We all have those cartoon characters that we all grew up watching when we were just little kids be they Thomas The Tank Engine or whatever. They were always the characters that we would grow up watching and eventually grow out of due to the fact that they were made with much more smaller kids in mind as is the case with the episode that i'm about to review for you all today and so then join me as I review the episode that really does try to make being a postman cool with the episode in question being called simply just "Postman Pat's Finding Day" Enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when on his round Pat discovers that a child's doll is missing and so goes about the rest of the day trying to find the doll and return it to it's rightful owner. 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 simple and that's the best word to describe this episodes plot as it doesn't need to be a super complicated plot it's just needs to be simple and because of that it means that the characters can shine through and really carry the episode and while the plot of the episode is rather on thin side of things it really doesn't need to be a strong plot it just needs to give you the basic premise and that's really it and that's something that the plot of this episode does rather wonderfully 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 the shows only actor Ken Barrie who also serves as the shows main narrator as well. Having one actor do all pf the voices for the show is something that alot of animated shows that are made for very little kids did quite alot with it not really being something that works for this episode as alot of Ken's voices do sound the same and as a result of that is the fact that it's hard to tell from time to time who it is that's speaking alot of the time this is despite the fact that he can do some accents and does give the characters some rather distinct voices like Ted for example has a rather thick Yorkshire accent and Pat has more of a soft northern accent and as such when those two are talking you can tell who it is that's talking but he also gives one of the characters the exact same accent as Pat and doesn't change his vocal range and so it does get confusing trying to work out who is talking but when he does do a good voice it is something that really stand out with his narrator voice being very soothing and very easy to listen to as well as being a very calming voice which is something that really does work well for this show.
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. As there's only one actor in this show at this point in time of course the standout performer in this episode is Ken Barrie as he really is the definitive voice of Pat with his performance being the kind of performance that you'd want to give in an episode like this one as it was calming enough to ease you into the episodes plot but is also joyful that when something funny does happen it can be a really funny joke with Ken really carrying this whole entire episode on his back and because of the fact that he's the only actor in this episode he really get alot of chances to shone as he does give some of the characters some really distinctive voices which at times does make them standout from one another with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all the actors in this episode have to do is just the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.
Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Woodland Animations. 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. As the animation in this episode is alto better then what it really had any right to be as animation in shows from the eighties very rarely if ever age that well and yet that's exactly the case with the animation in this very episode as while the animation does look pretty dated at parts that's more due to the fact that it's using very early stop motion animation and it's not due to the overall quality of the animation with there being alot of smooth movements in this episode and as a result of that is the fact that the characters do also have some fairly smooth looking movements or as smooth as you can get with stop motion animation.
The best word that can be used to describe not only this show but this episode is nice as that's exactly what this episode is. It's nice with everything about this episode being very cozy and being the kind of episode that you wouldn't mind leaving on for your little kids or relatives to watch as it's not going to harm them in anyway whatsoever with the episode itself being a very cozy show that is very calming with even the shows character even helping to sell the fact that this is a nice episode as even tho there very cookie cutter characters that are given very little interms of personality for a show that's made for very little kids that's not only expected but it's also what you want as well as there meant to give them an idealised look at the world outside and that means simplifying the characters down to there most basic personalities and while yes the episode would have been better of if the characters did get the chance to show of alot of there personalities that would mean redeveloping the show as Pat himself doesn't spend alot of time interacting with the other characters in this episode and would therefor not have the chance to show us what his personality is.
If there's one thing that the episode gets wrong it's that all of the characters do come across as being very one dimensional. While that does make sense as Pat doesn't get to spend alot of time with the other characters and as a result of that both Pat and the other characters wouldn't get alot of time to fully get across what there personalities are in the first place there are some characters that do get alot more screen time then others and even those characters aren't given the chance to become more developed then what they are with us the audience not really being given the chance to find out alot about these characters like for example we spent alot of time Dorothy Thompson and yet we know nothing about her character other then the fact that she's a housewife and that's really it and we spend alot of time with Ted and we don't really get to find alot about him other then the fact that he's the village handyman and nothing more then not and yet the makers of this episode had the chance to develop both of those characters and yet they didn't which does make sense as the show is about Pat but you still need to make the side characters just as developed as the main character in order to make the main character more interesting.
For some reason alot of British kids animated shows chose to make shows where the main character has the most dull job. As apart from Fireman Sam we had Thomas The Tank Engine a show about trains just working there day to day jobs and we had Postman Pat a show about a postman just going on his daily route to drop of letters and parcels and other such things and that's really it and on paper that shouldn't make a good show and yet as we can see in this episode it oddly makes for a good set up as it keeps the show grounded in some sort of realism as well as giving the shows target audience a chance to see what it is that people do for a job with the hopes that it might possibly inspire some of them to become a postman in the future but with all that being said a character who's main job is a post and where the plot of the show is him going on his daily route to do his job doesn't sound like it's that interesting of that show and as a result of that is the fact that the show and this episode would come across as being dull and really boring to some people.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grad total running time of exactly fourteen minuets and fifty five seconds. Which is the absolutely perfect running time for this episode to last as the episode really doesn't have alot there interms of plot to really cover anything longer then that and while it would have been nice if this episode had a longer running time to fully develop some of it' characters a bit more it would come at the expense of stretching the plot of the episode even thinner then what it already is as this plot doesn't need to be a super complicated plot and the episode itself doesn't need to be that long in order to tell it's story and tell it well it just needs to be a good fifteen minuets long and that's really it and that's something that this episode does really well as it does allow the character to just be themselves but at the same time it would be nice if this episode was a little bit longer just because this was a really nice episode that didn't need to be that long to be as enjoyable as it ended up being 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 means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well the 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. As while alot of this episodes jokes aren't laugh lot loud funny the jokes that this episodes does have are cute jokes that are almost guaranteed to put a smile on either grown up faces or more importantly kids faces r perhaps maybe even both kids and adults faces with it being funny just seeing all of the cute and funny things that they do Jess as while they don't go over the top with what they do with Jess like they do in Postman Pat: The Movie here in this episode the most that they do is have Jess hang of the van's window as Pat opens the door to get in and that's really it and that's just a cute joke which is the type of joke that really does work for this episode and for this franchise in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a really nice episode and was a great way to start of this really iconic and under loved show really was and that it really does deserve alot more love just due to charming the show can be when it's at it's best with the episode being a good example of just how nice that this show can be something that the movie just wasn't 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 his 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 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 the official Postman Pat fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Postman Pat fandom wiki page 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 and are really of course up and on the official Postman Pat fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.