ElectricBoogaloo February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 Things are looking up for the Huangs when Louis gets the restaurant a billboard in a prime spot in Orlando. They even get an invite to the country club. But when someone repeatedly vandalizes the billboard, they're left wondering why. Eddie works hard to get the attention of the girl he's crushing on, but it doesn't help matters when his mom hires her to babysit him. Link to comment
johntfs March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 I agree, the Hoagie King really does paint itself. 9 Link to comment
Constantinople March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 (edited) Poor Evan had to give up his always there bear because Eddie's car pool was late to school. It's always the innocent who suffer. Edited March 4, 2015 by Constantinople 14 Link to comment
Blakeston March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 I didn't find this one nearly as funny as previous episodes. 3 Link to comment
TrininisaScorp March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 Grandma always gets the best one liners: "The price is what the price is" in response to Jessica being mad at her $100 price tag for babysitting. Eddie continues to get more likeable. Yang has such a sweet, expressive face and I'm beginning to better appreciate Eddie's softer moments. 2 Link to comment
peeayebee March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 I thought this was a mediocre ep. I did like when one of the younger brothers said to Eddie, "Are you saving that seat for your attitude?" Loved when Jessica did her Rodney Dangerfield impression, saying, "Hey everybody, we're all gonna get laid!" And finally, I liked when Eddie was having intestinal problems, then sat next to the neighbor girl and said, "Ah. Now where were we? Nope," as he got back up to go to the bathroom. I need to learn the names of the two young brothers. They are adorable, and I love their characters. 3 Link to comment
arc March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 I need to learn the names of the two young brothers. They are adorable, and I love their characters. Emery's the middle kid, the one who's effortlessly cool. His bus friends got him a breakfast burrito (with chorizo!) when they learned he'd be carpooling instead! Evan's the youngest, the one who's most definitely a teacher's pet. (BTW, I went to the Baohaus website today, and I learned that it was actually started by Eddie and Evan. Huh!) 3 Link to comment
peeayebee March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 Here's that website, but I'm missing something: Where did you hear about it in relation to the Huangs? Link to comment
Kanner March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 This episode was only ok for me. That is because I dislike story lines with young kids going after older people romantically (this is why Manny is my least favorite character on MF). Though as mentioned above, I laughed very hard when Eddie sat down and had to get right back up. The younger sons are still awesome. 1 Link to comment
galax-arena March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 I love the friendship between Jessica and Honey. 7 Link to comment
Ms Blue Jay March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 (edited) peeayebee, click on About Us? Poor Evan had to give up his always there bear because Eddie's car pool was late to school. "I made a new Bear, it's UsuallyThereBear. I hate it." (Rips it off) Edited March 4, 2015 by Ms Blue Jay 6 Link to comment
Dagny March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 I need to learn the names of the two young brothers. They are adorable, and I love their characters. I finally had to remember it as alphabetical: Eddie - Number 1 son Emery - Middle Evan - Youngest 5 Link to comment
peeayebee March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 peeayebee, click on About Us? Yes, I did. I was just wondering what led arc to the site in the first place. I actually don't know much about Eddie Huang, but it just occurred to me that when this show was starting, I read that he's a chef -- I never heard of him before -- so is Baohaus his restaurant? Does everyone else know this but me? Link to comment
arc March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 (edited) Here's that website, but I'm missing something: Where did you hear about it in relation to the Huangs?I was poking around there as background research for my reply in the food thread, but also, bringing Cattleman's Ranch to the forefront this ep made me think about the adult Eddie's career.Edit: and as a food nerd, that's why I'd heard of Huang before his memoir or this show. Edited March 4, 2015 by arc 1 Link to comment
barbedwire March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 I am beginning to like Eddie more and more. His desperation to be cool. Loved it when the babysitter took the c.d. that was for mature audiences only. I was wondering whey his parents let him have that. (Maybe they didn't know he had it.) Loved that the mom could quote so much from Caddyshack! Shows that she really does have too much time on her hands. Sweet Evan. 2 Link to comment
Rockstar99435 March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 This episode was only ok for me. That is because I dislike story lines with young kids going after older people romantically (this is why Manny is my least favorite character on MF). It bugged me when Eddie was hitting on the adult neighbor for that reason, but a 6th grader having a crush on an 8th grader is pretty age appropriate so it didn't bother me as much. And I loved that she took his CD. 1 Link to comment
solotrek March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 "It's so much yelling, so good." I didn't quite get Eddie's dream on the bus. Was that the musical style of the CD he was listening to or something? DUCKTALES on TV. A pretty subpar episode, but the one liners from Evan, Emory, grandma, and Jessica were great. 2 Link to comment
johntfs March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 "She'll fight you for dominance then go to sleep." 6 Link to comment
Skittl1321 March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 We recently got Ducktails on DVD. The only thing I remembered about the show was Scrooge McDuck swimming in his money. Shockingly, it happens like once in the whole series. I screamed at the TV when it was the one scene they showed. 1 Link to comment
