"Shnookums & Meat" Episode Reviews

[Duckfan]

Woohoo, WE'RE BACK!!!
After a minor intermission of only... a whole year (!!)... we can continue this "review guide", since the remaining episodes are now available thanks to internet magic.

@Andrew Steiner I'll read your review afterwards to keep mine uninfluenced.

In my oppinion intros totally belongs to (any) show! I've often refused to watch shows where the Intro was missing! Not only does it get you into the mood of the show, most opening montages are also well edited. Since I used to collect them, there are many shows of which I haven't seen a single episode, but watched the openings numerous times, because they were so well done! Most are also an interesting artefact oft their time. One can watch any intro and easily guess the decade in which the show it belongs to was made. And not to mention the theme songs! To this day I refuse to buy "Married... with children" on DVD, because the miserly publishers wanted to save money by NOT using its gloriously chosen theme song "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra! But enough of this...

So, let's get to my review of episode #10:
Shnookums and Meat believe that "Something's fishy" when they see their fellow pet, a little fish, evolve into a giant monster.
This happen to be the first S&M segement I fully enjoyed, because at last it DID feature an original idea! And indeed a very clever one. What would happen if some creature walked along the line of evolution by its own merits? What would happen if this creature conducts its own evolution in a way it pleases? This would make a great plot for some random science fiction movie, but it also makes a great S&M episode.
But even better, did this segment feature some great gags, starting with the pets' owner leaving the house in boots and a dress for chainsawing! And I even didn't foresee the final gag, which was of course great in how S&M were trying to evolve themselves.
All in all, easily the best S&M segment so far! (Although I must confess, I hardly remember the other ones after one year...)

Pith Possum and Obediah are back crime-fighting in a segment whose title is too long (and again too irrelevant) to quote. Luckily the producers stuck to the concept of Pith being a nitwit and the other charachters solving his crimes, while in the end all believe it was once again Pith who got them out of trouble. This time the weird villain who looks like Mad Jack the Pirate is back and who seems to be voiced by Jim Cummings. Again Jim uses a kind of mix of mocked European accents so that "no country could claim him", like he once stated about his more prominent villain character Don Karnage. I loved the gag that the cops conceived the whole episode as a TV show. And in Pith's final battle with that amphibian type character, we finally hear his theme tune as a full 12-bar blues :-D

The Best in the West complains that "My spine hurts" (a feeling I, unfortunately, know too well). I completely lost track of what happened in the episodes before, but it seems that now, finally, Tex is close to getting his job done. And also finally, we saw a bit of sidekick's mouth! I liked the idea that the crooks were kipping all the time (Seriously, is their no colloquial word for sleeping in American English, like my online dictionary says? We have tons of them in German!)

In total one of the best episodes.

 

[Duckfan]

And now for some comments to your review:

there is some weak animation from Wang and a hint of some weak dialogue in certain parts.

Wow, you really ARE an expert. I noticed bad animation only once in an episode of "Quack Pack" (which otherwise featured brilliant animation) and never thought of dialogue before.

But still, it's a funnier entry worth watching rather than "The Light of Darkness" or "Return of the Night of Blacker Darkness".

Wow*2 You do remember the episodes by name and can tell them apart?

Side Note 2: In the beginning shot, where the Possum Day parade is show, look closely at the trees: the first tree says "Jeffy's Pub" and the second one says "Kopp's Residence". It's possible that they were named after the directors themselves.

I did notice the "Kopp" name. I think you can leave out the "It's possible" here ;-)

and Krusty's description of the Polite Coyotes. It sounded legit and not to mention humorous.

Forgot to mention that. It WAS funny!

 

[Andrew Steiner]

Wow, you really ARE an expert. I noticed bad animation only once in an episode of "Quack Pack" (which otherwise featured brilliant animation) and never thought of dialogue before.

He-he, I try. Yes, while I do like Wang as one of my favorite animation studios overseas, I am aware that it does have sloppy work and that there are other good animation studios.

