The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - "Find Her, Keep Her"

Our review today has something to do with the ever popular Disney animated television series from the 80's, "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh." And today, we're reviewing the ever popular "Find Her, Keep Her" episode, from the first season. Let's see how it plays out, huh?

In the middle of a blustery snowstorm, Rabbit, while talking care of a carrot that needs to be saved, finds a baby bird in danger, and Rabbit while trying to go get a ladder, flies around on the door, carrying Pooh, Piglet, and Tigger all around the storm and catching the bird into Pooh's honey pot. After that little stunt, Rabbit decides to take care of the little bird, who's name is Kessie by the way, voiced by Laura Mooney, who later voiced Katie Ka-Boom on Animaniacs. One day, while playing with Tigger, the tree that Tigger bounces on tips over and carries them near an edge of a cliff. Kessie falls and Owl comes to the rescue and thinks she is meant for flying, but Rabbit on the other hand refuses, mainly because of the fact that most birds fly south for the winter. Will Rabbit keep Kessie, or will he learn that sometimes you have to let things go, even if you love them very much? Well, I think you already know the answer by now, so, go watch it to find out, okay?

A lot of people, including  my mom, have considered this to be one of the most heart-wrenching episodes the show has ever put out. And I can see why. We see Rabbit acting as a father figure to Kessie, worried about what would happen to her if she did went away. This episode has a lot of drama, good laughs, and a nice story. I even like how Pooh pointed out that Rabbit already knows he cared so much for Kessie because it's called, the reason Rabbit already knows is because earlier in the second act, he told Tigger, "I never even told her, I loved her." Probably the saddest scene in the episode has to be when Kessie asks for one more bedtime story and Rabbit says "You don't need me for anything." Now that's what I call a real tearjerker. This probably the most dramatic episode that Disney has ever put out. It feels like as if Lion King producer Don Hahn produced this.

Here's a fun fact for you: This episode won the 1989 Humanitas Prize for Outstanding Children’s Programming. Gee, I can see why they gave that episode the award. But either way, with the comedy in between and Rabbit's feeling for Kessie, this is a really amazing episode, not just for its comedy, but also for its storytelling and its subverting of expectations.

You can find this episode on Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving, or on the video, "Newfound Friends."

I could dedicate this review to the memory of Ken Sansom who voiced Rabbit, but I can't. Instead, I'll just dedicate this to the late Paul Winchell who voiced Tigger.

Rest in peace, Paul. Along with Ken Sansom and John Fiedler.

SpongeBob - "Home Sweet Pineapple"

Home sweet home, the old saying, or how about Home Sweet Pineapple, a better saying according to SpongeBob. Yep, "Home Sweet Pineapple" is the next SpongeBob episode I'm reviewing, folks. Let's not waste any time, let's begin.

The episode begins with a herd of nematodes messing around and eating anything and everything they would want, usually as said by their leader. And when they get thirsty, they bring out bendy straws and suck out all the juice form a how that's made out of a fruit. And unfortunately, SpongeBob's house has to be the one they choose. Once SpongeBob's house disappears completely, SpongeBob decides he should just move back with her parents, but his friends suggest they sleep with him. Will he stay in Bikini Bottom? Stay tuned to find out.

I have a lot of mixed feelings towards this episode. I mean, Squidward is just too happy for SpongeBob's house to be drunken off the face of the earth. I mean, if nematodes drank down on his house, would he never mind this? Oh, heavens no! He would just be disappointed as SpongeBob was. Squidward, just have some sympathy for crying out loud. And another thing, SpongeBob's only choice is moving back with his mom and dad? I mean come on, you guys could've made him think of other places other than Squidward or Patrick's. Like how about Sandy's or any other citizen of Bikini Bottom. Whether they were originally going for that or not, I'll never know.

