Thursday, September 01, 2011

Phineas and Ferb

OK, this post has nothing to do with gaming. I have two small children and its a struggle to find TV for them that does not make my eyes bleed or brain rot. While on vacation and staying at the in-laws I had to find some new TV for the kids to zombify them and keep them from driving me insane.

Most of the shows were junk but I did stumble across Phineas and Ferb. Created by the same guys that created Rocco's Modern Life and wrote for the Family Guy, it works on multiple levels. I laugh at stuff all of the time and my oldest just looks at my and asks what was so funny.

Most episodes follow a similar plot. P&F are deciding what to do with a day of summer vacation and end up building something crazy. Their older sister Candace is constantly trying to "bust" them to their mother. The second plot involves the pet platypus Perry who happens to a secret agent. Each episode he has to go stop the evil doctor Doofenschmirtz from building his latest "inator". The battle always ends up destroying and removing any trace of whatever Phineas and Ferb built that day just before their mother shows up which makes Candace look crazy.

Most episodes have a short little song of a style matching the episodes theme. There are some great lines. Ones which stand out include "Karl, keep up the good work and you may make unpaid intern". "I was part of the resistance but I'm so good at resisting, I started resisting them."

7 comments:

Rognar said...

Right now, S is all over Johnny Test. If you haven't been initiated yet, Johnny is your typical hyperactive elementary school-aged boy who just happens to have two older sisters who are tweenish science supergeniuses. They repeatedly do experiments on their younger sibling, turning him into a superhero one day and transporting him into a computer game the next. Oh, and his best friend is a talking dog, naturally. I can't say I've ever been able to watch a whole episode, but the theme song is running through my head constantly.

Tayloritos said...

You need to watch the P&F Movie!
It was on a couple weeks ago.

Obiri said...

It was actually the move that I saw first. Then I tracked down the show.

Aaron E. Steele said...

Some good stuff on Teletoons.

Rognar said...

Teletoon is pretty good, but Nickelodeon is where it's at these days. A few weeks back they had a week long marathon of Spongebob Squarepants. 300 episodes back to back to back. I was tempted to take the week off work.

Obiri said...

Natasha hates Spongebob so I don't watch that one.

Rognar said...

Too bad, Spongebob is the only show my kids like that I can actually watch. I've been trying to get S into Futurama, but no dice. She just doesn't get it.