Animation: Wriggle Like an Octopus, another disappointing lowpoint holdover.
I can't say I never cared for that studio's work. I always bemoan it. personally I like their late 80's rythmatic pieces a little... but these stupid "Wriggle like an Octopus" "Dancing with the _____" and "Jumpin' J" segments NEED to be retired. Desperately.
Anyway, woke up just as it was starting (it was sooo cloudy and dank this morning, I couldn't tell), and after morning ritual (we know what I mean, not talking about it) I got in just in time to see the end of the opening segment (Telly talking about the triangle Dance).
So, the new stuff... the LL Cool J word on the street, the Murray had a Little Lamb, and voting on the letter/number segments was fun. Seeing A's Anatomy again was fun too.... but the old stuff was creaky. Dancing with the Octopus, as I already mentioned, Dullsville, Daddio. And Ernie's song about his room, while it's great to see physical puppet being Ernie and Bert co-existing on the show with their claymation counterparts, was a weak addition to the episode. There are all these wonderful Ernie and Bert segments that could have fit in with the time alotted, but they chose to go with... "oh that one. Again."
So, nice episode, dull filler...