 

[Ed Liu]

Just as a reminder: we do not have any problems assuming that someone watching something is doing so legally (through their own personal VHS/DVR-recorded copies, on-demand, or legally released DVD sets). We DO have a problem with people advertising that they are watching material in ways that can only infringe on copyright.

Some earlier posts are being edited (and infractions have been handed out about this in the past).

 

[Andrew Steiner]

Good evening, folks. It's time I give my review on Episode #11.

Shnookums & Meat: "Night of the Living Shnookums"

This episode has an interesting concept. The concept shows that Meat falsely believes he's killed Shnookums and later fears that Shnookums has returned to get revenge on his enemy. The short gives some impressive visuals, such as a gory-looking portrait of Shnookums, and not to mention some good jokes when his owners wonder where the cat is and when Meat changes the channels on the TV set. But the second half of the short ran out of steam when Meat found out that it was a prank that Shnookums was playing on him, and it became the first half in reverse, as in, with Meat doing his "playing dead" routine on Shnookums and Shnookums actually buying it. The conclusion only stopped with Shnookums listening to Meat coming back to him.

Hmmm, not bad of an entry, but it could've done more.

Pith Possum: "Dark of the Darker Darkness"

Pith Possum's memory gets damaged when he gets blasted by his and his partner's newest invention and goes through different personalities. Now, Obediah has to keep him in line by fighting Supper Squirrel who is raiding every food joint in Possum City.

While this episode isn't strong compared to our recent Pith Possum reviews, I like the nervous, Marlon Brando/Godfather-like Supper Squirrel ending his lines with "Y'see.", according to Juan F. Lara. (I haven't seen the actual movie, but I'm doing my best to compare Supper Squirrel with his real counterpart, you know.) On a side note, this episode used to exist as a separate clip almost a decade ago.

To sum it up, it's rather weak but amusing.



Tex Tinstar: "The Vinyl Frontier"

On their way back to the town of Bonehead, Tex and Chafe run into the Wrong Riders who begin tormenting Percy Lacedaisy, just as a meteor from outer space hurtles towards Earth.

This is the first time we see the Polite Coyotes who are based on the Beatles and voiced by Bill Kopp and Jess Harnell. (There are two other Polite Coyotes that we'll get to next week, though.) The rest of this short is all time consuming with gags, with the horse-back riding gag based on Monty Python's horse-riding gag (once again, according to Juan F. Lara) to Wrongo attacking Mr. Lacedaisy in a rather cartoonish way, up until when the characters get hit by the meteor and are sent drifting off into space. Just like "Slap-Happy Trails", the last 10-20 seconds have been cut off, and this was also uploaded separately along with tonight's Pith Possum episode almost a decade ago.

Sigh...I think it's a dull entry for tonight. See you all next week.

 

[Duckfan]

My review of episode #11:
I must admit, I'm largely uninspired this evening and the episode itself wasn't too inspiring either. So this will be a quick one.

Just some notes:
-In the S&M segment the two try to prank each other in simulating their respective deaths. Hot topic for a Disney Afternoon cartoon.
-The whole segment is accompanied by hammond organ music. In the beginning, when Meat switches to a TV channel with a lighter program, the music also makes that change in that it turns into some happy, upbeat tune - a tune, which, along with being played on an organ, very much reminds me of the credits music in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Conicidence?
-The cannon buit by Obediah and Pith Possum doesn't seem to be so worthless after all, since they could use it to alter the crooks' brains and get them a more uncriminal identity.
-Obviously, this is the first episode in which Pith actually catches the villain in the end himself.
-After reading your review Andrew, I realized, you weren't too inspired either?! ;-)

 

[Andrew Steiner]

-In the S&M segment the two try to prank each other in simulating their respective deaths. Hot topic for a Disney Afternoon cartoon.

Oh, yes. Too bad the idea lost its focus.