Okay, all nitpicking aside, this episode has a lot of laughs despite those problems I mentioned. For example, Fred's boatmobile getting eaten and he says "Oh, dang nematodes!" And Squidward's dead-pan reaction when SpongeBob yells "Oh, no!" on the phone, Patrick falling down from his sleeping position, Patrick giving a reaction to SpongeBob's house gone, the building montage, and of course, Patrick being afraid of spiders and constantly smashing his rock onto SpongeBob accidentally in a comedic fashion. I even like how karma comes to Squidward for not being sympathetic on SpongeBob when the house lands onto him, he deserved it, folks. All in all, this is pretty much an okay episode.

Stellaluna Review

All right, folks, we're going to review the 2004 made for video movie, "Stellaluna," based on the best-selling award winning children of the same name by Janell Cannon, who's responsible for making bats look like friendly creatures and making owls into dangerous species, which was all thanks to a suspenseful score by the great Jody Gray, who composed the music for Courage the Cowardly Dog. By the way, I'll will right now mention that Stellaluna, the best-selling book has turned the big 25 this year. And I think now's the right time to review this movie that has stuck with me ever since I bought it at Savers. So let's venture into the Sultry Forest to go see Stellaluna.

Janell Cannon's Stellaluna is in many ways a fabulous 1990's fairy tale. The book aired on the PBS series Reading Rainbow in 1994. On that episode, Anne Jackson narrated the story. It is featured in the 2001 movie I Am Sam. No, not Sam I am. Janell Cannon was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Burton H. and Nancy A. Cannon. She attended Burnsville High School, and graduated in 1975. After high school she moved to California, and from 1981 to 1993 she was a graphic artist for the Carlsbad Library, also, on that year, Janell Cannon began writing for the idea of Stellaluna. She spent most of the book by building up friendship with some satisfying payoffs. By the time Stellaluna was published on April of 1993, it caught the attention of children and parents and teachers everywhere and to this day, continues to be the most popular award-winning children's book. Back in 1998, Rankin/Bass' ever popular "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was turned into a 2D animated movie directed by William R. Kowalchuk. And when Stellaluna came along a few years later, the instant popularity of the book made a film version a no brainier. That means showing intelligence. But the book just couldn't be contained into a theatrical feature, so Scholastic and MGM offered to buy the rights from Janell, to make Stellaluna into a made-for-DVD movie, similar in format to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. When Scholastic producers Deborah Forte and Martha Atwater, everything was all set, with a script written by screenwriters Rachel Koretsky and Stephen Whitestone, who had previously wrote The Pebble and the Penguin, which was directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldmna. And then a filmmaker was hired, William R. Kowalchuk, a Canadian animator and director who originally made a name for himself as the production manager for MASK produced by DIC Entertainment. Kowalchuk went on to direct the highly underrated made-for-video movies such as Camelot: The Legend in 1998, and Ben Hur in 2003. Okay, enough behind the scenes talk, let's get on with the plot.

One night, as Stellaluna's mother followed the scent of ripe fruit, an owl spied her. On silent wings, the powerful bird swooped down upon the bats. Mother Bat tried to escape, but the owl struck again and again, knocking Stellaluna into the air. Her wings were as useless as wet paper, down down she went, faster and faster into the forest below. She lands in a bird's nest, and the three birds, Flitter, Pip, and Flap mistake her for a bird. Stellaluna tries to fit in, reluctantly trying to eat bugs without being disgusted by them. However, the Great White Owl is on the loose when Stellaluna accidentally wakes him up, he tries to seek vengeance on the bat he knocked down a few days before.

I highly doubt that Janell Cannon wasn't at least partly inspired by the infamous killer wolves in Beauty and the Beast when creating this vicious owl who abandoned Stellaluna from her mother.

