Popeye: I Yam What I Yam Review

When people think of comic book characters they usually think of the big hitters like for example Spider-Man or Superman. However there is one character that is actually older then Spider-Man AND Superman as the character in question is Popeye who made his first appearance in 1929 and yet he's been forgotten about for no good reason this is despite the fact that he had a hugely popular cartoon series in the thirties and a very popular live action movie in the eighties and some questionable cheaply made horror films that came out in the past few years with it being his second cartoon that i'm going to be talking to you all abut today and so then join me as I review the cartoon that wouldn't get made today with the question in question being called simply just "I Yam What I Yam" enjoy.

The plot of this cartoon is Popeye , Olive Oyl and Wimpy find themselves on a deserted Island and have to fend of a group of Indians that come to attack them. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's a actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty OK at best. To be frank here the cartoons plot isn't all that great as it's simple and while this is still a good thing there's also nothing all that much to this plot outside of the basic set up of the cartoon which to be fair given how long theatrical cartoon shorts they do kind of need to have a basic and simple plot to them to make them work and this is something that is also true for this cartoons plot. With the fact that it is this short and simple plot being something that does work to it's advantage as it allows for there to be more jokes and more action moments in the cartoon with of both of those taking precedence over the plot of the cartoon however tho this plot still could have been better as we don't get to find out why the three of them are sailing in the first place the cartoon literally opens up with all of three of them out sailing and while it's not a big deal to not include something like that it is something that would have made the cartoons plot feel more thought out and heck we don't even find out why the Indians are attacking them which does lead to another issue with the cartoon that will be getting talked about later on in this review with the plot of this cartoon also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this cartoon is Billy Costello as Popeye , Bonnie Poe as Olive Oyl and Charles Lawrence as Wimpy. It's not uncommon for theatrical cartoons to have only a short amount of actors in each cartoon as after all nine times out of ten there's not going to be that many speaking characters in the cartoon and to this cartoons credit it really doesn't need to have that many actors in it as right when the cartoon starts as does the plot and that is something that does mean that there's not going to be that many characters in the cartoon and heck even the fact that there's just three main characters is something that does mean that all three of this cartoons actors had to do alot of heavy lifting and make sure that there voices for there characters was spot on right from the word go. As while both Billy Costello and Bonnie Poe both appeared as there characters in the previous Popeye cartoon which was apart of the Betty Boop series this cartoon which is the first in the Popeye cartoon series meant that they could hit the ground running as they already knew what there voices sounded like as they had just done them one cartoon previously yet Charles Lawrence had to find his voice of Wimpy which is something that might explain why his character didn't have alot of dialog in the cartoon infact he only had one line of dialog in the whole cartoon as the makers of this cartoon wouldn't have known how the character was going to sound while they started production and to be fait his voice for the character is alright but it's nothing special, however tho the voices for both Popeye and Olive Oyl sound really good with there respective voice actors really getting there voices down perfect and while Billy Costello does give Popeye more of a gruff sounding voice something which would get toned down when Jack Mercer takes over the role just a few years after this cartoon the starting voice for the character is a really good one.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's a actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty OK at best. With the cartoons actors turning some really good performances with alot of them having voices that do suit there respective characters where the acting is let down at the very least from the actors point of view is the fact that the characters don't get much in the way of dialog and therefor the cartoons actors really can't get across just how good that they are as an actor with the cartoons having to do alot of the heavy lifting in this regard. With the best actor in the whole cartoon being Billy Costello as Popeye as he does manage to capture the spirit of the character whilst also being this reluctant hero type which is something that does fit his character perfectly with the only thing that doesn't quiet fit being the characters more gruff voice as the bones for the characters voice is there it just needed to be toned down a little bit but performance wise Billy Costello does do a really good job of setting up just how good each of Popeye's other voices actors need to be as he is the one that started it all with his performance in this cartoon being really good with him having this charm that really does come through in this very cartoon. With the acting that's in this very cartoon really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this cartoons actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very cartoon.

Doing the animation for this cartoon is the legends and the really greats that were over at Fleischer Studios. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's a actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty really good. The fact that we have some really good animation in this cartoon is of no surprise as outside of Warner Bros and Disney Fleischer Studios was known for having really high quality animation in all of there cartoon shorts with this particular cartoon of course being of no exception to this. As despite the backgrounds not being that detailed this is something that does make alot of sense as the characters are on a deserted island therefor of course there's not going to be that much detail in the backgrounds but when there is detail in the background it is something that does stand out all the mor with the makers of this cartoon putting alot of thought and effort into this cartoons animation with the things that is annoying about this cartoons animation being the fact that it has the characters bending there knees alot of the time for no reason this is somethin that is seen in alot of cartoons from around this period and it's always annoying to see as it makes no sense all of the time, there are alot of places where the animation does shine like in the characters movements as given the fact that this is a theatrical cartoon it mean that the makers of the cartoon could have a bigger budget and they put that to good use by giving the characters these really fluid movements that help to make the characters feel more real with the animation even helping to sell you on both the comedy and the action in the cartoon as it makes each hit feel more impactful and each joke being animated as well as it possibly could have been at the same time.