The whole segment is accompanied by hammond organ music. In the beginning, when Meat switches to a TV channel with a lighter program, the music also makes that change in that it turns into some happy, upbeat tune - a tune, which, along with being played on an organ, very much reminds me of the credits music in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Conicidence?

I didn't know that. I'll guess I'll have to watch the Monty Python credits to understand your point.

-The cannon buit by Obediah and Pith Possum doesn't seem to be so worthless after all, since they could use it to alter the crooks' brains and get them a more uncriminal identity.

Oh, yes! Aside from steam locomotives, I have a fondness for machines, especially machines in cartoons. The cannon's a clever idea, if you know how to be careful using it.

-Obviously, this is the first episode in which Pith actually catches the villain in the end himself.

Yes, seems so.

After reading your review Andrew, I realized, you weren't too inspired either?! ;-)

Yes, I believe I haven't been inspired by this episode either. Alll three segments aren't that special, but at least, I don't find Pith's multiple identities in "Dark of the Darker Darkness" half bad; they're pretty random.

 

[Andrew Steiner]

Today, I review S&M Episode #12, so let's see how it goes.

Shnookums & Meat: "Jingle Bells, Something Smells"

Yes, I know Christmas is over from last year, so don't argue with me. Anyway, Santa Claus gets knocked out by Meat's smelly stocking. So, our boys will have to drive the sleigh in Santa's place.

I like this entry, mostly because of the funny gags (i.e., Santa vomiting in the chimney and the airplane sound effects for Santa's reindeer and sleigh), Frank Welker's Joe Pesci/Pesto-like Boss Elf and Danny Mann's Clint Eastwood-like Rudolph.

However, there are 2 goofs in the episode:

1. The Boss Elf disappears halfway throughout the cartoon when they get to their first destination.

2. Of course, Meat was responsible for his smelly stocking knocking out Santa, but why Shnookums, too? It also could have been possible if the Elves took Santa's place by driving the sleigh, but Bill only had Shnookums & Meat take Santa's place anyway. Ah, no matter.

A solid entry for this week!

Pith Possum: "Dark Quest for Darkness"

Pith's energetic grandmother, Granny Pearl, takes the Possummobile out for a ride and fights some crime in Possum City, while Pith Possum and Obediah catch up to try to keep her out of danger.

Hmmm, I kinda like that Granny Pearl can take care of some villains, despite her size and age, and it is good that we see Ralph Bear and Al Dog in person for the first time; they're the villains who framed Pith and Obediah in "Return of the Night of Blacker Darkness". Furthermore, we get some reused locations and the "Crime never sleeps!" line from "Haunt of the Night of Blacker Darkness" and some cameos from Dr. Paul Bunion and Super Water Buffalo later in the short's run. Otherwise, nothing more is said.

It would have been more solid if Pith finally admitted to his grandmother that she did a great job at fighting crime. I do have to wonder if Pearl was a superhero before and had plenty of experience in crime fighting. But, with Pith's origins in the premiere episode, "Phantom Mask of the Dark Black Darkness of Black", we may never know.

Another average entry.

Tex Tinstar: "Hey, Careful, That's My Cerebellum"

Continuing from "The Vinyl Frontier", Tex and co., after returning from space on the meteor, are tied up for the Polite Coyotes to eat.

Not bad, and we get our first look at the other two Polite Coyotes, with Bill, Jess, and this time, Jeff Bennett all switching their voices for the Polite Coyotes. However, I wish the resolution for the meteor scene could have been improved. But... I do like the scene with the Maitre'D and his attractive maids.

Otherwise, it's another average entry.

Well, we do have the series finale to cover next week, but with Episode #3 left, it may take longer than expected. See you next week.

 

[Duckfan]

My review of #12:
It's Christmas and Schnookums & Meat knock out Santa. His little helper forces them to deliver the presents instead. I like to think, this cannot be a fresh idea, since there are too many Christmas stories out there, so that I probably must have popped up once, but it certainly was a new one to me and I enjoyed. It had a bunch of great gags and I laughed hard when Santa had trouble being sucked up the chimney.

