Review: Stone Quackers ”Caress of Steel (FKA Handcuffed)”

Spoilers Below

Dottie, Whit, Clay, and Barf mutually decide that they need to eat better and maintain a more positive lifestyle so the first thing they do is head to the store and get a bunch of health food. Barf decides to OD on rat poison and is sent to the hospital, but once he gets out the four decide to go to the gym and work out. Dottie and the guys make an agreement that the one who loses the least amount of weight is going to be basically crucified and plucked on the front lawn. Eventually, the guys decide to not want to see penis in the guys’ locker room so they opt to be women instead and not lose any weight thereby all being publicly plucked. Turns out, this is illegal so Dottie is taken down town. Bug decides to help out and give the guys some sandwich.

Our Take

I love, Bug and I hope we see a bunch of them. A bunch of people needing to lose weight is a common trope for cartoons and this week was Stone Quackers’ turn. I gotta admit, the guys freaking out over penile in the locker room was a great idea, and Bart eating a bunch of rat poison was gross as hell…but in a good way. Also, for whatever reason, I decided to focus on the dynamic of the characters which just seems so natural. I really enjoy listening to the group converse because it feels like everyone records in the same room and that’s how we get a rather natural sounding jive during the course of the episode. Some cartoons subscribe to this theory, others don’t, but it works here because Dottie, Whit, Clay, and Bart are as combative as the Fantastic Four with Barry constantly providing the salt and Bug providing a dash of better that is the complete meal that is Stone Quackers.