Fridays Talkback: My Gym Partner is a Monkey [3/17/06]

[Red]

Dedicated in loving memory to Peter Tomarken
1942 - 2006


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March 17th, 2006
Premieres at 9:00pm
Reruns 2:30am [Only 1?!] (et/pt)
Amazon Kevin - The star of the self titled Amazon Kevin's Wild Animal Takedown comes as a surprise at the invitation of Adam to the school assembly with a major disaster.

Grub Drive - Jake has a problem selling chocolate-coated grubs during Charles Darwin Middle School's annual candy drive.

Notes
FINGER OF SHAME Cartoon Network, for only repeating this once. It's a new program, so I am kind of worried that they aren't milking this to the last cow. This is a good show, people. Watch it.
Most likely some kind of review again as last time when I did these two weeks ago [sorry bout last week], there were like 5 replies. That disappoints me.

[judyindisguise]

Okay, I was liking this until the snot joke during the sales drive episode. That was too gross and I am TIRED of gross-out jokes. So this gets an F from me.

[Daffy Dork]

I am officially a fan of this show.

The opening of the first episode was just classic. And the whole revealing it was Adam who wrote the letter was timed perfectly.

5/5

The second episode wasn't nearly as good. Some of their "gross-out" ideas were funny, but the whole Girl Scout bit made no sense. Plus I could see the "Digesting literature" joke coming a mile away.

3/5

[Kevin]

I'm now offically a fan of this show as well.
First episode:

Good stuff. The jokes were well timed and just hilarious.

Second episode:

The jokes weren't as great, but you gotta feel sorry for Jake and Adam when the girl scouts beat them up and took thier money.

[Freedom Fighter]

Waiting for Juniper Lee to come on, I decided to sit down and watch Gym Partner for the first time ever. Yeah, been meaning to get around to it...

First time hearing the theme song... eh, mixed bag. Don't like Adam's VA's singing voice at all, but Jake's 'Monkey, Monkey' counteracts it nicely.

"Amazon Kevin" (6.5 out of 10):
- I love the whole 'billboard' joke routine. So naturally, I was in stitches when I saw it reading 'Nocturnal Meeting at Noon.'
- Irony's always a good thing. Two years to get Kevin to respond to Adam's letter, and Adam's now at an all-animal school. Boy, he had to make up for that one.

"Grub Drive" (6.5 out of 10):
- True... I've never liked 'candy fundraiser' drives, so this was right up my alley. Maybe luckily for me, I've never had to go up against Girl Scouts.
- Adam and Jake exchanging the same dollar bill and candy bars... funny in theory, so-so in execution. Still... why did I never think of that in school?
- Another case of 'didn't expect it': Adam and Jake grossing people out and telling customers they'll go away only if they buy some candy. Granted, done before, but didn't see it coming.

First impression of the show... somewhat funny, but could be better. But they try to think out of the box and they did throw me a few surprises. Yeah... I'll give it a second chance next week... feels like it's earned it.

[PakiroVah]

What the heck is up with that frog?

He was rapping.:confused:

[Batman91]

Another fun episode.

I think out of the both of them I liked "Amamzon Kevin" the best.I kinda liked Amazon Kevin and Jake was pretty funny too.Jake:do you mean a couple of limbs are more important to you than our friendship.

Probably the best bit in "Grub Drive" was the part when Jake and Adam make people buy stuff by grossing them out.Good ep.

[RonDrakenfan17]

I liked each episode, they were both too funny :)
This week's episode looks great as well, can't wait to see it.

[havokpryde]

What the heck is up with that frog?

He was rapping.:confused:
That was one of the pieces I really loved, especially since it was horrible. Man do I feel sorry for those boys having to clean out her nose hairs. I got sick watching the first time, and on the rerun.