naunk and later on, it will become three.)) as Baloo runs away and we get the snowball increasing spot as Baloo gets engulfed and goes splat right onto the SeaDuck with a MAN-SIZED bump. Sadly; Walt Disney France really screwed up by freezing the frame when the snowball splats into the plane since the next shot shows almost all the snow gone. That looked really sloppy as Kit asks what was wrong this time around. (It's worse when you consider that Baloo was on the left wing when the freeze frame ends; despite the fact that Baloo splat into the tailsection of the SeaDuck. This was Darkwing Duck-equse bad. Probably one of the few times in the series.) Baloo states that they need a blowtorch to cure this one. Kit is not happy about bringing another pizza again; but Baloo proclaims that the customer is always right. So we repeat the footage from the last scene changer (fine since there is nothing to suggest changing the animation (except maybe edit it out completely since it only pads the running time.)) and we return with Nanuk waiting and Baloo comes in with the pizza fresh and hot. Nanuk gives him the money and Baloo kisses it. Nanuk opens the box and complains that there are no anchovies in this one. Baloo proclaims Louie must have forgotten them; so Baloo brings out the butterfly and catches a fresh fish and places it on top of the pizza. Nanuk actually feels happy about that as we go to the far shot with shadow Baloo and Nanuk as we find about that Rebecca is the third person in the world who likes anchoives.

Then a killer whale jumps up and eats the pizza on the way down. Wow; that is just cold. Nanuk walks to him and Baloo asks if he is going to be blamed for this one (Answer: yes) and he takes a punch in the face which WD-France screws up by having Baloo take the shot and cannonball into the ice water with a splash; but the punch is nowhere to be seen. (Uh-oh; Disney is finally clamping down on punches to the face now. I should have known this was coming a mile away after King Gregor and Baloo punched people in the fact in other episodes.) Baloo pops up as Kit is still in the SeaDuck asking what happened. Baloo swims to the SeaDuck getting death reference #1 for the episode (killer whale (who has cheese breath and owes Baloo five dollars basically.)) as Kit notices that they used four hundred gallons of gas to deliver just one pizza. (I did some Google-fu on 1930's airplanes and I discovered that even in 1938; most fuel tanks were 410 gallons in size. So this tells me a few things: (1) The SeaDuck is a customized plane; but Baloo forgot to customize the fuel tank so it holds 1,010 gallons of fuel. (2) Kit's mathmatics makes sense with both the gauge since there would be only 10 gallons of gas left, thus justifying them spending a lot of money on gas as explained later on. This all makes perfect sense.) Baloo goes into the cockpit and sits down on the pilot's side as Baloo has the blanket and hot water bottle on. Baloo proclaims that they are thinking too small here as if they are going to make it in big business; they will have to think big. We head to Cape Suzette as the Sea Duck flies around as we head to the side shot of the pilot's side as Baloo proclaims that the secret of successful businesses is advertising and so he invokes the HANS SOLO MOVE OF DISMEMBERMENT as it's pizza bombs away. Pizza falls around the city as one falls on power pole wires where a dog is on a wooden pole and we hear sparks off-screen. More fall into the streets as one of them hits the stoplight to force the stopping. Sadly; we hear no off-screen crash sound despite seeing the results on-screen as a blue car and a truck crashed into each other with broken glass; but the wipers on the blue car still work to slam the pizza away. (Wow; actual destruction of people's propeties with impunity! In this show no less! How can old farts sleep at night?! Also; that was some really poor use of sound effects there guys!)

We then head to the Health Department as a fat pig furry with a blue coat, blue shirt, blue tie, brown pants and shoes walks out the door and gets splattered with a pizza to the face. How ironic for him to be a pig working for the Health Department. He has brown hair and whiskers too as he takes the pizza off and sees the SeaDuck throwing pizzas out the back and takes out his notepad and writes on it. We head back to the navigational side shot as Kit wonders if this is mass marketing or mess marketing? Wait; shouldn't Baloo be delivering that pizza to Nanuk by now? (I'm guessing Naunk punching Baloo was the end of the deal. Hell of business you are running there, Pop-A-Bear!) Never mind as Baloo puts his feet on the stick and relaxing as Louie calls from the radio as Baloo asks about the orders as we see Louie in his kitchen telling Baloo the great news that they have a big order for lunch which is two hundred pizzas, and one of them has anchovies of course. Louie wants to talk about them anchovies; but Baloo cuts him off feeling giddy about this order as he wants to go to Louie's for some anchovies as Kit tells him that they spent it all on gas. Baloo calls this no problem as we get logic break number two for the episode right there for real eight and a half minutes in as they are flying into Cape Suzette through the Cliff Gun abyss. Why? Because they were in Cape Suzette the whole time when they dropped the pizza bombs. (I think this is a case of where a rushed product hurt a scene. The end of the scene has Baloo flying out of Cape Suzette; even though the next scene has them at Higher For Hire. Someone forgot to add a scene where Baloo turns the SeaDuck around; which would have been possible if they didn't do the two scenes of the SeaDuck flying stage left and then stage right. It is a logic break; and not a good one.) We head to Higher...For...Hire as the SeaDuck has landed and Baloo and Kit are inside near the safe as Baloo proclaims that not having money is not a problem when you know somebody who does. Baloo opens the safe as Kit calls this a little like stealing. Of course it is Kit; you stole Khan's stone in Plunder and Lightning for goodness sakes. Baloo tells Kit to bite his tongue because he's not taking any money; he's going to borrow it and not tell Rebecca.

