weirder things<\/a> on this blog, so who\u2019s to judge?<\/p>\nAnyway, this week\u2019s villain is an old-school monkey vendor (too lazy to look up their name), and he plays his music box to bring Monkey over to him. The Grindor (this isn\u2019t a typo- this is how the character and episode are spelt) has Monkey go out to bring him the most valuable thing in the world.<\/p>\n
Being a primate, Monkey has no need more money, gold or all that nice stuff and brings over a picture of him and Honeydew instead.<\/p>\n
But Grindor just was some gold, and asks for something yellow and shiny. Monkey\u2019s response? Bananas. Lots of them. At least he didn\u2019t piss on the guy\u2019s hospitality.<\/p>\n
And now Grindor is pissed, and has Monkey go to Fort Knox. Only Honeydew can stop him! But it\u2019s a cartoon, so of course she doesn\u2019t have to. Love conquers all, y\u2019no?<\/p>\n
Jim Cummings\u2019 performance as Orgon Grindor saves the short a little, but like the previous short, it\u2019s light on humor and the relationship between Monkey and Honeydew is just creepy. Thankfully, I think we\u2019re coming near the end of Monkey\u2019s run as a leading character.<\/p>\n
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For someone that tinkers away in secret like Dexter, the boy works a LOT. So much so that the little workers in his mind take note and leave his mental power plant just as Dexter shuts down.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t worry, Dexter\u2019s still alive and all. He\u2019s just\u2026 dumb. Really dumb. Dangerously dumb. There\u2019s just no middle ground with the boy. He either has to be the smartest boy alive, or the dumbest.<\/p>\n
After a minute or so of Dexter dicking around like a moron, Dee Dee takes note. and decides to help Dexter out. Now he is Ginger (and I know what joke\u2019s going to come next, so you might as well reply with it when you read this).<\/p>\n
You know, I don\u2019t think I would have expected to see Dexter run around in his underwear and with his hair and make-up set like a little girl, but this episode has it. It also has a bunch of neighborhood kids we\u2019ll never see after this episode laugh at Dexter\u2019s clowning around. And in typical television fashion, just after Dexter does his most embarrassing act of stupidity, his mental state returns to normal.<\/p>\n
Well, if you want a change of pace from Dexter\u2019s Laboratory<\/em>, this short is it. It\u2019s pretty juvenile overall, but I do think that it\u2019s the most fun of the three shorts this episode, which was overall a disappointment.<\/p>\nBut hey, you gotta laugh when Dexter put a goldfish in his tighty whities. That\u2019s my highlight<\/strong> this week.<\/p>\nJohnny Bravo<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\u201cI Used to Be Funny<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1odlp0WXn84\/sddefault.jpg\" "\\"Whoa")
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Oh, this one. I remember this being a good one, but it\u2019s been a while.<\/p>\n
Johnny\u2019s just minding his own business in an alleyway, except a clown\u2019s standing by his side, doing clowny stuff. The guy\u2019s pretty old-fashioned in his humor, a striking contrast to a fellow, more contemporary clown who shows up and attempts to take his side of the street. Now the two jokesters attempt to prove what is funnier- the old or new school.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, poor Johnny is the culprit of this test of comedy. The old clown uses classic acts against Johnny, like a \u201ckick me\u201d sign and a good-old fashioned pie to the face. Meanwhile, the 90\u2019s business-oriented clown is a little more creative, using an \u201cI hate rhinos\u201d sign and a pie shooter against the guy. All Johnny wants is to have his date in peace.<\/p>\n
The end result? Well, neither of them actually wins, or loses for that matter. That\u2019s up for you to decide, in the question of the week. What\u2019s funnier, old and time-tested or new and experimental?<\/p>\n
One thing I noticed while watching this episode- Johnny Bravo uses the smear effect a lot. This week is no exception. Chuck Jones probably wants his royalties.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, it\u2019s a cute short, but not necessarily a great one. The clowns aren\u2019t great characters, and Johnny doesn\u2019t get much to do this time at all. As a statement of old vs. new comedy, it works okay, but doesn\u2019t really have any answers at all, which makes me wonder if that\u2019s the intention at all. But hey, JB\u2019s already a step-up from this week\u2019s Dexter.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Fair Dork<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/img.rp.vhd.me\/4681146_l4.jpg\" "\\"Watch")
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There isn\u2019t much creepier than a little girl trying to hook up with a man at least 3 times her age. Actually, there is. The other way around is much creepier.<\/p>\n
Anyway, Lil Suzy needs a date for her school\u2019s dance this week, and since no boy interests her, she asks Johnny to be her chaperone instead. Johnny turns her down, saying she needs to go with a guy her age and size instead. A little dweeb hears this and goes to Suzy, only to get promptly dumped. Johnny, who can obviously relate, takes refuge into the boy, and picks him up as his lil prot\u00e9g\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Johnny and Lil Johnny (I think he has a name, but I\u2019m too lazy to remember, so he is now Lil Johnny) go around Aaron City to learn the art of picking up chicks, and of course, Lil Johnny does poorly at first, but in comedic results, ends up not only doing well, but surpassing the master. So much so that he ends up stranding Johnny.<\/p>\n