Pith Possum is visited by his Southern Grandma, who has poor eyesight, but otherwise is in surprisingly good condition for age. So she goes crime-fighting - and funnily enough, succeeds in doing so, in opposition to her unable grand-son. Again the underscore music has some fun extras: Piths Grandma has her own "theme", which is basically the same tune as Piths, but played on a piano instead of guitar. And when Pith and Obediah have to switch to bicycles, the tune is played very slow and only on one string (I guess).

Tex Tinstars rescues him and the Wrong Riders from being burnt by the sun, but afterwards falls victim to the polite coyotes - who are really fun characters. For the first time, I'm really excited about what will happen in the next episode.

All in all a fine episode.

 

[Andrew Steiner]

For the first time, I'm really excited about what will happen in the next episode.

Well, just a reminder that next week will be the series finale. I can see that Tex Tinstar could tell a solid story in just all the 13 short episodes.

 

[Andrew Steiner]

All right. Here's my review on the series finale of Shnookums & Meat tonight.

Shnookums & Meat: "What a Turkey!"

In this episode, Shnookums prepares to cut up Mr. Gobble for Thanksgiving dinner, but Meat is determined to set his friend free.

This is a somewhat violent entry where Shnookums becomes totally hell-bent on setting his plan in motion by grabbing an axe and charging towards Mr. Gobble, even for a Disney cartoon! Now, I can see why Bill explained how he "got away with murder" while running the show.

I also like how Meat stands up for other animals like Mr. Gobble (considering that Ringling Bros. Circus will be closing this May), and I also learn how the Husband character spent his Thanksgivings on his family farm when he was a boy.

On another note, Shnookums and Meat's colors look thinner apart from the other shorts. This means that an unknown animation studio worked on this short (or it could be Toonz Animations' first weak effort).

As for Mr. Gobble, I'm surprised that he turned out to be smart at the end, but I don't know which accent he has while voiced by Frank Welker.

Otherwise, a decent entry.

Pith Possum: "Light or Dark Meat?"

Pith and Obediah take a cruise on the S.S. Gasbubble during their summer break. However, little do they realize that the captain is Dr. Paul Bunion in disguise.

A moderate entry, but not a good one for a series finale, though. Dr. Bunion's captain disguise (just the captain's hat only) was rather weak, but oddly strong enough to fool Pith and Obediah, considering that Pith is absent-minded in certain episodes apart from Obediah. Other than that, it would've made more sense had Bunion had a coat of his own in order for his disguise to work.

The few parts I liked was the shark gag where Obediah stood up to the shark in order to retrieve his superior's head, Nathan Wang's take on The Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA" during the water-skiing scene, the idea of having a fellow superhero (Super Cicada) take over Pith's duties for a while, and the oddball animation on Dr. Paul Bunion. Here are some of the frames:

Well, so much for this entry.

Tex Tinstar: "There Are Spiders All Over Me!"

After drifting around in space in the last episode, Percy Lacedaisy crash-lands back on Earth and frees Tex and his pals, who face off the Wrong Riders in one final showdown.

A good entry to wrap up the Tex Tinstar episodes. For once, we see Tex and Chafe defeat the Wrong Riders in such a cartoonish resolution, Now, I wished the blast from the explosion would have wiped out the Polite Coyotes, but they somehow survived at the very end. Oh, well. At least, that's what we got for a series finale.

Until we get Episode #3 of the show, "Bugging Out/Night of Darkness/"The Good, The Bad, and the Wiggly", I would like to wrap this up by saying this: I was pleased that we got the episodes during New Year's weekend, but in another case, some of the shorts in the videos turned out to be mediocre.

For Shnookums & Meat, it didn't seem half bad despite it being called out for a Ren & Stimpy rip-off. I would have loved to see Shnookums & Meat (the characters) become friends more than enemies often, but I hope it I don't go too far with it.

