Episode 13 picks up where we left off, with B &S in danger of being caught in the PR's cabin! Zack, as we see here, is the Tay Zonday of dance. Bulk's and Skull's dream sequence (which fascinatingly may be them both having the same dream, no doubt), shows us that these two should've taken over for the Power Rangers. At least in an episode. Or a season. The key to making something not become old is both good writing and mostly having an intelligent audience. Why does the cleaning lady scream when Bulk and Skull come out from under the bed? In that get-up, Bulk looks practically just like HER.
Is anyone else getting suspicious about Mr. Kaplan, the principal, constantly filling in for Miss Appleby? Or why the entire class got As!? And why Mr. Kaplan is publicly humiliating and personally picking on two students?? Or why "F" stands for "forevex" [sic]? Or why Mr. Kaplan feels obligat
ed to spell this out on the chalkboard?? You see, it's things like this that make students want to play hooky (which as anyone should know, is the LEAST of our worries about what our stupid youth is up to these days). So the question is this: Would you prefer the principal archetype of "social in
eptitude wrapped in neurotic naivety" which Mr. Kaplan is showing, or the creepy, bug-eyed, angry sociopath archetype of principal? I'm surprised Mr. Kaplan doesn't try to expel Bulk and Skull every time his rug falls off his pate, irregardless of whether B &S are even in the same room or not.
Bulk and Skull Go Fishing features another classic Fibber McGee and Molly closet gag. Bulk is barraged with stuff that falls all over the floor, his possessions become displaced and scattered, and all Trini can say is "that's disgusting". Well...maybe she has a point. Still, it's not so much "d
isgusting" as "disorganized" really. Congrats to Bulk on catching a "No Fishing" sign, and I mean this seriously. He's caught SOMETHING in a practice similar to those often-poorly-maintenanced claw machines (or UFO catchers), he's caught something that has a decorative or aesthetic function, and h
e's removed an item that has been improperly discarded. Like it or not, Bulk was successful here, and one must also not overlook Skull's enthusiastic appraisal, for THAT is the key to enjoying our pointless, brief lives. I can only say I hope Paulie Schrier and Jason Narvy (can I call them Schrier
and Narvy for short?) didn't get stuck with those hooks; they can be painful, which I know from working in Sporting Goods. It didn't help that the Dept Manager had paranoid-OCD and mocked people's pain.
Ah, Bulk and Skull. They've got kind of a Garfield and Odie mentality to them, which makes
sense, because both duos are the classic comedy duo setup. And another episode concludes with the PRs laughing as Bulk and/or Skull face mortal pain.
Please take note of the Lost Dog sign which states "There will be a generous fee for the person who finds him." No wonder nobody's found the dog
yet, if you're charging them a fee to do so! Also, did that sign grow larger when Bulk starting folding it up? I'm not sure that the person who lost the dog would have only put up one flier. And why the heck would they put it up inside of a high school? And furthermore, someone will have to try
very hard to explain how Bulk and Skull returning a lost dog to its owner is a bad thing, even if it is just for a reward. The dog is lost, and needs to return home.
B &S at the phone booth: Bulk and Skull's Excellent Adventure! That flea's voice instantly ranks high on the "Annoying Inhuman Characters" meter. At least Red shows a modicum of sympathy for Bulk and Skull, knowing what they're going through with the fleas. Too bad their solution one again involves humiliation.
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