Another cute episode, even though you can call the ending coming a mile away.\u00a0 Ah well, at least it has a solid amount of great gags.<\/p>\n
In other news, never, ever, turn your back on a lion.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Twas the Night<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.jeffco.ca\/chrspecials\/wp-content\/gallery\/johnny-bravo-twas-the-night\/johnny-bravo-twas-the-night-03.jpg\" "\\"Matsu...Johnny,")
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Merry early Christmas! This short served as the show\u2019s unofficial Christmas entry until an actual Christmas special was made a few years into its run, but I think they air it out of order from this episode every now and then.<\/p>\n
This episode features a narration by Adam West (who, spoiler alert, you will hear from again this season) based off of \u201cA Visit From St. Nicholas\u201d, and plays throughout the episode, including when Johnny hears someone creeping up the roof, only to deck Santa himself.<\/p>\n
Now Johnny\u2019s gonna take over Christmas this year, and flies all over the world to drop everyone\u2019s one gift off. Man, it\u2019s a good thing that Santa isn\u2019t real. Only one gift for Christmas? Lame.\u00a0Thank God for parents.<\/p>\n
This is another episode dependent on side gags, and most of them work, thanks to West\u2019s narration. We even get a return of Jungle Boy and some of his crew, Cronos the bear, and even Scooby-Dooby-Doo! That alone makes the episode worth it, right?<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a bit of a twist ending, but it all turns out fine. The story has a nice ending, and leads up to a possible sequel, which we kind of will get eventually.<\/p>\n
And \u201c\u2019Twas the Night\u201d makes for three out of three. A great week all around, especially compared to Dexter\u2019s Lab<\/em>\u2019s mediocre episode. I may not put any of these episodes near the show\u2019s top, but I got a lot of laughs from each, probably the third most of all.<\/p>\nWish on the bald man from the second short for this episode\u2019s highlight<\/strong>!<\/p>\nThe Powerpuff Girls<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\u201cBoogie Frights<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_m7htx9OUfy1rr29gyo1_1280.png\" "\\"Blame...it...on...the...BOOGIE!\\"")
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Before you ask, no, this has nothing to do with P.T. Anderson\u2019s classic. But wouldn\u2019t that be something for a kid\u2019s show? Eh, it wouldn\u2019t make sense. If Professor U was hung like Dirk Diggler, he wouldn\u2019t need to genetically create his own girls.<\/p>\n
The episode starts off with the girls getting ready for bed, and like any little kid, Buttercup doesn\u2019t want to go to dreamland. Instead, she wants to go out and taste the nightlife. Blossom and Bubbles are more content with going to sleep, however, like any good little girls.<\/p>\n
Until Buttercup scares the girls with visions of the Boogie Man, that is. You know him yourself, so I\u2019ll skip the description, but it should go without saying that timid little Bubbles shrieks at his mention. Her scream wakes up the Professor to check up on his girls, and give a nice little moral on how bravery means facing your fears or shit like that. You know how it goes, but at the same time, the Professor is a really good dad, so why fight it?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a cartoon, so that means that not only will the Boogie Man show up and have a plan to appear in the story, but he does almost immediately after this scene. The Boogie creature, who obviously takes his inspiration from the disco era, plans to put an end to the light by putting a disco ball in place of the sun and make it night time 24\/7, so he and his Boogie minions can get down at all hours. Aww yeah.<\/p>\n
The monsters behind the boogie succeed and go all around Townsville to wreck havoc so no one gets in their way. Their havoc eventually wakes up the girls, as they come out to see what\u2019s wrong. Even Buttercup gets scared by one of Boogie\u2019s minions, which means that it\u2019s time for them to save the day.<\/p>\n
The rest of the episode steals from A New Hope<\/em>, and has the girls attempt to take off the Death Star<\/span> giant disco ball. And I\u2019m guessing you\u2019ve seen Star Wars<\/em>, so you know how this ends.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s a cute short, if not an especially funny one. You gotta dig the boogie regardless.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbracadaver<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/tx4\/puffgrlz\/abracadaver.jpg\" "\\"You")
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Ho boy, this one. I remember this story being something.<\/p>\n
So the girls join the Mayor and Miss Bellum at the old location of a Townsville theater that the Mayor used to go to as a kid. This obviously makes the Mayor nostalgic, especially after seeing a poster for a magician he saw here as a child, the great Al Lusion. A performance that turned out to be his last.<\/p>\n
We even get to see this performance via flashback. Huh, didn\u2019t know that even as a kid, the Mayor had his monocle. During this show, Al Lusion calls a little girl up to the stage and takes her teddy bear as a part of the show, making it disappear. The distraught little girl pulls off his pants, to reveal that Lusion has actually hid all of his tricks inside of his pants. Which means he\u2019s not only a fraud, but a creep, too. Somehow, this doesn\u2019t matter anymore, as the magician trips into a bed of nails, as it closes on him, ending his life.<\/p>\n
This haunting scene leads to a moment of silence, quickly interrupted by the smashing of the theater. Ba-bam. One artifact from this relic remains, however- the thorned tomb of Al Lusion.<\/p>\n
