| Filming in November 2004. Even bad boys read books. |
Original airdate: August 4, 2005
Written by Noah Zachary, Cole Louie
Directed by Raymond P. Le Gue, Jonathan Judge
Executive producers - Magnus Scheving, Ragnheidur Melsted, Raymond P. Le Gue, Mark Read, Brown Johnson, Kay Wilson Stallings
Starring Magnus Scheving, Stefan Karl Steffanson, Julianna Rose Mauriello
Puppeteers - Ronald Binion, Gudmondor Thor Karason, Jodi Eichelberger, David Matthew Feldman, Julie Westwood
Miss Roberta is the last LazyTown episode I have to watch before I can put my New Superhero DVD to MORE use and watch the episode, so let’s try to get through it quick.
The episode begins with Sportacus having a cup of water like a normal guy would, but Sportacus is no normal guy. So he gets his baseball bat, an ice cube and hits the cube so perfectly it lands straight into the cup.
THEN he drinks it like a normal guy would. While Milford is cooking breakfast (this guy is actually amazing, he runs an entire town and he still has time to make food for his cousin), Stephanie tells him he is gonna throw a thank you party for Sportacus. About time! But she has her worries, considering the kids act kinda ‘wild’ whenever they have a party.
Ziggy burped the entire way the last time they had one, and Stingy hid all the presents. Milford says he found one in his bread box. LOL! Milford tells Stephanie to give the kids a second chance, but then when she asks him to have the party at his house, he’s all like 'WITH THOSE KIDS???’ XD. David Matthew Feldman is hilarious. Anyways, it was just a joke and Stephanie has her breakfast then leaves.
Classic 2000s Disney comedy sitcom moment where the adult guardian makes breakfast and the kid only takes one sip of juice. This time, Milford has made eggs, toast and bacon for Stephanie. However, she’s not the only one with a drinking crave - Ziggy is slurping an entire cup of soda when she comes to tell them about the party. And whaddya know?
HE BURPS. FOR EIGHT SECONDS. STRAIGHT. WITHOUT EXCUSING HIMSELF. AND EVERYONE (except Stephanie who can tell that’s just immature and unfunny) LAUGHS. Then he does it again. This time four seconds. Why is Ziggy just such an annoying character in the show? That is what I hate, they spend so much time writing up stories and lessons for Ziggy to learn, but in the next episode he’s still dumb and annoying. Comic relief? Anyways, she tells them she’s having a party but they can’t come if they do stuff like that.
Robbie is eavesdropping and mocks Stephanie. Then he thinks he has a great idea. He questions it being a sneeze, but it’s an idea. XD! He says if he teaches the kids to be really wild, Sportacus’ll give up on them and leave town forever. Then he starts reading 'Manners for Polite Boys & Girls’.
But Robbie has some hilarious opinions on the rules. Number 1 - Always say please and thank you? Waste of words! Number 2 - Always chew with your mouth closed? You can’t jam enough food in there! Number 3 - Never eat with your fingers? What are you supposed to do, eat with your toes? (You have to admit he had a point on that one).
Then comes Disguise Time.. as a woman. An elderly woman. Master of Disguise is truly at work, XD. His name is now Miss Roberta and he teaches kids how to act right by Robbie’s standards.
And here comes a risky joke that surprises me - 'Whoever invented high heels must’ve been very ….. short!’ XD. Stephanie lets the kids come to the party as long as they can behave. Then once she mentions cake, Ziggy goes wild until Stingy calms him down and they start acting all fancy. This show is hilarious. Then they perform 'Cooking by The Book’.
Everything is going well until Ziggy licks some frosting and burps. Stephanie scolds him but he says he couldn’t stop him.. or her. It could be a boy or girl burp. XD! Stephanie starts doubting the party, but they just need some help with manners. In comes Miss Roberta! While they’re running to her, Trixie trips Stingy and Ziggy.
