Only humans know how to procrastinate.
Other animals are too dumb to worry about doing what they are good at.
Only humans know how to procrastinate.
Other animals are too dumb to worry about doing what they are good at.
What makes me gape in wonder at this show every time?? Its just an animation. A chimera. More insultingly, its just a silly cartoon.
But it’s much more than that.
Phineas & Ferb is a new cartoon released earlier this year that shows on Disney, it was nominated for the Emmys soon after its release. It is the first Disney Channel Original Series to premiere simultaneously worldwide and an army of creative people have dedicated their lives to make it happen.
The episodes are mathematical and voluptuous in its creative content. What is the formula? and how are the variables so amazing? in the context of the constants in the formula? How does it all click? I had to sit and think about all this because my id was constantly yanking my chain... yanking... yanking...yanking...yanking...yanking...yanking... (you get it)
There is a clear outline in every episode, like in a drawing. It captivates your interest, if you are someone/anyone who possesses the spirit to sit and observe with a manic curiosity.
Every episode has three parts:
A hyper-creative often unreal but plausible-to-the-imaginative, fantastic main scenario focusing on Phineas and Ferb- (the plot). The quality of the episode is set into the quality of the plot. A minor scenario involving a jealous, complaining teenage sister Candace and her friends – (the antiplot). The third section which is called - more pivotal than the plot even, is also the funniest section of the show in which the pet platypus (perry the platypus) pits himself against a funny but evil scientist, when the characters are too busy with the plot and the antiplot to notice, the platypus transforms into a secret agent (agent P) and disappears to his hideout to involve himself in my favourite section of the show, engaging with an unbearably hideously hilarious mad scientist to stop him from destroying the whole of the tri-state area with an always ingeniously wacky plan which always involves a cool ingenious machine named a something-inator, this section is more pivotal than the plot even, because the clash between the platypus and his nemesis (who are secretly in love with each other) is structured geniusfully to tie up all the loose ends on the plot and the anti-plot of the show by making that which is designed to destroy the tri-state trigger the destruction of the plot and antiplot, to make everything unbelievable and fantastic that has been created in the plot to magically disappear in a flash, everytime to the disbelief of Candace, before she can bust her brothers by revealing their cool insanity to her mother.
How neatly yet unobviously the characters just slip into their respective places, in a clearly defined and interesting blueprint of an appealing equation (cycle of events), which the architect has so carefully crafted and religiously preserved in each and every episode before retailing it into a neat package, and yet lent unlimited variety to all the constants of that package in countless episodes is a testimony to the work of a manipulative genius. The psychology behind each character is sound, detailed, tangible and appealingly applied. The plots are unbelievable, yet well thought out and no matter how out of hand the situation gets, there are never any questionable loose ends at the end of a show because of the sheer genius from the mind that is a bottomless pit of originality that designed the more pivotal than the plot even section.
The most beautiful part to it - Despite there being so much logic behind its making, at face value there is little or no scope for rationale because you would have to leave that outside the room to appreciate the show and this adds to the appeal of the cartoon architect’s equation because it brings out the child in you and it’s this good feeling that sells to any human being and discredits a big chunk of the critics most creditable tool.
What attracts me to this cartoon:
Childish sentimentality. It’s a cartoon of me.
Phineas Flynn - Phineas is an intelligent, creative boy inspired to make the summer as great as it can be by coming up with ideas for unusual, exciting, and sometimes impossible activities. He is very polite and is never selfish or rude to anyone. Phineas is also shown to have a wide array of musical abilities and can play many different instruments. His stepbrother Ferb is his best friend and partner in their activities. He loves his sister Candace, and often tries to please or help her, as in putting her face on Mount Rushmore for her birthday, making her treehouse better, or helping her learn how to drive. However, he usually and accidently upsets her with his schemes. He has a normal relationship with his mom and his step-dad. He often wonders about the whereabouts of his pet platypus Perry.
