Scooby Doo 50: Scooby Doo and Guess Who?: First Look

Scooby Doo 50 

             Back in the post about "The New Scooby Doo Movies" I mentioned that they are going to be bringing back this format idea in a new series called "Scooby Doo and Guess Who?" at some point in 2019.  Well, that series has come out and being released  (as of late June 2019) a weekly series on the Warner Brothers owned Boomerang app.  The first episode came out June 27, 2019 and this post is more to talk about that first episode to give what we think about it.

         This is Scooby Doo and Guess Who? With the episode, "Revenge of the Swamp Monster".

                     I must say the theme song is a nice call back the original theme with the title cards matching "The New Scooby-Doo Movies", the only complaint is that it's short.  (Longer Theme Songs 2020)   The animation design fits off their more original designs as well it's nicely done to fit that aesthetic. Though this series takes place in our modern times.

       This episode starts with two guys golfing , when one of the guys worries about a swamp monster hears a crow and runs away then the other golfer is taken away by the swamp monster.  Later, Shaggy gets  a call and some rich guy takes them away in his helicopter.  They also point inward jokes at  themselves on the things Scooby is known for , the guy in the costume and the famous "I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids and their dog (variant)". 

        Since the format of the series is to have a guest star in each episode this one has basketball player Chris Paul who wants Shaggy to help caddie him for a charity golf thing. Ok pay attention, he is doing the golf thing to save an art school so he can teach kids bowling. (Yes?)  Apparently, it's built on a swamp land. Is that teacher the monster? Is that teacher the monster?   Anyway, I'm going mention that the other golfers are introduced with the strangest intros ever.

         They've gone for comedy in this series and I'm glad they have.  They also have the classic Scooby Doo chases as well it's like a love letter to the original formula. (I'm glad they did) We explain how Chris Paul saved Shaggy's life, guess how he did that? 

     This was a fun episode and I liked how it followed the hallmarks for what we expect in Scooby Doo.  I think it might be fun series, so check it out on the Boomerang streaming service/app.  Might talk more about this series in the future.

       Tune in next time, when we have a guest star show up!

ABC announces Fall 2019 Premiere Dates

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    ABC has released their fall TV programming premiere dates.  They are premiering most of their line up during the "so-called" premiere week.  ABC starts their season off on Monday, September 16 with a new season of  "Dancing with the Stars". 


 Here's there full premiere dates , all times ET unless otherwise noted

    Monday, September 16
    8-10pm Dancing with the Stars  (season premiere)

    Monday, September 23
      10PM  The Good Doctor (season premiere)

     Tuesday, September 24
      8PM    The Conners (Season Premiere)
      8:30     Bless This Mess (Season Premiere; new time)
      9PM      Mixed-ish  (Series Premiere)
      9:30PM    Black-ish (Season premiere)
      10PM       Emergence (Series Premiere)

     Wednesday, September 25
      8PM The Goldbergs (Season Premiere)
     8:30pm  Schooled   (Season Premiere)
     9PM     Modern Family (Season Premiere)
     9:30pm   Single Parents   (Season Premiere)
    10pm   Stumptown   (Series Premiere)

    Thursday, September 26
      8PM  Grey's Anatomy (Season Premiere)
     9PM   A Million Little Things (Season Premiere)
     10PM   How to Get Away With Murder (Season Premiere)

     Friday, September 27
    8PM    American Housewife (Season Premiere; new day and time)
    8:30PM Fresh Off The Boat ( Season Premiere; new time)
    9-11PM   20/20

   Sunday, September 29
    7PM    America's Funniest Home Videos (Season Premiere)
    9PM    Shark Tank (Season Premiere )
   10pm   The Rookie  (Season Premiere; new day and time)

    Sunday, October 6
     8PM   Kids Say the Darndest Things  (Series Premiere)

Press release after the jump

The Loud House Season 1: Heavy Meddle/ Making the Case

The Loud House  Nickelodeon 


         Our journey through "The Loud House" season  1 continues. Previously we looked at episode 1 if you want to read that , you can check that here.  Now on to episode 2's segments so come along and join the fun! (woah, don't leave!)

       Episode 2A: Heavy Meddle 

           Lincoln has sisters who care about his well being but sometimes care about his well being a little TOO much.  It's understandable when there's a kid picking on him he doesn't want them to find out because they might react in a way that might make matters worse.

