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TaleSpin Comics: F'reeze A Jolly Good Fellow/All In Your P.O.V./Last Rights Rant

Reviewed: 09/11/2016
Additional Commentary: 12/17/2025

Welcome To The Wacky World Of TaleSpin Comics, Part Four!

Original Release: 09/00/1991 (F'reeze A Jolly Good Fellow), 04/00/1994 (Last Rights), 02/00/1995 (All In Your P.O.V.).

Well; we have reached the final main TaleSpin comic story to review. (2025 Gregory Weagle Says: For rant purposes since TaleSpin #7 has already been ranted on.) First, we get a real funny story of Don Karnage having his birthday as he is forever twenty-nine years old. (I have not seen every TaleSpin official materials by Disney yet and several were still unreleased. I think this is the only character in the entire run to have a birthday episode. It's amazing that TaleSpin had one birthday episode compared to Peppa Pig having double digit episodes involving birthdays for almost everyone during it's run!) So, he's going to steal Frosty Pep from airplanes, kidnap a band with a dancer -- who happens to be Rebecca Cunningham -- and even stiff Louie on cake and ice cream. All while Kit is hiking and Molly is watching Dangerwoman while Baloo babysits her. I also included two more short stories as they are basically sight gags featuring Baloo fishing and the Air Pirates fighting over a slice of pie. How do these stories fare?! Let's rant on shall we...?!

F'reeze A Jolly Good Fellow is written by Bobbi JG Weiss and artwork is done by Oscar F. Saavedra, Hector Saavedra, R. Torriero and Robert Bat. Hector penciled six Rescue Ranger comic book stories, The Rescuers Down Under, Mickey Mouse Adventures #14, Goofy Frankenstein, Junior Woodchucks Limited series and a 1994 Looney Tunes story. Strangely; none of his TaleSpin work is on the Comic Book Database. Sadly; Hector passed away in 2003 according to Wikipedia. All In Your P.O.V. (Point of View) and Last Rights were written by Bobbi J. Weiss, while Last Rights were inked by Ruben Torreiro and Cosme Quartieri. A note: I don't have the pencils and ink for All In Your P.O.V. and the only surviving strip was from Brazil. Thankfully, Gidget from Baloo Lagoon wrote the commentary for the second page that I couldn't find, so I was able to work from there. Last Rights debuted on Disney Adventures 4-06 in 1994. All In Your P.O.V. (Point of View) debuted on Disney Adventures 5-04 in 1995.

Opening Moment #1: Baloo and Molly are being chased into a vault by the Air Pirates filled with treasure and paintings. Molly is in her cosplaying Dangerwoman gear using her flipper to counter Don. HEE HEE! Baloo is grabbing loot as well. I have no idea why the word "Freeze" is spelt "F'reeze". Google-fu ends up with nothing and comes back to this comic book as the top searches. So, what gives?! (I decided to do some more digging and the closest I could get is a brand of hair spray. This has to be a rib on someone.) Anyhow; the red explosion circle reveals that there will be pirates, plunder and ice cream. This sounds like something out of the Gaogaigar opening; only at least eight years too early.

F'reeze A Jolly Good Fellow: We begin this one at the offices of Higher For Hire as Baloo is lounging in a green chair with a stool (NOT THAT ONE!) propping his legs and the hat is over his eyes. Molly is sitting in a taller stool (NOT THAT ONE!) near the big wooden radio listening to it as the radio repeats the promo from "It Came From Beneath The SeaDuck"; thus confirming my thoughts that Bobbi was in fact watching the show. Too bad the artists didn't see the show enough. (Well, it was a rushjob on all planes, so what can you do?!) Kit is packing a red backpack as Baloo loves R&R. Molly asks what that is and Kit claims that it's the two favorite letters in the alphabet for Baloo. Actually; it's more like one letter repeated twice with a symbol in the middle. However, that wouldn't be sexy enough, you see. Down the steps comes Rebecca wearing a white shirt dress with a red skirt with a black band around her midsection, red heels and a red hat with clip trim on the rim of the hat. Rebecca dances around as Kit and Molly love the outfit, but Baloo blows her off asking where her castanets are. Rebecca scoffs back as she goes to the desk. Molly asks about everyone else playing dress up on the boat as Rebecca tells us that she's going on a day cruise, which contains a big floating party. Kit zips up the backpack as he thinks this is fun. (Which means he's not allowed to go, of course. Ther is nothing to worry about since he's got other things to do.) However, Baloo calls it stupid as he suggests to Rebecca that if she wants to go to a party; she can go to Louie's. Rebecca asks him if he's jealous as Baloo asks her why she came to that conclusion and she said no reason. Gee wizz Baloo, I would think that you would know why Rebecca doesn't want to go to Louie's. Unless she has gotten over Louie in A Touch Of Glass. (She sort of did that when On A Wing & A Bear arrived.) Rebecca grabs her yellow purse and pancho and offers Kit a ride. We then discover that Kit is going hiking with his friends from school. Baloo then gets on Kit's case to watch out for poison ivy and snakes. Because somehow; a twelve year old boy is afraid of these things. (I'm pretty sure that there are twelve year olds in general who are afraid of both. Snakes I can understand since they might be deadly and Baloo was probably thinking about Klang when he said that.)