There's no other way around it this cartoon would not be made today due to how it portrays Native Americans or Indians. As while yes it was fairly common practice back in the thirties to portray them as savages as we as a world didn't know much better back then but here due to the fact that they do attack Popeye and his friends for reason even tho technically it's Popeye and his friends that are trespassing on there lands the Indians are seen as being the bad guys of the cartoon with them all wearing the clothes that you typically think of when you think of Native American Indians and acting like savages and heck when Popeye knocks out the head Indian he turns in Mahatma Gandhi again looking back at when this was made which is something that we have to do when discussing controversial moments in classic media this cartoon doesn't come of as being that bad but when you look at through the eyes of today it does come off as being really bad. This is why the cartoon wouldn't get made today or if it did it would be blasted all over social media within a week of it coming out and while this cartoon isn't as racist or as controversial as other cartoons are it is something that is certainly up there but in this cartoons defense this is something that could be chalked up to the ignorance of the time that it was made as back then we didn't know much about Native American Indians we just knew what we saw on TV and in films and that was it whereas today of course we do know alot more this is not to say that this isn't controversial content still being made heck an episode of Lanterns portrayed white people in a racist way just to make one of their heroes look good but we are learning and while this cartoon was just a victim of circumstance it is something that should be shown in schools so that future generations can learn from it.

This was the first Popeye cartoon not to have Bluto in it at all and well the cartoon really did miss him as he would have made for a great villain to have in this cartoon. As it could have been him that told the Indians that Popeye and Wimpy are bad people all the while he's there trying to get Olive which is something that would have been very true to his character how he would have gotten onto the island in the first place is another story tho as there is no way that you could have gotten him on to the island without him having to have sailed with the rest of the main cast which would then beg the question of why he's turning on them which does mean that not having him in the cartoon is something that does also work in the cartoons favor as you don't really miss him as a character. It would have been nice seeing Bluto in this cartoon as then you could have the Indians and Popeye team up to take on Bluto and end the cartoon as friends yes it wouldn't remove the racial stereotypes seen in the cartoon but it is something that would make them less damaging as then it would be painted as Bluto being the racist and the one who's in the wrong and not Popeye and heck it is something that would have made the cartoon alot more fun to watch as then we get to have that moment where both Popeye and the Indians realise what's going on and have to go and stop Bluto before he gets away with Olive, however like was said it wouldn't remove the racial stereotypes seen in the episode but it is something that would make them alot more easier to watch as its easier to buy Bluto as being this bully who is doing everything that he can to get rid of Popeye then it is to buy Popeye willingly trespassing on someone else's land as that's not in his character with the whole situation being one that could have been stopped if both Popeye and the Indians stopped and talked to each other.

These Popeye cartoons are meant to be action comedies and there is a good dose of that here altho it does feel more like tat the cartoon does favor more being an action cartoon then it does being a comedy cartoon. This is not to say that there isn't comedy in the cartoon as there is but there's more action in the cartoon but when the cartoon does get to some comedy it is something that really works as the film does gave alot of really funny bits in it like the fact that when it starts to thunder Popeye just straight up grabs the bold of lighting and throws it into the sea scaring of the rest of the clouds and thus clearing up the weather and stopping it from raining it's a simple joke but it's also one that works really well and that's also true for alot of the cartoons other jokes as they are all simple and nine times out of ten they all work. With a great example of this being not long after the thunder joke as the friends boat starts to sink and yet the characters just keep on as they were even when there on dry land with Olive still rowing as if she was rowing the boat with the only thing that would have made that joke be even more funnier was if in the next shot we saw rowing into frame as that is something that would have made the joke be even more over the top and even more funnier then what it already but to be fair ending the joke with them rowing onto the beach works just as well. This is something that does prove that you don't need to have a complicated set up in order for the joke to work as sometimes having a more simple and yes basic set up is all you need with all of the jokes in this cartoon being a good example of this as they all have very basic and simple premises and they all work due to how simple and basic the set up of the joke is.

Now then this cartoon has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly six minuets and four seconds. This is pretty much the bog standard running time for these Popeye cartoons as alot of them wound last between six or seven minuets total and to be fair to this cartoon it really doesn't need to be that long as outside of the basic premise there's not alot there that really requires the cartoon be alot longer then that but even so it still would have been nice if this cartoon was a few minuets longer as it does feel like the cartoon is rushing along at break neck pace to reach the next plot point instead of just taking its time and getting there at a more thought out pace with the cartoon having more then enough plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. With the cartoon not even using its running time all that wisely as the cartoon doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot granted this is something that would have been hard to do with its current running time but this is where having a longer running time would have helped as it would have allowed for the makers of this cartoon to have scene where they can add things to the plot like showing us why Popeye , Olive and Wimpy are out sailing in the first place and showing us why the Indians are attacking the group these are small things yes but they are small things that make the cartoons plot feel more developed with the makers of this cartoon putting more thought and effort into the cartoons action then they did in giving the cartoon some plot development. This is also true for the cartoons character development as while you don't go into a theatrical cartoon expecting the characters to grow or change it is still something that would have been nice to see even if it was just for this one cartoon and its something that could have happened if the cartoon was longer as then there could have been scenes where the characters do grow as people but the makers of this cartoon where more focused on making Indians look bad that they didn't give the cartoons characters any kind of character development but I really will admit this very cartoon really does have some really good pacing to it tho

So now then as this is an action cartoon that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty not that bad that. This cartoons action was quite frankly alot more better then what it really should have been as given the desert island setting it would have been impossible for the cartoons action to be as good as it is and whilst yes the action in this cartoon isn't that good it is still alot of fun to watch as we do get to see Popeye and Olive Oyl beating up alot of Indians and heck Olive holds her own against several of them and yet she still screams for Popeye to come and save her even tho she's doing just fine. With the best action in the whole cartoon being the third act fight between Popeye and the Indians as we see Popeye having to outwit several groups of Indians not only to get some food to his friends but to then returns to them when they need his help with him even getting beaten up by alot of them with it only being when he eats his trusty can of Spinach that he ends up beating them up with this action scene just being fun to watch as not only do we get some really fun and over the top cartoon violence but but we also get some nice comedic moments in there as well like Popeye bending all of there arrows so that they won't hit the ducks that he wants and instead hits all of them on the rear end and yet when the cartoon does show us violence it is alot of fun to even if it's something as simple as Popeye knocking down an entire line up of Indians with one punch with the rest of the cartoons action being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this is cartoon that whilst it is fun to watch is also one that due to how Indians are portrayed is also incredibly dated and while this is was always going to be the case it is something that people need to be weary of when checking out this cartoon but it is still a solid cartoon to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and well as all of the bad things that are in this very cartoon in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very cartoon really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

