The Flashback
So as we round up our obscure and short themed month , we look at some shorts instead.
Personal story time: So it's 2006 and I am watching Disney Channel and they have this promo for a new thing called Shorty McShorts' Shorts and it will be airing Friday at 7:55/6:55c or 8:55/755c one of those two. I kind of remember it but mostly the title, more than the shorts.
I could call this Disney's attempt at an "Oh Yeah Cartoons" a place to showcase cartoons that could maybe become their own series for Disney Channel and so the best time to profile them would be between two popular series or as filler that the channel does tend to need to fill time with. Shorty McShorts' Shorts (yeah thanks for that title) started in July of 2006 and ran for about 2 seasons with 13 shorts being shown. Now, this post is going to be less formal and way off our normal format because why not?
First short is called "Dudley and Nestor do Nothing" That title sounds like Phineas and Ferb but in reverse. The animation in this short reminds of a certain style , the creators of this one were Stephen Holman and Josephine T. Huang , the duo who worked on "Phantom Investigators". With Holman also from shows like "Life with Loopy" and MTV's "Liquid Television" so this short is that animation style without the varied mixes and puppetry.
Our main characters are at a space center for a school trip and Dudley and Nestor have to find a bathroom and a meteor is coming toward Earth. (I hate when that happens) As Dudley and Nestor look for a bathroom they end up in a space ship that is in lift off and they end up in space. So of course the space center finds out that they were in the rocket and really should have checked before they launched. They also inadvertently stop that meteor and are back on Earth.
Astro- Nots
It would have been interesting to be a series it may have needed a little bit more than 4 minutes, but I see it. It probably would have been one of those series where our main characters go to different things and up fixing or changing something without even trying. (You can watch it
here)
2. "My Mom Married a Yeti" (What?)
So apparently a scientist married a yeti because eh why not. They have two children one seems to be more Yeti the other more human. (Though the Yeti's seem to be human-y) So the parents are Chaperones at the school dance and the kids don't want them to be embarrassing. So they spend most of the dance trying to be embarrassed. Long story short: Yeti Dad freaks out because yeti flashbacks and then embarrasses them.
This shows is relate-able
This was made by Dennis Messner who worked on shows like "Regular Show", and "Kablam". The animation is kind of flat, but I do give some lee-way because it's a short pilot for a maybe series , but only a little. I guess I can guess how this could have been a series ,if that was the intention where the kids try not be embarrassed by their parents, or something revolving around Yeti Dad doing something, or their family's misadventures;. (You can watch it
here)
3. "Bozzlebags' Zip" ( What this sounds like I sneezed)
So this family is watching something called Bozzlebag's Zip which the 12 year old boy named Collin doesn't seem excited by this. (I know how he feels) So the father got a new promotion and they are moving to Bozzlebag's Zip which is apparently a real place. (That'll be like if you got a new job working in that world Dora the Explorer is in and that place is real.) Also the last name of the family is Mailman. (Better than the last name, Dogcatcher) So, they move the same day because why not? Bozzelbags is there to welcome to the town. I don't think Collin likes this town or zip code, or fever dream, or whatever. Then it tries to end with a heartwarming moment.
This was some of the viewers reactions to the name alone.
I don't know; it was too much in a short, then they rushed the ending. Colin of course would be annoyed about moving and moving that quickly. There was no consideration of what he thought before they made a choice. Again, maybe that's because it's only 5 minutes so we didn't have time or something. The animation was nice though , it might have made an interesting series, maybe the short time worked against the short for me. (You can watch it
here)
4. "The Phabulizers" (You are just making up words now)
I have a fun fact for this one, but I am saving that for later. This is going to make fun of those makeover shows either for homes and people. The theme song is catchy as well. Also one of the Phabulizers is a beaver, so there you go. They are going to help this kid named Phil Kennedy. There's not much more I can say about it sense it's so gag driven.
This is the first one these to make me laugh and smile at it. Oh that fun fact, the creator of this short was Van Partible , the creator of "Johnny Bravo" that makes this even better, it's fun. I kind of wish this was a series. (You can watch it
here)
5-7. Boyz on Da Run
So the next 3 are a 3 part series, so we combined it into one section here.
Part 1: The theme song is very catchy. This series is a parody of boy bands, and the boy band here is called DaBoys From Yo Cul-de-sac. (DBFYC) Also the band is a lip sync band. So I wonder what could wrong. Yes the tape goes wrong and everyone finds out that they are fakes and funny that the song was "I'll never lie to you". So the fans decide to chase them and they run away.
Ha the tape recorders
Part 2: So they get kicked off the train and find a diner have some food. The end up getting hired by the diner because the owner thinks they were the people she hired. They don't know how to put food together since that was something they never did before. The songs in these shorts are very catchy. The President wants everyone to capture the boy band and he appears on TV as everyone in the diner sees the message they start to chase the boys. (That is indeed a strange universe) So, back on the run they are.
Part 3: They boys run into Canada which stops the people from chasing them because Canada has powers. to stop Americans from chasing them. The border patrol stops them and welcomes them with gift bags. (Because Canada)They have dodgy disguises that work some how. Because one of them decides to spin some maple leaves on his nipples (Well now there is line where we have written that a character on Disney Channel spun maple leaves on his nipples) they thrown in jail. (Because Canada?) They break out and run out of Canada.
Don't do this in Canada, I guess
That's sadly it, because there was a to be continued line that apparently never happened so what a disappointment. It was kind of fun to watch , I kind of wish there was a part 4 to finish it off. Though I don't feel it should it have been a full 30 minute series, or those 11 minute halves because it works as shorts really well or as a short special or something. (You can watch all 3 parts
here)
Now we head to season 2 after the jump