Ummm; that is stealing Pop-A-Bear; unless you are going to replace it with profits; then it's stealing + interest. AHHAHAHAHAHA! (That is actually funny 2011 me! Kit again need to look for projection here. Granted; Kit stealing Khan's stone was originally stolen from Don Karnage. But that is still not your stone, Kit! That's his stone! (Tim: Correct!) You're not a business man and he's not a rookie! (Tim: Anatomically correct!)) Baloo proclaims that Rebecca has no business sense (Riiiiigggghhhtttt) and takes out one bill of money as this is a very small business loan. HAHA! We cut to outside as Baloo and Kit walk out as Kit proclaims that they'll need to go to Bob's Discount House of Anchovies. (Remember that for the next scene and witness what happens when you rush things way too much.) Baloo hopes there is a scratch and dent sale going there too as we see the Health Inspector behind the office taking notes with his notepad. So we head to Bob's Discount House of Fish & Anchovies as Baloo and Kit walk in. Baloo is glad because Bob has the best fish deals in town. (I mention this that way because originally; Kit calls the place Bob's House of Anchovies, but in the next scene, the sign says "Fish House" while Baloo calls it Bob's Discount House Of Fish. This is what happens when you have R.J. Williams do his voice recordings separate and not have the script coordinator check to make sure that who Kit says is correct. This confused me when I was doing the transcript.) We head inside as Bob's store looks like a converted cafe as Bob is a pelican with a blue sweater and a chef's man cleaning the counter and humming (Jim Cummings). (He is singing a corrupted version of Louie's scat song.) He greets Baloo and Baloo wants to see a man about a fish. Bob has his notepad on as Baloo wants those anchoives and Bob seems to skirt the issue. (Bob basically goldbricks while saying as a throwaway spot that he is out of anchovies. Of course, as we discovered; he has a barrel of anchovies but that have gone rancid. Which plays into the final scene of the first act.) Baloo states that he wants the little guys with salad oil all over their bodies. TMI! TMI Pop-A-Bear!

TMI = Too much information. (You want TMI 2011 Me?Anchovies are a family (Engraulidae) of small, common salt-water forage fish. There are 144 species in 17 genera, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Anchovies are usually classified as an oily fish.[1] They are small, green fish with blue reflections due to a silver longitudinal stripe that runs from the base of the caudal fin. They range from 2 centimetres (0.79 in) to 40 centimetres (16 in) in adult length,[2] and the body shape is variable with more slender fish in northern populations. A traditional method of processing and preserving anchovies is to gut and salt them in brine, allow them to mature, and then pack them in oil or salt. This results in a characteristic strong flavor and the flesh turns deep grey. Anchovies pickled in vinegar, as with Spanish boquerones en vinagre, are milder and the flesh retains a white color. In Roman times, anchovies were the base for the fermented fish sauce garum. Garum had a sufficiently long shelf life for long-distance commerce, and was produced in industrial quantities. Anchovies were also eaten raw as an aphrodisiac.[3] Today they are used in small quantities to flavor many dishes. Because of the strong flavor, they are also an ingredient in several sauces, including Worcestershire sauce, remoulade and many fish sauces, and in some versions of Café de Paris butter. For domestic use, anchovy fillets are packed in oil or salt in small tins or jars, sometimes rolled around capers. Anchovy paste is also available, as is anchovy essence. Fishermen use anchovies as bait for larger fish, such as tuna and sea bass. Anchovies are also a popular pizza topping. Now THAT'S TMI~! More fun facts in the next scene.) Bob continues to skirt the issue as Baloo asks if this is Bob's Discount House of Fish. I thought it was originally Bob's Discount House of Anchovies; but anchovies are fish; so I'll let it slide. (Already addressed Kit's garffe earlier.) Bob skirts around until he admits that he's fresh out as Kit seems disgusted seeing a dead smelly fish in a water jug.

A lot of people suggested that Kit hates fish; but the whole context is that the place has stale and rotten fish so it shows that Kit doesn't hate fish per se; just rotton fish. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: And wouldn't you know it, Della Duck also hates fish parts and guts with a passion! Besides using the Romantic Theme as her background music and being a pilot, Della is booked as a TaleSpin character.) Although considering Kit's previous life, maybe this is another example of Kit being soften up. (Kit doesn't like anchovies by the way; but anchovies are not the only fish in town as demonstrated by Bob in this scene.) Bob pulls out a catfish, flounder and pollock from the water jugs and Baloo no sell. (Actually; he pulled out a green fish and named it Wahoo; which is a legit fish believe it or not. Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high-quality flesh make it a prize game fish. In Hawaii, the wahoo is known as ono.[citation needed] Many Hispanic areas of the Caribbean and Central America refer to this fish as peto. The flesh of the wahoo is white to grey, delicate to dense, and highly regarded by many gourmets. The taste is similar to mackerel, though arguably less pronounced. This has created some demand for the wahoo as a premium-priced commercial food fish. In many areas of its range, such as Hawaii, Bermuda and many parts of the Caribbean, local demand for wahoo is met by artisanal commercial fishermen, who take them primarily by trolling, as well as by recreational sports fishermen who sell their catch. Also; the flounder he pulled out looked literally like a pink colored fish. So it's not Flounder from The Little Mermaid.) This leads to a cute quote:

Bob: Do you feel like a big crab?
Baloo: Not yet; but I'm getting there.

