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Some short, selected episode reviews


Keepers
1.2 Universal Remote: ending has a few plot holes, Lisa's scarce; still very funny.
1.3 Cyrano DeBrainiac: quite droll.
1.5 The Feminine Mistake: hilarious and moving, with the slow kid from Carnivàle!
1.12 Killer Party: completely goofy, but rooted in behavior, and genuinely entertaining.
1.13 Sex Ed: Pretty darn funny. The-third act sex instructor gag is terrific.
1.18 A Tale of Two Lisas: decently amusing. Gary as a troll is a fun twist.
1.26 Unplugged: A mostly entertaining rock-star spoof.
2.19 Searching for Boris Karloff: Substance-free fun, with some great WS in-jokes.

No Thanks
1.1 She's Alive: unremarkable, awkward and ultimately unsuccessful retread of the film.
1.6 Airball Kings: Lame script, little Lisa, not nearly enough character beats.
1.7 Party High, USA: Lame concept, fitting execution.
1.8 One Size Fits All: Decent concept, but the execution is too fantastical.
1.9 Keeps on Tickin': Fantasy-heavy from start to finish; close but not quite a cigar.
1.10 Mr. President: all cheap jokes, no good brains or laughs.
1.11 Fatal Lisa: some good bits throughout, and a fun ending, but not too involving.
1.14 Lisa's Virus: Not enough mayhem; the Seth Green cameo can't save it.
1.15 The Bazooka Boys: Definitely fun in parts; almost a keeper... but not quite.
1.17 Wyatt Erectus: Another glimpse of BttF's courthouse can't save this gimmicky dud.
1.21 Copper Top Girl: A bust.
2.3 Horseradish: a strong first half falters with the obnoxious boyfriend plot.
2.14 Fly Boy: A wan X-Files parody I didn't bother finishing.
2.15 Teen Lisa: Making Lisa an ignoramus was not a good move.


On their own merits, I'd say there's a tie for best ep. "Feminine Mistake", in which the guys are turned into girls, takes these two seasons' most promising set-up (imo) and does a very strong job of it. "Sex Ed", however, is the only of the above eps to do justice to the risque nature of the whole WS setup, arguably even better than the movie itself, and is hilarious besides.

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What about "The most dangerous wish".

I cracked up when they had to play Pong against the computer-monster in the end. That depictment of pong was vry funny btw (tron anyone?)

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Haven't seen it. Is it legitimately good?

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I think so; memorable and daft!

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OMG the pong bit was hilarious!

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Y'know, I've come around on the pilot ep. I now find it to be a pretty solid intro to the series.

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Thanks for coming around on the pilot, Matt! I co-wrote it. We did the best we could at the time.

Alan Cross

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Awesome. You were a Creator of the show!?

Any word when/if the rest of the series will get a DVD release?

There was a time period around high school where every Saturday I would watch Are You Afraid of the Dark? on Nickelodeon and Weird Science on USA. I loved WS. Vanessa Angel was amazing.

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