She brings in a goliath bird-eating tarantula, but soon realizes that it’s missing from its cage – because Andy was playing with it. Since he needs the guitar to play the goodbye song, Burt swears that he’ll find the culprit by the end of the episode, and put them in the Funky Monkey Dunk Tank.Īfter telling his audience that this is his last show, he brings April out for her segment, April’s Animal Corner. The chief of police (played by Donna) find a piece of cloth near where the guitar is kept that points them toward the thief. But never fear: Burt Macklin is on the case, ready to kick crime’s butt. So first, he goes to sing his welcome song – but he can’t, because someone’s stolen his guitar. See? Didn’t I tell you it was meta? But instead of doing something special, Andy treats it like a regular episode (something I suspect Parks’ series finale next week will also do). In fact, it’s the last episode of the show, since Andy and April are moving to Washington, D.C., in a few weeks. The entire episode is filmed, and shown to us, as an episode of Andy’s show. Of course the climax to Andy’s story is going to be watching his friends support him as enthusiastically as he’s supported them. So for this episode, the last time we get a spotlight on Andy Dwyer, of course it’s going to be about his friends are there for him. He’s there to help his friends in whatever way they need, without a second thought, without reservation. He’s there to support people, just as he always has. He supported Leslie in her National Parks campaign for the Newport land, he inspired Tom to go after Lucy, he’s helped April in her search for her dream job…And finally, thanks to Johnny Karate, I realized what Andy’s arc this season has been. Instead, he’s kind of been a supporting player in everyone else’s storylines. April had her job search, Tom has Lucy, Leslie and Ben have their various political storylines…But Andy hasn’t really had that. Unlike the other main characters, Andy hasn’t really had a season-long arc. Similarly, this episode was our goodbye to Andy. Therefore, her presence in these two episodes, as well as next week’s finale, probably aren’t going to be particularly stressful she can just be the April we know and love, so we’re able (but certainly not willing) to say goodbye to her. I mentioned last week how those two episodes were probably the climax to April’s story she’s still going to be around on the show, but her particular season-long arc came to an end. Ludgate-Dwyer Goes to Washington,” “Pie-Mary,” “The Johnny Karate Super Awesome Musical Explosion Show,” and “Two Funerals” were meant to direct our focus to particular characters and let them shine one last time. Coupled with last week’s episodes, which focused on April and her relationships with Leslie and Ron, it seems pretty obvious that “Ms. It’s too much of a departure from the usual format that it just wouldn’t have worked – but more importantly, this episode was meant to function as a goodbye. But the thing is, this episode absolutely could not have happened before season seven. If this episode had happened at any other point during the show’s run, it would have absolutely changed the show and what limitations it set on its storytelling. The episode was strange, meta, heartfelt, hilarious – and, mot obviously, a huge change in format. Because seriously, any show capable of producing an episode like “The Johnny Karate Super Awesome Musical Explosion Show” is a show worthy of being remembered as a classic.
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