Never mind that this kid was on the run from Witterspoon for years and was a pirate for a year. (Oh, and that comic book story is up in the next rant I need to do commentary and editing!) I think Kit can handle snakes and poison ivy. Now he should watch out for kids tickling him; he's still not gotten over that. POW! OUCH! Hey...! (At least he didn't fumble.) Rebecca opens the door, orders Baloo to take good care of Molly and doesn't want any trouble. Baloo tells her to relax since she'll be glued to the Danger Woman marathon all day. Yes, everyone except Louie has babysat Molly at some point in this series. Of course; everyone got into trouble at some point. Everyone is outside the office as Baloo, Rebecca and Kit wave goodbye and will see each other tonight. I believe this is the last time we will see Kit in this story. At least Bobbi gave Kit an excuse to not be involved in the story and it strengthens the argument that Kit's voice was the reason why he wasn't in some of the stories when Rebecca is around. (It's too bad because my idea for the ending would have been hilarious in an ironic way. More on that later on.) Baloo brings Molly back in and Molly sits on the large stool again. Baloo sits back in the chair scoffing at Rebecca's suggestion that he's jealous. (Well, you are merely an employee now instead of the boss of your former company that you were extremely poor at.) Molly listens to the radio as the radio announcer tells us that today is Saturday during this Danger Woman marathon. Also every Saturday, Cape Suzette gets a fresh supply of Frosty Pep Ice Cream and the announcer wants the kids to tell their mom to buy some Frosty Pep. Which is Danger Woman's favorite food I might add. Molly then jumps from the stool and nails Baloo right in the belly. She wants Baloo to buy some Frosty Pep for her and even says "please". Baloo's blow take on that is legendary. He got his lungs caved in by Molly. (Somewhere during that hiking trip, Kit was laughing all the way to the bank, and it wasn't him being tickled.) Baloo looks at the hard camera and proclaims that R&R is going to mean "run ragged". Which would have made sense if it meant run and ragged. (Still would have made sense. Baloo is about to get wrecked here and I love it. Peppa Pig wishes she could troll as hard as Molly Cunningham can.)

We scene change to Pirate Island as the purple title card is finally shown! We head into the most generic bedroom in the history of mankind as Don is looking in a mirror singing happy birthday to me making sure that he skirts around copyright. Despite the fact that the original song is supposed to be in public domain. (Well, that song is back in the public domain so that is now a moot point.) Don claims that he's young as he can be and if he never hit thirteee-- it will never hit him. (That sounds creepy to me, as in "pedo vibes" creepy. It makes me wonder if there is more to Kit's story about leaving them. No wonder DTVA skirted around this issue.) Don proclaims that he's so young that he is always twenty-nine years old, forever and hasn't aged a day in years. Somehow; I think he really is twenty-nine years old now and has been rounding up his actual age long before this moment. (Sounds reasonable to me, former self.) Don gasps as he checks his watch and goes to a radio on the wall. He flicks the knob and like Raven liking a My Little Pony knockoff; Don Karnage loves watching Danger Woman. Don Karnage listening to Danger Woman is much more believable and much funnier than Raven watching Pretty Pretty Pegasus. (Don Karnage is a womanizer in storyline and this show features a really sexy hero woman. That's why it makes sense. Someone on Tumblr had Molly kidnapped and she was annoying Don Karnage to death until Danger Woman is mentioned and Don is like "keep talking". Personally, I would have added "I love to roast Kit Cloudkicker." and have Don Karnage be just appalled about it.) Sadly; he missed the beginning as Danger Woman is about to arrest two heels named Rocko and Canolli. (Cannolo is an Italian pastry dessert of the Sicily region. The singular is "cannolo", meaning "little tube", with the etymology stemming from the Greek kanna. Cannoli originated in Sicily and are a staple of Sicilian cuisine.) We go to a commercial break as there is a knock on his door as Don claims that they can come in as long as they have presents for the birthday boy. In comes Mad Dog with a shopping list as Don Karnage greets him. Mad Dog proclaims that something has gone wrong with the surprise party tonight as Don looks mad and knuckles up. (Uh-oh! Mad Dog might be experiencing some "pinkie" pain, if you know what I mean.)

