GIP + Phineas & Ferb & Sherlock Holmes

[amedia]

TODS has added a keyword search for "Sherlock" to the TiVo to catch any Holmes-related shows that may pop up. For several weeks in a row it kept bringing up an episode of Phineas and Ferb, which we ignored because we were unfamiliar with the series.

Then one day metherion asks whether we have ever watched this great show called Phineas and Ferb, so we watched an episode with him and learned that it is basically a show about metherion at six years old, if there had been two of him and they had had access to power tools. It really is very amusing. So we went ahead and recorded the Sherlock Holmes episode, in which the boys' older sister Candace uses Holmes' methods to try to find out what her pesky siblings are up to.

There's a very nice tribute to the Sacred Canon, as Candace and her best friend, visiting Candace's British grandparents, are bored because there's nothing to do. The grandmother invites them to read Sherlock Holmes books, which they initially pooh-pooh ("Aren't books what people did before they invented fun?") but reluctantly try ... and stay up all night enthusiastically reading the entire collection!

And now there is an icon.

Comments

[mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com]

My mom loves that show. It's actually really fun. One of the great cartoons that's going on right now. You should also try the new My Little Pony show; it's very smart and hilarious for anyone that remembers the 80s/90s.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

My Little Pony

I just can't get over shuddering at memory of the old version! But I have to admit, you're not the first person I've seen mentioning the new one, so I may have to grit my teeth and try it out one of these days.

[mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's seriously great, you shouldn't assume it's going to be just like the old one. It's made by the same creative/writing team that made the Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, if that helps. Also I mean, it's on 4chan. Positively. It wouldn't be there if it wasn't really amazing. Also the only bad things people can ever think to say about it are 'well the ponies don't look like the originals waaah'.