No no no, it's "Hi-KEEBA!". They sure know how to accessorize, though. Take note of Skull's traditional kung-fu bowler derby and Bulk's leather kaizoku bandanna. And forget Cheers' Norm when you have Ernie. Notice Tarzan always enjoys a good B&S entrance. Unfortunately, our dynamic duo have studied Morris dancing instead of kung-fu. And once again they are taunted by the dorky child relatives of the MMPR film crew.
With 2.33 comes the return of Ms. Appleby, America's answer to the Soviet education model. Either Captain Kangaroo, Jackie Gleason, or Philo T. Farnsworth would be acceptable answers, seeing as how I never heard of David Sarnoff before this episode, and had to check him out on Wiki to make sure he wasn't just some made-up character that the writers, both also surnamed Sarnoff, were trying to invent for personal gain. Interestingly enough, check out TheFarnsworthInvention.com, because I quote: "Thus the climactic scene in the play ends with an historically false conclusion." Very good work! Way to fail again, Broadway.
Sadly, Bulk is judged wrong by his teacher, because obviously she has no taste, and probably sits back watching shows like Full House or whatever crap was on in the 90s, when she should have been watching Lois and Clark or MST3K or Port Charles while they were still on. What the heck is Ms. Appleby high on? Yes, the totalitarian doctrines of Education and the power they weild over your tiny, lazy souls! Notice Ms. Appleby's weird spastic reaction to the bell. Pavlov, anyone? I can't really recall any teacher saying "class dismissed" (maybe becuase I was already out the door by then), but maybe it's a stage direction, not dialogue?
Bulk brings up an interesting point: that ranks have little to no meaning within the daily grinds of real-life people. We later see Skull at his locker wearing a sanitary mask, perhaps so he doesn't spread his cold to other people. That's seems pretty useful, so that you're not breathing your germy air on others when you're sick, not that you should be up and about when you're ill, at least not to work or school.
B&S make it sound pretty easy to get backstage. I imagine Hollywood and California as a whole, aside from its horrendous traffic and allowing crazy people and cultists loose, must be similar to the Truman Show, where random pedestrians are merely pawns in the ulterior schemes of the deranged fantasy worlds of the delusional Hollywood recluses. For the life of me I can't figure out how humanity came up with such a thing as paparazzi, because who wants to hear a bunch of strangers who LARP for money speak?
2.33 is the episode where the PRs go on one of those irritating late-night "talk show" hosts, which is where a stand-up commedian (modern-day beatnik) sits down behind a desk to pretend what he has to say actually matters. There's about fifty of such shows with fundamentally identical hosts with jokes that range from photoshopped images, obsession over celebrities (hypocritically pretending to be tired of hype), boring current events, and each other. This is where the job of "professional audience member" came from, in order to fool people into liking the show.
Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull recreate the backstage scene from episode 1.05 of Benson. Even the PRs walk off of these cheesy talk shows. Bulk then reenacts the burglar's entrance from Noises Off. Remember: You don't sell out until you go on a late-night talk show. If he doesn't wanna know who B&S are, that's his loss.
Holy crap, I just had to include the class after scene. They're going to "test television's impact"? What the hell does that mean?? "If the Power Rangers say so, then I think so too!" Wow, way to be an individual there, loser. "They just reached out and touched me." NO! NO NO NO NO NO!!
"Get a life, you dweeb," says Andy Androgyny! "That's quite enough," says Ms. Appleby. Why?? She lets the OTHER students camp it up! Wow, detention all week for being ten minutes late. The Third Reich would've conquered Russia if they had her. Ten minutes = 5 times however long detention is. GOOD LOJIK, MS. A. In case you didn't know, the American education system is failing miserably at its job, and it's not just budget constraints either.
I've got a question. How does Ms. Appleby keep her job when she's constantly insulting her own students and violating the amendment about "Thou shalt not post excessive bail nor bond" or whatever? Bulk's back to his Fabio hair in 2.34. Next episode looks to be a good one! So stick around for the next episode of Bulk and Skull!!
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What a Minute... Dosn't the sound at 09:15-09:21 sound like from DBZ
MarcMaverick666ver2 1 year ago
I wouldn't know, I don't watch SHIT.
ZaffireWolf 11 months ago
wait and what is this? detention after school for the rest of the week for being late 10 min!? wow i thought this was suppose to be a high school, i used to be late half n hour each day n no1 gave a crap. i know this is a tv show, but wow common give me a brake here.
scorp312 3 years ago 4
Well, it's Hollywood, so it's more like a bizarre caricature of real life which is why Hollywood is full of dangerous, crazy people. Since working in film isn't a real job, they become overly harsh in trying to emulate a real job, and so they think that this punishment is what really happens. Add that to the fact that Saban is an eccentric company (just check out the surrealist butcher job they did on Kyatto Ninden Teyandee) and you get plenty of uncomfortable moments.
ZaffireWolf 3 years ago