Bob then offers him an octopus and it slaps Baloo right in the face. HAHA! Baloo pulls him off and then grabs Bob by his pencil neck (So; punches to the face are illegal, but choking and wringing necks by babyfaces are perfectly fine. Lovely! Also; hell of a businessman you are Pop-A-Bear; your techinques on getting what you want are duely noted.) and points to the sign that the special today is free anchovies. Didn't Bob say that he was OUT of anchovies Pop-A-Bear?! Sadly; Walt Disney Animation France went from a white back with pink front on the sign to a complete pink back and front. (Compared to the freeze frame shot earlier on; this is a minor break.) Kit wants to leave and buy a can of tuna as no one will know. I don't blame him; the tuna has to be fresher than all of Bob's fish combined. Baloo absolutely no sells because he came in looking for anchovies and he'll leave with anchovies. (Yeah; because the customer is always right, amirite? I'll give Baloo this; he's consistent and absolute. Now you know the old saying: When you deals with absolutes absolutely; you look like a fool. Or in this case; a jackass. Something sexists accuse Rebecca of being.) He then yells in Bob's face and Bob finally admits that he has a few left; but they are slightly off. Baloo doesn't give a damn and it's gimmie time. Bob finally agrees to the sale but Baloo won't like them. Baloo blows him off as breathing in too much brine. (And Baloo is clearly drinking too much alcohol after that scene. False equalivancy much there Pop-A-Bear?!) So we head back in Louie's kitchen as we see a wooden basket of tomatoes and Louie literally jumps into the basket and starts squashing tomatoes with his feet. Seriously; that is what he does. Anyone who complains about the uncleaness of the new Disney has clearly not watch this scene carefully enough or have utter contempt for facts and evidence. In other words; Sara Palin's universe. POW! OUCH! Ummmm... (Wow; you actually said something about Sara Palin that was in fact funny. I don't understand why you were punched in the kisser for that one. It amazes me how old farts conveniently ignore all this despite acting like total critics. When even 2011 me figures this out; you know you're hosed.) Baloo and Kit walk in with the barrel of rotten fish on many different levels instead as the Health Inspector hangs upside down from the door taking notes.

Louie proclaims that he is making tomato sauce the old fashion way by stomping on it.Kit tells Louie to stomp faster because they need two hundred pizzas by lunchtime as he checks his watch underneath his sleeve (which he probably stole from Don Karnage too). Louie then asks Baloo about the pizza with anchovies as Louie jumps down and Baloo puts the barrel down proclaiming that he has this one covered. Louie asks what and it's anchovies as Baloo opens the barrel and the smell of poison overwhelms him. Louie stammers and then drops dead on his back. Baloo thinks he had the overhead too low as Kit thinks he's allergic to something. Louie wheezes about anchovies although considering the bad smell; I think he's more scared of anchovies than allergic. (In fact; Louie's dellusionallary hate of anchovies in this episode actually makes sense since I consider this a childhood fear. It's something seen in Chinese restaurants with MSG-laced foods a long time ago where the mere smell causes certain people to sweat and have problems functioning; and then they grow out of it. I think it was the Very Reverend Battleaxe Of Knowledge on Respectful Insolance who was inquring about this very matter. Louie hasn't grown out of though as shown here. Also of note: When I was doing the transcripts; Louie mentions the only time he ate them; but he was cut off by Baloo. Louie, I think did eat the anchovies; but developed amnesic shellfish poisoning which involved domoic acid. Domoic acid is a neurotoxin that inhibits neurochemical processes, causing short-term memory loss, brain damage, and, in severe cases, death in humans. This might explain why Louie hates anchovies and it would be a hell of a good reason for him to be allergic to them. Plus; for anyone else, this might explain their hate for it as well. So; I can see why Kit and Baloo hate anchovies here. Although; it might not be the real reason; it's a legit concern.) Kit wonders how they are going to make all those pizzas while Baloo wonders how they are going to pay back Rebecca as that ends the segment eleven and a half minutes in. So far; a few mistakes aside; this has been a pretty good episode. Sadly; this episode decends to silliness from here. (And what is your point? These are cartoons; of course it is going to descend into silliness. As long as it doesn't break logic and reason and even when it does -- as long as doesn't become unfunny -- I love silliness.)