         When a bully leaves gum in Lincoln's hair he tries to hide it from the sisters. He describes it like a weather report and sneaks around the house to the fridge to get peanut  butter. (This is the part where I wonder why the heck the Louds have peanut butter in the fridge why? why? why? oh my gosh why? why?)  I guess he thinks peanut butter gets gum out hair some how?  Doesn't matter there's no peanut butter so instead he gets scissors.

    His plan gets derailed though as his mother's voice demands he puts the trash out now. (Bad timing , voice lady) Now he as to do more hiding from sisters but Lisa finds that he has gum in his hair and figures that he didn't put in there. He begs her not to tell anyone but genius girl ends up telling others because she didn't want to keep that info in her head. (what?)

        The gaggle of sisters all run to his room and try to figure out what's going on with him. Lincoln begs them to stay out because they'll make it worse.  Lincoln does have time to break the fourth wall to do more fake weather relating to his sisters.  They suggest multiple weird things to confront the bully.  Lynn grabs a random boy ( who now should sue)  and then he reveals that it's a girl.


        Do they a) still continue the course and decide they should take her because they are girls and boys can't hit girls so they'll do it?  b)  tell Lincoln they can't beat her up because she's a girl  or c) think that it's  a crush because this is a cartoon and of course the answer is c and I wasted my time with this game show like question instead of continuing the episode's talk?   They all get excited and say that it means one thing "that when a girl picks on you, she likes you".  Now they suggest thet he needs to kiss her because sure alright.

        After some prodding from Clyde he lets into the madness and lets the girls him so, he can kiss the girl.   He goes outside to kiss and she punches him (probably because he just walked up and kissed her) the girls feel bad. He tells them not meddle any more but the episode needed a littlemore time and the girl named Ronnie Annie throws her phone number through his window proving the sisters were right.

        Yes  the cliche' that if a girl is bullying a boy that means she likes him is really an over played thing in media. It's my personal opinion, but this episode here has 10 girls (some how a baby too?) saying this like it's a universal fact of truth that if a girl is mean to a boy it's because they like him. That doesn't make sense especially for a show where there are 10 girls that have different personalities and interests.  I'm nor saying that some could express their liking that way, but that's not a universality and again, this is  a show seems like it wants to break stereo types yet, there we go.
 
        The episode does provide some entertainment, minus that, and if I was going to be pedantic I'd mention you shouldn't put raw meat on your face either. At least it ended where the sisters figured not to meddle with Lincoln so much, even thought the episode kind of goes out of its way to say they are right because they want to go with that message that yeah sure, it's a universality and there we go. It's an alright episode but,  I can't give it more than  7/10 though.

 

The Loud House Season 1: Left in the Dark/ Get the Message

The Loud House  Nickelodeon 

     Very long preface first. The Loud has been covered on this blog in a different way where I've not been doing the episodes in episodic order I've been them using a randomizer site  and picking two 11 minute segments to talk about them that way. (Or using seasonal episodes to cover seasonal moments)

           For this period I'll be doing the episodes in order.   When I do get to an episode I've done already from "The Loud House" I'll  mark that with a link to that post then skip to the segment I've not done     

         Just in case this is an introduction post to those who don't know what the Loud House  the here's a short explanation.  The series is a ,as of this writing, a currently running Nickelodeon network animated series about an 11 year old boy named Lincoln Loud who is the middle sibling in a family with 10 other children who are all girls.  The series (mostly) follows the exploits of this boy doing his daily life   That's the very short explanation.

  Episode 1A  : Left in the Dark.

          The plot of a character wanting to watch the TV but having to share it with their other siblings is one I wasn't expecting in a series that seems to take place in a modern time where you normally wouldn't think of that as a thing as much as it still might be a thing. Either that or many modern shows don't want to do that type of plot any more.   That's not fully what this segment is about but I thought it was interesting to note that part of it was that.
 
            Since this is the first full episode of the series, which was originally promoted with shorts, this episode has the purpose of also introducing us to our cast of characters and with 11 of them it has to do that quickly for 11 minutes and still get on with the plot.   Lincoln wants to watch his favorite show  Arrgh! which is like those ghost hunting shows that Travel Channel used or kind of still does do , or really any of those ghost hunting show.  It's having a live finale episode.

