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Overall Rating- 5/6
Tweeg is telling the
bounders he's broke, and has even run out of Nutmeg and Buttermilk
so he can no longer even attempt to make Gold. LB laments that Tweeg
tells that same sob story every payday, and remarks that Tweeg may
want to start selling some of the "worthless junk" laying around.
Tweeg claims he doesnt have time for a "yard sale" because of all
the bad things he's supposed to do to join MAVO, like swindling and
cheating people.
Tweeg comes up with an
idea to make fake medicine, and then convince people they need the
medicine.
The trio are unaware of
Tweeg's
plot at first, and are outside for a picnic. Gimmick tells Teddy and Grubby he wants to
try out his new invention. Grubby remarks that it better have
something to with food. Gimmick says it does, that it's a sandwich
stretcher- basically it makes sandwiches bigger.
Teddy has made a special
salad that includes cinnamon, honey and squash. Grubby has made
"Root Beer" for the picnic.
Dressed up as the medicine wagon man, Tweeg makes
the rounds starting with the trio. He starts insulting them, such as
calling Gimmick bald, then offers them remedies for the things he claims that
ail them. Tweeg tells Grubby one swig of his magic potion will
make Grubby "handsome". He offers Gimmick a potion to grow hair,
and Teddy a rock on a stick device that he says will
make Teddy taller. Teddy tells Grubby he likes him the way he
is, but otherwise the trio reluctantly agree to try the products. Tweeg
then charges the trio 14 pieces of silver, which they dont have.
Gimmick gives up some buttermilk and nutmeg instead.
The trio decide that none of the devices Tweeg
has sold them work, and throw them all away. Gimmick says it has
taught him a very valuable lesson=
to be happy with who he is.
Gimmick plans to try out a
new invention which will increase the output
of Popcorn. he calls it "Popcorn Pizzazz" when he realizes he gave
Tweeg the popcorn Pizzazz by mistake and still has the nutmeg.
Tweeg is again attempting
to turn Buttermilk (and nutmeg) into gold. He puts the Pizzazz into
the recipe and popcorn explodes all over his tower. Tweeg starts
crying.
QUOTES-
LB- "Some
people can't stand
to see a grown man cry. Personally, I love
it."
SONGS-
"The Medicine
Wagon"
EPISODE REVIEW-
A very fun, lighthearted
episode. This was fairly early in the series and the overall theme
early on was to make the bad guys more inept rather than serious as
MAVO would become later. Tweeg's Medicine Wagon song is one of the
best in the series, and the scenes involving the trio running
around using the devices Tweeg had sold them were quite
humorous.
The theme of this episode
is universal- like yourself for who you are, and pay attention to
your good qualities rather than worrying so much about changing the
things that aren't perfect about you. Not talking to strangers was a
subtle theme of this as well for the younger audience.... and of
course Tweeg getting the raw end of the deal yet again stressed the
importance of being honest.
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