December 2011
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Episode 42, Part 2: Doug Tips the Scales
Doug is on vacation, and for a week he’s been staying at Grandma Funnie’s house. Unlike Grandma Opal who would encourage Doug to explore and have fun, Grandma Funnie has done nothing but baby Doug the entire week.
He’s been sitting around eating junk food all day. She calls him from the kitchen to ask if he’s finished with his cake. He crams a piece down his throat and...
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Episode 42, Part 1: Doug Door to Door
This week’s episode begins with the Bluffscouts’ weekly meeting.
In the library. With cardboard trees. And cardboard fire illuminated by flashlights. And a librarian that insists they be quiet any time they get above a whisper. So, I’m just going to have to ask why? It’s a club that is supposed to be all about the outdoors. I would understand if they were doing it just...
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Episode 41, Part 2: Doug & Patti Sittin' in a Tree
Doug begins this episode by asking us/his journal, “did you ever feel like someone was holding your heart in the palm of their hand?”
Starting with a hallucination, the beating heart in Doug’s hand turns into a beet he’s going to eat at lunch.
It’s a small hallucination, and it doesn’t really fit with what Doug is saying, but it would be even crazier if he...
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Episode 41, Part 1: Doug's Bum Rap
Doug has been called to Mr. Bone’s office to discuss his last English test.
Naturally, Doug is wondering what they need to talk about. His first guess is that he failed. His first fantasy begins with Ms. Wingo busting out of the door with other unnamed people. They are members of the press.
“There he is, gentlemen; the boy who got the lowest test grade ever recorded!”
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