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Doctor Who: The Gunfighters Review

Doctor Who in it's third year was having just as many downs as it was ups as for ever good Dalek serial that came out there was sadly two or three bad ones that came out. Sadly the bad ones usually came at the same time as each other meaning you would get weeks of bad Doctor Who serials with the episode that i'm going to be talking to you all about today being one of the bad ones as yeah this serial isn't that good and so then join me as I review the episode both William Hartnell and Peter Purves hated making with the serial in question being called simply just "The Gunfighters" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Doctor , Steven and Dodo arrive in the old west town of Tombstone and have to try and stop a family of gang members from causing an all out war in the town. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty OK at best. With the first episode by far being the weakest interms of story and the rest of the episodes being very light on plot that it was hard too work out just what the main plot of the serial was even meant to be alot of the time as the episode didn't focus on any plot. This is something that this episodes writer Donald Cotton whom had previously written The Myth Makers for the show really should have fixed as there's nothing to this episodes plot there's no stakes there's no drama and there's no focus what we are essentially seeing is the characters go from one of the episodes same three later four or five sets over and over again and while that's great for the first episode as then you could make the point that the story is being setting up but all of the serials episodes are like that with the plot itself feeling like an after thought to anything else in the episode yet if he had put more focus on plot and less focus on spectacle then we could have had a really good story as there are the bones of a good story in there we just needed a better writer and maybe a better director to help to bring it out as the stuff with The Doctor trying to convince the Clanton's not to go to war with the Earp's is good stuff and yet the episode doesn't focus on that with the plot of this episode not really being really rather entertaining and as well as not really being really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this episode is William Hartnell as The Doctor , Peter Purves as Steven Taylor and Jackie Lane as Dodo Chaplet. Also starring in this episode is William Hurndell as Ike Clanton , Maurice Good as Phineas Clanton , David Cole as Billy Clanton , Sheena Marshe as Kate , Thunderbirds star Shane Rimmer as Seth Harper , Dalek voice actor and Thunderbirds star David Graham as Charlie , John Alderson as Wyatt Earp , Anthony Jacobs as Doc Holliday , Richard Beale as Bat Masterson , Reed De Rouen as Pa Clanton , Laurence Payne as Johnny Ringo , Martyn Huntley as Warren Earp and Victor Carin as Virgil Earp.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. To be frank this episodes acting is one of the better things about the episode as everybody in the episode does give us a really good performance with some of them like for example Jackie Lane giving us a really good American accent something which could have been easy to do as she would have had to also turn in a good performance at the same time and while she does give us a good American accent there are some actors in this episode who don't give us that but still give us a good performance on top of that. With the best actor in  this episode being William Hartnell as he does give us a performance that not only feels true to who his character is as The Doctor doesn't want to mess with time in this episode he just wants to get his tooth checked out and be on his way and yet when the character does get dragged into this situation William Hartnell does deliver a good performance with him getting across just how important it is to him that he doesn't fire a single bullet just with a look and while William Hartnell not only didn't like making the episode he also doesn't do an American accent with him being professional enough to get through the production of the episode and remind us of why he is this good actor by giving us a performance that s far better then what an episode like this one really did deserve with him having alot of charm that really does come through in his performance. With the acting that's in this very episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors anything to work with interms of what it is that that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does help to harm the overall quality of the acting that's in  this very episode. 

For alot of modern Doctor Who fans they will think that The Doctor's hatred of guns started with The Thirteenth Doctor when it fact this episode is the earliest one one this far that has The Doctor mention that he hates guns. This is something that does work well for any version of The Doctor as he or she would then be forced into finding a creative none harmful out of a situation with the fact that this version of the characters gets given different guns at different points in the episode being something that does utterly disgust him even tho when it's by Steven it's for his own protection and yet he never once uses it with the only time he raises his gun being in the bar at the start of the second episode and even then someone else has to raise his arm for him and tell him what to say next. The fact that The Doctor hating guns goes back this far when it very easily could have been a modern thing is something that does make the character on the whole feel more thought out as by all rights whom ever creates any version of the character could if they so chose have that aspect of his character be removed and yet they kept it and it is something that does put The Doctor at odds with alot of the characters in this episode as of course he's landed in the old west where every one had a gun and with him telling people that he won't use is something that does make alot of them confused as they don't know any better all they know is how to shoot with even several character early on in the episode bragging about killing people by shooting them and yet any version of The Doctor is able to do more damage then they are just by using his words and while that wouldn't gave helped him in this situation the fact that the makers of this episode even toyed with the idea of having him with a gun is something that does tell you right away that this is episode is alot more different and alot more darker then what the other episodes of this show are.