After the commercial break; we head outside Louie as there is a cement mixing truck mixing up dough. Like I said; this episode has gotten completely silly now and it's going to get even sillier. (Mostly; because that version of the cement mixer wasn't invented until well after 1950.) Baloo is in the truck and has the dough all mixed up. Baloo asks Kit about time and Kit has a pocket watch now (Huh? (Boy; he is stealing stuff on his spare time. Or he cannot tell time on one watch like some people I actually know.)) as it'll be all right if they can make two hundred pizzas in an hour. Baloo proclaims that it'll be no problem because all they have to do is think big. The dough turns grey when it's plastered all around the ground and then Kit drives a steamroller (And we accuse Phineas of this stupidity when he drives a race car? Like I said in a previous rant; if Kit can fly the most difficult plane in all of existence (which he did unsupervised), then Phineas can do whatever the hell he wants.) over the dough as it's light brown now. Oy vey guys. Since when did Louie's have street lamps near the docks? (There were no crosses in the episode and I didn't notice any street lamps at the docks when I did the transcript. Boy; I must have been slow in the head doing transcripts beforehand. Anyhow; The Old Man & The SeaDuck had a church, so there you go.) Kit calls it getting dough in no time flat as the Health Inspector watches on taking notes and cringing. Now for anyone who complains about Phineas and Ferb driving a race car: Watch Kit flying a plane at least three times in this series alone; including twice unsupervised. Also Kit drives a steamroller. This is why I cannot take the complaints seriously unless it's about Phineas' dad being way too dense to notice. (I reviewed that episode with the monster truck and he noticed and didn't care if my mind is correct.) We then see Baloo invokes the HANS SOLO OF DISMEMBERMENT throwing tomato sauce on the Health Inspector as Kit blows him off for being ten degrees off. Baloo then attempts to redeem himself with the toppings as he slices the pepperoni through the props; but he misses again and hits the Health Inspector with them along with the cheese. Oy vey as Baloo thinks he's got it (Logic break #2 for the episode since we cut to Kit as if he finished the job).

Kit does a great spot which Walt Disney France does right by having Kit THE MIRACLE WORKER invoke the pogo stick which has the trashcan lid on the bottom to make round pizzas with. Another cute spot which actually makes sense for a change. (Sadly; it continues with a whiplash jump cut.) We then see SeaDuck land on the docks and then we see Kit THE MIRACLE WORKER handles all two hundred pizzas which is bigger than his own body weight. Why does he get that spot?! (Because Baloo is the star and Kit is the sidekick. It's obvious what Eisner's business model was: Milk the classic characters he owns; bash the ones he doesn't own. Which is why Iwata was a rare breed in terms of CEOs.) Baloo's in the SeaDuck feeling good about himself which Kit replies that they don't have time to cook two hundred pizzas in time and that the only way to pull that off is to cook and deliver at the same time. Which Baloo gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY calling Kit a genius. I don't like what I'm hearing and I'm waiting for the Krackpotkin joke to commence at this point. We head back to Louie's bedroom as Louie is in the nicest bed ever tossing and turning complete with banana yellow Pjs (which seemly change to green later on) and a blue hot water bottle on his head. He's still complaning about anchovies; although he probably is scared of them; not allergic to them. We pan over to the door as we see Baloo and Kit carrying Louie's oven out of the place and they put it into the tailsection of the SeaDuck. Baloo proclaims that this business is really going to take off as the SeaDuck takes off and wipes off all of the toppings and sauce off of the Health Inspector. The inspector is pissed and does the cut throat sign as he is phoning in for reinforcements BABEE! (Wow; I missed that in the transcripts. Not only that; this is the first time he speaks in anyway. He knows silence every well. Sadly; he always uses "you" as "yous". Don't ask me why he has that speech impediment.) He is voiced by Jim Cummings by the way. So we head to Louie's bedroom because the only phone on the island is right next to it. Why not use the phone in the kitchen? Because then it wouldn't lead to the best part of the entire episode silly. (I guess he didn't want to leave incriminating evidence behind. Like being accused of pigging out. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm...)

Louie is still complaining about you know what as the inspector enters through the window and tries to get to the phone by climbing on the bed. Louie is steaming up and he can smell them in front of him. Remember the toppings were ON the inspector earlier? (In fact; a stain of tomato sauce is left even after all this occurs. There is also an anchovy in his pocket as we'll see later thus making Louie's reaction even more comical.) Louie sees nothing but fish. Believe it or not; this shot of the inspector turning into a fish (via Louie's dellusions/sickness) was cut from the Disney Channel and it wasn't because Louie beat up an authority figure because most of the beatdown is in fact kept. Only the parts were the inspector's head was a fish were edited out. My guess is that Disney didn't want kids choking adults or other kids with a tie like a noose which is what the shot implies. Weird since they allowed Louie's grabbing the inspector by the tie before he turned into a fish. Worse, they also cut the entire themometer blowing up sequence and Louie spitting it out from the Toon Disney cut as well including Louie calling the inspector the King of the Anchovies that can talk. Don't know why they cut that out. (I have zero idea why they cut that out since there was no sign of Louie grabbing the tie or anything, it was a closeup. Heck; they could have moved the inspector's line of "Hey, let go of me" to the themometer bulb bursting without a problem. Someone please explain to me why they cut out the themometer blowing up sequence up to before Louie proclaims that he'll never be taken alive?) Louie proclaims that they will never take him alive as he throws the ice pak in his face and then swings up and we get the most disturbing beatdown in the entire series. The bed gets partially destroyed in the process as the inspector counters and throws Louie down on the bed. He wanted to use the phone and he's not an anchovy and shows an anchovy right in his kisser. Bad move there sir; as Louie destroys the bed some more and the inspector bails proclaiming that he's transferring to an easier job with the bomb squad.

