Phineas and Ferb

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Wow, that's pretty vague. Are you trying to decide if you should watch it, or looking for fellow fans, or some other secretive reason that cannot be publicly disclosed? ;) I saw an episode or two a while ago. I found it mildly amusing but not very interesting or impressive, as evidenced by how I didn't watch it more. ;) Obviously I'm older than their target audience, but there are other (older) Disney shows that I'm above the target age range for that I find amusing and enjoyable. This wasn't one of them. It wasn't awful, but it was pretty forgettable for me.
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I've never watched it and have no plans to start now. The Disney Channel's programming has gotten very lame, so I spend no time watching anymore.
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My brother loves the show. He drives me crazy singing their theme song. I only watch it when there is nothing else on television worth watching.
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I saw a commercial for it once...it looked...um...like something that I would never dream of watching. \:D/
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I love Phineas and Ferb. It's hysterical! Phineas and Ferb are both very imaginative boys. :lol:
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Actually, Catspaw, I thought it was pretty straightforward, but oh well.

I watch that show. A LOT. It's not a fave, but it beats Spongebob. I watched the Cliptastic Countdown a few nights ago, and I could not get those songs out of my head.
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TigerintheShadows wrote:Actually, Catspaw, I thought it was pretty straightforward, but oh well.

I watch that show. A LOT. It's not a fave, but it beats Spongebob. I watched the Cliptastic Countdown a few nights ago, and I could not get those songs out of my head.
I think that in general any one-word sentence could qualify as vague, but maybe that's just me. ;)

I saw an episode with a song (there was some band that the older sister loved and she got to perform a song with them after winning a contest or something) and the song was quite catchy! :D
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Perry the Platypus pwns.
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Catspaw wrote:
TigerintheShadows wrote:Actually, Catspaw, I thought it was pretty straightforward, but oh well.

I watch that show. A LOT. It's not a fave, but it beats Spongebob. I watched the Cliptastic Countdown a few nights ago, and I could not get those songs out of my head.
I think that in general any one-word sentence could qualify as vague, but maybe that's just me. ;)

I saw an episode with a song (there was some band that the older sister loved and she got to perform a song with them after winning a contest or something) and the song was quite catchy! :D
I can't remember the episode name, but the song title you're thinking of is "Ready for the Bettys." It is catchy!

And Elrohir...truer words on the subject of PAF were never spoken.
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TigerintheShadows wrote:
Catspaw wrote:
TigerintheShadows wrote:Actually, Catspaw, I thought it was pretty straightforward, but oh well.

I watch that show. A LOT. It's not a fave, but it beats Spongebob. I watched the Cliptastic Countdown a few nights ago, and I could not get those songs out of my head.
I think that in general any one-word sentence could qualify as vague, but maybe that's just me. ;)

I saw an episode with a song (there was some band that the older sister loved and she got to perform a song with them after winning a contest or something) and the song was quite catchy! :D
I can't remember the episode name, but the song title you're thinking of is "Ready for the Bettys." It is catchy!
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I love that show!!! For everyone who thinks they're too old for Disney cartoons, think again. This show is hilarious and original; they always manage to put a new spin on all of their own episode clichés and references, which I think is absolutely hilarious.

And Perry the Platypus is so awesome. :inlove:
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The show's producers have a long history working on The Simpson's and Family Guy. They left Family Guy to produce this show. The goal of the show was to create humor that did not revolve around the characters being idiots and to use other underused themes, like musical numbers, a platypus, step-brothers, characters that don't speak or say very little, etc. They had been trying to pitch it for 16 years before the Senior Vice President of Original Series at Disney Channel gave them a shot since he is a Family Guy fan. It was always denied before because executives thought it was too complex for kids. You can see some similarities in the character designs to the designs on Family Guy.
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Love it. My kids love it, mostly the 6 year old. It's the only Disney Channel show that doesn't make my husband cringe. We saw it lots this summer, but less now. And I get the songs stuck in my head all the time... I've had "my goody two shoes brother, the favorite of my mother, he's the one I want to smother..." in my head since Elohir changed his Facebook pic yesterday. :(
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I watched about five minutes of it and nearly threw up.
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Scarecrow wrote:I watched about five minutes of it and nearly threw up.
What kind of inner child do you have?! :x
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Obviously none. :noway:
Wonder what episode was good enough to induce vomit? \:D/
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darcie wrote:Obviously none. :noway:
Wonder what episode was good enough to induce vomit? \:D/
The two parter where Candice causes a time paradox was pretty awesome. \:D/
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Speaking of getting songs stuck in your head...
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:noway: I have plenty of inner child. That's how I pulled out my old Dragon Tales PS1 game to play because I was deathly bored and had nothing better to do with my life. =P

Buut... The animation just looks... :shrugs:
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