For Pith Possum, one half of PP shorts focused on actual story lines with some gags in between, but the other half focused more on random running gags rather than the actual plot line by contrast. "Haunt of the Night of Blacker Darkness" indeed used gags three times in a single row, but it was smart enough to show some inspiration at the end. I'm just disappointed that its potential died out when "Dark of the Darker Darkness" came along. Oh, well. The PP cartoons tried their best to be entertaining, though.

For Tex Tinstar, I'm pleased how it turned out. Despite having some mistakes in between, it had the honor of having more potential than the other two segments, because it only told a solid story through those thirteen episodes, as well as having some likable characters like Tex, Floyd, and the Wrong Riders. So, Andi, I see where you're coming from.

Welp, that's all I have to say for tonight! Stay tooned!

 

[Classic Speedy]

I love the moment when in "Spiders" when Wrongo sees Tex Tinstar and goes, "No! NO! It CAN'T be! TIN-STAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!"

 

[Andrew Steiner]

I love the moment when in "Spiders" when Wrongo sees Tex Tinstar and goes, "No! NO! It CAN'T be! TIN-STAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!"

He-he, yeah. It's unusual for the bad guy to freak out so wildly. You know what I mean?

 

[Duckfan]

@SB20xx Does this mean we have a third man?

My review of episode #13:
Despite the fact that is name actually is "Meat", he discovers his own love for fellow animals and tries to protect the Thanksgiving turkey from being eaten by Shnookums. Immediately after the central premise got established it was clear to me, that Shnookums would be the antagonist here, as he would certainly not share Meats pity. So there haven't been any surprises, even that the presumably dumb turkey would turn out a smart guy in the end was predictable. It wasn't a bad segment nevertheless and the various uses of the song "Turkey in the Straw" (effectively the first Disney song) very funny.

Pith Possum and Obediah go on vacation, but cannot enjoy their trip, since the captain on board their ship is their old and arch-enemy ... forgot his name. The freaky pirate with that "wah wah wah" laugh. One, if not the best character of the show, in part thanks to Jim Cummings voice acting. The plot is old but a nice idea for the Pith Possum series. Since Piths theme was heavily surf-rock-inspired, we consequently hear a sound-alike of the Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA" while Pith water-skiing. In such cases, I always wonder, why it is too expensive for a billion-dollar-company like Walt Disney to purchase rights to the original song.

Tex Tinstars voyage finds an end... somehow. It is clearly recognizable that the producers wanted to keep the possibility of continuing the story in a proposed second season that eventually never happened.

I would be lying if I'd say I'd miss that non-existing second season. We still have one earlier episode left, so I don't want to go into closing remarks already, but let me just say, now I know, why this show only consists of 13 episodes.

 

[Andrew Steiner]

The freaky pirate with that "wah wah wah" laugh. One, if not the best character of the show, in part thanks to Jim Cummings voice acting.

Oh, yeah. He's such a bizarre villain in this series.

Since Piths theme was heavily surf-rock-inspired, we consequently hear a sound-alike of the Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA" while Pith water-skiing. In such cases, I always wonder, why it is too expensive for a billion-dollar-company like Walt Disney to purchase rights to the original song.

Ah, you have a point here.

I would be lying if I'd say I'd miss that non-existing second season. We still have one earlier episode left, so I don't want to go into closing remarks already, but let me just say, now I know, why this show only consists of 13 episodes.

Yes, you're right. I did put in my concluding remarks too soon, and yes. We will have to wait soon or another 3-5 years until we get that sucker to review.

 

[Andrew Steiner]

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! Sorry we were away for over two years! Late last June, I discovered Shnookums and Meat's third missing episode online, only that it was in the Spanish dub. I thought it to myself that although it was found, it wouldn't work for our final review. A year later (as of now, that is), I was on a family trip in Grand Haven, Michigan, and the third episode finally appeared in the original English dub at last! Tonight, I'll be covering this episode as my partner is busy handling his apprenticeship. The third episode is mostly about bugs, so get your bug spray ready.