There was one thing above the dull plot of the episode and the lack of a plot in the first episode and that's the fact that they had the song "The Ballad Of The Last Chance Saloon" play seemingly every five minuets during the entire episode. Just to be clear here both the song and the singing by Lynda Baron was fine for what it is but it's the fact that they kept on stopping the story just to have bits of this song play that started to drive me mad this wouldn't be a bad thing if the song was being used to advance the plot of the episode but its not rather it's being used to recap things that we've just seen happen on screen which makes it a pointless song and fair enough this song was used to make the episode feel more like a true western but surely just having the song play once at the start of the episode and then once again at the end of the episode would have accomplished the same feet. There really was no need to keep on bringing back the song at several points in the episode if it's just recapping something that we've just seen as all that does is stop the plot of the episode for no good reason however tho to be fair the song itself is a fairly decent song that does do a good enough job of setting up the tone for the episode when it's played in episode one and even when Steven sings it in that same episode it still does work with even the main singing by Lynda Baron being really good as she does have a good singing voice on her that does suit the type of song that this is which makes it all the more shocking that Sydney Newman according to David Brunt's Doctor Who the Production Dairies: The William Hartnell years hated her performance in the episode yet he was seemingly fine with everything else in the episode which is odd as her singing isn't that bad for what kind of song that this is meant to be.

As Doctor Who's first western this episode is fairly decent in that regard as it does try to capture the tone and spirit of western films. However tho in doing so it does forget to be a Doctor Who episode as outside if seeing the TARDIS at the start and end of the episode there is nothing in this episode that makes it feel like a Doctor Who episode with it feeling like that the makers of this episode were somehow ashamed of the show and wanted to use the episode to distance themselves from the show this is something that might be why both Peter Purves and William Hartnell hated working on the episode as they are both were and still are strong advocates for everything that the show was and still could be and yet here it does feel like that this episodes director Rex Tucker whom also helped to develop the show for a few months back in 1963 felt like that the show was beneath him. With there being noting in this episode that makes it feel like a true Doctor Who episode and while yes the same thing could also be said for alot of the historical episodes that the show did back in those days those other episodes also didn't feel ashamed of being an episode of this show whereas this episode feels like it would rather be the episode of any other show with this being something that doesn't work for this show as no one is watching this episode to see Wyatt Earp for example there coming to see The Doctor and his friends this is not to say that a story like this could work as A Town Called Mercy proved that a western themed Doctor Who episode can work but this episode needed to not be afraid of being a Doctor Who episode with this being something that does hold the episode back and stops it from being as good as it had the potential to be.

This episode is perhaps the most dark episode of early Doctor Who as not only do we have the companions in this case Steven almost getting hanged. We also have Dodo almost getting shot and quite literally alot of the episodes main characters getting shot and killed something which we see ON SCREEN alot of the time and even when we don't see them getting shot on screen the episode lingers on there bodies and in the case of Charlie even shows his body for a good few minuets before The Doctor and Steven even realise that he's dead holy heck is that a dark thing to be in a kids show and yet the episode doesn't shy away from it which to be frank is something that the episode should be praised for doing as the old west was a violent place and a violent time for both men and women alike and therefor showing characters that we like getting killed of does feel true to the time period. However even tho we don't get to see any blood in the episode this is something that might be seen as being a bit to dark for its good heck the episode even shows use Doc Holiday killing someone in cold blood just for there trey of food and it's played off as a joke this is something that if it was shown on BBC today would get alot of complaints from parents groups and odds are that it did in 1966 as while villains like the Daleks for example do get up to some pretty dark things they are purely creatures of fantasy whereas here alot of the side characters barring Seth Harper , Kate and Charlie were all real people with the fight at the end of the episode being a real thing that did happen and did result in the deaths of people therefore this is something that does need to be treated differently, due to the fact that people can except ruthless killing machines in a kids TV show as there not real but these side characters were real and therefor there should have been some effort put into toning down how dark that this episode is in the first place.

Now then whilst I cannot for the absolutely life of remember what this episodes grand total running time even was I do know that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly one hour and thirty minuets. Look to be frank this episode really didn't need to be this long and nor did it need to be four episodes long either as all the first episode is is just The Doctor going to the dentist and that's it heck even the big cliff hanger ending is just him walking to the saloon where Steven and Dodo are being forced to sing "The Ballad Of The Last Chance Saloon" which is just such a huge none ending whereas if this episode was say three or two episodes long then it would have been all the more better with the episode having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place. With the episode not even using its running time all that wisely as the episode doesn't take the time the fully develop its plot due to the fact that the episode doesn't spend alot of time even focusing on its plot with this being something that does make it harder to recognise what the plot is even meant to be and yet if the episode was say two episodes long for example then it would force the makers of this episode to focus more on the plot which in turn would make the episode be all the more better with the makers of this episode being more focused on shoving a beautiful but pointless song down our throats then they are in giving the episodes plot some plot development. This is something that does hinder the episodes character development as well as none of the episodes characters get any kind of development which OK fair enough for The Doctor , Steven and Dodo isn't a big deal as they have the other episodes to get there character development but all of the episodes side characters it is a big deal as none of them get any kind of character development and they are are the ones that needed it the most with the makers of this episode caring more about showing The Doctor getting his tooth looked at then they did giving the episodes characters character development but I really will admit that this very episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Much like with the episodes acting this episodes action was the best thing about the episode as it did give us a chance to see what the makers of show could do when there given a decent filming location as with this episode there was alot of filming done at Ealing Television Film Studios which was a frequent filming base for classic Doctor Who even going back the the first episode of the show as its a proper film studio and it is something that does show in this episode as it makes the episodes action scenes look all the more cinematic as it was clearly filmed on film and not on tape like it is for all of the interior shots which were done on tape. With the best action scene in the whole episode being the action scene at the end of the final episode as we get to see all of the villains go up against three of the heroes minus the shows main characters and engage in a massive shoot out with even Dodo getting in on the action to try and help Doc Holiday when Johnny Ringo tries to sneak up behind him and shoot him in the back this was a really good action scene and it's odd that the episodes director rex Tucker hated how the shows producer Innes Lloyd had that scene edited so much so that he had his name removed from the final credits of the episode and yet the editing on that scene was actually really good with the rest of the episodes action being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall wow was this episode a big heap of nothing as while the idea of the TARDIS crew visiting the old west is a good idea here in this episode it just felt wasted as the makers of this episode don't do anything new or fun with the concept which makes the whole episode feel undercooked and underbaked in my freaking opinions anyways / at least/ Now then i've talked about all of the good and a swell as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

