Episode 44

After a freak chicken accident, Calliope becomes almost "normal"!

Episode Breakdown:

Cast:
Avery Jones: Ed, Hermie, Hare, Scooter, Lexi, Zeke, Rory
Alex Hubbard: Penny, Trixie, Jen the Hen, Calliope, Trixie
Hannah Tarleton: Audrey 'O Malley
Benjamin Johnston: Office Assistant, Jen the Hen assist., Sherlock assist., Turtle
Nick Garcia: Bob, Henry, Jen the Hen assist.
Lizzie Martin: Petunia
Hadley Gilpatrick: Squishy, Pink Meep

"Business Meeting" CO- An idea that's I've had for over a year, glad to finally be rid of it!

Hermie & Trixie Intro/Outro: We haven't had too many "normal" character pairs this season. Odd... Yes we are.

Penny's Confessions: I believe this is the only gag I wrote for "Confessions" this season.

 "Flying Jen"/"Normal Calliope" plot: Calliope hasn't been featured in her own plot line in the history of the series, so this story was long overdue.

The Young and the Stupid: More girls. More stupid.

The Sherlock Bones Show: Fetch: Silly dog.

Joke of the Day

How to be Hot: We have a rule when working with Zeke and Trixie, if we can't find a way out... They'll just start making out.

Calliope's Normal-ness of the Day: Almost weirder than her regular sketch....

Daily Dose of Cute: Oh, the great mysteries of life.... Now that I think about it, this line is almost worthy of Calliope.

Weird episode, weird show. One of my favorites!

Avery Jones, Creative Director of The Puppet Improv

Episode 43

An angry Penny puts Hare in charge of running the show!

Episode Break-Down:
Cast:
Avery Jones: Ed, Hare, Petunia, Hermie, Rory, Henry, Sherlock Bones, Zeke, Turtle
Alex Hubbard: Penny, Rory assist., Dachshund, Trixie, Calliope
Meg Miller: Suzi
Hannah Tarleton: Audrey 'O Malley
Benjamin Johnston: Sherlock Bones assist.
Nick Garcia: Penny assist., Sherlock Bones assist.

Cold Open: Hare has not been very prominent this season... too busy shooting holiday specials, perhaps? But this episode, another take on our "Channel Flip" episode, where segments can abruptly end, and short purposeless segments run wild, seemed like a great vehicle to showcase Hare and his ADD!

Suzi & Petunia Intro/Outro: Suzi has also been absent since Episode 38, and will make only a few more appearances in the series, due to a lack of availability of her performer. Petunia, however, will be around until the end of our show, we have a love/hate relationship with that feline!

Penny's Confessions: She's sick AND twisted!

Daily Dose of Cute

Poetry Time with Henry Monster: If anything good came of Hare being in charge of things was that he finally canned Henry's segment! I've already shared my opinions of Henry, in a previous post... I, ya know, can't stand 'em!


Sherlock and Dachshund: The Bad Doggy: As mentioned in a previous post, the realization of bringing Sherlock and Dachshund into the realm of being "real dogs" was a great asset to our series, and opened up a world of new possibilities with this doggy duo! This segment is a great example of how to treat them like real dogs, and keep their buddy-buddy head games intact, and in character!

How to be Hot

Joke of the Day: I have no memory of where the joke came from... I think someone Googled it on set.

The Young and the Stupid: Extra emphasis on the "Stupid" today!

Calliope's Advice of the Day: Darn you, Hare! Darn you to heck!

Hermie's Cute Petname of the Day


Any show with Hare is a good show, and this is one of my favorites of the season!

Avery Jones, Creative Director of The Puppet Improv