The success of the made-for-DVD movie relied heavily on the casting of Stellaluna. The producers landed on Canadian voice actress, Chiara Zanni, who originally made a name for herself as the voice of Poky Little Puppy in the 1989 TV Special, Little Golden Book Land, and has spent her career doing usually tomboy related characters in roles like Alex from Camp Candy starring John Candy, Mimi Morton in What About Mimi?, Petunia in Baby Looney Tunes, and the colorful Daring Do on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. So, to me, Chiara Zanni will always be Stellaluna, it sounds like she's having a ball doing this energetic and cowardly character.

During the film's production, director William R. Kowalchuk impressively orchestrated two entirely separate group of actors. American actors and Canadian actors of a bunch, which is no easy task. Flitter, Pip, and Flap were played a group of virtual unknowns while the other characters were played by who's who of recognizable Canadian actors from film and production. Lee Tockar played Askari the Superhero Spider, he would later go on to voice George in 2007's version of George of the Jungle as well as the voice of Snips on Friendship is Magic. Scott McNeil portrays Horatio, a toucan who tries to make Stellaluna look like a real bird. McNeil was also part of the cast of Dragon Ball Z, Friendship is Magic, and Johnny Test, Brenda Crichlow who played the birds' mother, had other roles like an Office Co-Worker in Will Ferrell's Elf and Zecora in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and Kathleen Barr, who played Kasuku is a popular Canadian heartthrob for television, starring in shows like Ed, Edd n Eddy as Kevin and Marie Kanker, Dragon Tales as Wheezie, Kid vs. Kat as Millie, Littlest Pet Shop as Mrs. Twombly, and my personal favorite, Trixie from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Of course, the most recognizable voice among these guys is Blu Mankuma as the voice of the Great White Owl, Mankuma also starred in numerous movies and animated shows, as well as the voice of the red dragon in the Friendship is Magic episode, "Dragon Shy."

Here's a fun fact:  This version was panned by some fans of the original book as "truly unfaithful" and received mixed to negative reviews. Now despite what the critics say, I love this film, but I won't deny that nostalgia is a major factor. While I have read the book before I saw this, I appreciate the movie was able to accomplish, given it's a made-for-DVD. While I will admit that the film is not without its flaws. Specifically the addition of Askari the Spider and the bigger role of the Great White Owl, and the cheesy songs, even though I do like Stellaluna's song before Askari comes onto the screen. I think the filmmakers did all they could with the resources they had, for me though, I've seen this film a lot of times that it doesn't even matter.

It's seems like when it goes for the small scares, it goes really well, like the Owl dodging at the herd of bats, many of these scenes contribute to the film's atmosphere, as does the highly underrated musical score composed by Courage the Cowardly Dog composer, Jody Gray. Gray's compositions give the film an appropriate African tone right from the opening credits. The entire score is exciting, gloomy, and emotional, and you know the Great White Owl is lurking right around the corner, when it starts to become cold, wet, and heavily filled with bass drums and strings. I constant criticism I've noticed suggests that for such a blood-thirsty owl, he doesn't too much out of hooting and laughing at the bats and birds. Scholastic's standards didn't allow the filmmakers to be too severe with showing child birds in danger, which is ironic giving the source material. But they found away to dance around that rule. The Great White Owl corners, hoots, and threatens some of the main characters, but rarely goes in for the kill. This forced the filmmakers to be extra creative with the film's exciting, and some of what they ended up doing was pretty exciting stuff. Sure, the movie is practically "The Goonies" or "Courage the Cowardly Dog" compared to child friendly nature of the original book, but I kind of like it for that.

Over the years, Stellaluna has become the made-for-DVD movie that could. It might not be as well received as other adaptations like Arthur, The Magic School Bus, or Franklin, but from what I've seen, it's a movie that I love despite all the flaws it had. I even put The Great White Owl right up there with the others like the Killer Wolves from Beauty and the Beast, Him from The Powerpuff Girls, and Queen Chrysalis from Friendship is Magic. At the end of the day, the DVD of Janell Cannon's Stellaluna is a great but flawed release of a great but flawed film, and is deserving of a 4 out of 5 stars recommendation, buy it if you run across it.

