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Wednesday 13 September 2023

Worzel Gummidge "A Home Fit For Scarecrows" Review

 


I just love it whenever I get to review an episode of Worzel Gummidge as it really is such a good and wonderful show. As it's been a coupe of weeks since I last an episode of this classic show I thought that i'd take a look at another episode of this classic TV show this going back to it's very first series and so then join me as I review the episode that is really pretty close to being a musical episode with the episode in question being called simply just "A Home Fit For Scarecrows" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when things start disappearing from the village Jon and Sue have to find Worzel before the law catches up with him. Now then interms if 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 really good with this episodes plot being really entertaining and being filled tom the brim with fun as well as being really engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Jeremy Austin as John Peters and Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters. Also starring in this episode is Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite , Myrtle Devenish as Mrs. Liversedge , Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite , Norman Mitchell as P.C. Parsons , Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepherd and Last Of The Summer Wine star Sarah Thomas as A Waitress.

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. Which for this show isn't really all the new as this show always had some really good acting within it and alot of that is due to the fact that not only are the actors in this episode a bunch of really good actors but also because of the fact that the script for this episode is just so good and so all the cast have to do is say the words as they are written and a really good performance will come out of them naturally.



What I really loved in this episode is that we got to see what Worzel thinks a house looks like which to me just felt totally in character. With his house being made of a bunch of possibly broken junk with his house having no walls , windows or doors which does seem oddly in character for Worzel as he wouldn't really know what a house looks like and plus seeing his house is made up of a bunch of junk is just a very funny sight to look at and heck even when he does try to get actual furniture from around the village he still doesn't built what an actual house looks like which only add to the charm of this character. 


In this episode Jon states that Worzel doesn't get blamed for anything that goes wrong in the farm he and Sue Do. Yet since this is the shows second ever episode all you have to do is look back at the previous episode to see that both statements are false as Worzel wasn't blamed for what happened in the previous episode and nether was Jon and Sue now it is possible that there was a time skip inbetween episodes one and two and because of that Jon and Sue did start getting the blame alot more often but based of off what was actually seen we know that that's not true and it makes me wonder as to why this continuity error was included in the final cut of the episode.

This is also the episode that introduces the idea of Worzel having multiple heads for each aspect of his personality. I really do like this idea as it is a fun idea and it does allow for a alot of funny and unique moments that will help this show stand out against all of the other kids shows out their and as alot of other kids found the idea of him changing his head at will quite scary it also makes the show pretty creepy which is something that I really love as alot of kids really do like to scared and that makes me wonder why kids TV shows today are afraid to scare it's kid audience and instead give them the safest and un-scariest thing possible. 


I guess you could say that this episode is also a musical episode as the episode does indeed feature a musical number. The song in question I believe is called "Worzel's Song" or at least that's what it was called when it was rerecorded and released as part of a Worzel Gummidge themed album the song in question isn't a bad song as all it is Worzel teaching Jon and Sue his own scarecrow language but the issue is that it isn't a good song either as it's a really short song that isn't really that well written and due to the fact that the kid actors can barely sing it isn't that well sung either but I will give the song this it is one heck of a catchy song.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely live of me remember whatever this episodes grand total running time even was I do know for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show and to this episodes credit it does make the most of that running time but at the same time I would have liked it if this episode was a tad bit longer just because i was having such a fun time with this episode but if this episode was longer then it would be stretching an already thin story even thinner and I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it.


So now then since this is a comedy that means 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 really good. With this episode having some really cute and funny moments all of which feel very in line with what these characters would normally say and how these characters would normally act especially how these characters have been presented to us thus far in this show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Overall this was a really fun episode and another great episode in this great show and given the Doctor Who connection that this show has i'm surprised that this show isn't talked about alot more as it is a really good show and this is a really good episode as well 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 thing that are in this very episode in this very review that means tat this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 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 , Wikipedia and Google Images.With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the really wonderful Google Images as since all of the images that are currently up and featured / presented to us up and on the really great and really and truly wonderful on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being all really fairly freaking high in definition.