REVIEW: Moonbeam City “Stuntzstravaganza”

With that being said, what an episode to fall into! Adam West plays Razzle’s dad, Dazzle. In case you were wondering; yes, there is a Razzle Dazzle joke in the episode. I didn’t think voice casting had made much of an impact to me in the past. That way of thinking changed. Strictly because of Adam West, I was more drawn into the show. I was able to relate with him at his introduction, because he has played that silly, lovable, and rather incompetent role in Family Guy. With that being said, Razzle also reminds me a lot of Archer. Familiarity is key for me in my situation.
Rainbows and ponies aside, let’s get to the heart of the episode; the “quintriple flip ‘n split.” Razzle starts the episode off by swerving through the streets at breakneck speeds trying to beat Rad in street race. When Razzle attempts the excessive stunt and loses his dignity and parking space, he recruits the help of his has-been father, Dazzle, to teach him how to successfully pull it off.
As Rad is still visibly smitten with his holier-than-thou attitude in the parking lot after work, his attempts to leave were refused by the hilarious ticket machine, “Valid-8.” Rad is less than appreciative of having to pay a $30 fine for losing a parking validation ticket. After refusing to pay and flipping out, he ends up getting trapped in the parking garage. (It is apparent to me that the writers wanted to see just how far the situation could go before they were able to pull it back and complete a full-circle storyline. I say this, because events escalated rather quickly.) Down in the parking garage, we were shown humans that have lived there for a long time, due to the fact that they have been unable to escape the clutches of paying a fine for losing their own ticket.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Dazzle is killed in an attempt to pull off the “quintriple flip ‘n split.” After a very brief and hilarious interrogation by a cross-dressing Chrysalis, Dazzle’s murderer is fingered. This leads to the obvious choice of challenging the murderer to a stunt-off where Razzle attempts the “quintriple flip ‘n split” one more time, while the ghost of Dazzle rides shotgun.
I went into this show with an open mind and came out laughing. The nuances in jokes is what made this show most enjoyable to watch. They had meaning and were not overused. Visually, this isn’t my gig, but with the amount of substance and shock value, how can you go wrong?