From: jfl@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Juan F. Lara)
Subject: Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 16:29:35 -0500

Dear friends

     And here are my thoughts on the ABC Disney shows.

DARKWING DUCK

"The Revenge of the Return of the Brainteasers, Too"

     This was a good episode.  I couldn't get as involved in it as I did in
the last two episodes, but it was a good episode nonetheless.
     It's neat now that Honker has a whole worshipping him as a hero, with 
"T.V. Shows, Movies, and even a Comic Book" based on him there.  The last scene
of Honker signing those autographs was neat, but I would've liked though if 
Honker had actually visited planet Fez, so he could see first hand how much the
brainteasers look up to him.  
     The scene of possesed DWD and Binky flirting with each other was worth a
smile, particularly since the brainteasers here had the opposite genders of 
their hosts.

GOOF TROOP

"Puppy Love"

     ( Yeah, I know, P.J. isn't a puppy. :-)

     I'm heartbroken. :-)  Today's GT had a great script:  Love for P.J., a 
compelling character for the girl P.J. loves, some totally whacky scenes of 
Peg, and some very touching and tender moments, with great character develop-
ment.
     All of this thrown to Kennedy Studios, whichs turns in just terrible work
here!
     The story at least still shines through Kennedy's muck.  We meet a girl 
named Rose whom P.J. falls for.  In her first scene she recites a touching 
poem that I found very beautiful.  But all the kids laugh at her, and I really
felt sorry for her.  But it's this poem that makes P.J. fall for her, and I
really liked the character development for P.J.  This is just what you'd ex-
pect from sensitive P.J., and you get a lot of respect for him.
     Pete's really villainized here.  He goads P.J. to be crude and disgusting
so he'll be "sloppy-sexy" to Rose.  And he keeps referring to P.J.'s potential
girlfriends as "catches".  He seems to get cruder by the minute in this epi-
sode.
     Pete has an interesting quote at the begining. "That's what works with 
women.  It worked for you mother."  I'm intrigued as to what he meant by this
quote.
     Speaking of Peg, here's another positive portrayal of her.  Three in one
week.  I bet Peg's impression has improved a lot in this list.

     Peg:  When it comes to women, your father's full of yams. ( I'm sure she'd
say "full of shit" if the censors would let her. :-)

     Peg as Mallory:  When Max introduced Peg as P.J.'s date for his plan to
get P.J. together with Rose, I did a double take.  Trick or not, I couldn't 
help but think "bizarre". :-)  But I loved it, and laughed a lot when Pete 
bought it. ( "That's your date?" ) It's also neat that Peg would go along with
the kids in this plan.  This is my favorite Peg appearance.

     Pete:  "Give your date these earrings.  You mother'll never miss them."
Now THAT was mean.  And I loved how Peg really took it out on Pete at the end.

     The final scene.  I totally loved how P.J. won Rose over by reading her 
poem to her.  And I loved the final scene of P.J. and Rose dancing to really
romantic music.  I think the dancing itself might've been copied from "Beauty
and the Beast", but I didn't mind.  It's GT's most touching scene.

     BTW:  Pistol was a lot of fun in this episode.  My favorite line from her.
"Oooh!  I'm going to tell mom that you have a girl in your room." ( When Peg
told Pistol that it was just her, I wonder if it confused Pistol. :-)
     BTW2:  Goofy himself never appears in this episode.

     But all of this is badly hurt by Kennedy's awful animation.  Kennedy has 
no sense of moment, and characters often move jerkily and even skip space, like
they were being moved by a shaky hand.  And of course there's Kennedy's lousy
artwork, with characters grotesquely distorted.  The episode was barely watch-
eable because of this Kennedy garbage.

    "Puppy Love" is very much the Peg-and-the-kids episode that a lot of people
wanted.  But the producers wreck it by sending it to Kennedy.  I really, REALLY
wish this episode was done by somebody else.

     See ya around.

Sincerely -

Juan F. Lara

"Come Along.  You Belong.  Feel the Fizz."
 - Profound Wisdom from the Cola Cult