Mad Dog explains that they got everything except two items: Which are the cake and the ice cream. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! These pirates are so stupid. Worse, instead of going to the grocery store to shoplight these things; they raided a half dozen airplanes and found none of them had ice cream nor cake nor party supplies. Before Mad Dog can talk any further; Don covers his mouth as the radio repeats the Frosty Pep promo from earlier. (I'm guessing that this was run at exactly the same time Baloo and Molly were listening to the same program. I can see the split-screen used if this made television to same some time to get more stuff in.) Don calls that a "Ah-Ha" and a "double Ah-Ha". Don calls Mad Dog a estupid stooge. (So he's comparing him to Curley? Would have worked better if it was Dumptruck coming in. Mad Dog is more of the Larry and Don Karnage is a much less miserable Moe in this setup.) Also, Mad Dog is called someone with little faith and proclaims that the birthday rule is: What a birthday boy wants, he gets. Does that mean the birthday boy gets to plunder Cape Suzette again?! (In his case, yes. However, Don Karnage is picking his battles here since when Baloo and Kit can defend Cape Suzette by themselves...) Later in the morning, we return to inside the office of Higher For Hire as Baloo is sleeping in the green chair and Molly's back on the stool. We hear on the radio that Danger Woman is speaking with the police comissioner talking about something being a death trap. Then we interupt the program for a special news bulletin as the plane containing the new shipments of Frosty Pep has been hijacked. (Maybe I was too hasty in calling the Air Pirates stupid after all.) This causes Molly to gasp and tug on Baloo's left arm. Baloo wakes up as Molly informs him that the plane has been stolen. Yes, Molly does understand that the word hijack means a form of stealing. Baloo calls her button nose and informs her that they cannot do anything since you let the police handle it. Baloo even uses the "rain check" line to apologize and no sell Molly asking how he's going to be able to get some of that Frosty Pep. I should note that it's supposed to be "Frosti Pep" in the television series; but it's "Frosty Pep" in the comics. Something tells me "Frosti Pep" was a copyright issue. (Or bad coordination of continuity or animation mistake. This is a minor issue though.)

Molly invokes the most stoned PUPPY EYES OF DEATH on Baloo wanting Baloo to find the plane in the SeaDuck and asking "please". (This has got to be a rib on me, that stare was "yes" inducing.) Baloo just looks annoyed proclaiming that Molly's really good. HAHA! Now, normally; I have skipped the ads for these comics because you have seen most of them in the comparisons. However, the Darkwing Duck comic book ad had an obvious mistake of Darkwing Duck having no mask on at all while swinging. Not that it matters; since most people in Saint Canard in storyline either hate him or his hat or just don't care about his secret identity. (In other words, a much better Chargeman Ken. Trust me, I didn't know Chargeman Ken existed until long after I ranted on Darkwing Duck despite Chargeman being released in 1974 and Darkwing Duck being released in 1991. CBC Monction never aired Chargeman Ken either.) We head into the skies as four CT-37's are surrounding the blue Frosty Pep airplane and it has pea soup green top trim on the engines and tail. We discover that Hacksaw is piloting the plane in the cockpit while Don Karnage is in the navigator's chair listening to the radio and loving Danger Woman defeating Rocko and Canolli with the net trick of doom. (By the way, Hacksaw was the pilot in "It Came From Beneath The SeaDuck", which also had Danger Woman on the radio, but Don Rosa never bothered to connect the love for Danger Woman between Don Karnage and Molly. Sad!) Which apparently is made from tinfoil because Don Karnage is claiming that he loves it when Dangerwoman tinfoils the bad guys. HEE HEE! (The lack of self-awareness on this heel...) Dumptruck and Gibber are in the back with the boxes of Frosty Pep with two dognose pilots in pilot gear. (Sadly, no Mad Dog to replace Gibber to complete the cycle of life here.) Here's a major logic break: If this Frosty Pep is ice cream; then the back should be like a freezer, right?! Well; there are zero signs of ice or snow anywhere in the back. Sure; that wouldn't be believable either; but it would have been enough to allow me to suspend my disbelief. There's no way I can do that without any indication that the back is cold. (Yeah, this logic break hurts my brain worse than the Air Pirates claiming that this is their first time in Cape Suzette in "It Came From Beneath The SeaDuck".)

Dumptruck is asking what to do with these two dog nose furries as Don comes in and states that he's strangely magnamoneous today. Don Karnage is literally making words up now, just for his amusement and mine. (Not in this case, former self. He basically mangled the word "magnanimous", which is a six dollar term to mean generous or forgiving. Don Karnage sounds like Peppa Pig trying to pronounce the word "arrest" at this point.) He tells them to give the two pilots a parachute to share and then push them out. Yay! He's so generous in being heelish at the same time. Gibber whispers into his ear, Don is confused about bands and confusing them with rubber bands. HAHA! Mad Dog explains that Gibber was talking about having music for the night and steal a playing band. I should also note that in one of shots, Don's hands are painted gold. Don thinks that's a great idea and was just about to think of it myself. Yeah; I'll bet. (Don Karnge and Darkwing Duck with the same trait and I'm supposed to cheer for Drake?! I see why fans think Don Karnage is the cool heel, but it doesn't make Drake Mallard the cool babyface.) Don puts Mad Dog in charge in finding one which causes Mad Dog to whine again. Don Karnage tells him just to find one or else. (We know what that "else" is, so "obey" Mad Dog!) Mad Dog and Dumptruck leave as the two pilot's fight over the parachute. Don paces around wondering where to find a cake. Gibber whispers in Don's ear and Don blows him off because Gibber wants him to get it from a grand bakery. Don then recoils and calls this perfect for his party as the red coat pilot calls Don Karnage "crazy". Uh-oh! That's a no-no, sir. (Just to remind people: In the Japanese dub of TaleSpin: Crazy Eddie is called Grandma Eddie because of that word. If anyone knows Japanese and has watched "Stuck On You" can you translate the scene where Don Karnage is called "crazy". I would like to know how they handled those scene with the context of the word "crazy" not being allowed. Louie saying "crazy" can easily be changed to "wow" without killing the context.) Don Karnage and Gibber punch and kick the pilots out of the open side door of the plane causing them to free fall. Don calls himself a fun-faluting guy. Yeah, sure. (Accurate, since Don Karnage is fancy and pompus to name a few meaning to another six dollar term.)

