Cartoon Network Invaded Talkback: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends [5/4/07]

[Rolling Cloud]

The 1st episode of CN's "INVADED" is upon us and we get a new Foster's episode.

Cheese A Go-Go
May 5th, 2007
Premiered at 7:00pm
Reruns at 10:00pm

Bloo is convinced that Cheese is a space alien after seeing a lookalike in a movie about brain-eating creatures, so he makes a call to outer space that in essence invites them to Earth.

Notes of Interest:

Next week: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
Next INVADED episode: Ed, Edd and Eddy

[li_mangaman]

Towards the beginning of the episode was this reference, presumably to the [adult swim] program, "Saul of the Molemen":

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3448/saulmalone1134williamsskv6.png

I might get better pictures up later.

[Taylor Karras]

I did a search and I found an address though it comes up Warner Robins instead of centerville.

http://www.google.com/maps?q=Williams+St,+Warner+Robins,+Georgia+31093,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

Must be the creators address.

[Dudley]

Ya know this better be more than just a bunch of alien themed episodes, and actually feature the same aliens seen in the bumpers.

[BCVM22]

I did a search and I found an address though it comes up Warner Robins instead of centerville.

http://www.google.com/maps?q=Williams+St,+Warner+Robins,+Georgia+31093,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

Must be the creators address.

"Saul of the Mole Men" takes place underground, i.e. at the center of the earth. You do the math.

[RoseBusch]

Did anybody catch the old Courage short? So Cool!

Now if What A Cartoon comes back to CN, I be alright.

[Taylor Karras]

"Saul of the Mole Men" takes place underground, i.e. at the center of the earth. You do the math.

I know, I was using the internet to figure out the clue.

[PC!]

Cheese continues to grow more annoying in every appearance. A shame, considering he was so hilarious in his debut episode.

[Frank]

A funny episode though you have to feel sorry for Frankie and Mac (when Cheese punched him in the eye).

4/5 I'm starting to think that Cheese is more harmful than funny though.:shrug:

[USSManhattan]

I'm a left with a profound sense of "why the [bleep] did I waste my time watching this."

[PC!]

For what it's worth, Eduardo was at his funniest this episode. Everything he said tonight was classic.

[Mad Mod 49]

I'm a left with a profound sense of "why the [bleep] did I waste my time watching this."


Apparently for the cheese-obsessed aliens, who have recieved Bloo's message and are scheduled to appear at the cul-de-sac on Ed, Edd, and Eddy next Friday.

But yeah, the episode itself was mediocre. Cheese's "gottago,gottago" got INCREDIBLY annoying. :mad: Best parts were Laughing Gas Intoxicated Eduardo and the "reasoning" that one eyed imaginary friend gave as to why the sandwich was his.

[RonDrakenfan17]

Apparently for the cheese-obsessed aliens, who have recieved Bloo's message and are scheduled to appear at the cul-de-sac on Ed, Edd, and Eddy next Friday.

But yeah, the episode itself was mediocre. Cheese's "gottago,gottago" got INCREDIBLY annoying. :mad: Best parts were Laughing Gas Intoxicated Eduardo and the "reasoning" that one eyed imaginary friend gave as to why the sandwich was his.

Oh dear Lord no. Ed, Edd n Eddy is not that kind of humor :(

[USSManhattan]

Oh dear Lord no. Ed, Edd n Eddy is not that kind of humor :(

What if there's the equally implausible parody of 1950s alien movies; Edd consoling a terrified Nazz, saying "There there. We will survive" all stoic and stuff? :p

[Game Freak 4]

What if there's the equally implausible parody of 1950s alien movies; Edd consoling a terrified Nazz, saying "There there. We will survive" all stoic and stuff? :p
Similar to " The Day the Ed Stood Still?"

[USSManhattan]

Naaaah, more cheesy, like George Pal ("War of the Worlds," "When Worlds Collide," etc).

[Darklordavaitor]

Eduardo going all Cheech and Chong, Madam Foster on trial, a shot of Mojo's lair (Tell me that wasn't first on your mind when you saw it.), yea, Foster's is back with a vengence, alright.

[Dr. Dave]

Hilarious episode. Just a few points:

Yes, Cheese was annoying, but then Cheese is always annoying.
Watching Frankie trying to cope with everything was so funny! :D
A bag of chips and a soda for "pain and suffering". Great!
The image of Frankie at the end was so funny (As Groucho once said "How'd you like to feel like she looks?"). Someone should really post that screenshot.
Great to see a new Foster's.:D

[Dr.Pepper]

Pretty good but there was way too much of "Gotta go! Gotta go!" for my taste.

[bigddan11]

Cheese served more as a distraction than an enhancement in this epiode. I didn't mind Bloo thinking he was an alien, but I felt the side story with the sandwich was better.

By the way, each of these invaded episodes is being shown on Sat. AM right after Ben 10 and before Teen Titans, at 10:30 a.m.