Tell me you are twenty!!!!! Grow up!!! And my id will gracefully show you his finger.
Last movie seen in a theatre:
In a theatre - You, Me and Hum- I watched it the last time I came to Bangalore. Hindi is not my usual cup of tea, but I liked it because it was a weird Bollywoody portrayal of the Medical Society beyond the hospital. I prefer watching movies in the privacy and comfort of my home with a couple of friends in Davangere or Bangalore. The last movie I saw today was Juno, I loved the way the director remorselessly tackled an American taboo and the frankness with which he undressed the flaccidity of their social structure, but somehow managed to work his way out to turn what was an ugly revelation into something beautiful.
What book are you reading?
Doctor in the Nude by Dr. Richard Gordon, British Comedy that is unbritishly unsubtle.
Favourite board game:
Life!! My apartment-mate and I played so much Chess in our first four months at Davangere that we became totally mutually predictable.
Favourite magazine:
National Geographic for its brilliant BRILLIANT images and stories.
Favourite smells:
Almond Essence, Lavender, Jasmine, Freshly brewed home Decoction, Morning Dew, I can get high with a sniff of Le Rochet, I love that perfume. Take a Fresh Lemon. Wash in cold water for a minute. Cut, sprinkle cold water on the cut pulp, squeeze. That’s my favourite smell.
Favourite sound:
PATCH-27 on the B.O.S.S with a mellow treble
The Exhaust Tone on a Pagani Zonda-F
Worst feeling in the world:
Why do you ask me these questions. . .
Amputation without anesthesia and a concurring severe myocardial infarction. When your only kid is watching through the window and yelping helplessly. . .
What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
Run. . .
Favourite fast food place:
I don’t like fast food. I like quiet bakeries like Daily Bread
Future child’s name:
Tiny Taru
Finish this statement, “If I had a lot of money I’d…”
get greedy and rob a bank. . .
You don't want to get me started with the serious answer now. Trust me. I wrote it but it was too goshdarned long. . .So I chucked it into my long term memory.
Do you drive fast?
Yes, When I am late.
No, When I am sensible. I would like to think that I am sensible most of the time.
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
No, but I slept with this pig once. . . Tiny Taru is a spider-pig
Storms - Cool or Scary?
I would love for a storm to happen now. . . Its quite hot.
Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
Yes. . . There are few things in this world I dislike eating.
If you could dye your hair any colour, what would be your choice?
I wouldn’t dye my hair even if it greyed or silvered.
Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in:
I have always fancied to have lived in my own world.
Favourite sports to watch:
The Winter Olympics
One nice thing about the person who sent this to you:
MM!!! She is the sweetest, munchiest kin. Very,very sensitive human being, but really sweet about it. She has loads of creative energy and when she knows she likes something she does it the best. She doesn’t mind compromising or sacrificing for a friend. I love how aware she is most of the time, It’s difficult to find self-aware people these days.
What’s under your bed?
A cut skull. (seriously). . . It wails at night when I turn off the lights and the dogs start howling in pain on the road.
Would you like to be born as yourself again?
Yes. Provided you let me remember what happened when. I would LOVE re-living it in a different frequency of thought and action. . .
Morning person or night owl?
Snort.
Over easy or sunny side up?
Scrambled.
Favourite place to relax:
Any quiet, beautiful space. I enjoy looking for these and finding them.
Favourite pie:
Blueberry
Favourite ice cream flavour:
The Cream and Fudge Tarantula Factory. The recipe is a well-guarded family secret for many generations. . It gives you the most ultimatest sugar high.
You pass this tag to –
Shady,Hemanth, Ajay, Felix, Borat
Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?
All the people I have tagged are capable of giving the most fantastic answers, but they are either too great or gao to bother to have their own blog and they are guys who wouldn’t have the patience to do it. So I shall happily not have any offsprings to my tag, It should suffice for me to say I am quite happy with Tiny Taru, he is a good but mutated kid, and one is enough for now.