Tired of having a mother \who sounds like she's drunk all the time? Do you not like the Hey Arnold episode, "Grandpa's Birthday?" Well, fear not, because his is the episode for you! Let's see what happens when Helga and her mother, Miriam go on a road trip.
After making a mother's day card for Miriam, at home, Big Bob gets a phone call from Dallas, Texas saying they want a whole load of beepers from his emporium and decides to leave both Miriam and Helga behind. This gets Helga stuck in the front seat next to Miriam on their way to South Dakota. They come across all sorts of things, a hotel, country music, and even a restaurant. When their car breaks, and Miriam lost her purse in the process, Miriam sees a flyer for a mechanical bull ride that would grant them a big winner prize of $500.00! How will they get their trip going again? Watch and see for yourself, partner! Okay, onto the review.
If I thought "Grandpa's Birthday" was a bad episode because it was just boring and Grandpa Phil was being such an idiot, than this episode made up for it with a Helga centered episode. It pulls out all the stops, quality time with one's parent, even going so far as to shouting out "TRUCK!" every time we come across one. I also like the idea of an old-country western restaurant, like Floyd's Restaurant for example. Heck, we use to have a country-western related restaurant in Foley where I live, it was called Wild Bill's Pizza, but that place unfortunately went out of business and got replaced with a Chinese restaurant, sadly.
So, bottom line, I still like Helga calls her mom by her real name, Miriam that is, and I must say, the road trip and the mechanical bull thing did eventually pay off. Also during the closing credits, you can hear the voice of Kate Miner singing "We Got Tomorrow," which was written by Craig Bartlett, while the episode itself was written by Jonathan Greenberg.
On top of that, there's still a lot of good laughs, and a great satire on road trips. Well, get along little doggies, YEE HAW!
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