[I.R Joey]

How long has it been since we've had a new Foster's? Man I missed this show CN needs to get on the ball with new episodes.

The good.

+Frankie being messed with is always funny. Poor girl can't catch a break, and that's just the way I like it as a viewer.

+Madaam Foster being crazy is always fun "I'm being undressed?" where do they come up with this stuff?

The bad.

-Could have used more story structure. I was a bit confused about what was going on alot of the time.

-I wasn't to big on the bumpers CN was using. Weren't the most appealing.

-I found Cheese a bit annoying in this episode.

Overall a middle of the rode episode for Fosters. It wasn't the best, but an I ever happy to have this show back.

[pitbulllady]

Eduardo's Cheech and Chong stoner routine was the funniest part of this whole episode; I honestly expected a parody of the famous "Dave's Not Here, Man" at any minute! Cheese was far more annoying than usual, though, and it was almost a "cop-out", as folks used to say in the '70's, that the whole incessant "Gottago, gottago, gottago" thing was for nothing! And I thought Goo was a poster child for Ritalyn...

And, did anyone else notice Wilt's behavior? I know a lot of his fangirls only noticed that he looked good in a tie, but seriously, Wilt doesn't crack a smile in the entire episode, not once, not even a grin. Most of the time, he's got this expression that looks like his best friend has just died, and he walks all slumped over, sorta reminding me of Marvin the Paranoid Android. He barely says three lines throughout, not even when they all wind up in jail and a sobered-up Eduardo is lamenting that he'd run around naked in public while high on "happy gas" from the dentist's office. It's not like Wilt to fail to say something reassuring to anyone who's upset, or not to try and help them see the bright side of things.

pitbulllady

[Deadman]

funny episode. edwardo was funny.

[Atoon]

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3448/saulmalone1134williamsskv6.png


Williams Street is the studio that produces Saul of the Mole Men and Adult Swim in general. Saul... is created by Graig Lewis, writer on Foster's.

[Kevin]

This episode was eh ok I guess. The main problem was Cheese was just downright annoying in tihs episode with him running around screaming "Gotta go" constantly throughout the entire episode. He was funny in Mac Daddy, but now he's just really annoying. There were some funny parts to this episode though like Eduardo. You gotta fell sorry for Frankie too since she gets worked like a mule.

[judyindisguise]

Cheese continues to grow more annoying in every appearance. A shame, considering he was so hilarious in his debut episode.

I agree. I hate Cheese, I'm sorry. Not at all funny. Fred Fredburger's return in TGABM was far better than this. Of course Fred's a funnier character to begin with, but still.

[Jerry Mouse]

Cheese is like the "special" kid in the neighborhood that your parents didn't want you playing with.

Eduardo, IMHO, was the best part of the show with the Jacky Khones sandwich stuff coming in second. Good episode.

[Zach Logan]

I don't think I've posted about how much I love this show, and they keep pumping out good episodes. I don't know if it's the animation, the storylines, the characters. It's all so entertaining, even for a college student like myself. Another good episode today with a highlight on Foster herself and some of the weirder things I've seen on the show. Very reminiscent of Rocko's Modern Life.

[RonDrakenfan17]

This was an ok episode. There were some funny parts here and there but I agree Chese was annoying, every time he said gotta go I was like where? What? I felt bad for Mac and Frankie...But it was funny seeing every one in jail like that towards the end LOL. But when the alieans came down to earth I was like finally real alieans than it ends and I was like what a rip. I wanted to see how Mac and the others would hanndle againast them but no such luck :shrug:
Awe well looks like Ed, Edd n Eddy will do a better job.

[Freedom Fighter]

"It all makes SENSE now!"

Okay, so Cheese has never made much sense, but it was amusing, at least for a little while, to see him yelling "Gotta go, gotta go!" all over the place as a mountain of other stuff went on around him. Frankie driven to the brink of insanity (again), Madam Foster and Jackie's tussle in court, Eduardo loopy and just 'telling it all'... as well as showing it all, and, of course, Bloo thinking Cheese is an alien.

When it comes down to it, though, does anyone really win? Frankie gets ran ragged and everyone else is sitting in jail. The only one sitting pretty? Cheese, who 'gets away' with it with his obliviousness.

"Cheese-A-Go-Go": 3.5/5.

[Dr. Dave]

I've always found Cheese to be annoying and unfunny (but then again, he's supposed to be that way!). However, that doesn't mean that you can't have a funny story built around Cheese. The trick is to keep Cheese's on-screen time to a minimum and focus on the reactions of the other characters to his antics.

I think this episode was one of Frankie's best. This was more like an old time screwball comedy, where the situation starts out fast, becomes increasingly frantic, and deteriorates into utter chaos before the final resolution.

Frankie's expression at the end was priceless (gave a whole new meaning to the phrase "rode hard and put up wet"). The opossum stuck to her back was a nice touch (and no, I don't want to know how it got there!). :D