| Something's Fishy Around Here | |
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| Season 1, Episode 7 | |
| Air date: | April 15, 1992 |
| Written by: | Cheryl Wagner & Robert Mills |
| Directed by: | Wayne Moss |
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Something's Fishy Around Here is the seventh overall episode of The Big Comfy Couch. In this episode, Loonette and Molly pretend to fish. Molly learns about patience.
Characters Present[]
- Loonette
- Molly
- Rover
- Andy Foley
- Jim Foley
- Eileen Foley
- Major Bedhead
- Auntie Macassar (mentioned)
- Oyster (only appearance)
Summary[]
Opening Scene[]
We see, Loonette waking up and gets squished and finds Molly and asks her what is she doing under there and Molly says she is squished under the pillows and Loonette is sorry and she must have rolled over on top of her when she was sleeping but something else is poking her and says she wonders what it could be and finds a magnifying glass and puts it behind her mouth and her eye and looks around and says "This has to be the best magnifying glass in the whole world!" and puts it behind Molly's face and says it makes everything look really huge and says to her she looks really funny and this magnifying glass makes her look like she has a really fat head and puts it behind her face and asks "How about me, Molly? Do i look funny?" and says it gives her a big nose and her eyes look huge and her mouth looks huge and she has a huge mouth and asks her what does that look like and Molly says she looks like a fish and Loonette makes a fish sound and says because she does kind of look like a fish with this big fishy mouth of hers and makes a fishy sound and she wonders what it's like to be a fish and says to Molly that fish live in water and they just sort of swim around and float around and puts her magnifying glass down and she doesn't feel very floaty though and says it is time to stretch and goes to the clock rug.
Clock Rug Stretch[]
We see Loonette do the Clock Rug Stretch. Soon, Loonette doesn't feel like a fish.
Getting Ready For Fishing[]
We see, Loonette go back to the couch and says to Molly she doesn't feel like a fish but she sure feels more like her and asks her what does she want her to do now and finds a golf club out of the couch and asks her if they want to play golf and says they don't want to and puts it on the pillow and finds a jump rope and asks Molly if they want to do skipping and says they don't want and puts it on the pillow and finds an oar and asks her what is for and puts it on the pillow and finds a baby blue letter "J" out of the couch and tells Molly "It's the Letter J!" and this gives her an idea and makes a fishing rod and tells her "It's a fishing rod! See? This is the rod, that's the string and that's the hook! The letter "J" is the hook!" and tells her that they're going fishing and they can use the oar to paddle their big comfy boat and puts her blanket on her feet and almost fell off the couch and puts her hand beside the couch and takes her blanket off her feet and puts her pillow in her lap and finds a scarf and tells Molly "I'm gonna make a life jacket! Before i go out on the boat, i have to have my life jacket on! So if i go on the water, i'll still float!" and makes a life jacket and asks her what does she thinks of her make-believe jacket and Molly says she could be in the water and Loonette asks her if she could have a life jacket too and Molly nods her head and finds a ice pack and a cheetah belt and inflates the ice pack and makes a life jacket for her too and says "Here you go, Molly! Your very own pretend life jacket!" and they are ready to go fishing!
Fishing Time[]
Loonette and Molly climb up their couch and sit and Loonette rows the boat, while introducing herself and Molly and says that the water is just a bit wavy and says up and down and kind of wobbly and got to the spot of fishing and says "This is it, Molly! This is the most perfect fishing spot on all of Lake Whatchamacallit! Oh, let's go fishing!" and puts the oar down while about to stand up, realizes her mistake, saying they're not supposed to stand up and they're on a boat and gets the fishing rod and puts it on the river while holding it and asks her what does she think they will catch and Molly says if they can catch a watermelon and Loonette says that she doesn't think watermelons don't grow under the water and hopes they catch a fish and says that the best part about fishing is being with your best buddy and waiting for the fish and tells the viewers "When you go fishing, you have to be patient!" and they waited and she guesses it means not being in a big hurry all the time and being patient is learning to wait for things, things that they really want and sometimes that isn't very easy so she has a trick to being patient and Molly waits and she looks at her and she asks her she wants her to teach her patience trick and Molly nods her head and tells her to hold her fishing rod and sings a song about patience called "Patience Means You Have To Wait". After the song ends, Loonette gives Molly back her fishing rod, while saying "Patience" and puts it in the water, while saying "Be patience.", while they wait for the fish to come but it made them bored and she says she's bored and doesn't know about Molly and this is getting boring but something caught in the rod and says "I think we caught something! I think we caught a fish! The biggest fish in the whole wide world!" and reels up to be a boot and says "A boot!?" and throws the fishing rod in the water. She says they spend their whole day sitting in this silly old boat, just to catch a dumb old boot and she's glad this is make-believe. She hears the doorbell and jumps off the couch to go to the Dance Academy.