Only the bomb squad part was cut out by Toon Disney. (This was cut because he said the word "bomb"; which is 4Kids level idiocy. See earlier episodes of Pokemon where bombs were called "Blaster Balls". So this episode proves that the edit wasn't because it was anime; it was because saying "bomb" makes children kill other people. Or something. How does saying "bomb" kill people? If 4Kids was concerned about children making bombs; then why not cut out the scene where Team Rocket actually threw the bombs?! STUPID! (2020 Gregory Weagle: A reminder: Only the DVD, first and second run syndication cuts kept this scene. Toon Disney, and streaming services including Disney+ cut this scene out.)) We see the inspector run out and head to his police plane and ends the best scene of the episode. (So yes; he has a plane and it was on the beach. So him being there made sense.) So; there was only two shots cut and it wasn't edited as badly as I thought it was. (I'm guessing the original Disney Channel version was even more edited out or it was an international version of the show (one of my lurkers claimed that it was slip-shod; but the real edit was pretty clean cut. I'm not sure. Plus; the first shot should have only been snipped to remove the noose and the second one shouldn't have been snipped at all since NO BOMBS were present when he said it. Also; this is the end of Louie in this episode.) We head to the SeaDuck overhead which is smoking as the police plane is overhead. (Oddly; this was the last time we would see the health inspector until the very end of the episode.) We then go to the cockpit as Baloo is using his feet on the flight stick to steer. EWWWWW! (Yeah; him doing this is getting old and stale. Like Drake's full of himself routine.) Baloo calls it great to get a new business off the ground; but Kit isn't excited because he's doing all the cooking of the pizzas see. Kit then notices the stove smoking and we have a logic break because it should have already been smoking. Something tells me this scene was supposed to happen before the shot of the smoking overhead with the police plane above it. (I wonder if there was a scene where the oven was supposed to be shoved out and it bounces off the police plane. Because that would explain why we never saw the inspector until the very end. Here; we merely see him and then he disappeared. Len Uhley should have been calling in a story editor with a clue; unless BS&P felt that this was a bad idea. As if Louie's beatdown of the inspector was not violent enough!)

More outside shots of the Seaduck flying as Baloo proclaims that they will be rolling in dough and showing Rebecca who can run a business as Kit (with chef's hat) comes in with the shovel asking Baloo where the pizzas are being delievered. Baloo checks his note on a piece of paper and tells Kit that they need to go to the Takeover Hostel. (Which I love as a booking name. Ducktales 2017 needs to steal that booking name right F'N now!) Kit realizes that this is where Rebecca's seminar is supposed to be taking place. Baloo groans as he should have known things got too good. (I just love how Baloo now is regretting doing this venture; even though the whole point of the story is to rub it in that he's a business person and Rebecca isn't (even though everyone and their dog knows that this is total BS.). I mean; if the venture is successful; don't you want Rebecca to know? Of course; I'm guessing Baloo and Kit don't want Rebecca to know because they did in fact promise to not do anything while she was away. So, in the end; this groaning actually makes perfect sense. I just love it when even the Edens can figure out stuff like this.) Then the smoke fills the entire SeaDuck and THAT'S BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH, MOVIE RATING AND ANY DTVA EPISODE WRITTEN BY THE EDENS~! (Wait, what? First of all; I'm starting to hate 2011 me for shouting now. Second of all; Mark and Michael as a pair actually write good scripts; it's Michael alone that writes crappy episodes! Granted, this episode is silly; but is it any worse than your average Wuzzles episode? Of course not! In fact; so far, it's much better than most Wuzzles episodes.) The oven is suffering of a grease fire. Kit and Baloo cough like crazy as R.J. Williams acting continues to be top notch. Baloo and Kit cannot see where they are going, DUH! Baloo tells Kit to throw water on it as Kit proclaims that you cannot pour water on a grease fire. Kit gets a bucket of water anyway as Baloo proclaims that you can and Kit throws water on Baloo's kisser. HAHA! Serves you right for being stupid Pop-A-Bear. (At first; I thought: Why is Kit going to the barrel of water and getting water out of it? He already stated that you cannot put a grease fire out with water . If this were modern cartoons; I would have panicked because Kit would have poured water on the grease fire because in today's cartoon, deadly stupid equals funny. Except it is very dangerous and easy to mime. However; he pours it over Baloo because Baloo claims that you can. That was funny and it makes perfect sense as a great safety tip. Why? Because it's true! Water spreads oil and grease making the fire more profound. So the next scene actually makes sense...)