Dexter's Laboratory - "Don't Be a Baby"

Now, I'm not much of a baby person, but I know there's an episode out there that my Mom likes, like this one "Don't Be a Baby," which was paired with Peltra and GIRL Squad. Let's see if I can agree on some of her opinions.

After asking nicely to their parents to see if whether or not they can go see an R rated movie, and getting a "no," which I won't blame their Mom and Dad because R rated movies are unacceptable for kids, Dexter and Dee-Dee create an aging device that could make them 18 or older to see the movie, you know, because it worked better the first time in "Old Man Dexter." But it backfires when Dee-Dee accidentally switches the cords and she and Dexter mix up their parents age and turn them into babies, what a twist! While Dexter works on an antidote, Dee-Dee has to take care of the babies by herself. How will this end? Watch and see, okay?

I can see why my mom, Victoria gave this episode a full five-wow rating. It got everything right. The comedy is spot-on, I like how Dexter's dad adds emphasis on the word "violence," and I kind of like how Dee-Dee stands up to Dexter for once, blaming him for the mistake, even though, SHE was the one who mixed up the cords, but that's besides the point, and I also like how Dee-Dee takes care of the babies like a motherly figure, which was a nice change of pace from her usual energetic and ditsy personality. You have to see it to understand, the only thing I didn't like was that Dexter just bonks Dee-Dee on the head for losing the babies, come on, man, she fell asleep! It was an accident!

So, bottom line, it shows us the idea of taking care of babies properly and it has a nice moral, don't go for something you're not ready for.

Did I mention that I think Dee-Dee's voice actress, Kat Cressida might've wrote this episode or something?

By the way, the only R rated movie I have is actually The Blues Brothers movie, but the only reason I go to that one is for the musical numbers. That's why.

If you're 18 or older, then go watch The Blues Brothers movie, or if you are younger than 18, go watch this episode and see what I mean.

Hey Arnold! - "Road Trip" Review

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!

Hey Arnold - "Ransom"

Let's take a look at sibling rivalry with a season two episode of Hey Arnold, "Ransom"

The story centers around Gerald's little sister, Timberly, voiced by Avriel Epps, whose very annoyed by the fact that Gerald doesn't want her to join him and Arnold into a board game on detective, but Gerald's more annoyed by having her as a sister. I have problems with my brother Victor too, but I digress. Anyways, Gerald thinks Arnold is lucky not to have a sibling, because Gerald is always annoyed by Timberly, when all of a sudden, Timberly's stuffed alligator, goes missing! And with that, Arnold and Gerald are forced to play detective to find her dolly. How will this follow up, well I'm not telling. Because you've got to watch it for yourself.

The thing about Gerald being annoyed with Timberly is that it's pretty relate-able to most kids who have older brothers and/or sisters Sometimes the bigger sibling would get annoyed by their younger sibling, and believe me I've gotten annoyed by Victor constantly telling me to set the table whenever he's around. He's too strong for me to stop. But now for the reason why you came here, the review. This episode is pretty decent in most cases, I like Gerald's rant on Timberly, Harold's sensitive side and the fact he doesn't like to be called slim, and trust me, you wouldn't like him when he's angry. I also like Curly, voiced by Adam Wylie as usual, showing off his ballet stuff. That's Curly for you.

So, bottom line, this episode is pretty relate able and it can help some other siblings in the future settle their differences. I just wish there was a way Victor and I could settle our difference, but I don't know how. Maybe someday, but not for a while. I never want to get even with Victor, ever. Did I mention that the writer of Pickles vs. Pickles, Jonathan Greenberg did this? It's not a surprise considering most crew members who worked on Rugrats worked on this show with a mix of Rocko crew in between.

Sometimes, siblings can be pretty hard to understand.

Rugrats - "Runaway Angelica"

Okay, now I've completely calmed down and needed a CatDog review before this, I decided now is the right time to review "Runaway Angelica."