The two pilots are still fighting over the parachute as it opens as three of the CT-37's back off and go to the left, somehow the fourth one has disappeared for some reason. (SUZY SHEEP~?!) The Frosty Pep plane flies away stage right; as they want to get the booty home before it melts. Then Don shall run a special errand. Meanwhile -- around the coast -- we see the SeaDuck flying around as we cut to inside the cockpit with Baloo piloting and Molly in the navigator seat. She's exempt from the blasphemy rule according to Kit; so she's all right. (So is Rebecca Cunningham since she automatically owns the plane as per the deed. If she could fly the plane, she would have Baloo's seat.) They cannot find the Frosty Pep plane and Molly wonders what will happen if it's gone and there is never any ice cream again. Memo to Molly: Then another shipment comes next week on Saturday. Companies can easily replace perishable items within days. Well, most companies can. (To be fair to Molly, a real crisis is soon going to occur where it will be worth it to save the day as this team often does.) Baloo suggests that they go to Louie's for a Krakatoa Special and Molly loves it as they cosplay in the SeaDuck as Baloo is the trusting sidekick and Dangerwoman is the captain. (If you listen closely, you can hear Kit laughing all the way to the bank and he wasn't tickled there either.) Oh; and the SeaDuck is called the Danger Plane of course. We head to the S.S. Festivia at the back of the boat as there is a party going on with the furries complete with a band on stage. Some balloons are flying as Rebecca is leading the dance and grab method, which one of the wolves's hands aren't even touching Rebecca anywhere. That had to be a BS&P decision. (I guess they thought this was sexual misconduct otherwise.) One of the sailor waiters has a tray of wine and glass bottles on his person. Then we get a major continuity error in the next panel: Watch the band from the previous panel to the closeup panel while Rebecca is bowing in front of them. At least three of the band members have changed from dog noses to furry dogs! These artists have no idea what they are doing; in spite of Bobbi's great writing. (Unlike the "Seventh Woof", which was a "Fourth Nephew" gag that was intentional by the creators, this was a clear and obvious continuity error and a major one at that!)

Rebecca bows and claims that "conga lines" are her specialty. Of course they are, Rebecca; you were leading this one. (Ooooo, Rebecca is going to need some cream for that sick burn.) Then a dog furry in a purple suit and tie with black hair asks Rebecca about her slow dancing as we discover that his name is John which Rebecca originally thought was Skippy. However; he is nicknamed Taddy! Why?! I don't know! (This would have been corrected for television, or given the gimmick that John has a million nicknames, or something among those conga lines.) John holds her hand and asks her if she wants to go on stage and ask the band to play the song "Moonlight Melody"; which is ironic considering that it's daytime. (Just to prove that adults love irony as much as kids. Remember the Jungle Aces Secret Midnight Club, former self?!) Rebecca agrees and goes on stage to talk to the trumpet player of the group. So we cut back to the skies with the four CT-37's flying as Hacksaw is complaining about them doing all the work for Gibber's ideas. (I assume the group is Mad Dog, Dumptruck, Hacksaw and some guy who Bobbi thinks is Hal.) However, they have to do it or Don Karnage will string them by their ear lobes. Yes; the beatdown on Kit Cloudkicker in Unforseen Impact was in fact believable, and I'm surprised because this is the first time I have ever read this comic book, let alone review it. (Context: I wrote Unforeseen Impact before I ever saw the comic book. Talk about a stroke of luck there!) Mad Dog then notices the ocean liner with the band and that's a hot dog for him and a jackpot at six o'clock. The trumpet player on the stage with Rebecca informs her that this is the next song they are playing and calls her beautiful as Rebecca thanks him. Ironically; the trumpet player with blond hair is the only one who hasn't changed spieces on the fly. One of the dogs panics as four grappling hook ropes are attached to the stage and the stage is lifted up. That dog notices that the Air Pirates have come. Rebecca and the band sways around as Rebecca sways towards the edge. John puts out his arms yelling to Rebecca that he'll catch her; and then turns on her because it would ruin his shirt. What a sexist coward?! Baloo would have no problem with catching her; even if she was a jerk. (Thus why I added the word sexist there former self.)