We cut to the bunk bed shot as Baloo pushes the pizza oven out of the tailsection of the SeaDuck and it free falls into the drink. Okay; I guess you CAN use water to put out a grease fire as long as it's a lake or ocean. (That also makes sense because an ocean is not a kitchen. It's all water. No grease fire can live through an ocean of water. I should note that there was a cruise ship in the background, but the next shot shows the oven is nowhere near it to catch fire. In modern cartoons; we see the cruise ship get lit ablaze as the oven crashes into it. Because destruction equals funny you see. Did I mention that I hate money marks claiming to be scientists?) We get a far side shot of the SeaDuck as Baloo proclaims that when he puts out a fire; he puts out a fire. Baloo is back to the pilot's seat as Kit is sitting down in his seat wondering how they are going to cook pizzas without an oven. Baloo ponders this over as we get a scene changer as we see the SeaDuck flying in the skies proclaiming that there is only one way to cook two hundred pizzas in five minutes. We head to the cockpit as we see Baloo with oven mitts and tying a block of ice on the top of his head. We then see Kit in the back with the block of ice on his head and skates (Which disappear in various shots in the third act.) as Baloo guarantees it will be hot; or your money back as the SeaDuck flies towards a volcano. That's right folks; Baloo is going to fly the SeaDuck into a volcano and people are surprised that I cringe when the Edens try to write a story in DTVA? (I don't anymore because flying into a volcano is pretty awesome as a visual as demonstrated in the next scene; and this is supposed to be a cartoon. So this is really a good spot to write and it makes sense. Cartoons are supposed to be silly.) Thankfully for us; this is the last episode they wrote on DTVA. (If only because Len Uhley, Libby Hinson and Jan Strnad are much better writers on this show; not because they are crappy. They actually write good material together.) That ends the segment sixteen minutes in.

After the commercial break; The SeaDuck simply flies into the volcano as Kit THE MIRACLE WORKER skates around complaining about the heat (He feels like an anchovy and he hates anchovies. Don't most of us? Domoic acid has that effect on people, I guess.) as the smell of the pizzas actually beckons. Baloo thinks it's sulfur and brimstone (I see hellfire is still not allowed until Hunchback of Notre Dame. Although in this case, sulfur makes perfect sense to use. The problem is: brimstone is the alternate word for sulfur. So you cannot say hellfire in this show. I wish that line was redubbed to "Smells like the lake of fire." Because "Lake of fire" is a sub for hell and it makes perfect sense in this episode since they are inside a volcano and the Christian context of hell applies real well here. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Also, the Volcano Of Gold Super Baloo comic story referenced the lake of fire at least twice!)) as the animation is mighty impressive here as Walt Disney-France does so well when they give a darn. (So much so that they became a feature animation studio called Walt Disney Animation Paris before going palm up.) The pizzas are finally cooked; but the SeaDuck is apparently too heavy and it starts to fall. Kit states that they should dump the pizzas but Baloo no-sells. He does allow Kit to jettison anything else of course as Kit goes to the back. (I just love how Baloo and Kit do the spot in Treasure Of The Golden Suns where Scrooge refuses to give up the treasure; so Mrs. Beakly asks if he wants to die and Scrooge changes his mind completely. There; Scrooge gave up the treasure. Here, Baloo tells Kit to jettison anything but the pizzas! In other words; Baloo compromised and Kit accepted the compromise. I never realized it until I did the transcript; but that felt real and believable since life is about compromises. Awesome! And; Baloo and Kit's life were in as much danger as Scrooge's; only Kit and Baloo had a bigger stake in keeping the pizzas here. Again; awesome! This is not a Jymn Magon written script; this was written by the B-team duo of Michael and Mark Edens.) Kit then invokes the HANS SOLO MOVE OF DISMEMBERMENT as everything that you wouldn't see in a plane gets dumped out.

Funny moment occurs when Baloo shouts to Kit not to throw his bottlecap collection and thus maintain continuity from Plunder and Lightning Part One. (So even Baloo's compromise only goes so far. I should also note something: Baloo not jettisoning the pizza is kind of comical because Kit says the pizzas are weighing it down. How is that possible?! Pizzas don't weight all that much. So Kit to say that is actually really stupid and Baloo was justified in not jettisoning them. Great! So yes; even Kit Cloudkicker can have really stupid moments like this.) Kit thinks that they give the volcano indigestion and Baloo is thankful they didn't toss in the pepperoni; or it might give it an ulcer. Still no go for the SeaDuck as Baloo then tells Kit to dump the giant icecube into the volcano. (Which Kit was pulling up with him when he crawls back towards the cockpit.) Kit finally decides to sell and he throw the ICE CUBE OF DOOM into the volcano which creates steam -- as Kit soon starts to realize -- and the entire volcano erupts which causes the SeaDuck to restart for some odd reason. The lava pushes the SeaDuck out of the volcano and does about seven flips in the process to safety. Although they crashed against the top of the volcano sides and then spun around about four more times allowing Baloo to grab a sandwich that he had last month and ate it. EWWWWWWWW! Baloo doesn't like it either and throws it away. I know that this volcano thing would not work in real life; but then again the Edens created this goofy plotline in the story so there you go. (I'm perfectly fine with this. It certainly would be a kick-ass story to tell to the old folks home one of those days. At least when Baloo ate the sandwich, he didn't like it after one bite so the fart joke was perfectly acceptable.) Kit thinks that they are safe as the SeaDuck heads to Cape Suzette. Did I mention that R.J. Williams's acting is still top notch? Then Kit goes back to his seat after embracing Baloo, then smells something burning and then...wait for it...BS&P NIGHTMARE ON FIRE~! Kit jumps with his ass burning and almost hits the SeaDuck roof in the process. HAHA! Now THAT is funny.

