Cheese A Go-Go

[Mr. Marshmallow]

Okay I FINALLY got around to seeing this, I missed it's initial run because of an error on my timer VCR since i was seeing Spider man 3 at the time it was airing. Anyways, I avoided looking at people's reviews of this episode so I could see it "untainted" if you will and I finally came down to a review for this episode.

I have to be honest, I liked it. The fact that it was mindless fun is probably why I did enjoy it, they used so many random locations, and set ups all around that it kept things interesting and as shocking as it may be, hearing Cheese say "gotta go" a billion times was rather catchy then annoying.

Eduardo and Khones were absolutely hilarious, I love how Khones got such a large role and was actually praising this sandwich victory over Madame Foster. Eduardo though was the prize, his toothless, pot smoking persona just made it so easy to enjoy, especially how he spoke so accurately about all the characters.

Like Mac "hey, you so serious, lighten up" or how he said Bloo was mean but is a good guy on the inside. I also loved the part where the lady actually thought her brain was being sucked. Louise was kinda cute this time around and it was nice to see her again (anyone else thinks she looks like a toddler version of Frankie?)

Now for the cons: the whole alien/"gotta go" discovery was pretty pointless. There was no ACTUAL alien use in here other then a 5 second plot device, which sported an ending that actually seemed like what you'd see in one of the Foster's shorts. The fact Cheese wasn't going anywhere wasn't really funny.

Had they maybe used the ending of this episode to say branch off and continue this alien concept, it would have been interesting to have a kind of alien/cheese/mystery story arc thing going. And of course the thing that bugged me the most, 3 little words: poor, poor Frankie .

I was fine with everything until I saw her climbing up the hill top. Seeing her legs scraped up with blood and on the verge of tears when she left Louise's after getting the phone call was hurtful. In fact, and I NEVER thought this was possible, this is even sadder then the scrubbing scene Frankie went through in "Imposter's".

Frankie was yelled at by everyone, and I felt so bad for her at the post office because she sounded so cute asking for the stamps and apologize for every little change. And don't ask me why but Frankie looked downright SWEET with the butter on her again don't ask me why, I just think she looked good in it.

So in conclusion, I give "Cheese a Go-go" about a C+. This was a decent new season episode, not a SOLID or amazing or crappy season opener, but decent. It had plenty of mindless fun and using characters in different lights (Jackie and Eduardo) kept things amusing and still silly and entertaining at the same time.

But the poor treatment Frankie went through made me feel how Frankie looked: like roadkill. The possum alone is a sign of it (a funny one though). And the whole "alien" tie in seems like a down right stupid and cheap tie in to an unnecessary special promo about this whole "Invaded" thing. All in all, a decent episode.