The trumpet player throws the mircophone cord from the microphone on the stand, Rebecca grabs it and hangs on for dear life as she is slipping. Trumpet player and grey dog band member get Rebecca back onto the platform as the brown dog swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (omigosh!) because they are being kidnapped. Rebecca wonders why as the pirates fly away stage right. You will never believe this and you'll want so hard to unsee this plan Don has. (Don Karnage would be very close to stepping over the line in this comic book later on.) We head to Louie's with Baloo and Molly talking to Louie who is holding a stick of fireworks. Louie informs us that he's catering a big party tonight on Pair-O'Dice Island which is a floating casino. Yes; a casino. Casino's were legalized in 1931 in Nevada by the way. (To be fair, the floating casino was meant to be for adults in storyline. When kids are allowed to gamble with money is where the line is crossed. Still surprising to happen in a children's show though.) This party feature dining, dancing and a fireworks display. Nowadays; we call that Canada Day. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm... Louie then asks Molly what she wants and Molly came here for some ice cream. I did love Molly calling it a Crack-Your-Toe Special. HAHA! (Now that is funny and Peppa wishes she could pull this one off. Keep in mind that both Molly and Peppa are voiced by children legit.) Louie no sells because the shipment of ice cream hasn't arrived yet; which is the same shipment as the Frosty Pep. Ouch! Louie offers a fruit salad with whipped cream and a cherry on top; which Dangerwoman says "okay". (She folded quicker than Caron Izumi here.) This is much more entertaining than "Cannot Eat Vegetable Salad" from Chargeman Ken. Which is sad because Chargeman Ken is hideously hilarious in all the wrong ways. (No lies detected.)

In comes Don Karnage, Dumptruck and Gibber; which means Dumptruck was not with Mad Dog. So maybe, Sadie?! (I have since given up trying to figure out the continuity of this comic book.) Instantly; a bunch of denizens in the bar get up and bring out pistols. No joke; gun concealment is allowed in a Disney product in 1991! Wow; just wow guys. And the yellow hand strikes again in two panels on this page. (Worse, this happened right in front of Molly Cunningham! This is the third time this has happened in this series: Mommy For A Day, and Flight Of The Snowduck. I'm not even counting the airplane machine gunfire scenes either.) Don Karnage shows that he's unarmed which is dumb because he never uses a gun, he uses a sword. So, we're supposed to believe that sword beats gun in this world? (In professional wrestling, guitar beats gun as Jeff Jarrett proved against Puppet.) One of the denizens either puts his gun away or is in the process of bringing it out. I cannot tell as Don claims that he's only here for drinks. That creates a Botchamania worthy "Huh?" from the denizens in the bar. Louie is not amused and Baloo sarcastically claims that he sells propellers door to door. Good thing Rebecca didn't hear that; you know how wacky she can be when she starts hearing ideas for business expansion. (Nah, this is not all that wacky.) Baloo wants answers as Don blows him off because he's Karnage; not Karney. He is after his birthday of course and I say that only Don Karnage is allowed to torture the English language. And Jim Cummings. (OUCH! Considering what Jim Cummings has become, the way former self said implies that only Don Karnage is allowed to torture Jim Cummings.) Louie scoffs at Karnage for that and asks how many candles he is putting on the cake; and that pisses off Don Karnage because it's none of his business. This leads to a really hilarious conversation between Dumptruck and Karnage:

Don Karnage: My...candles...are none of your cotton-plucking floor wax, you snoopy simian! (Ouch! That was coming close to the line of a racist line there, Don!)
Dumptruck: But Captain, you said you vere twenty-nine years old this morning! But come to tink ov it, you said dat last year, too! And da year before dat! And da year be...
Don Karnage: (Gets in Dumptruck's face whispering.) Remind me to shoot you when we get home!
Dumptruck: (whispering.) Err sorry, Captain!

I have a hunch that he is twenty nine years old at this point; and he was rounding up all those years. So, today he's twenty-nine and realizing that his minions are going to figure out that he has been lying about his age all these years. (Yeah, that sounds like a good canonal reason for the angle, former self. Don didn't think his cunning plan all the way through and now has to gaslight everyone to keep the facade going.) Don then gets on stage and sits down as he has come to order a cake from Louie's bakery, as he wants a very large ice cream cake with chocolate frosting and sprinkles called "doohickies" on top. (Invented in the 1870's.) Louie no sells because he doesn't have time and doesn't want to do business with Don. Even if Louie wanted to, he has no ice cream to work with anyway. Hacksaw wheels in a wagon filled with boxes of Frosty Pep that Don has stolen; which is gleefully pointed out by Molly to which Don Karnage admits gleefully that he stole it. Don brings out a small blue bag of gold as Baloo appears to be ready to slug the pirate because Don wants to pay for this cake. Louie asks the same thing I was asking: "Since when?!" Don wants the ice cream cake ready by five o'clock and he'll prove that he's an honest and fair man. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So, he's moonlighting as the founder of Dealdash.com?! That's a good one, Don. (Hey, it's a better gig than being the one who wrote the BS&P of children's Japanese media, that is for sure.) Don doesn't want disappointment; or he'll get angry. He also wants twenty ice cream sundaes with little candles and sprinkles of course. So, he has a pirate crew of twenty men now; including himself. Don Karnage then leaves with Hacksaw, Dumptruck and Gibber. Wait; how did Hacksaw enter the building?! (Probably off-panel since panels are not animations.) Baloo thinks he's bluffing; but Louie isn't buying whatever "bluff" Don is supposed to be "bluffing" about, because Don might burn his place down. Well; he did threaten to tear down Louie's in Plunder and Lightning, so I wouldn't take his threats lightly, Pop-A-Bear. (Fair enough, and the money is gold...ERRR...I mean, good.) Baloo wants to give him a birthday spanking, which is assault with a deadly weapon when Baloo does it. Louie then has a Krackpotkin plan in how to get back at Don Karnage and make it so the transaction for the cake and ice cream is all legal and that.