After getting into trouble in Drew's office and being sent into her room, Angelica decides to run away. Yeah, we know, she's a troublemaker; it’s part of the territory...but in this episode, it finally starts to add up. Drew as a legitimate scolding to Angelica almost as much as kids who wouldn't behave and get scolded by their parents as well. It turns into your typical Angelica tortures babies as slaves for no good reason episode until it starts to rain, and Angelica decides to go into the dog house, literally. So what, she gives in to her on instincts and her parents get worried and Drew regrets everything he said and everything's okay, right? Actually no, Drew and Charlotte never knew that Angelica ran away, mostly because they were to distracted by the world around them. There’s suddenly something at risk, and something Angelica values is now truly on the line. But in the end, despite her hopes of her parents being worried about her, reality takes its toll.

She hears Drew talking to Didi and Stu and he says "Oh, boy." It is so nice to get away from the responsibilities of parenthood.

And in my opinion, this is the saddest thing I've ever seen on this show.

I identify a lot with this episode. I sometimes got into trouble growing up myself, either, and I can tell you, all the talks, all the pressure, all the fears of not being loved by your parents anymore are properly represented here. In my opinion, this is the most dramatic episode they’ve ever put out. There’s no villain, there’s no one element to play, it’s just a tough slice of life and it still shows that your parents will still always love you even if you do those bad things, which is a hard lesson for anyone to learn, so hard that they don’t even really teach it that much in TV or movies. It’s tough to deal with, and this episode doesn’t sugarcoat it.  Sugarcoating meaning sentimental. It shows just what an impact it has on her and how much it can really hurt. Now, true, there is still a happy ending, but to be fair, I think it kinda works. Her valuable lesson some payoff, and she uses what she learned to her advantage.  But this is the first, and in my opinion, only time “Rugrats” had a perfect mix of good comedy, good storytelling, and surprisingly good drama. I’ve never seen an episode that balanced all three of those so well. You get sucked into Angelica’s dilemma, you feel bad for what she’s going through, and you want to see her come out okay. On top of that, there’s still some good laughs, a lot of heart, and a satisfactory resolution. Although I will say, if her big concern is not doing those bad things ever again, then how come in every single episode, SHE STILL DOES THOSE HORRIBLE THINGS?!

I don’t know, but what I do know is that this is a truly unique episode, and in my opinion, the absolute best of them all. It’s touching, it’s funny, it was near the end of the second season, it's just a gem.

Rugrats - "The Big Sneeze" Review

Season 7, sometime around 2002, Angelica Pickles is my least favorite character in all of Rugrats. And I'll tel you why. All she does is trick the babies into thing something terrible is happening, and obviously making the babies her slaves. Why would God even create somebody like her. Sure, there are episodes I like that feature her like, "The Word of the Day," Hiccups," and "Angelica Breaks a Leg" She may have done all those things, but she still had a heart. "The Big Sneeze" exists to say "Forget all that" and downgrades into the most flanderized character, I've ever seen.

"The Big Sneeze" was the breaking point for me, and I won't cover this up. Don't get me wrong, I'm not angry, I'm not upset, I'm just..........sad. Yeah. It's honestly the best word I can use to describe here.

The episode starts off with Kira giving Chaz an anniversary present since it's been one year since they've been married. Kimi is amazed by this news and tries to get something for Chuckie for being a sister for over one year. Meanwhile, Chuckie sneezes constantly whenever Kimi walks passed him, when Angelica overhears this, Angelica decides to trick the babies into thinking that Chuckie is allergic to Kimi because now is clearly the best time to do it and she couldn't have waited an extra 15 seconds. It's all downhill from here and I wish that was an exaggeration. It doesn't help, that whenever Tommy and their friends try to cure Chuckie, Chuckie decides to move away from Kimi as much as possible. This is mind-boggling!