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Hong Kong Phooey: Car Thieves Review

Hanna-Barbera have made so many great and well beloved shows and characters from The Flintstones to Scooby-Doo. They have however made some shows that not alot of people know about or if they do it's largely forgotten such is the case with the episode that i'm going to be reviewing as this episode is the first part of the first full episode of a show that isn't that well remembered and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced us a kung fu expert dog with the episode in question being called simply just "Car Thieves" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when a bunch or car thieves strike again it's up to Hong Kong Phooey to find them and stop them before its to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's  actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. The episodes plot is a decent enough plot for what is quite literally the first episode of the show as the plot does give you a good idea of what the rest of the shows plots are going to be moving forward as each episode of the show does have a very similar plot to that of this episode. However tho given the fact that this is the first episode of the show this episodes plot isn't the strongest one out there as the plot does come across as being quite thin and weak whereas if the show had gone with a more a stronger plot maybe one that's double the length of this one then it would have helped get the show of on the right foot as while this show is indeed episodic in nature and therefor what happens in one episode isn't going to effect the following episode the plot for this episode did still need to be good enough inorder to get more people to watch the next episode and that is something that they very easily might not have done with this episode, this is not to say that the plot is bad by any means as it's not as the idea of having this character trying to track down a bunch of car thieves is a good idea it's one that did also need to have more time given to it to fully flesh that idea and while that was never going to happen given the fact that Hanna-Barbera wasn't producing full episodes at this time it is something that should have happened for this episodes plot to work at it's best with the plot of this episode really being entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opininons anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Scatman Crothers as Penry Pooch / Hong Kong Phooey and Joe E. Ross as Sergeant Flint. Also starring in this episode is Kathy Gori as Rosemary and Scooby-Doo icon Don Messick as Hot Rod. Whilst there are more speaking characters in this episode the four people listed are the only ones that have it listed who they are playing online and to be fair alot of them do have really good voices that fit there respective characters with Kathy Gori for example giving Rosemary a voice that does sound kind of like Penelope Pitstop almost to the point where it does make you wonder if they had Janey Waldo come in to play the character and Scatman Crothers is good as well using his speaking voice for the titular character and it is something that really does for this show and this episode on the whole. It would have been nice to find out who was voicing the other characters tho as there are some good voices heard in this episode and while the IMDB page for this episode has alot more actors listen that's only due to the fact that there also including the shows second segment and even then all but two of the actors don't have it listed who there playing this is something that does it make hard to work out just who is playing who as Spot the cat for example does make some noises in this episode but there is no actor listed as playing him with all of the episodes actors giving there respective characters some really good sounding voices and heck it wouldn't be all that surprising if it came out that the actors for not only this episode but this show on the whole recorded all of there voices at the same time as the voices do sound very natural with each other almost as if they were saying them in the same room with the only voice that doesn't quite work as it is a bit forgettable is the voice of one of the villains Hot Rod as the voice is bland and doesn't really stand out at you all that much even when not being compared to the rest of the episodes voices.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's  actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With all of this episodes actors giving us some fairly solid performances in this episode and while OK fair enough this shows acting was never going to be winning any kind of awards for the kind of show that this is the fact that we managed to even have some somewhat good acting in it is a miracle on to it's self as by all rights this episodes acting should have been really bad and yet you can tell that this episodes actors are doing there best work possible. With the best actor in this whole entire episode being Scatman Crothers as Penry Pooch / Hong Kong Phooey which granted might sound like a cliche thing to say but it's also something that's true with him even having alot of screen time in this episode which is something that does make as he does play the title character and yet every single time that he is on screen you are captivated by his performance and you hang on every word that he says as Scatman Crothers does have this silky smooth voice that is perfect for  Penry Pooch / Hong Kong Phooey and fits the character perfectly with him giving us a really solid performance as the character with his own natural charm really coming through in his performance. With the actin that's in this very episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors anything to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that were currently over at Hanna-Barbera Productions. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's  actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. To be frank this episodes animation is about what you would expect from Hanna-Barbera as it does look cheap alot of the time with the backgrounds not only repeating themselves but also lacking any fine detail something which it could be argued was also true for Top Cat. Yet here it does seem really out of place as the episode does put alot of attention on the backgrounds due to the fact the thieves are stealing things in plain sight and while the characters movements aren't as stilted as they are in say either The Flintstones or again Top Cat as there are times where the characters do have some really fluid movements to them even they do look cheap as there are time where the makers of this episode will animated just the mouths of a character and not the whole body which does make the episodes animation feel more cheap even for a Hanna-Barbera show and yet it didn't have to be this way as even if the makers of this show just put some more detail into the episodes backgrounds or even had characters walking in the background both of these yes granted aren't much but they would have made the episodes animation come across as being alot less cheap but on the other hand given that this show had to spread it's budget across thirty episodes it does make sense that corners would be cut to make the shows animation come in under budget.