Shnookums and Meat: "Bugging Out"

Hmmm, not really much to say here. It has Shnookums and Meat getting rid of their fleas with a bug spray that causes their fleas to grow large and get matching personalities. The lab sequence is somehow fascinating, even if it somehow rivals with that of Ren and Stimpy's "Stimpy's Invention", and it was fun to see the fleas having taken over the house. Yet, with or without trying to plagiarize Juan F. Lara's review of this episode, the intro's similar to that of the premiere episode, "Weight for Me", and I felt that it started to slow down when Shnookums and Meat were panicking in the kitchen, at least until the mouse got his hands on the spray. Perhaps, the ending is somehow a letdown when Shnookums and Meat lose the house and are forced to find another one of their own (with or without their owners finding out). Average entry.

Pith Possum: "Night of Darkness"

Another average entry, and also a bad sign. (Stay tuned for the concluding thoughts down below.) Juan F. Lara stated that Pith is starting to develop his personality. What does he mean by that? Does he like new and improved weapons of his? I'm not sure. I kinda know he's pretty confident at saving the day, but I'm not sure about his clueless superhero cliche. It was kind of funny when he used the explosive acorn inside the lab, but when it came to the harbor part, it slowed the pacing down. Even uncharacteristic of Pith is that he ignored and insulted Obediah as he tried to warn Pith that Bug-man was here at the harbor.

Bug-man is an okay character with his voice mannerisms sounding like a rock singer (?). His voice is supplied by Jess Harnell, who would later use it for upcoming characters in upcoming Pith Possum episodes, like Spidey in "Bride of Darkness" and Power Weasel in "The Light of Darkness". I also liked his goal for stealing the baby supplies in order to raise his wife and his 57,000-plus kids. It was also funny when the grubs flooded the ending shot! But, would it have been if Pith and Obediah let Bug-man off with a warning? I don't think he deserved a life in prison, even if he's a criminal.

If you listen closely, Bug-man's theme sounds much like the opening notes of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee.

Tex Tinstar: "The Good, The Bland, & The Wiggly"

This one is loaded with continuity and setting goofs between "For a Few Foodstamps" and "Low Pants Drifter". In the last entry, Tex, Chafe, and their steeds went to traffic court for crashing into a horse-drawn stagecoach. But this one has them slamming into a boulder after Here Boy blew his hoof. Like Mr. Lara, I also thought the Wrong Riders' torture routine towards Percy was forced as well, and Tex and Chafe getting captured by the Wrong Riders was also slower than the first episode. Plus, it was a butte that Tex, Chafe, and Percy were all rolling down on the wagon toward the forest fire, not a mesa in the next episode. Average.

To wrap this up (while also waiting for Andi), I have to say that waiting for all thirteen episodes of the show's only season was like waiting for my birthday or Christmas to come or even to have a show so rare to be finally released on DVD or streaming. That show, Bonkers, and Garfield all helped me get through the time when I stayed away from Disney movies (just because I couldn't get the audio to work on my 2011 Winnie the Pooh DVD), my high school years, Dutton Farm, and also college and my first job. But sadly to say, I do have negativities to say about this show.

For the Shnookums and Meat segments, few of them were entertaining in regards to the first five segments on Marsupilami, "Pain in the Brain", and "Step-Ladder to Heaven" with its clip show. However, I thought the pacing was rather slow in "Cabin Fever" and in "Bugging Out", and there wasn't much to laugh about in "Poodle Panic". Plus, I still have to deal with the onslaughts of people calling it a Ren and Stimpy ripoff, even if the artwork is similar in both shows. Plus, Bill Kopp says that the Shnookums and Meat segments are the weakest part of the show, as he recalled saying that when he was pitching the show, it only had his Pith Possum and Tex Tinstar creations. However, the executives wanted to get ahead of Ren and Stimpy's popularity when they heard John K. was fired from Nickelodeon for missing the production deadlines. So, I do admit that Disney should not rip off other well-known shows and stick to their movies based on fairy tales and their cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy.

