Now, I'm going to review an episode of a certain show that aired on Nick Jr. from 1994 to at least 1999, if you count the reruns. That of course being "Gullah Gullah Island." This is an interesting episode because portions of this episode are featured on a certain video produced by Lyrick Studios and the Character Counts Coalition. That of course being
Kids for Character, which also starred Tom Selleck, The Puzzle Place, Barney the Dinosaur, Lily Tomlin of The Magic School Bus, Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop, and Babar. Clips from this episode are featured during the "Caring" segment, except, they were edited pretty badly, why couldn't they show the complete episode? I still like Eddie Coker though. Anyway, let's begin the review.
The story has Binyah Binyah getting into a few accidents. For example, he accidentally knocks down the clubhouse that James, Ron, and the kids were building out of blocks. Once that's been forgiven, they play a game of limbo with a broomstick, when suddenly, it goes too low that Binyah Binyah eventually breaks the broomstick.....IN HALF! (insert Supermariologoan reference here) James gets so frustrated and angry that he tells Binyah Binyah to take a time out far, far away! Poor polliwog never stood a chance. But anyways, moments later, Natalie tries to help James remember the good times he's had with Binyah Binyah, as well as experience a flashback where he and his friends first met Binyah Binyah. When James finally decides to forgive Binyah Binyah, it doesn't help that the polliwog is gone missing! Will James be able to forgive Binyah Binyah? Stay tuned to find out!
I was curious about this particular episode, so, I had to look up the full episode myself. And I'm going to lay down some of the stuff Kids for Character cut out right now. They cut out the theme song, the opening where they build the clubhouse, they cut the two verses of "Underneath the Broomstick," and they cut the part where Shaina and Ron meet up with Ranger Mike, THEY CUT THE RANGER MIKE SEGMENT FOR PETE SAKE! And they cut James remembering the time he first met Binyah Binyah, and they also cut off the song all about Binyah Binyah Polliwog, as well as Natalie's closing message. So, the only way to really see this thing is uncut on iTunes, Amazon Prime use to have this, but not anymore. And don't bother buying the made-on-demand DVD of the first season that includes this episode because it's difficult to play on your computer.
Okay, enough complaining about the edits, let's talk about what I do like about the episode. It's educational, it had some good laughs, and it had a good moral, sometimes we all make mistakes or do these wrong, and we feel embarrassed or sad when somebody scolds us. But that's no reason to run away. Just because someone's angry at you doesn't mean they don't love you, believe me, love is a lot stronger than anger, and when the anger goes away, the love will still be there. This is a good moral that taught us all about caring and forgiveness, kind of like how "God Wants Me to Forgive Them?!?" did. And it has a nice song called "Friends and Family."
Go ahead and watch this episode on iTunes, you can also find the two songs "Underneath the Broomstick," and "Friends and Family" on the 1995 VHS tape, "Binyah's Surprise." Watch it if you run across it.
Ron says, "Hey there!" just like Natalie did while the sand with seashells comes on the water, grass hill comes on the sand, house, North Pole house, and clubhouse comes on the grass hill while the palm tree dances on the sand, water wheel comes on the water while the houseboat with 2 oars floats on the water, and fishes dive in the water before Shaina and Vanessa shout, "GULLAH GULLAH!", Natalie sings, "Come and let's play together in the bright sunny weather!" just like Ron did while she's standing next to the palm tree dancing, the Alston family sing, "Let's all go to Gullah Gullah Island!" while they're riding on a houseboat with 2 oars and the pelican flies beside the houseboat, James shouts, "GULLAH GULLAH!" just like Natalie's voice, Shaina and Vanessa shout, "GULLAH GULLAH!", Ron sings, "Lots to see and to do there!" on the picture of Ron giving Simeon some prairie flowers, Ron sings, "All we need now is you there!" on the picture of Chansome riding on Mr. Bradley's houseboat with a net umbrella, the Alston family sing, "Let's all go to Gullah Gullah Island!" on the picture of Shaina and James going down the slide in the lake, Natalie shouts, "GULLAH GULLAH!", Binyah Binyah shouts, "BINYAH BINYAH!", Ron sings, "Just take your foot in your head!" while Binyah Binyah, Jessica, Brian, Marisol, Sarah, and Armando are hopping like frogs in front of a weeping willow tree dancing, Natalie sings, "That means hurry up!" while Shaina, Vanessa, and James are sitting next to the crab on the dock while the pelican flies next to the dock and fishes dive in the water, and the Alston family sing, "Don't miss the good things that we plan! So, come and let's play together in the bright sunny weather! Let's all go to Gullah Gullah Island! Gullah Gullah Island! GULLAH GULLAH ISLAND!" while they're standing beside the palm tree dancing and the Gullah Gullah Island logo comes in front of the Alston family on the Gullah Gullah Island Intro in the beginning of this Gullah Gullah Island episode.
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