Whilst this is no doubt a comedy show there is alot of focus put on the episodes action however tho in order to appease parents groups the makers of this show were pretty much forced into making this a comedy. As the only way that they could have made this show in the first place where the focus is on Kung Fu is to make the hero someone who always messes up and never really hits anyone this is something that might seem like it's holding the episode back and to be fair that would be an understandable thing however it really doesn't as it now forces the makers of this episode to get creative with the episodes action as now not only do they have think of creative ways for Hong Kong Phooey to get into a fight but they also have to think of creative ways for him to win the fight without actually harming anyone. With the fact that he is this self proclaimed Kung Fu master and yet he never really hits any moves on anyone or anything for that matter being something that does add some charm to not only this episode but the show as as whole as it would have been super easy for the makers of this episode to just show him beating up the bad guys in a a funny but still violent way but the fact that they didn't do that and they went all the way in making him this oblivious character who really does think that he's doing all of this things himself actually adds something to his character as it makes him more of someone who is an egotist but is also an idiot at the same time with the fact that the whole town just believes that Hong Kong Phooey is this tuff as nails superhero being something that does hit home this point all the more harder but in saying this tho it would have been nice if we did get to see him land some moves but instead of having them hurt someone the villains just shake it off as it's nothing with Penry just believing that the villains are just as strong as he is this is something that would feed well into his character and could make for a solid running joke in the rest of the series.

This episode is kind of hard to describe as it's about as simple as it gets which is something that could be seen as being good thing but is also a bad thing. It's a bad thing in that it does make the episode not only plain and straight forward as everything is layed out to you in black and white which yes was the trend up until very recently but it does also make the episode quite boring to watch as well as you know right away not only what is going to happen but also how things will play out which fair enough there wasn't really all that much that the makers of this show could have done to make this episode feel unpredictable as they did have have alot of parents groups to please but they still could have done something to make this episode feel different from the rest of the show even if it's just making this episode a full twenty two minuets granted that's not much but it's something. On the other hand tho it's a good thing as this episodes target kid audience aren't going to be wanting something complex they just want something simple and easy to follow and that's exactly what this episode is in all of the best ways possible as all of the characters are very simple and all of the jokes are very easy to spot coming a mile away and while these are things that it very well could be argued helped to make the show bland and forgettable as let's be honest here not alot of people have thought about this show for decades it is also something that means that when someone does discover it then they could get to expirence how weird and unique both this show and this episode are and even those that did watch the show either when it was airing on ABC in 1974 or perhaps on many of the other channels when it was being repeated in the nineties.

The villains plan in this episode was actually a pretty good as while they don't outright say what there plan is its obvious that to steal cars from people , repaint them and then sell to people at a higher price. We know this as we do see the villains repaint one of the cars in the episode therefor the rest is more of an educated guess and its a plan that does make alot of sense as people will always need cars be it for travelling to work or to see friends and therefor they'd be willing to pay through the nose to get a car even if it turns out that its there own car ad the fact that we get to see this episodes villains go to these extreme lengths to get cars not only from nearby people but from moving lorries and even car dealerships does hit him just how prepared and how quick that these villains strike. With the thing that lets the plan down being the fact that we not only don't get confirmation on what there plan is and therefor we dont know what there end goal is but we also don't get to see there plan in action this is something that would have added some small amount of stakes to the episode and it would be able to create a nice contrast with the end of the episode if at the start of the episode we see the town that this show takes place in being fearful of these villains and yet by the end of the episode we see that the town is happy now that there gone and heck while we do get word that they stole several police cars we don't get to see the villains interacting with the episodes main heroes all that much before the start of the episodes plot which again is something that would have been nice as the interactions that Penry has with them is pretty good, with the villains themselves being the kind of typical villains that you'd expect to find in a Saturday morning kids TV show which is something that does work for the episode but it would have been nice if more thought was given into making them more thought out and a bit more scary as villains.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly eleven minuets and twelve seconds. With this show having two segments per-episode something which was par the course for Hanna-Barbera at this time and yet you really don't feel like this episode is as short as it is as the episode does feel like that it has the right amount of time given the fact that the episodes plot isn't all that strong in the first place and while this episode doesn't really have to set up alot of things like how the characters are etc it still would have been nice if this episode did do that and it would have been able to do that if this episode did have a longer running time but it wasn't needed as this episode works either way with this episode having more then enough plot to cover this amount of running time in the first place. However tho this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the episode really doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot this is something that is n doubt due to the fact that the episode does have a shorter running time and therefor it really can't afford to add things to the plot to make it feel more developed as the episode not only has the great theme song to fit in but it also has to tell an entire story in just over eleven minuets with the makers of this episode being more focused on making sure that we laugh with Hong Kong Phooey then they were in giving the episode a well developed plot. This is something that dies also effect the episodes character development as while it's not unheard of for Hanna-Barbera shows to not develop there characters it still would have been nice if time was given into giving any one of this episodes characters some form of character development with the makers of this show being more focused on fitting in as many Kung Fu Asian stereotypes then they were in giving any one of this episodes characters character development but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. The episode does poke alot of fun at the fact that Hong Kong Phooey isn't the smartest bulb in the shed as she does alot of the time get things wrong and while this does make him look like an idiot this is something that is also part of the charm of the show and of the episode as we know that he's not going to get it right and therefor the comedy comes more from how the people around still think that he's this good superhero when in actuality he's just lucky. With the best joke in the whole entire episode being the series running joke where he ends up getting stuck in the filing cabinet when transforming into Hong Kong Phooey with him this time trying to give it a super human punch as he calls only for Spot the cat to role he eyes and bang on the cabinet to let him out that whole joke is a very simple joke and it works because of the fact that it's a simple with a simple set up and pay off whereas if the joke was alot more complicated and was more hard to follow then it wouldn't work as well however due to the fact that everything in the world this show takes place it is just straight up insane you do end up buying into the fact that someone can enter the lower part of a cabinet and exit through the top as a super hero with the fact that he struggles to get out of the top end of it being something that does make it funny with the rest of the episodes jokes being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whist this episode wasn't the best episode to start this show out on one could also make the argument that none of this shows episodes would have made for a good debut episode with this episode being a bland but still mostly enjoyable episode that was alot of fun to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Paddington 1976 TV Series "Paddington Makes A Clean Sweep" Review