Ms Blue Jay March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 I didn't quite get Eddie's dream on the bus. Was that the musical style of the CD he was listening to or something? Eddie's dream music was Notorious B.I.G.'s "One More Chance (remix)". It's a dreamy sounding song with a chorus of women begging for another romantic chance. It was to relate to at first, his father getting a second chance of seeing the billboard on the way to school, and then at the end of the episode... I forget. Another chance to be with his crush on the bus? The CD he was listening to was Ice Cube. Hardcore rap. Whatever CD has the song "Check Yo' Self" on it. Wikipedia says it's "The Predator". The two pieces of music are not related. Link to comment
Racj82 March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 I am beginning to like Eddie more and more. His desperation to be cool. Loved it when the babysitter took the c.d. that was for mature audiences only. I was wondering whey his parents let him have that. (Maybe they didn't know he had it.) Loved that the mom could quote so much from Caddyshack! Shows that she really does have too much time on her hands. Sweet Evan. not every parent cares. I was taught to not go around saying the stuff in those songs but I've been listening to hardcore rap and watching r rated movies since I was like seven. If you are raised right then it doesn't matter. 4 Link to comment
biakbiak March 4, 2015 Share March 4, 2015 (edited) I actually don't know much about Eddie Huang, but it just occurred to me that when this show was starting, I read that he's a chef -- I never heard of him before -- so is Baohaus his restaurant? Does everyone else know this but me? Yes, Baohaus is his restaurant, Eddie was pretty famous with people into food before his memoir. He has been featured in several different shows, his story of being a hip hop loving former lawyer who quit to cook the food his mom used to make was a good narrative for such shows. He also had a show on Vice.com about food. Edited March 4, 2015 by biakbiak 4 Link to comment
Ms Blue Jay March 5, 2015 Share March 5, 2015 Every line said by Evan is an immediate classic to me. Link to comment
Dagny March 5, 2015 Share March 5, 2015 Emery - "I wasn't going to be on the bus, so they made me a breakfast burrito." "The guys put chorizo in the burrito, how thoughtful!" Link to comment
ElectricBoogaloo March 5, 2015 Author Share March 5, 2015 I loved that the bus driver was drooling over that classic Rolling Stone with Janet Jackson on the cover. I felt like it was an error because the show takes place in 1995 and that Rolling Stone came out in 1993 but I pretended that the bus driver has been holding on to that issue for two years so he could stare at it every day while he tuned out the kids. 3 Link to comment
PRgal March 6, 2015 Share March 6, 2015 When Jessica mentioned the country club, I was thinking the so-called "Five Cs" that some new money/aspirationally wealthy Singaporeans refer to. The 5 Cs are: Cash, Car, Credit Card, Condominium and Country Club membership. Link to comment
scartact March 6, 2015 Share March 6, 2015 I keep finding small reasons to love Evan in each episode. I really want an episode that follows the one of the other brothers for a day! The actor is so adorable. I think Eddie is starting to come across much better in the show overall. The writers seem to be finding ways to better make his character work. And to me, it felt like the writers incorporated hip-hop much more naturally. I read the AV Club review, and I appreciated what the writer said about how the show found a way to sell Eddie's use of hip-hop to connect with others through that acknowledgement he gets at the end with Nicole. Link to comment
Pjxf99 March 6, 2015 Share March 6, 2015 I KNOW this is nitpicky, but for a show that is so good at capturing the era, Eddie's using a bottle of Cha! siracha pulled me right out of the moment. Isn't that a recent thing? Not siracha, but the Texas Pete Cha! I only ask because I remember seeing it in the store recently and wondered if it was a way to get people to try siracha who might think the original bottle looked too exotic. Link to comment
peeayebee March 6, 2015 Share March 6, 2015 Texas Pete sriracha has been around since way before the 90's. Or are you asking about the bottle's label? Link to comment
bybrandy March 6, 2015 Share March 6, 2015 Wasn't the Scrooge swimming in money in the credits? I really feel like I've seen it more than once. But maybe not. Texas Pete Siracha is new, but I thought it was the green rooster bottle that has been around since well before 95. But yea if it was the Pete? That's only a couple of years old. The bears? OMG. I wasn't sure about this show at first but it has really grown on me. Link to comment
peeayebee March 7, 2015 Share March 7, 2015 I no longer have the ep on my DVR. Did the bottle have a rooster on it? If so, that's Huy Fong Sriracha, which was created in 1980. Link to comment
arc March 7, 2015 Share March 7, 2015 I thought it was some other brand of hot sauce. It definitely had a yellow cap, not the iconic Huy Fong green squeeze top Link to comment
Pjxf99 March 8, 2015 Share March 8, 2015 No, it wasn't the Huy Fong. The word Cha! really leapt out at me. Link to comment
SmithW6079 March 9, 2015 Share March 9, 2015 Seeing how Jessica and Louis interact bumps Louis up for me (I found him only tolerable previously). He is a liar and thief, though. There's no getting around that he stole the Golden Saddle's intellectual property. He should have been sued, not just had his billboard defaced. I continue to find Eddie distasteful, and the neighbor girl he's crushing on isn't much better. My dislike may stem from the fact that I don't like rap music, so given that the show's soundtrack is basically rap puts me off. 1 Link to comment
theatremouse March 14, 2015 Share March 14, 2015 We recently got Ducktails on DVD. The only thing I remembered about the show was Scrooge McDuck swimming in his money. Shockingly, it happens like once in the whole series. I screamed at the TV when it was the one scene they showed. Wasn't the Scrooge swimming in money in the credits? I really feel like I've seen it more than once. But maybe not. Yeah, the dive is in the opening credits, which is probably why it's such a memorable scene despite only happening once. So it struck me as entirely reasonable that's the 2 seconds they showed. Link to comment
Skittl1321 March 16, 2015 Share March 16, 2015 So it struck me as entirely reasonable that's the 2 seconds they showed. Oh, it wasn't that it was unreasonable. It just was such a "that is the ONLY thing people remember about ducktails" moment. For the record, while many other cartoons have, I don't feel like ducktails stood the test of time. Link to comment
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