tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post5679707905885603713..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: DUCKTALES RETROSPECTIVE: Episode 86, "Beaglemania"Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-81585109614253304752014-07-07T20:22:19.820-04:002014-07-07T20:22:19.820-04:00Chris writes:
“I figure that the one-hit wonder s...Chris writes:<br /><br /><i>“I figure that the one-hit wonder syndrome is generally the "default setting" of such episodes because<br />the natural order must be restored at all costs.”</i><br /><br />I dunno about that. Peter and Quagmire didn’t REMAIN pop stars beyond the confines of that particular episode, any more than Fred and the Beagles did. Yet, someone(s) still took the time to write different songs (such as they were) for P&Q to perform, while on tour. <br /><br />Hi-Fye Fred actually went on an extensive tour, and did so with only the one song. Rock Roll, an established star, also inexplicably had just one. <i>(Maybe someone opened a package of “pickled dodo eggs” every time he attempted to sing another tune!)</i> And the Beagles mirrored Hi-Fye with “Boogie Beagle Blues” – not to mention their rise and fall. <br /><br />Of course, it’s a budgetary matter of only composing a single song per episode, even when just seeing ONE MORE would make great sense within the context of the story<br /><br />Seth MacFarlane is an acknowledged fan of THE FLINTSTONES, and (for all we know) maybe he insisted that Peter and Quagmire perform more of a catalogue precisely because of decades spent viewing the episodes referenced above. It didn’t hurt that the “songs” were jokes in themselves. <br /><br />The only place it actually worked would have been on DICK VAN DYKE, because the putative performer HADN’T ACTUALLY GONE ON TOUR yet, but only performed his lone number repeatedly for the main characters.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-27187015337097031532014-07-07T19:45:21.497-04:002014-07-07T19:45:21.497-04:00Pan,
"The idea that Ma Beagle writen a song ...Pan,<br /><br />"The idea that Ma Beagle writen a song in five second's and Beagles learn to sing it and play it in one second... I'm all for cartoon logic but this is just insulting."<br /><br />Especially to the lyricists and musicians who write rock songs for a living! :-)<br /><br />Chris<br /><br />Chris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-46287522640023133942014-07-07T19:44:17.361-04:002014-07-07T19:44:17.361-04:00Kenisu,
"If it's anything about this epi...Kenisu,<br /><br />"If it's anything about this episode that bugs me, it's that it has the kids calling Scrooge an old fuddy-duddy. That sort of puts a damper on that incredibly heartwarming scene in "Nothing to Fear" where the nephews tell Scrooge they'd *never* call him that, and they have that hug."<br /><br />It might be a little easier to take here because Huey says that Scrooge is BECOMING a fuddy-duddy, and in a very specific way, as opposed to in general.<br /><br />Chris<br /><br />Chris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-36381149538893347552014-07-07T19:39:25.837-04:002014-07-07T19:39:25.837-04:00Joe,
I figure that the one-hit wonder syndrome is...Joe,<br /><br />I figure that the one-hit wonder syndrome is generally the "default setting" of such episodes because<br />the natural order must be restored at all costs.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-6794698783716892992014-07-07T18:32:01.055-04:002014-07-07T18:32:01.055-04:00Chris:
Considering all the grousing (sometimes ju...Chris:<br /><br />Considering all the grousing (sometimes justified, sometimes less-so) seen in the earlier portion of the review, I’m surprised to see you leave out a pretty huge one. <br /><br />It’s that, whenever a character becomes a singing sensation, he, she, or it does so with only ONE SONG, making said character literally a “One Hit Wonder”! <br /><br />Why, there are TWO such examples in THE FLINTSTONES alone! Fred (as Hi-Fye) with <i>“Listen to the Rockin’ Bird”</i> and Rock Roll with <i> “The Twitch”</i>. Even THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW did this with a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0559850/?ref_=ttep_ep23" rel="nofollow"><b>“One Hit Wonder” discovery of its own </b></a>, who did <i>“The Twizzle”</i>. That episode would have aired in between the two episodes of THE FLINTSTONES. <br /><br />The trope was notably ignored by FAMILY GUY, in an episode where Peter and Quagmire also became singing sensations – but had a new and different song each time you saw them perform! For the record, this was the middle-episode of the infamous <a href="http://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/on-with-show-this-is-it-for-brian.html" rel="nofollow"><b><i>“Death of Brian”</i></b></a> trilogy. <br /><br />…And, of course, there was “Michigan J. Frog”, who had quite the songbook as well! <br /><br />Beyond all this, <i>“Beaglemania”</i> really was a laugh riot and, as long at DT was bound and determined, against all logic, to abandon its adventurous roots, they were best off doing utter absurdities like this,Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-63530661891202700682014-07-07T09:25:13.784-04:002014-07-07T09:25:13.784-04:00The idea that Ma Beagle writen a song in five seco...The idea that Ma Beagle writen a song in five second's and Beagles learn to sing it and play it in one second... I'm all for cartoon logic but this is just insulting<br />Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-12797615809381046342014-07-06T22:09:43.627-04:002014-07-06T22:09:43.627-04:00If it's anything about this episode that bugs ...If it's anything about this episode that bugs me, it's that it has the kids calling Scrooge an old fuddy-duddy. That sort of puts a damper on that incredibly heartwarming scene in "Nothing to Fear" where the nephews tell Scrooge they'd *never* call him that, and they have that hug.<br /><br />Not that it's that big of a deal, but it does make me frown a bit.kenisuhttp://kenisu.webs.com/ducktalesbgm.htmnoreply@blogger.com