Life with Loopy - Down the Drain
KaBlam! S04E07 Timeless!
Premiered December 18, 1999
Quickly
Loopy goes on an incredible voyage in the sewer.
Thoughts
Solid episode. Not the top of the best but a good episode with a simple story.
I love stop motion. I trace the start of my affection to the dollhouse store that used to be in my town. I had a tiny delivery bag filled with rolled newspapers. I like tiny things. I also like the tangibility of the animation. These are things that were there in the room.
The wiggly puppet eyes work against the principles of puppetry but they do add a little bit of character. The reason I think they work against the principles of puppetry is because the movement of the pupil doesn't have intent.
Way Too Much Detail
Loopy's dad can't clear a clog. Loopy helps by going to the sewer. She's inadvertently plungered into the sewer by the drain patrol. They discover a giant squid clogging the drain. Loopy tries to protect the giant squid from detonation by the drain patrol by convincing him to move. Loopy finds out the giant squid doesn't want to leave because it's warmer in Loopy's drain than the ocean. She has the Drain Patrol knit hair clogs into a squid warmer. The squid leaves.
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