Out of Jimmy's Head - "Detention" - Talkback [12/7]

[Mugen]

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It's another episode of the live-action/animation hybrid(although CN doesn't seem to call it that), Out of Jimmy's Head. The new episode airs at 7 pm tonight and repeats at 10 tonight if you miss it the first time. This episode deals, with everything a student hates, detention.

Here is a summary of tonight's episode:

Jimmy and Craig enlist Golly’s help to tunnel out of dentention and stop Robin from discovering Jimmy’s most embarrassing secret.

[Kazuya Prower]

Robin being peer pressured into chewing gum as if it was smoking....wow....How low can they get?

[John Dorian]

The show can go MUCH lower than that.

[Kazuya Prower]

Also, if the toons only exist in Jimmy's head, then how can Golly dig a tunnel for Jimmy and Craig?

[kaleb]

This was my favorite episode so far. I liked the fact that they got out of the school setting. It made it more interesting. Jimmy's dad didn't act as ridiculously stupid as usual so I liked that better. Toons seemed more important here because their help to Jimmy was obvious and they weren't necessarily an afterthought.

Cartoon Network should be embarrassed about the scene where Yancy enticed Robin to take the gum! That was pushing it-it was overdone.

[Silverstar]

The parts with the old ladies just flat-out didn't make any sense.

But on the plus side, the toons played a fairly major role this time around (though the fact that no one else can see or hear them is still a MAJOR hindrance, IMO, and Golly's being able to dig a tunnel was a HUGE plot-hole), Tux (my personal favorite of the Appleday toons) go to be the subject of the subplot, we got to see Yancy use her alien powers a bit this time around, and though we still got no Louisa in the flesh (boo!), she was referred to by Tux when he said, "I can smell your mom's cooking right above us" as if she were present on Earth (we got a similar referral to Mrs. Roberts in last week's "Soda" when Yancy mentions that "she's blowing up an unnecessary moon and will be back around 10:30"), which is better than nothing, I suppose.

OOJH is still a big mess of a show, IMO, but this episode was a tad better the past few episodes have been. Definitely an improvement over "Bully" and "Skate Night", though that doesn't take much.

[Megaman X]

I watched some of the episode and from what I saw I did not laugh once:sweat: I dont see how kids can even like this show at all. The characters are unlikeable (besides Sunny and the toons anyway)

[Taylor Karras]

In 50 years. We're going to be looking back this and say. "What were they thinking?"

[Dudley]

In 50 years. We're going to be looking back this and say. "What were they thinking?"

50 years?
I'm doing it now!

[Master Toon]

Out of Jimmy's Head is killing American animation one episode at a time. I weep for the future, I truly do.

Kids should watch Hannah Montana, Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Cory in the House, Wizards of Waverly Place, Zoey 101, iCarly, and Unfabulous.

[Blackstar]

In 50 years. We're going to be looking back this and say. "What were they thinking?"

I doubt that anyone will even remember Out Of Jimmy's Head after 5 years, let alone 50.

[Silverstar]

Out of Jimmy's Head is killing American animation one episode at a time. I weep for the future, I truly do.

Kids should watch Hannah Montana, Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Cory in the House, Wizards of Waverly Place, Zoey 101, iCarly, and Unfabulous.

I've never seen iCarly or Unfabulous, so I can't comment on those, but the others, ugh. Having to choose between Out of Jimmy's Head and the likes of Cory in the House or Hanna Montana is like having to choose between airline food and hospital food for me. Wizards of Waverly Place is actually a much worse show than Out of Jimmy's Head, IMHO. A show about wizards with next to no magic in it. Who in the world thought that was a good idea?

[John Dorian]

No one will remember OOJM in two years tops.

[Kevin]

The upteenth tme the whole "Detention/Escaping from Detention" plot has been used. Now I'll give them a small amount of credit for not going with the typical detention setting which is usually a small room and some desks. And Robin being peer-pressured into chewing gum? How lame! Now I will give Jimmy a small amount of credit for keeping that book in a hidden part of that safe. And is it me, or his Jimmy's hair gotten longer? :sweat:

[Darklordavaitor]

Out of Jimmy's Head is killing American animation one episode at a time. I weep for the future, I truly do.

Kids should watch Hannah Montana, Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Cory in the House, Wizards of Waverly Place, Zoey 101, iCarly, and Unfabulous.
Or, better yet, Ned reruns. It's easily leagues ahead of all the above and pretty much anything else children's live-action of the decade, as well as nearly anything Nick after ZIM, IMHO.

[kaleb]

The upteenth tme the whole "Detention/Escaping from Detention" plot has been used. Now I'll give them a small amount of credit for not going with the typical detention setting which is usually a small room and some desks.


Although I'm not a huge fan of OOJH, I have to respond to this comment. How many shows come out with an truly original never-done-before plot? I think it is rare to find episodes these days that don't have some remnants of something that has been "done" before.

I thought this was the best episode yet AND having those 2 crazy old ladies was hilarious and added something "new" to look at besides that stupid school. Did anyone notice that the old ladies resembled the 2 aunts in the movie James and the Giant Peach?"

[Marinite]

Or, better yet, Ned reruns. It's easily leagues ahead of all the above and pretty much anything else children's live-action of the decade, as well as nearly anything Nick after ZIM, IMHO. Ned's is pretty much the best show Nick has ever made.

Oddly enough, OOJH seems like it's trying to have Ned's surreal feeling to it. The detention being over-exaggerated, like saying the door is where they hang their BBQ grill to dry, which happens to make it look like prison bars, and them wearing uniforms seems like it'd come from Ned's universe. Though the execution is nowhere near as good.

[Taylor Karras]

Ned. The ratings jugernaut, wierd characters and stories made it a hit.

Why would anyone want to try to ripoff from that show? Oh wait... It's popular and a knockoff might produce the same results.

and I'm doubtful that adding aditional wierdness would distract the fact that this "isn't" a Ned knockoff. But you're wrong. It is a knockoff.