King Moonraiser
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 4:56 pm Post subject: S06E22 - The City Of Frownsville |
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Whoa! The crap-o-meter for season six just had to be recalibrated. Some mad scientist called Lou Gubrious is constantly crying for some reason, so he creates the "Miser-ray" to transfer his unhappiness to Townsville so he can be happy. You know, I liked the concept better when it was called "Mime for a Change."
Did you ever see that episode of the Simpsons when Bart was the "I didn't do it" kid? There was a scene where Krusty does a "comedy" bit on his TV show involving Bart and the new catchphrase. Krusty puts an expensive vase on a rickety ladder next to a prop door, and points it out to the audience in the most blatant manner possible. Bart opens the door on cue to cause the vase to break, looks into the camera and says, "I didn't do it." Well, if you saw the episode, you'd have a much better idea how it so perfectly captures such an absurdly bad bit of comedy writing. Unfortunately, a lot of comedy is written this way. Heck, every dumb joke in the movie "American Pie" is one obvious setup after another. One day I plan to create a "broken vase" icon and place it next to every episode when such an occurrence is found. This episode's "broken vase" moment was when Bubbles peels the banana. (Unless you'd like to count the Professor foreshadowing the event when he comes up with the solution to the miser-ray.) See how many times you can spot "broken vase" moments in your favorite shows.
Sorry to ramble. In conclusion, this is seriously one of the worst PPG episodes ever.
One star
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