Scene change to outside a dungeon cell as one of the pirates somehow manages to get all four members of the band on the S.S. Festivia forced into the prison cell. Mad Dog takes Rebecca away calling her "girlie" of course; because he's a sexist heel. Rebecca protests this outrage; so yes, this comic book is in fact teasing a possible rape scene. Thankfully; this rape did not happen; but there was a lot of sexual harassment going on in this scene. (Yeah, this is where the comics almost crossed the line between something nasty and something truly "do not allow at all times" evil. Sadly, one comic strip of TaleSpin would cross the line in a different way. Dogs Of War, everyone.) However; there is a lot of dancing on stage in the main hall in the next scene -- which the narrator forget to write "Five O'Clock" or something among those lines -- as the pirates are celebrating with lots of beer, wine and strawberry spirits. (I think we need to accept the fact that there is alcohol being served despite the attempts to deny it.) Don Karnage is on his throne next to the presents having some beer in a German-equse mug leering at Rebecca Cunningham. (Another near crossing the line stuff and the beer mug isn't fooling anyone that alcohol is being drank here.) Rebecca is hating this dancing on stage with the band as she's worried that Don will see her as a phony. Ummm; I would be just as concerned about him if he sees you as not a phony. The trumpet player tells her to calm down and Rebecca tell him to sod off basically. (To be fair, the trumpet player is trying not to let Don Karnage see Rebecca as a piece of meat. Sadly, it doesn't matter, because...) Don thanks Mad Dog for the music, he loves Rebecca's dancing and wants Mad Dog to fetch Rebecca for him. Uh-oh! Mr. Enter would bash this if this happened in the modern era of cartooning; even if it's the heels doing it. (Oh crap! This is going to cancel the comic, I swear to Hades!) Hacksaw asks when he's going to open the presents as there is a big present with a tag that it's from Louie. Oh come on, guys! How can this be anything else other than a setup?! Hacksaw proclaims that he's surprised Louie gave him a present, since they stiffed him on the cake and ice cream. Don is listening to a small present rattle as he proclaims that he is adored by all, even by his enemies. A true terrorist heel if I ever saw one. (The NARC is flowing through this wolf anthro's body...)

We head into the kitchen as a hippo furry (in chef's gear) is decorating the three layer ice cream cake with chocolate frosting and putting the 13th candle on it, which is the same amount of sundaes we saw in the previous scene. So someone stiffed Don on the ice cream sundaes at least, which explains why Don stiffed Louie on the payment. Serves Louie right, then! (Psychological warfare at it's most pettiness!) The hippo chefs whines about putting the same amount of candles on the cake every year. Memo to Don: The "over thirty years old" thing is a bigoted stereotype. Besides; they don't hate you because you might be over thirty. (Yeah, corporate Hollywood is the one who started that nonsense.) They hate you because you steal and terrorize them, and maybe have killed actual people. (Maybe?! Does the term "don't let them live" not mean anything to you, former self?!) We head inside the cake as Baloo and Molly are inside. Baloo is shivering like crazy while Molly is completely no selling this at all. HAHA! I see Zip Skyboard has been taking lessons from her. (Yes, Zip Skyboard did make it in Pickle & Peanut, albeit in an alternative world episode of the show because 90's Adventure Bear is way more over than a pickle and peanut anthro.) Molly asks when they jump out and attack the pirates and Baloo proclaims that no violence will happen as the plan is to wait until it's quiet, sneak out, light the candle and run. (Sounds like Baloo reading BS&P notes to me.) Baloo also states that they will rescue the Frosty Pep plane as well because they need it to get out of here...and please Molly. (Yup, Baloo and Kit are two flying peas in a pod.) We cut back to Don Karnage taking Rebecca's hand and Don calls her a prancing pigeon. (How dehumanizing and deanimalizing at the same time. All Don Karnage needs is degodizing and he's God basically.) Rebecca blows him off because her name is "None of Your Business". Don calls it a weird name. HAHA! (Now, THAT'S a worthy nickname!) The hippo furry rolls the cake in as we head back inside the cake. Baloo is about to sneeze as Molly pleads for Baloo not to sneeze. Dumptruck is blindfolding Don as Don has Rebecca's wrist proclaiming that she must stay for the grand finality. (He mangles the word finale. Peppa Pig and maybe George Pig have been watching this show, there is no other explaination for this.)