For the Pith Possum segments, the first two episodes were predictable but amusing. But with "Night of Darkness", its potential hit a bump with its gag-driven storyline and Pith's clueless superhero routine. Things would be more or less average after "Night of Darkness" and on with "The Darkness, It Is Dark!" up to "Son of the Cursed Black of Darkness" with its Super Water Buffalo jingle. Things would get shaky again with "The Light of Darkness" and its gags at the Superhero Convention Center. "Return of the Dark Mask of Phantom Blackness" is what I call the last good Pith Possum episode with its monster attack plot and Doris Deer pitching in a little. Yet, it was out of character for Pith to snap at her to settle down, and I thought the monster scene took place a minute early, followed by the usual storyline in a generic superhero parody or show, with some filler after five and a half minutes. "Dark of the Darker Darkness" was where the potential died, as that and the last two episodes all had gag-driven storylines.

(1. Juan F. Lara said that Supper Squirrel was an imitation of Marlon Brando. I think Supper Squirrel sounds more like Orson Welles after listening to/watching his frozen peas commercial blooper on YouTube.)
(2. Sodor Island Fansite calls the gag-driven storyline the "X-Y-Z" plot where you fill in the character(s) and his or her actions in its essay about Thomas and Friends' fifteenth season.)

I thought it would have been better if someone like Keith Baxter from Warner Bros.' Taz-Mania took over directing duties for the Pith Possum segments, Pith Possum would be less clueless and act more like real possums (like using his utility belt or his pouch like a fanny pack. (I know only female opossums have pouches, but he's a cartoon character for corn sake.), and all the characters would have real development other than being just there for the sake of comedy. But, no. The potential was bogged by some bad jokes, poor character development, and poor pacing. *sigh* What a waste.

For the Tex Tinstar segments, it may have had some pacing and timing issues in Episodes #3 and #6, but I knew it could tell a single, solid story throughout all thirteen episodes. But, why can't we learn about Wrongo and Tex Tinstar's origins? What were their backgrounds before they met for the first time and became enemies? We could have learned about their backgrounds in some of the earlier entries, but we barely know about by the time it was through. Plus, it was a shame of Disney to drop Bill's Monica Betty Lou Sue Veronica character. She would have been a great love interest for Tex and kicking the Wrong Riders' butts instead of being Clem's disguise as a spoiler alert.

One more anecdote I have to add/update this thread is that I listened to the podcast interview with Bill and Jeff at one of their comic cons earlier this fall, and he mentioned that he was planning a second season of the show, until the new TV executives came in and cancelled it.

But nevertheless, I'm glad we have all thirteen episodes of the show to see, even if the show's still not popular, not in high definition, and not on Disney's new streaming service list. (That's something I should ask Disney for on Twitter sometime.) Even if it has rather weak episodes, it also has nice, funny moments on the other side, particularly Tex Tinstar's Floyd the Rattlesnake and Wrongo and Pith Possum's 60's Batman-like theme song. Now, all we need is to look for Raw Toonage's Sebastian segments, to which two Sebastian shorts have been found so far. So, in the words of J. Henry Flagler, president of the Florida East Coast Railway, and Cow and Chicken's Red Guy, "Now, I can die happy."

Before I close out my share of the episode reviews, I'd like to give you guys the chance to watch the episodes and write down your reviews, so I can tell you guys what I think of them.

Well, that's it, ladies and gentlemen! Our entire brainwashing, gut-busting, time-ticking, funny-bone-tickling, heartwarming, tearjerking, soul-chilling, rip-roaring, sky-diving, fly swatting, barnstorming, knee slapping, lawbreaking, wishful thinking, critical thinking, backscratching, nose smelling, teeth brushing, food chewing, and nail clipping episode reviews of... Disney and Bill Kopp's The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show! Good night, everyone!