Paddington is a character that really doesn't need an introduction as the character has been entertaining people for literally generations. Be it threw the books or the more recent live action films this bear has captured the hearts and souls of millions with his first TV series perhaps being the more loved TV series that the character has been in and it's another episode of that show that i'm going to be talking to you all about today and so then join me as I review the episode that is quite literally a nothing episode with the episode in question being called simply just "Paddington Makes A Clean Sweep" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Bird leave Paddington at home with a chimney sweeping kit he takes it upon himself to clean the Browns chimney for them. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty OK at best. To put it simply this episode has a complete nothing of a plot as the plot just boils down to Paddington wants to do something and then he does it and that's it which for an episode of this show isn't that good as this shows plots did typically show Paddington getting into trouble before doing what he wanted to do in the first place. Yet here as there is so little build up and so little plot to the episode the episodes plot does come across as being a nothing episode with it feeling like that the plot was deemed to be secondary to whatever Paddington was doing at the time and while yes of course in any TV show you are going to get episodes that do have more weaker plots here as the rest of these first series plots are so strong in there own right it does make this episode stand out all the more due to the fact that the plot itself does feel a bit on the weaker side of things and heck one could argue that this is a plot that would have been better served if it was mixed in with a plot with another episode heck this episodes plot would have been better if it was apart of the plot of the episode "Something Nasty In The Kitchen" as there you have the inbuilt reason as to why Mrs and Mr. Brown can't help Paddington out and he would want to help out by helping the cleaning the house as well as look after them whereas here the plot just felt like that it was lacking that extra special something with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Sir Michael Hordern with him being just as good as you think that he would be in this episode. As he does have the right voice to help to bring Paddington and the other characters to life and heck there are only four characters in this episode and he does a good job of making the male characters those being Paddington and the Chimney Sweeper sound distinctive enough as he gives the chimney sweeper more of an east end accent he same thing cannot be said for the female characters tho those of course being Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Bird as the two of them do sound very similar with none of them not even being given that much of an accent to help to make them sound differently from each other. Yet with Paddington and the chimney sweeper if you closed your eyes and just listened to the audio you'd be able to tell just who is who as the two as those voices sound very differently from each other this was also the same issue that Sir Ringo Starr had when he was doing the first series of Thomas & Friends as he made alot of the character sound similar and while it's not as bad in this episode due to the fact that it is only localized to those two characters it is something that should have been fixed but this review is being written with the added benefit of hindsight therefor there is a chance that back in 1976 people might have been able to tell he voices of Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Bird apart and while it's not really an issue with the episode as a whole as the characters only appear at the start and end of the episode and that's really it it is something that could have been fixed as it would given Sir Michael Hordern the chance to show off just what kind of voices that he could do as he is good as those characters it's just the voices that he uses for them that needed to be worked on not the performance for them.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With it being obvious as to why Sir Michael Hordern was chosen to be the voices of these characters as he is so good in this episode due to the fact that he does have a rather calming voice to him that does help to make the events seen in not only this episode but in other episodes seem all the more charming with his performance in this episode in particular being a really good example of this as while Paddington is of course causing trouble Sir Michael Hordern gives us a performance makes Paddington seem innocent and more polite. With the best actor in this episode of being Sir Michael Hordern as the man is just so good in not only this show but in this episode as well as you can tell that he is treating this as if it where a film made for adults or something that adults would enjoy as he's not being over the top and giving a performance that talks down to kids rather he is giving us a performance that is worthy of all of these characters as he does put in alot of thought and effort into his performance and it is something that does show as he very easily could have treated not only this episode but the show as a whole as something that's beneath him as it's for kid and he was a film actor but he didn't and that is something that does need to be recognised as he is just so good in this episode with his natural charm really shining through in this performance in this episode. With the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actor really has to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of him naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acing that's in this very episode. 

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that really are currently over at FilmFair. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. The fact that we have some really good animation in this episode is something that really isn't all that surprising as this show does have some really high quality animation in all of it's episodes with this episode of course being of no exception to this rule as you can see right away that the makers of this episode have given this episodes animation alot of thought and effort. With there being alot of stopmotion sequences in this episode that would have been very time consuming to pull off like for example Paddington eating his breakfast which yes is a simple shot to do but it's also one that would have taken all day to film and it looks really good as a result of it or even Paddington struggling to pull the top of the Brown's chimney of his head which again does sound like a really simple shot but given the fact that it's essentially a stop motion show it is something that would have taken alot of time to film, where the episodes animation quality does somewhat dip is in the 2D animation as the characters that are 2D animated don't really appear all that much in the episode and when they do appear there movements do look a little bit stilted which is fair enough as they are not the main characters of the episode Paddington is but it still wo8ld have been nice if there animation was given as much care and attention as the animation for Paddington quite clearly was.

This episode is the very definition of a nothing episode as nothing all that much actually happens in the episode. This is something that does make the episode out to quite forgettable as it the episode doesn't really have all that much going on it which is something that would have been fine if the plot of this episode was part of the plot of another episode as then you could kind of forgive one portion of an episode for not being that good however tho this is meant to be the whole episode and the episode might as well have ended when Paddington did clean out the Browns chimney as that was what he wanted to do for them in the first place and yet the episode keeps on going for no reason when then the main plot of the episode has good as well finished. Look far enough this is something that might also be true for the book that this episode is adapted from called "Paddington Marches On" but in that book it would have had several other stories in i and therefor having one bad or slightly bad story in a book that might have several good stories isn't all that bad but as this is the meant to be the main episode there really should have been more thought out into the episode and not just make it an episode where Paddington reaches his gal within the first few minuets of the episode as all this ends up doing is making the rest of the episode feel pointless, fair enough you have to to have Paddington messing up somehow and that's fair and to be fair to this episode this episode does give an understandable reason for him to mess up however the episode should have been building up to him messing up like for example what if in the episode Paddington tries and fails to put the kit together with all of his attempts to mend the situation just making worst only or when he does finally get the kit together that's when Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Bird come back from the shops and see the mess that he's made and make him clean it up that would make alot of sense as your building up to him messing up something which you know full well that he is going to do in someway shape or form.