Uh-oh! They are going to do the unthinkable! (Fuck them for letting it get this far!) Don drags Rebecca towards the incoming cake as they sing the "He's a Jolly Good Fella" song; only it's "A Jolly Good Pirate which nobody dares defy!" HAHA! (Okay, that was funny at least, but dammit!) Molly tries to cover Baloo's nose as the blindfold comes off and everyone yells "surprise"! Then Baloo sneezes and the top of the cake comes off blowing their cover. Look on the bright side; at least it wasn't strippers coming out of the cake in that Mister T episode the Agonybooth reviewed many years ago. (No, but I don't recall that episode teasing a RAPE SCENE, former self.) Everyone is shocked, appalled and amazed as Rebecca runs towards Molly and Don orders the minions to get them. Baloo then destroys the cake, of course. Because you see, like professional wrestling; nothing is funnier than destroying the birthday cake on a bunch of heels. (Although this one was at least tame compared to Bringing Down Babyface where literal machine gun fire from a police officer came and it was so chilling that Toon Disney had to censor the police officer shot with the machine gun!) Baloo grabs Molly and Rebecca and they bail stage left while the trumpet player and his gang follow them. We run through the caves as Rebecca is blowing off Baloo because Molly is involved in this now while Baloo demands answers to holding Karnage's hand. Rebecca gleefully blows him off for that, and calls him a moron. (Baloo's out of line, but he's right!) Molly claims that she and Baloo were the only ones who came here on purpose; which Rebecca is about to blow off. (Molly's out of line, but she's even more right than Pop-A-Bear!) However; they make it into the pirate treasure room -- the same one that contained the Lightning Gun in Plunder and Lightning -- containing gold bars, treasure, vases and a carpet on the ground. Sadly; no paintings are in evidence, so the cover lied again. (I blame the artists for this lack of payoff, because Bobbi Weiss' writing has been great, outside of the horrifying tease of sexual assault moments ago.) Baloo finds some silver coins and starts putting them in a bag in a clapback to "A Bad Reflection On You, Part Two".

Rebecca is blowing him off for stealing despite the fact that all the stuff Don Karnage was stolen from people like Rebecca. In which Rebecca herself said literally in the previous panel! HA! (Rebecca's having a bad day methinks.) Baloo gives the bag of silver coins to the trumpet player as he's so excited he dropped his trumpet. (What a geek this trumpet player is?! He's still better than John Teddy Skippy, the sexist who might as well be related to Teddy Scarcutta TaleSpin, the homophobe. Allegedly.) Baloo fills up more sacks as Mad Dog, Hacksaw and two additional pirates rush into the treasure room. Baloo is filling up to pay the debit for Louie and the Frosty Pep pilots; but there's no time says Rebecca. Molly finds a treasure chest filled with pearls and sees a plan in this. The pirates go into the treasure room and this leads to Molly and the players tossing pearls on the ground. All the pirates slip and slide on them while the babyfaces run in with the carpet and uses them to smother the heels with it. (Well, there is Molly's heroic moment right there. A lot better than the upcoming "Danger With Danger Woman" comic book, that is for sure.) When in a rush just sweep the dirt under the carpet as Baloo would say. Of course! The baby faces run into the hallway and Baloo and Don Karnage have a meeting of the minds. And it wasn't at the super glue factory. (Ooooo, that was a sick burn by former self there.) Baloo claims that he needs a map and Don Karnage is going to give him more than that since he's a party crasher. Well, yeah; but not on purpose. (I don't buy that for one second, former self.) The heels trap the babyfaces; but they forget to trap the path where the cart is because Molly finds it cutting a Danger Woman promo as the Danger Mobile is found. HAHA! Everyone gets on the cart and the cart plows through the heels with a giant "BLAM"! Of course; this cart has no brakes as the cart rolls into the main hall and crashes into another pirate near the door. (Brown dog pirate wearing a green sweater, who might be Don Karnage's whipping boy in order to bloodlust his hatred of Kit Cloudkicker in storyline.) Baloo's elbow is positioned perfectly into his groin. Yes; this series had a headbutt to the groin (unintentionally, of course), tickling the groin (unintentionally due to Sun Woo's animation botching) and now an elbow (likely unintentional, too). Do I have to wait until 6Teen before someone punches someone in the nuts in a cartoon?! (Yes, since the kick to the nuts to Burger in Ducktales 1987 was not a punch, you see.)

