Welcome to the first installment, I'm quite new to this, sorry for the hiccups and mistakes I make, so in any event:
Taking a cue from The Agony Booth, I decided that a full recap of a television show that I dearly like should be made before some it gets canceled. That TV show is Arthur, so with out further do, a full recap of the first, awkward and all around o.k. season one.
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Arthur's Eyes:
We begin the series as a whole with a D.W. showing Arthur their "lost brother." She shows him a photo album with Dave, Jane and a small child. And that child was... Arthur. He tells D.W. about how he got his glasses, beginning with him trying to complete a math quiz, and fail, shooting a hoop, and fail, and doing a eye test, and fail. (Sue Ellen's a Time Lady?) Next, Arthur's at the optometrist and is told he needs glasses. He tries tries some frames: aviators, wide frame, one from 2015, and finally, his trademark glasses.
Back at school, Arthur is being teased by his fellow classmates, in particular, Francine (Most times in the show, she's usually the Jerk with the Heart of Gold). After school, he decides that a life as glasses wearer isn't a life for him and tries to get rid of the glasses... in which way or another get back to him. (Karma?) Eventually, he drops them by a tree near school and leads himself into the bathroom, for girls. (Ahoy, Embarrassment!) Later that night, he sees a special on how his favorite show, "Bionic Bunny" is made and the guy playing the hero, Wilbur Rabbit, wears similar glasses too Arthur; which gives him a Self Esteem booster pack and success in school. Francine then approach Arthur with her "Movie Star Glasses".
It ends with D.W. disappointed that Arthur's story wasn't as good as her story and "discovering" a photo with Jane gettin down with Dave, with a porn stash (Because 70's) .
(I know about "And Now a Word From Us Kids," it needs a work of someone who does found footage, not profiling 90's Canadianimation)
Francine's Bad Hair Day:
Arthur tells us about the don'ts at picture day. After a kickball, Francine enters the girl's room in which Prunella, Muffy and Sue Ellen talk about what to wear on picture day. Muffy says that Francine could have the prettiest picture of all, after Muffy's. After Francine imagines herself being beautiful, Muffy suggests that they could do a makeover. At the apartment, Francine tries on a dress Muffy found in her closet, to which she tries to do her hair, and fails. Muffy takes to Salon de Beaute to get Francine a makeover. The head hairdresser takes a photo and with the trusty help of magic Photoshop, she asks Francine how her hair wants to be done like, stopping on melted beehive look.
While getting her hair dried, Francine dreams about being beautiful and athletically accomplished, her hair I mean. Muffy awakes her leaving Francine with the same hairdo as Little Orphan Annie. As anyone would guess, Muffy nags Francine rules on not to ruin her haircut. The show introduces Brain, the resident nerd, after one of Francine's pins fly across the cafeteria. Muffy tells Arthur that Francine can't play as it would ruin her hair. Naturally, the 3rd graders are losing and Francine joins the game, winning for the team. It's pictures time with everyone's photos looking quite crappy. It ends in, what else, a kickball game.
These episodes is a good start to the show, we see the relationships with the characters and the situations faced. As a bonus to long time viewers, how the series has changed. My only problem with "Arthur's Eyes" is the logic, shown with the Bionic Bunny Show, but you can say these kids are easily persuasive."Francine's Bad Hair Day" is the overused makeover episode ending with a "Nobody's Perfect" moral. Overall, these are some average episode for the series to premier on, not that great, but not very bad.
I hope that I was concise and short with my summaries.
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