Greetings Rocko fanatics. This is it, the last episode of the first season of Rocko’s Modern Life. It will also be the final episode of the show I review for Blogelodeon. The deal that Netflix had with Viacom that allowed streaming of various shows from Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET and other networks expired on May 22nd, effectively ending my ability to watch and review Modern Life. It’s been a hell-of-a-lot-O-fun recapping the show and I hope all of you have enjoyed the ride and maybe relived some of the memories from our collective youth.
Se1, Ep13: Cabin Fever
Fate and bad scheduling force Rocko, Heffer and the Bigheads to share the same cabin in the mountains for the weekend. Mr. Bighead….does not take this well. This segment is all about a simple premise bringing four different characters into a confined space and watching the sparks fly as their personalities bounce off each other and explode. Like most Mr. Bighead episodes it also contains a lot of physical comedy as he attempts and fails to destroy his pesky neighbor. There’s not much else to say about this one, it’s just a quick, funny segment that highlights the talents of the show’s cast and crew.
Se1, Ep13: Rinse and Spit
Whereas the last segment had a pretty simple premise, this one goes for all out wacky. Filbert calls in a favor from Rocko to be his patient for his final dentistry exam. The only problem? Filbert is a terrible dentist. So terrible, in fact, that he turns Rocko’s cavity-filled tooth (the other teeth call him Jerry) into a giant radiated monster that kidnaps a large portion of the Academy of Dentistry and Rocko and rampages through the city. Filbert’s chosen method of defeating the beast is to dress up like the tooth fairy and politely order him to stop.
When that doesn’t work and Dr. Hutchison, Filbert’s teacher and love interest, is captured by the beast and used as a toy, Filbert throws Dr. Hutchison’s hook hand at the beast’s cavity and he falls off the top of a skyscraper. If that doesn’t sound like a reference to King Kong then the line “No, it was tartar killed the beast” certainly will.
Besides being a funny segment this final bit of the season also serves as a herald for season two in a few ways. First, Filbert’s second substantial segment confirms his inclusion into the main cast. His mutually flirtatious interactions with Dr. Hutchison here also set up a romance and relationship that will go on for the rest of the series and involve some of its most memorable episodes. Second, and this is based on my recent viewings of the first few episodes of season two (before they disappeared from Netflix anyway), “Rinse and Spit” marks a shift in the comedic dynamic of the show in that in addition to satire and physical comedy Rocko will come to include segments and episodes anchored by story-driven humor and emotion. Sometimes that means an episode won’t be as laugh out loud funny but it will stick with you much longer. In other words, season two might be closer to Futurama in execution than Family Guy, as crazy as that sounds. That’s not to say Rocko doesn’t have any of the biting social commentary it’s known for beyond its first season but that there’s more variety in its humor. Either way, the censors did eventually figure out what “Chokey Chiken” meant and started cutting scenes involving jokes about sex motels and ball grabbing. I’m pretty sure you know what kind of balls I’m talking about here.
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Testicles. I’m referring to testicles.
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