Post by fonebone on Mar 23, 2023 2:18:00 GMT -8
The Great North "Enough Bed Adventure"
The Bouchardverse is NOT good for Trilogy themed episodes so that was a bust.
I have another gripe. The idea that Wolf and Honeybee find the fruit bouquet delicious and irresistible is pure nonsense. Family Guy took a shot a fruit bouquets a couple of years ago, and called them slimy and gross and the worst present possible. That is the actual truth of them. **.
The Great North "Sister Pact Too Adventure"
A mixed bag.
I like that Honeybee insists the Ghost reference is a good thing. Because I personally don't see it that way. Her and Judy have some Swayze movie binges in their future though.
I love the Trump pinata.
The thing is, I hated Beef's story. I thought it sucked. What Zelda did is played for laughs but it is the most inconsiderate thing another person could do to a person they barely know. The most detestable part about it is she does it KNOWING it's bogus, but she's clearly hoping that Beef is too chicken to correct her. The thing that pisses me off is he almost is. There is actually a debate involved, which makes me absolutely furious.
When Alyson says "She seems nice," yeah, that's a great laughline, but it's a reminder that this show's greatest strength has the potential to be a great weakness. The characters on the show are unusually nice. But that can lead to bad people taking advantage of them. Judy and Honeybee can take care of themselves when the feminist scammers lower the milk balloons, but it pisses me off that Beef is too nice to tell this rude wretch, "Get the hell out of my house. I never want to see you again. You are pathetic." Granted Bob Belcher would never say those words. But he'd also never let her in the house. (She'd only get in if Linda and the kids were there.) But the drawback to having nice characters is they can be portrayed as total losers and doormats. And the reason The Great North is so popular is because the cast is so nice. And despite taking place in a red state, it's nonpolitical, and whatever weak political stances it does take (like Wolf being a fan of Michelle Obama) are not the ones you'd expect. It's SUCH an easy show to like and enjoy, when it's just the cast goofing with each other (see the pickle runner at the end). Having an outsider barge in and create a crisis none of them want or deserve is not actually funny. It's annoying. It's infuriating. And it's the selling point of the show being used as a drawback, which is a red flag for any good show. It doesn't qualify as a shark jump. But the fact that it happened tells me the writers might believe the episode was dramatically interesting, and do it again a LOT. Peggy Hill wasn't originally envisioned to be the obnoxious buffoon should wound up as on King Of The Hill. But it got a HUGE laugh in the writers' room, and from that point forward that basically likeable show was essentially ruined. The good news for The Great North is that the show does not seem to be looking to make the Tobins themselves meaner or stupider. But this episode means they could be exploring conflicting them with those sorts of characters more often which is a HELL of a mistake.
I liked the stuff with Judy and Honeybee. I did. But I was disgusted with the Zelda stuff. **1/2.
The Great North "Boy Meats World Adventure"
Not feeling it. Why? I think Lone Moose values and celebrates stupid things.
And you know, when Honeybee is offering comedy suggestions to Wolf, you can pretty much tune out whatever she's saying the second she advises him to remember the workshop by Carlos Mencia they attended. That joke is done to make Honeybee sound stupid and low-rent, but why would I appreciate the show doing that?
Annoying episode. *1/2.
The Great North "Can't Hardly Date Adventure"
This was a very sweet episode for both Beef and Alyson and they are both adorable together. And I like the solution to the problem is that Alyson's would-be husband is actually awful. So she's now Beef's robot. These characters are so great.
I find Wolf's constant need of approval annoying, but I like how here they made him realize the guy he was chasing after was a total turd. I can get on-board with that.
Very, VERY enjoyable episode tonight. I will go so far as to say its one of the show's best. *****.
The Great North "Great Bus Of Choir Adventure"
The Choir was super annoying. That being said, there IS something noticeable about them: Both the songs they sang were pretty good. Probably because they could actually SING, unlike the casts of both this show and Bob's Burgers. It's amazing what a difference that can make.
For the record, Jenny Slate could sing just fine on Muppet Babies. Her Judy being always off-key is a weird and annoying choice.