         Something shown in the shorts carries on this episode as well, where Lincoln talks to the audiece showing that will be a main feature of the series. (as he stares in your soul.)  Lincoln  explains yes it is hard to watch a show in a family with 11 kids but he has plan for this time.  Clyde, his best friend, is introduced as well as well that kid who has a crush on Lincoln's eldest sister, Lori.  The first segment also introduces what will be a running gag in the series Lincoln doing a really long name operation and even acknowledging it's a long name.  ( Operation write a blog post about The Loud House and make a joke in the margins again when we haven't even gone past the 2:12 mark in the episode and not even know how to finish up this joke so, we just cut it off with a )

        Now Lincoln puts his plan into action. First, there are the twin sisters who are six,   we (the people) get an introduction into the characters' personality traits. Lola likes tea parties, Lana likes frogs. Luan likes to record stuff for the internet (what ever happened to that? oh yeah distracted from the episode again) Lisa likes big words and science (every series needs a young genius) , Lynn likes sports, Leni likes beauty, Luna likes music, Lori likes her phone (because teenager), Lilly is a baby.  Lucy is the spooky sister and he offers her an old TV set to watch her show on black and white TV.  (nice)

          Lincoln plugs the TV in and the power goes out.  We also find out that Luan likes to make jokes and puns.  They added the series running gag of Lucy making characters jump because they didn't know where she was and the response of sighs and moans when Luan makes a joke. Anyway, they all seem to get nervous about  the darkness and Lincoln decides to just go down an turn the lights on himself.

         Now the the power is on, Lincoln makes it first to the TV and missed his show (because some how it took them 30 minutes or an hour to turn on the lights?)  The sisters cheer him up and it's nice happy ending.

    Introducing the audience to the family and using a nice simple plot is a good start to the series. The show's aesthetic is pleasing and the animation style itself is simple yet well done. I think it was fine segment and really brings delightful experience to introducing anyone to the show. 10/10.


 More after the Jump

We look at Stitch and Ai

Disney  

            Remember when I talked about the anime series "Stitch"?  Which I thought was an alright series, I did think that we were done. Disney did announce they are making a live-action Lilo and Stitch movie because Disney has nothing better to do or something.  I found out later that there was another Lilo and Stitch, well Stitch, series and this time from China.  

      But it's not a knock-off series because  Disney was involved in making it or at least endorses it because it's even on the Disney Now service in the United States. (Not even "Stitch" gets that respect) So this series is called "Stitch and Ai" (Pronounced like "I" or eye) where once again Lilo is not involved because what is she done acting, did she quit?   I also thought that maybe Stitch had given up on Yuna, from the anime", but apparently this happens before Japan?  The series ran for 13 episodes in 2017,  first on China state television network on CCTV-1 and CCTV-14 eventually making it to Disney Channel Southeast Asia with an English dub.  

     

        The first episode in English is called  "Hello-Goodbye".( I like that song too) So our not Lilo character is narrating where she lives in the  Huangshan mountains.  A real mountain range in China so, we are learning geography today!  Our main character is named Wang Ai Ling but she says you can call her Ai.   Her English voice is by  Erica Mendez so, Disney really has gone all out on this.  The theme song fits China as much as the first series theme fits Hawaii and the other series, Japan. "Lilo and Stitch the series" has the most catchy theme of all of them.
                                  

      Stitch has been kidnapped by space criminals.  His English done this time by Ben Diskin  who was the voice of him in the English dub of "Sitch" he's also done voices in anime such as "Digimon Fusion" (why we picked that credit, nobody knows), and he was the voice of Nigel Uno in "Codenamed Kids Next Door" , plus more but we aren't IMDB.  Then because everybody loves Stitch another space gang goes after the first space gang to steal him and while they try to get him he escapes.  He crash lands on Earth (with visions of Lilo in his head) and lands guess where?
                         

     Ohio. (Well, you know where he lands)  The Huangshan mountains, but let's see what Ai is up to.  So she doesn't want to go somewhere.  So very much like Lilo, Ai's parents are dead and she's being looked after by her sister,Jiejie. There's an aunt named Daiyu who wants Ai to live with her to be the city because she's mean.   Also, Jiejie and Daiyu are voiced in English by Laura Post, who recently has done the voice of Isabella in "The Promised Neverland" dub.

