paulvs

Seemed like a good idea. Bring back the great Schoolhouse Rock shorts with a modern twist. The problem was the "modern twist" was a little too modern. Not only did they swap the original songs to live modern acts, they also swapped out a lot of the original cute animations for extended shots of the live-action performances. In my opinion this took it too far away from the spirit of the original pieces. They really seemed to be trying to push the nostalgia angle but totally missed it with the format they decided to go with. I feel like they could have made it much better if the new singers sang the songs the same way the originals were and the complete original animations were used.

Why, why, why would they add the snipits of the judge and her husband talking about themselves? At first they were commenting on the case and it was mildly interesting but now they have sunken to talking about who picks out Johns clothes and what they do on "date night". Who cares? This is a court show, people watch it for the real court cases. I have no idea why they thought this was a good idea.

When Doug and Carrie get the wrong photos they start to realize they have boring lives compared to the couple in the random photos they picked up by mistake. They proceed to try more exciting adventures. First led by Carrie and then Doug. All the usual boxes get checked off in this episode with a great plot device to showcase the characters funny traits we've grown to love in the first 5 seasons. The side plot of Arthur getting a cell phone is a solid 8/10 as well. Fun stuff watching him get excited about having one then trying to get people to call it. All in all a very solid episode with lots of laughs.