Eventually Lusion rises from the grave as a newfound zombie, with the titular name Abracadaver. The zombie roams across Townsville and scares the citizens, with his horrifying image and magical abilities, while the girls are coincidentally watching a zombie movie on the boob tube.<\/p>\n
A zombified magician up against the girls? This can\u2019t be an easy fight, can it? Surprisingly, it isn\u2019t. Especially since Blossom bears a striking resemblance to the girl that was responsible for Al Lusion\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
Abracadaver uses this to his advantage, and, well, why spoil the rest? The girls make it through eventually, but you\u2019ll have to see to find out.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t a very funny episode, but has great atmosphere, and works as a scary story for an otherwise safe show. This would be an everyday thing for Courage<\/em>, but the fact that Powerpuff<\/em> never really went out of its way to scare like in this episode.<\/p>\nIn fact, while I know \u201cAbracadever\u201d scares a good amount of people, I believe \u201cBoogie Frights\u201d wasn\u2019t a walk in the park for fans either. We just had a Christmas story for Johnny Bravo<\/em>, while Powerpuff Girls<\/em> gets solid Halloween tales. Go figure.<\/p>\nButtercup will grab Bubbles\u2019 goat if I didn\u2019t pick this scene from the first short as the highlight<\/strong>.<\/p>\nEd, Edd n\u2019 Eddy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\u201cRead All About Ed<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/ETlugFyMJbk\/hqdefault.jpg\" "\\"Guess")
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It seems that the first few episodes of the show start off with establishing sequences to show off just how different the Eds are. This time, we see how they wake up each morning.<\/p>\n
Eddy\u2019s z\u2019s are rudely interrupted by Rolf\u2019s lawn-mowing service which we\u2019ll never see or hear from again.<\/p>\n
Ed doesn\u2019t wake up until later, and makes due with a lack of sheets by cuddling up with the opposite side of his bed. Yeah.<\/p>\n
And Double D wakes up precisely at the sound of his alarm and makes sure that every inch of his room is set up perfectly.<\/p>\n
This all comes into fruition as Eddy sees Double D wake up bright and early to start up his paper route job, and decides to join in to score some serious cashage by upping his workload. As Edd makes a nickel a day for his route around the Cul-De-Sac (what a shit pay), Eddy decides to order more papers to give him more routes to make more moolah so they can get more jawbreakers.<\/p>\n
Except in typical Eddy fashion, when their papers drop by the next day, he\u2019s sleeping in. Double D and Ed take it upon themselves to deliver the papers without their tiny buddy. But hey, Eddy eventually does wake up and smell the coffee, and it\u2019s up to the three to work on their load.<\/p>\n
The rest of the episode consists of the Ed\u2019s delivering their papers. Well, of Ed and Double D delivering the papers. Eddy just sits there and reads for the most part, except for a brief moment where Eddy shows just how girly his throw is. Poor Double D even gets attacked by a dog, and Ed loses his pants during the day.<\/p>\n
Eventually the Ed\u2019s create a paper-throwing device to help their load go by faster, and it works, until Ed pulls a \u201clittle\u201d goof, and it\u2019s all downhill from there. The Ed\u2019s end up having to pick up the papers in the pouring rain, and leads us off with our title, and the end of the short.<\/p>\n
I remember this episode being shown fairly regularly back in the day, and it is indeed a good one. Light on plot and supporting characters, but I think the differences and balances of the Ed\u2019s make up for that, and this turns out to be a fun one.<\/p>\n
\u201cQuick Shot Ed<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/images.wikia.com\/ed\/images\/0\/0c\/Quick_shot_ed_006.jpg\" "\\"Whoaaaa,")
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It\u2019s spring cleaning time for Eddy, even though it\u2019s still summer. He and the boys go into his attic to arrange stuff, when all of the sudden they find an old camera and decide to dick around, and even use it to troll Kevin for a change.<\/p>\n
Eddy\u2019s new idea? Why not take pictures of the kids of the Cul-De-Sac and make a calendar out of them. Which sounds nice in theory, but how are they going to get the kids to stay and have their pictures taken?<\/p>\n
We follow the Ed boys on their wild safari to take pictures of each of the kids, and the end result turns out to be a mix between Animal Planet and Candid Camera. Plus, everyone goes mad. And did you know that Rolf is a weiner?<\/p>\n
All goes well until the Kankers get their way, and five the boys hell. Now the Ed\u2019s will never see the light of day again.<\/p>\n
Another short light on plot, but makes up for it with more character appearances than the previous one, and just as many good gags. I think it\u2019s even the stronger of the two shorts this week, which altogether makes for a good episode of the show.<\/p>\n
The scene where Eddy wakes up and sees all the papers the boys have to deliver in the first short is this week\u2019s highlight<\/strong>. What a great gag.<\/p>\nOverall<\/strong>:<\/p>\nDexter left me cold this week, but the other three shows made up for it, even if Powerpuff was heavier on spooks than laughs. I might just go with \u201c\u2019Twas the Night\u201d as the best this week, if only for all the little callbacks to previous Johnny Bravo episodes. Now let\u2019s see what these shows can really do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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