Here's a picture of Ai and her sister/ Copyright Disney because it's not a knockoff series 

   

      The series Mertle is Meiying who apparently just walks into people's houses as Peanuts characters do. Ai sees star in the daytime and thinks to make a wish on it.  Ai runs out and sees that that star is Stitch.   The bad guys come back and chase Stitch and Ai.  Plus in episode 1, I  have to point out that guy with Ice Cream seen in the original series is in this episode with ice cream!  Meanwhile, Stitch and Ai don't die falling off a cliff and the bad guys are still after them.  The bad guys get stopped and I wonder if we will see them again.  The aunt who wants to move Ai out is trying to still  get Ai out, also Sitch can write Chinese so, he's versatile. 

Woah/ Copyright Disney 

         More after the jump

My Network TV's fall Line Up 2019

My Network TV 

    The FOX owned service, My Network TV has released their fall line up.   The network that acts as a syndication service to bring programming to local stations continues for the 2019-2020 season.


 The return of "Law and Order :SVU" is part of the line up, other series like "Law and Order :CI", "Dateline", "Chicago P.D", and "CSI :Miamai" make their return as well. Meanwhile, "The Good Wife" is leaving the line up.  The New line up starts September 23.

        Full schedule all time eastern/central many affiliates air programming in their own time slots so check listings in your area. 

  Mondays 
  8/7c Law & Order : SVU
 9/8c  Law & Order: SVU

 Tuesdays
 8/7c  Chicago P.D.
 9/8c  Chicago P.D.

 Wednesdays
 8/7c  Dateline
 9/8c  Dateline

Thursdays
8/7c  Law & Order :CI  (new night)
9/8c  Law & Order :CI

Fridays
8/7c  CSI: Miami
9/8c  CSI: Miami

FOX Sets Fall 2019 Premiere Dates

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FOX has released their fall season  premiere dates. 

     FOX's season starts with the 71th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 22nd at 8pmet/ 5pm pt. 

      Here are the dates/times for the premieres  all times ET except where otherwise noted.

 Monday, September 23rd
 8PM  9-1-1 (Season Premiere)
 9PM   Prodigal Son (Series Premiere)

Tuesday, September 24th
8PM    The Resident (Season Premiere)
9PM      Empire (Season Premiere)


Wednesday,September 25th
8PM   The Masked Singer (Two Hour Season Premiere)

Thursday, September 26th
7:30PM /4:30PT   Thursday Night Football

Sunday, September 29th
8PM The Simpsons (Season Premiere)
8:30    Bless the Harts (Series Premiere
9PM    Bob's Burgers (Season Premiere)
9:30PM   Family Guy (Season Premiere)

Wednesday, October 2nd
8PM  The Masked Singer (Time Period Premiere)
9PM   Almost Family (Series Premiere)


Friday, October 4th
8PM  WWE's Smackdown Live  (FOX Premiere)



Press Release after the jump

Weekendering : The Weekenders Season 1: Dead Ringer/ Carver The Terrible

The Weekenders   Disney 

 
    If you missed our last post about "The Weekenders" click here to read about episode 7.

      As mentioned before "The Weekenders" has four seasons, but only 39 episodes. Seasons 2 and  3 had 13 episodes, while season 4 had 5 and that means season 1 had 8. So, this is the finale episode pairing for season 1.


              Episode 8A : Dead Ringer 

                       Another episode with an event going on  and this time it's an all school picnic. Tino doesn't want to play a sport because he doesn't want to embarrass himself. His normal choice is usually chess but this year he can't do it because of rabbits.   That means he has to sign up for a sport.  Good thing he has until Sunday to figure out which one.

            He still worries about it.  His friends help him figure out a sport starting with golf (nope) , badminton (bad admit it) , Tetherball (nope)  and 8 other sports.   Lor  has apparently 14 brothers I think. (Fun running gag)  They  are now trying team sports  but Tino fails at that too.  Now they figure out his calling might be horseshoes.

              When he practices horseshoes he doesn't do to well. He does get better but, he finds out that they are using metals ones because of course. After a while he does seem to get a hang of it but doesn't win but it seemed he had fun.

                That was a fun episode. I like how Tino ended up following his mother's advice  about just having fun without even thinking about it.  We get a little more about Tino's characterization. I liked it 9/10.


  More after the Jump