The trumpet player is amused by this somehow as Rebecca is blowing off Baloo because Baloo calls this all great. Baloo then states that he has a present for Don Karnage; which Rebecca cannot believe because he's that smiley. The pirate, not Baloo; although you wouldn't be all that far off. Baloo brings out a book of matches. (Another thing BS&P wanted gone when the show moved to Disney Channel, I should note.) The pirates come out of the caves with the guns. (So yes; five of the six stories had the guns pulled out.) Hacksaw claims that they have disappeared -- which Don gleefully blows off -- and then he hears Baloo's voice from afar. Then we see Baloo, Rebecca and Molly running towards the stairs as Molly calls this the right door because Baloo went through the wrong door last time. HEE HEE! (Molly knows how to do sick burns on anyone.) The heels enter and the ice cream sundaes have dynamite fuses lit. Don panics on cue and the explosions happen as ice cream goes flying like being on the set of Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. Don and Gibber huddle around the corner as Don gets up and goes to the JOKEY SURPRISE OF DEATH with also has a lit stick of dynamite. (Come on now, you knew that they would stoop to the Jokey Smurf spot at some point.) The heels follow as Don pulls off the red cylinder from the stick and it's all fuse into the present. Uh-oh, indeed! We cut to the docks outside of Pirate Island as everyone gets into the Frosty Pep plane. Baloo starts the engines and takes off from the island as Rebecca is relieved. Baloo proclaims that they aren't out of this yet. Rebecca asks why and we then see the plane flying away from Pirate Island as there is a huge fireworks display going on. This was a real bang-up of a birthday party. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments; and that ends the story. Again; this was a really awesome episode that ended at the finish. However, it had no real ending and it felt like the story had stopped. It's too bad because I would have loved to see an ending where Kit comes home and we discover that Don Karnage and Kit have the same birthday date. That would have been money. (Seth Rogan: You can have that one for free.) Still a wonderful story all the same; with the usual continuity problems. **** 1/2 (90%). Since there is no MailSpin and I'm not planning to review the Jim Cummings interview, that is all for the main TaleSpin comic books. (I still have "The Long Flight Home" left to do from editing and commentary though.)

All In Your P.O.V. (Point Of View): We head to Higher..For...Hire as WildCat is fixing the SeaDuck and Baloo is fishing and just caught a fish. That is half of the comic book story right there. Baloo is trying to detach the fish; when suddenly, a cat steals the fish Baloo reeled in. The poor fish is being dragged along with Pop-A-Bear who refuses to let go and thus is an idiot. In comes Kit watching this and asks what Baloo is doing and the punch line is WildCat -- who is a cat -- proclaims that Baloo is cat-fishing. Pfft, whatever and that ends the story. Just a cute segment and nothing else. ** 1/2 (50%).

Last Rights - Okay, this could be fun. We begin at Pirate Island, so that means Kit will not be present in this episode. (Since this is a post-Plunder and Lightning episode.) Anyhow, the guise of this is that there is one slice of cake left and both Mad Dog and Dumptruck are in a tug of war over this. One of the pirates points out -- a grey furry wearing all cyan blue with orange hair, a mustache and has a machine gun belt -- that Dumptruck had two whole cakes and calls him a disgusting pig as Dumptruck blows him off because he's hungry. The pirates orders him to eat the beans instead. HA! Gibber steals the cake and proclaims victory; but the pirates blow him off as Gibber puts the slice of cake on a table and the pirates observe. In comes Don Karnage and he decides to settle this score once and for all by...wait for it...wait for it....eating the cake himself. HAHA! That ends the story. Okay, I didn't give full details since I'm missing the second half, but the summary says it all and I don't want someone shooting me. Another fun segment with the only ending that makes any sense. *** 1/2 (70%).

THE REVIEW LINE

Another TaleSpin story is in the books; and another really awesome adventure ended a little too soon. Kind of like everything about this series in general. I realize that they had to cut the story short in order to squeeze in the Jim Cummings interview; but it was still a really great story otherwise. I can imagine all six of Bobbi's stories being on television easily even if they would require modifications to make the scenes better. Also, in order for a couple of stories actually having proper endings instead of stopping at the end of the finish. Don Karnage's birthday was a riot as always because Don Karnage the character is a riot. (Outside of a really bad tease of sexual assault though.) I can only imagine how this would sound on television with Jim Cummings as the voice. It works so well with the way this series is presented. (Also, it would be interesting to find out who would voice Danger Woman in the television series as well. I did hear stories about an episode planned with Molly meaning the voice of Danger Woman for real and that she was in a wheelchair. It's one of those theories that I explored near the end of my fanfic Unforeseen Impact.) The other two stories were short and average, with the ending to Last Rights being the only ending they could do to make it make sense. It's really sad that this series of comics ended with "The Long Flight Hom"e because it's clear this was planned as a 13 episode comic. TaleSpin #8 for instance was called "The Spy Who Bugged Me" featuring Agent Booker trying to flush out a spy for Shere Khan; only finding that dealing with Baloo is going to be more difficult than his own work alone. I was told Detective Thursday was going to make a cameo in that comic; but that might have speculation, and it doesn't matter because the series ended at number seven. At least it ended with Kit's past as an air hobo. (Also, one of the possible comic story was maybe going to be an adapatation of "Stuck On You".) With the main stories done; it's time to dive into the random TaleSpin comics published throughout the years on other comic books. Bobbi's work is almost always awesome; the rest of them are hit and miss and many of them are beyond wacky. One comic features humans in it. One comic features a Nazi angle. Kit gets different color airfoils. And so much more. (Most of the North American comics before the unreleased stuff has been ranted on. It's most of the Super Baloo comics and unreleased comics I have yet to rant on.) Next weekend; I start with some of the bigger stories and then move onto the smaller stories from there. So...

Thumbs up for F'reeze A Jolly Good Fellow and thumbs in the middle for the other stories and I'll see you all next time.

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