They might’ve found it funny. Nick viewers might’ve found it funny. I didn’t. Miss Roberta is at a table with a heavily modified version of 'Manners for Polite Boys & Girls’. Her hand is in the book and once she shuts it she yells. Now THAT’S funny. Anyways, after Steph leaves to get something, Robbie says that it’s time to start his evil plan and all the kids are confused until he corrects himself. Then and there I’d knew it was Robbie.
Stephanie asks Milford to fix some stuff (she gives him a list) to buy them some time while the kids set up the party so that Sportacus’ll save him. because whenever Bessie asks him to fix something, she does it and then messes up and needs to get saved. Then Milford asks 'I DOES??’ then corrects himself. XD. Anyways, the plan works and the first thing he does is chop some leaves in a reused scene from Sportafake. Whaddya know, he gets saved.
Milford says it was such a SURPRISE to be saved by him, but he corrects himself and changes the topic by asking if Sportacus got a new suit. DAVID. FELDMAN. IS. HILARIOUS. Once Sportacus leaves, he checks the list, and the next step is to carry around dangerously heavy logs of wood. Anyways, Miss Roberta’s first client is Ziggy and he tells him that burping is right.
In fact, she says that Stephanie is wrong because she’s never burped, she doesn’t have good manners, and hasn’t wrote a book about them. And then he says that his problem is burping too quiet. Why is that so funny to me?? She demonstrates by biting into a cookie and doing a little baby burp, and then she says that with a burp like that’d you’d think she hated your food.
Then she does a hilariously huge burp to say that if you do that, it’d be obvious you liked the food. Then Ziggy does his own huge three second burp much to Roberta’s liking. Anyways, Milford is carrying wood, and here comes another recycled rescue, this time from 'My Treehouse’. Milford is about to fall down while carrying the wood and Sportacus pushes a wheelbarrow. Sportacus also catches a drink that was in the air with his log and slides it down to Milford.
Milford tells Sportacus he cannot wait to relax at the party, then he corrects himself by saying surprise. XD! Milford is so bumbling, clumsy, and forgettable, but he is hilarious. He asks Sportacus to leave before Milford gets into more trouble.
So after all that, Milford is STILL going to do the list, and the next thing is: Prepare Miss Busybody’s fence. My god, Stephanie has got a career as a 'keep-busy-list’ writer. Anyways, Stingy is admiring a tall present when Miss Roberta jumpscares him (Five Rooms at Roberta’s) and tells him once those presents are given away they’re gone forever, and to think about the poor person who has to open them all alone. So Miss Roberta tells him to open them.
But Stingy has his doubts, so Miss Roberta leaves UNTIL the clown takes the gift that he gave to the superhero that saves his life a million times a week and opens it. Character development shattered episode after episode! Here comes another recycled rescue scene, this time from Sportafake again! Milford is fixing the fence while chatting with a relaxing Bessie, who tells him to shut his mouth.
He takes that advice and when Sportacus helps him with the fence, he doesn’t say a single word to him and it works! But once he starts talking again, the words just explode out of his mouth. XD!!!Meanwhile, Stephanie finishes practicing her 'We’re Dancing’ performance, and just in time for the party. She sends a letter to Sportacus’ ship and asks him to walk with her somewhere.
So, they enter the party, and it is an ugly scene. Stephanie is on the verge of crying (I would be too), Miss Roberta is super happy until they tell Steph that she told them to do it. Then she decides to leave via the window and ends up with a bush on her head. She starts running all over the place and Sportacus saves her using a skateboard. But the wig has fell off and the disguise is revealed.
At least in this season, this was the most logical way for the disguise to be revealed. Robbie storms off to the lair in anger his plan failed. Stephanie apologizes for the plan failing, but Sportacus says all he needed was their friendship. (This is so cute- Oh, I mean, rad bro. Boys don’t use that yucky word.) Then they sing Bing Bang. Robbie’s feet hurt so much that he dips them into boiling water.
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