Is Wolf wearing a Sailor Moon wig? I think so.
It was all right. ***.
The Bouchardverse is NOT good for Trilogy themed episodes so that was a bust.
I have another gripe. The idea that Wolf and Honeybee find the fruit bouquet delicious and irresistible is pure nonsense. Family Guy took a shot a fruit bouquets a couple of years ago, and called them slimy and gross and the worst present possible. That is the actual truth of them. **.
The Great North "Sister Pact Too Adventure"
A mixed bag.
I like that Honeybee insists the Ghost reference is a good thing. Because I personally don't see it that way. Her and Judy have some Swayze movie binges in their future though.
I love the Trump pinata.
The thing is, I hated Beef's story. I thought it sucked. What Zelda did is played for laughs but it is the most inconsiderate thing another person could do to a person they barely know. The most detestable part about it is she does it KNOWING it's bogus, but she's clearly hoping that Beef is too chicken to correct her. The thing that pisses me off is he almost is. There is actually a debate involved, which makes me absolutely furious.
When Alyson says "She seems nice," yeah, that's a great laughline, but it's a reminder that this show's greatest strength has the potential to be a great weakness. The characters on the show are unusually nice. But that can lead to bad people taking advantage of them. Judy and Honeybee can take care of themselves when the feminist scammers lower the milk balloons, but it pisses me off that Beef is too nice to tell this rude wretch, "Get the hell out of my house. I never want to see you again. You are pathetic." Granted Bob Belcher would never say those words. But he'd also never let her in the house. (She'd only get in if Linda and the kids were there.) But the drawback to having nice characters is they can be portrayed as total losers and doormats. And the reason The Great North is so popular is because the cast is so nice. And despite taking place in a red state, it's nonpolitical, and whatever weak political stances it does take (like Wolf being a fan of Michelle Obama) are not the ones you'd expect. It's SUCH an easy show to like and enjoy, when it's just the cast goofing with each other (see the pickle runner at the end). Having an outsider barge in and create a crisis none of them want or deserve is not actually funny. It's annoying. It's infuriating. And it's the selling point of the show being used as a drawback, which is a red flag for any good show. It doesn't qualify as a shark jump. But the fact that it happened tells me the writers might believe the episode was dramatically interesting, and do it again a LOT. Peggy Hill wasn't originally envisioned to be the obnoxious buffoon should wound up as on King Of The Hill. But it got a HUGE laugh in the writers' room, and from that point forward that basically likeable show was essentially ruined. The good news for The Great North is that the show does not seem to be looking to make the Tobins themselves meaner or stupider. But this episode means they could be exploring conflicting them with those sorts of characters more often which is a HELL of a mistake.
I liked the stuff with Judy and Honeybee. I did. But I was disgusted with the Zelda stuff. **1/2.
The Great North "Boy Meats World Adventure"
Not feeling it. Why? I think Lone Moose values and celebrates stupid things.
And you know, when Honeybee is offering comedy suggestions to Wolf, you can pretty much tune out whatever she's saying the second she advises him to remember the workshop by Carlos Mencia they attended. That joke is done to make Honeybee sound stupid and low-rent, but why would I appreciate the show doing that?
Annoying episode. *1/2.
The Great North "Can't Hardly Date Adventure"
This was a very sweet episode for both Beef and Alyson and they are both adorable together. And I like the solution to the problem is that Alyson's would-be husband is actually awful. So she's now Beef's robot. These characters are so great.
I find Wolf's constant need of approval annoying, but I like how here they made him realize the guy he was chasing after was a total turd. I can get on-board with that.
Very, VERY enjoyable episode tonight. I will go so far as to say its one of the show's best. *****.
The Great North "Great Bus Of Choir Adventure"
The Choir was super annoying. That being said, there IS something noticeable about them: Both the songs they sang were pretty good. Probably because they could actually SING, unlike the casts of both this show and Bob's Burgers. It's amazing what a difference that can make.
For the record, Jenny Slate could sing just fine on Muppet Babies. Her Judy being always off-key is a weird and annoying choice.
Is Wolf wearing a Sailor Moon wig? I think so.
It was all right. ***.