Huey Duck must be crying in his grape juice over that one. (That one was funny because even Kit did a better job selling the superball up his ass spot better than Huey Duck from Send In The Clones in Ducktales. Awesome! Also; the joke about being on fire has to do with someone getting lit on fire, usually in the ass and jumping up. Scott Keith started that one; although his context was much different from mine. Oh; and this was the moment I was talking about in the caption. Also; I doubt Huey is crying because he's happy since Soo kisses him with squeak sounds in Feats Of Clay. Plus; Huey's a rotten sexist!) Now Baloo needs to somehow deliver the pizzas without Rebecca seeing them as we head to the Takeover Hostel which is a hotel build in the middle of nowhere near the water docks. We then hear the Seminar leader barking out that business is competition and it's winners and losers. I see this guy believes in the Zero Sum Game of Business. The Semaniar Leader is voiced by Dan Gilvezan. The leader (an army guy tiger) asks harshly if they want to be losers and the business guys and Rebecca stand at attention and yell "sir, no, sir". One of them is the goat inspector from A Fuel Dollars More with a red trench coat and yellow bow tie. (Geez; I wonder if he's an insider trying to infilirate the world of boot camps and see if they are unnatural or not. Figures; after the mid-air refueling station, I put nothing past this busybody.) We have one brown warthog, one rhino and one hippo in with Rebecca. The teacher wants them to be winners and they all sell without question as he wants them to be lean, mean business machines and all the males roar as Rebecca looks stunned. See; she only wanted to learn how to do business better which gets the tiger fury upset. What did you expect?! I betcha this show is where those trashy talkshow hosts got the idea of boot camp from. Only this time; the victims happen to be teenagers who do drugs and are considered out of control. I'm probably more out of control then those losers and yet I was legit. (Wow; should you be admitting this on-line 2011 me? I certainly wouldn't.) Anyhow; Rebecca tries to roar but it sounds absolutely lame.

The tiger fury goes into his tough-guy routine because that stuff won't cut it and stating that in the business world; you have to make a big noise. And right on cue; the SeaDuck arrives out of nowhere, the teacher ducks and the power of suggestion somehow forces him into the drink feet first backwards. Okay; that was pretty funny. (And that's only because of how hilariously badly staged it was. Absurd!) Rebecca calls it a big noise as the teacher dries himself despite standing on one foot of water. Methinks Walt Disney Animation France screwed up there as it's lunch time and the Seminar is dismissed. (Personally; I think this was one inch of water for safety reasons. I'm fine with this.) We go into the hallway of the Takeover Hostel -- which is filled of gold colored walls by the way -- where Baloo and Kit are carrying at least a hundred pizzas among them which allows them to keep their cover. Rebecca arrives and Baloo hands her the pizza with the rancid anchovies without letting her know that he's the one with the stupid business ideas. I don't know how Rebecca doesn't notice; then again she didn't notice Trader Moe in The Golden Sprocket of Friendship; so it's in character. (Baloo trying to hide behind the boxes was still funny; and he still got away with it.) Rebecca walks away without further incident as the leader comes in and proclaims that no one needs to teach them how to make money. He gives Baloo a roll of money which comes to five hundred dollars and Baloo thanks him for it. Baloo tosses the pizzas which the teacher grabs most of them and Kit drops his gently on the floor as they try to bail. (Why did they run away? It's not like the teacher was going to tell Rebecca on them; unless Rebecca is highly talkative, which she usually isn't.) The teacher informs them that he'll tell them about this at the end of the seminar. (What he said was that the teacher uses the pizzas as a free lunch to make them think about their precived notions during the seminar. Which is a pretty interesting way of testing them on a "no free lunch" level. Sadly; we never got to see the result of it which would have been hilarious in a Gish Gallop sort of way.) Baloo panics because the seminar is almost over and Rebecca is going to return to Higher For Hire.

Kit proclaims that she'll check the safe and they should put that dollar back. Baloo proclaims that she won't care about the one little dollar because she'll get five hundred dollars instead. Kit then corrects him because the SeaDuck is charred quite a bit. We go back to Higher For Hire docks where Baloo takes the oven cleaner and spreads it all over the docks and the SeaDuck. Isn't that just asking for a deadly fire or explosion here?! (The SeaDuck has burn marks; but it has cooled down a lot since then, so oven cleaner is not going to make it catch fire since there's no heat.) Kit of course does ALL THE WORK (and he's upset) as he comments that they need a self-cleaning plane. Well it's the 1930's what did you...oh never mind. Then again; I'm guessing Kit isn't happy to doing all the work with the SHANE DOUGLAS MOP OF DOOM either. (Wow; Kit isn't thrilled about doing any work now. I guess Baloo really has soften him up more than I expected.) Baloo and Kit finally go inside with the cleaning stuff. Kit feels better now as the SeaDuck is cleaner than being in a waterfall. Baloo smells victory as he knocks the door on the safe. The safe open and out comes the health inspector as even Kit gasps. I see someone remembered to dub that one in. (Wait; how did he get in the safe? We never saw him see the combination Baloo twisted when he took out the petty cash. Furthermore; why would lock yourself in a air-tight safe anyway? That's really stupid. Why not hide in the closet storage next to it? It's safer and it's not like Baloo and Kit have noticed you until now.) Yeah; the reset button is going to get pushed and it is totally justified in this case because Baloo did fly a restaurant without a permit (a hundred dollars), operating heavy equipment without a chef's license (a hundred dollars), dropping tomato sauce greater than thirty feet (Two hundred dollars – Huh? I thought letting a child ride a steamroller would get that one. (I think the second fine was for Kit operating the steamroller actually.)) and Baloo asks what is the total and they all add up to $499. I guess beating up the health inspector is worth $99 as Baloo takes out the money; kisses it goodbye and gives it to the inspector. (So dropping tomato sauce is worse than beating up a health inspector?! That's so...dumb?)