I can sum this episode up in four words;. "IT'S ALL ANGELICA'S FAULT!" I mean, this has just gone too far even for her character, and the worst part is that Chuckie believes this the entire time, he doesn't stand up to Angelica and tell her she's being ridiculous, he just falls through with this plan because the plot wants him to. And not at one moment does Angelica question what has she done! And the worst part is that Angelica never receives any karma for her actions, she doesn't get punished, Chaz nor Kira call Drew about what's going on, she just disappears from the episode after Chuckie accidentally sneezes on her.

Here's how you fix this story. Have Tommy become suspicious and become mad at Angelica for making Chuckie believe he's allergic to Kimi. Oh, and how about a better allergy, have Chuckie be allergic to Angelica, that way, the babies could beat her up in the same way that Glenn Quagmire did to Brian from Family Guy just because he hates him. Unless, you were to argue that Chuckie is allergic to Angelica in this episode but didn't say, but I'll again return to my previous argument that there's no reason for him to think Kimi would be better off without him around. This isn't a mid-life crisis, so why is he going through this now? Or how about this one. Somebody would put Angelica into a box with air holes in it, and it would be shipped back to her house and Drew reads it saying "Return to sender. P.S. We'd raver have Susie Carmichael/" and Drew would say. "Gee, that's the tenth time this month. Some things you just can't give away."

That was atrocious. I hate to say it but this is the first review I've done on an episode of a cartoon I like that I hate. This episode needed some more proof reading before giving the go ahead to be made. Angelica never gets her comeuppance, Chuckie being allergic to dandelions contradicts "Opposites Attract," and on top of it all, Nancy Cartwright does not do a pretty good Chuckie voice. I have nothing against her, but I just want to address it nonetheless. Just take it from me and skip it. You're more likely to get laughs from an episode of CatDog.

But don't worry guys, there's a much netter episode that features Angelica that I'll review coming up real soon.

Hey Arnold! - "Big Bob's Crisis"

Let's take a look at an interesting episode of the fifth season of Hey Arnold!, "Big Bob's Crisis." Oh, man, where do I even start?

After having a heart attack/gas attack from eating so many lambs. Yuck! Big Bob Pataki has a vision of his past anger issues with orphans, birthday presents, firing employees from his beeper emporium, and ticking off a happy sunshine guy. This results him waking up in the hospital, and leaving to start a new life. and it's just so crazy! He gives away all of the houses prized possessions, and even Olga and Miriam's dignity. Helga's the only child who isn't affected by this, and she tires so desperately to get her same father back.

What can I say about this episode. All I can say is that well, it's pretty much promising, we see what happens when Big Bob's anger goes so out of hand and tries desperately to gain a new life and generosity. The only thing that kind of bugged me was that Helga just calls Arnold a creep when he was just trying to help out a friend. Yeah sure, she has a secret crush on Arnold, but that's no excuse to call him a creep. Need I remind you by the way that this was Arnold's only scene in the episode, by the way? I did find some parts that were funny however. Like Big Bob having a chest pain and mistaking Helga for Olga, which Big Bob was unaware that Olga's back at their house, speaking of which, I like Olga's line

"DADDY'S GONE COMPLETELY CRAZY!" That's Nika Futterman at her finest here. She may be from New York, but she has a strange foreign accent for Olga, kind of makes you wonder how that happened.

What;'s the final thought here? The episode may have it's problems, like Big Bob speaking in third person a few times as well as trying to make his family (including Olga) to move away to Oregon, barefoot, and Helga being mad at Arnold for no good reason, but all those problems aside, this is an okay episode. It's not great, but it's good. All I can say is that Olga is pretty lucky to keep the hut. It's pretty much a mid-life crisis episode, kind of like SpongeBob's "Mid-Life Crustacean," and The Fairly OddParents, "Engine Blocked."

If you like those stories, then you may like this one.

Gullah Gullah Island - "The Binyah Binyah Polliwog Show"

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.