Dance Academy[]
Loonette dances with a duck named Rover.
Foley Family Segment[]
Loonette goes back to the couch while touching her nose and counting to eight and wonders what's up with The Foley Family and says maybe they're having lunch and puts Andy Foley in front of the table.
Andy puts the bowls on the table while Jim gets the spoons from the floor and puts them on the table while Eileen gets the pot and a ladle and puts them on the table and Jim Foley takes a seat for her and Andy Foley takes a chair for his father and himself as well. Eileen opens the lid and they hear a chicken sound and closes the lid and they look around. Eileen opens the lid again while they hear a doorbell sound and look around. Jim goes to the door and opens to see no one here and shrugs to the viewer and goes back to sit with his son and mother. Andy opens the lid a little while they hear a low, male, wicked laughter sound and made them scared, which causes the lid to close. Jim stands up and shakes his overalls, which they make a jingling sound and opens the lid to see there's no sound and looks inside the pot to see a singing sound, which scares them. Eileen closes the lid while Jim stands up. She grabs the ladle and opens the lid to see there's no sound and mixes inside the pot and pours their bowls and they eat together.
Loonette watches the Foley Family's house and hears a horn sound and says to the viewer "It's Major Bedhead! Come on!" and goes to Granny's Garden.
At Granny's House[]
We see, Loonette go to Major Bedhead at Granny's House and asks if he has a parcel for her today and he says he does and takes the parcel out of his mail bag and Loonette wants him to give it to her but he lifts it over his body and says if she's finished and she says she guesses so and she is sorry she guesses she kind of got carried away and guesses she should learn to be more patient and puts her finger on her nose and counts to eight and Major Bedhead checks his timer necklace and says "Package for Loonette the Clown!" and gives it to her and takes a postcard out from his mail bag and says this came with the parcel and gives it to her and she says "Let's see what it says." and reads the postcard "This is a postcard of me standing on the beaches of the beautiful island of Itchy Witchy Way. Just before monsoon season began." and saw that Auntie Macassar is standing on the beach and an awfully big wave and says "I sent you some things which have made life on the beach, a swimmingly sweet experience, hope you have fun with them. - Love from your Auntie Macassar." and hands the postcard to Major Bedhead and looks at the present and wonders what it could be something from the beach and it's an awfully large parcel and says "Maybe it's a submarine, but I don't think it's that big." Major Bedhead says "A package once i delivered a submarine." and Loonette says that a submarine sandwich doesn't count and opens the parcel and takes flippers out of the parcel and says "Oh, neat."
Back at the Couch[]
Story Time[]
Ten Second Tidy[]
Closing Scene[]
Loonette tells the viewers "You know, it seems like the mess just keeps getting bigger and bigger every day." and sees Molly waving goodbye and asks her is she waving goodbye already and tells her to be patient and wants to say goodbye too and tells the viewers to excuse Molly that she's tired from a long day of fishing and swimming and feels tired and tells Molly to wave goodbye and the two say goodbye to the viewers and go to sleep.
Song[]
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode Loonette being squished by Molly.
- This is the third time Loonette yawns.
- Loonette gives Molly the nickname of "The Unsinkable Molly", which could possibly be a reference to the Titanic's hero, Molly "The Unsinkable" Brown. The Unsinkable Molly Brown was a first class passenger and gained her nickname after she helped paddle her lifeboat as well as helping evacuate the Titanic prior to boarding the lifeboat. It is unconfirmed whether her threats to the Quartermaster of her lifeboat about looking for survivors of the sinking Titanic were successful, but she was honored in history either way. She also gave the Captain of the RMS Carpathia his award for saving the survivors, as well as organizing a committee with her fellow first class survivors, to secure support and basic necessities, and informal counselling to the second and third class survivors.
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