Well; at least Baloo didn't protest this one as the inspector proclaims that if they want to do this again; to check with them because they are here to help them. (DING~!) Well; Baloo did violate the food safety rules and food safety is paramount. The FDA and Food Safety in general did exist before 1937; although the first real act was in 1938. Ah; close enough. Baloo blows him off for stealing his money and I disagree with him completely. It's really funny stuff and good for the Edens to write the Health Inspector in the correct light because let's face it; Baloo and Kit didn't get approval from the Health Inspector in the first place.The Health Inspector was a real face in this episode (As he was a law enforcement person and rightfully so.) and this is another example of an episode where there were no heels in this one. (He would have been even better if he wasn't slurring his speech while performing this public service, but he's right on the money otherwise, so I'll live.) That why some people thought this show might well be different from those other shows where good vs evil is regular fare. If only the public could see it for what it was and this show might just become better than the Simpsons and Matt would have to wait until Futurama before obtaining greatness. I know steet hates the reset button; but this is where they had to push it since it would turn Baloo and Kit heel outright and they didn't want to do that on something as silly as this episode. (I concur. Most of the problems with this episode are from the animation side and some really dumb dialogue errors that should have been spotted.) Anyhow; Baloo at least takes solace that he broke even and Rebecca will get her dollar back at least. Baloo is about to close the safe and Rebecca busts him as she is inside wanting hands off the safe. Rebecca accuses him of dipping into the petty cash as Baloo tries to skirt the issue by asking her about the business seminar. (Yeah; like Rebecca is gonna buy...Oh wait...) Rebecca actually talks about it being interesting. She walks in proclaiming that she learned how to make a business growl...ERR...grow. See; both reset buttons were pushed here and good for the Edens in an otherwise silly episode in general.

Rebecca then admits that she has a way to make more of that MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. Rebecca proclaims that they had pizza for lunch and it was delivered by a real bunch of losers (YAY for Baloo, BOO HISS for Kit) calling their plane flithy and disgusting. However; Rebecca sees dollar signs that if a company can make money delivering pizza then Higher...For...Hire can make a fortune. I see she indeed learned something: How to over act as Baloo and Kit flop on their backs off-screen and Baloo just groans in pain. (BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes; Rebecca Cunningham calls Baloo and Kit a bunch of real losers with a disgusting plane; but also called their pizza making business a profitable business. Yes folks; Baloo proved that he was successful after all the years of screwing it up in Rebecca's eyes. Baloo and Kit are SO shocked that Rebecca said this that they drop dead basically. They cannot believe that after all the screw ups of their venture; they managed to convince Rebecca that this was a great idea all along. The second they fall on their backs groaning, Rebecca realized that Baloo and Kit were the delievery boys and...) Rebecca proclaims that some people just cannot handle success to end the episode at 21:14. (What a perfect ending to a comedy of errors this episode provided. Rebecca reaction to this was priceless and it showed that no matter how much Baloo succeeds in life, he simply cannot handle it. I laughed so hard when I was doing transcripts and it was awesome.) As silly as this episode was; the overall storylines made sense and there was some funny moments so the Edens did not a terrible job at all. You may come back to do Darkwing Duck; bring TaleSpin's cancellation, Eisner Out! *** ¾ (75%). (The rating stays as is.)

Last Note: This episode also uses the prop font. This episode was also edited in post-production by Larry Latham. This is actually the first episode with additional services done by Walt Disney Animation London.

THE REVIEW LINE

Another middle of the road episode with good animation and some good humor present. (Actually; this was almost a thumbs up that should have been a thumbs up episode; but got marred by bad spots from the French animators.) The real attraction was Louie's DEADLY ANCHOVIES' encounter as he really showed some character. I liked the Health Inspector; he took his lumps and he actually won. However; Health Inspectors are considered good guys in the real world so that means that the good guys win. I love it when the Disney writers decide not to write actual heels once in a while because it gives something different from the good vs evil stories that are usual with animation; even the most recent ones (Vicky from Fairly Oddparents for example). This wasn't an excellent episode; but it was way good enough. Although I could have done without the silliness. If I wanted that; I'd watch Spongebob Squarepants. (No you would not 2011 me! Besides; cartoons are supposed to be silly and wacky. And this episode was wacky; but I loved it.) Besides some really gaping animation mistakes from Walt Disney Animation France/London; I liked it and it made more sense than almost all Wuzzles episodes; so this makes me a happy ranter. Next up is Baloo Thunder and Bullethead Baloo to end the second DVD volume of TaleSpin. (Baloo Thunder is already done, and I won't do Bullethead Baloo until much later; so next up is the Kit focused episode Flight School. Just when you thought Kit couldn't find a way to get moral guardian's dandruff up; how about learning how to fly...in Thembria, the poster child for the Soviet Union/Nazi Germany. Oh yeah; take that Johnny Ass..ERRR...I mean Test. You're not the only one who can make old farts shudder in fear.) So...

Thumbs in the middle; pointing up for this episode and I'll see you next time.

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