The idea for the episode is a very good idea as it does allow for Paddington to get into trouble in a new way. However tho the episode misses a trick as instead of it being revealed that Paddington just got his head stuck in the chimney why not have it be that he got stuck in the fire place and have him be covered head to toe in soot if your going to hint that he might have fallen into the fireplace then why not all the way with it and make that the big ending moment and have it be the main big thing that Paddington screwed up as afterall he was just trying to help the Browns out and yet for one reason or another the makers of this episode not only went the other way but they also didn't show the device getting more lodged in the first fire place after Paddington went up on the roof top to get it. It might sound like that I really hate this episode but I really don't it's just that when you compare this episode to he other episodes of this first series all of which knock it out of the park every single time then this episode does come up as being a bit short as while the idea for the episode is a good one where it fails is in the execution of the idea as having Paddington trying to clean the Browns chimney is one that does allow for plenty of comedy to be had even of it's just Paddington messing up the house that is something that would still work for this episode as it is something that he character would indeed do and we know from the first Paddington film he has done that and it therefor wouldn't be out of character for hm to do something like that in this episode, whilst this is very much a nothing episode it could be argued that this is part of the episodes charm as it does show the every day life of this family and while it does add some charm to the episode it is also something that really wasn't needed for the episode as all it ends up doing is making this episode a pointless one to watch in the grand scheme of things. 

To say something nice about the episode it's simple plot and set does allow for a character like Paddington to be his usual cute and charming self. With him just trying to do the best that he can do in a situation that he know nothing about for people that he clearly cares deeply for this is one of the episodes biggest strengths as part of the charm of the Paddington franchise is just seeing this lovable bear just trying to do the best that he can do and seeing how he messes everything up with this being something that the episode does get right as for everything that Paddington does do right in this episode something happens that causes him to do something wrong and seeing how he does try to fix things before its to late does show us the audience why Paddington is still as beloved today as was back in previous decades. To compare this episode to another show that had a nothing episode in this case the Worzel Gummidge episode "A Little Learning" which also had the main character achieve there goal before the end of the episode both of the episodes have plots that allow for the main character to not only to get into trouble in a believable way for those characters but it also allows them to be there usual charming selves which in both cases is more then enough to make both of these episodes worth watching as even tho this episode isn't that good we are still getting lots of scenes with Paddington just being cute and trying to fix things before they get out of hand and in Worzel Gummidge we have the main character doing everything that he can to not cause that much trouble all while doing exactly that this is something that does allow for the characters of both episodes to be there more charming selves as it will always be fun seeing Paddington get things wrong and try to put them right much like how it will always be fun seeing Worzel trying and failing to avoid getting into trouble.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly five minuets and ten seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show and to be fair to this episode given it's incredibly thin premise it rally didn't need to be all that much longer as if the episode was longer then it would have been stretching what was a thin premise even thinner which would have resulted in there being alot of filler scenes in there just to pad out the episode when if truth be told this is the kind of the episode where the shorter the running time is the better the episode would end up being as us the audience wouldn't be forced to focus on it's issues all that long with the episode having more then enough plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place. However this this episode really doesn't use its running tome all that wisely as the episode really doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot which fair enough is something that could also be said for alot of the shows other episodes as well but given the fact that this episodes plot was already really thin it is something that could have used something quite literally anything that would give the episodes plot some kind of plot development as we don't even get to find out where Mr , Jonathon and Judy Brown are in the episode and nor do we find out why they've chose to have there chimney cleaned in the first place with the makers of this episode being more focused on showing us scenes with Paddington putting together and taking apart the brush to clean the chimney then they are in giving the episodes plot development. This is something that does also effect the episodes character development which again to be fair to this episode is something that you do just have to expect with a show like this as it is an episodic show and therefor the characters aren't going to be getting characters development but it still would have been nice if Paddington himself got to have some character development with the makers of this episode being more focused of showing us Paddington cleaning a chimney then they were in giving its characters any form of characters development but i really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally tought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. The comedy in this episode was one of the episodes strongest points as it is really good as while it is just yes Paddington finding a new way to mess things up here tho in this episode it wasn't his fault as he didn't that the end of the stick was prone to coming detached at the top of a chimney and yet he still went to try and fix it with this being something that does speak to how Paddington is as he is just trying to do his best and yet his best always ends up with him messing something up in cute and funny ways. With the best joke in the episode being when its discovered that when trying to dislodge the end of the stick himself Paddington actually got his own head stuck in the Browns chimney with him being unable to remove it as it's quite hard to do with paws with him even being unable to raise his hate to the chimney sweeper because of it which is just such a cute gag to end the episode as that is something that Paddington would do and those are things that he would say and they both work well with the thing that makes them work as well as they do oddly enough being the fact that the episode does have this simple premise with everything being set up quite early one which does allow for the episode to just be funny with the episodes ending joke being a very good example of this and it is something that might well have been effected if the episode did have a more stronger plot to it with the rest of the episodes jokes being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst this episode might very well be the weakest episode in this show it is still a really charming episode its own right despite its flaws with the episode itself also allowing the characters to be there usual charming and funny selves and while yes the episode could have been alot better if it was more better then the episode would lose alot of the charm that it presently has in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score f exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Blogger and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.