Welcome back to the weekly U.S. Acres episode review. If any of you are familiar with the Garfield and Friends cartoon "The Mail Animal", there was a fake U.S. Acres cartoon called Much Ado About Orson in it. The plot was that Orson had to help Lanolin with chores. While there was a U.S. Acres episode with that exact plot, it wasn't exactly called that. It was called "A Little Time-Off", and it aired 4 years after The Mail Animal aired. In this episode, Orson takes Lanolin on an imaginary vacation to many places to help get her mind off chores. Here's a review of that episode. Please note that starting with this week, due to taking up too much space on this blog, there will be no pictures except for the titlecard images and video clips.
The episode starts off with Booker and Sheldon dancing. Lanolin tells them to get out of her way. Then, she encounters Wade, humming a "Rah-tah-too-too-too..." tune. She asks him to move to one side, but after Wade asks her what side in particular, she tells him to get out of her way, making Wade fly up in the air. Roy wonders what's wrong, and Wade responds that Lanolin is having a bad day, and he thinks it's catching. Bo says hi to Lanolin and tells her the weather is nice, but she tells him to shut up. We cut to the gang arguing about Lanolin's problem, and Roy blames Bo for it, because if he was an only child, this wouldn't be happening. Orson explains the true reason why: "When people are nasty, there's a reason. Usually, they feel unloved or unappreciated." Everyone is shocked at this. Sheldon suggests that since Lanolin has lots of work to do, she should get a vacation. Wade says that she doesn't have the time or money, but Orson says she can take an imaginary vacation to outer space. He asks anyone if they would like to come, but Wade says he would not like to come, since nothing can get him off the good old Earth. Orson then says he can watch out for the Weasel, leading into the funniest 10 seconds of U.S. Acres ever (in my opinion):
Lanolin refuses to go to outer space, because she has to watch for the weasel and has to do laundry. Bo complains that she never has fun. Cue the Weasel, who is dressed as a rock. He tells the viewers not to stare at him, because he wonders if they've ever gone trick or treating dressed as a rock. Next, Orson and friends go to outer space. Watch their voyage here:
Orson then travels to the year One Zillion B.C., where he is a cave dweller looking for his mid-day meal. Wade thinks there are dinosaurs out there, but Orson assures him that the dinosaurs are extinct. Booker sees cavemen crafting the first tools, while Bo sees how the caveman are using them. Lanolin shatters the fantasy by telling us that she's in the middle of the farmyard junk heap with "the same four jerks". Orson tells Lanolin to play along with the fantasy, but she refuses with the same excuses as before. Everyone tells Orson to give up, but Orson doesn't want to. Wade then tells us he gives lessons. Roy is reading a magazine with a pink bird on the cover, and asks Sheldon if he sees anything. He sees a big rock with feet headed towards them, and sure enough, it's the Weasel alright, who kidnaps both of them! Orson tries to explain to Lanolin why he was trying to do "make-believe stuff": to give her a vacation, because the whole farm likes her, and they were afraid she overworked herself, and apologies for interrupting her laundry duty. The weasel takes the chickens, and Roy asks what caused the weasel to wear a rock disguise-turns out he's always wanted to be a little boulder. Roy tells that after they get the weasel, they'll go after "the guy who writes this show". The weasel just says "tah-tah" to Roy and Sheldon, and they try to escape, but fail to, because the rope is on too tight. Orson continues the imaginary trip without Lanolin, and they travel to the wild wild west, where Orson's a sheriff, and Booker's a deputy. Wade wants to be in a safer time period, but he becomes Wade Duck The Fearless, keeper of the peace. A bank is being robbed, which turns out to be the weasel. The weasel runs too fast for them to keep up and Wade acts cowardly, so what do they do? Turns out that Lanolin is a cowgirl now, and is riding Lightning the Horse, who grabs and ties the thief with her rope. Bo says she's Annie Oakley, and saves everyone. Lanolin learned how to save everyone back in the old wild west, and she hopes they could join her there sometime.
Next week: A monster story for Halloween!
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