With Election Day right around the corner, now would be a good time to look at the time Louie's school held class presidential elections. You remember how excited the kids would get on running for class president, right? Yeah, neither do I, because they never seem to want to. However, two candidates rise up from the ranks: Melvin, or one of the three Melvins-the taller one-announces his bid for the presidency, and so does Mike Grunewald. I pity the poor sap who has to be his campaign manager. Incidentally, it's Louie, and not because they're friends, but because he blackmails him with some incriminating photographs: of Louie in a Speedo and wearing water wings, and his friends all laughing at him. Man, these are guys are jerks. Ha. Blackmail. At least the kid is starting out as a legitimate politician. Oh, and Toddler wants to run for president too. Yeah, if Munchkinland needed a president, he'd be a shoe-in. Calling it right now, I'd vote for Melvin. He's the obvious choice and most qualified of these inane, weaseling and inexperienced candidates. I know the irony here, but I refuse to point it out. So now that Louie's stuck being his slacker friend's campaign manager, the first thing he needs to know is how to do the job. His parents are not much help, especially Andy who is preoccupied with bowling night. His team never has much luck at the lanes, mostly due to Earl Grunewald's inability to get the ball near the pins. After so long, Captain Andy boots him off the team and replaces him with a show-off named Jack. Never let it be said Andy doesn't understand the true value of friendship. You wanna bowl a strike, huh, well you just did.
So, how are Louie and Mike doing on the campaign trail? Taking a tour of their dilapidated school, Louie decides they need bigger lockers so they can store more trash. Longer recess, as twenty minutes is not long enough. Separate shower stalls for the locker room are a must as well. Okay, legitimate issues, except for the lockers. Maybe more trash cans in the hall would be a better idea. They also decide the school should do away with lima beans, because let's face it, nobody likes them. As for the other two candidates, the longer recess is one of the planks of Toddler's platform-and the only one at that-and as for Melvin, he proposes some real changes that will help the school in the long run. Unfortunately, nobody wants to listen to him and are instead enticed with longer recesses and the elimination of lima beans. Very prophetic, this episode is. Louie isn't the only one with the prospect of losing looming over his head, as Andy has contend with his sloppy bowling team and his really misguided decision. Earl may have been a lousy bowler and Jack may be skilled, but the man's head is so big, it's a wonder he can fit it in the bowling alley. Despite this, they've still got a lousy bowler in Jensen, so they might lose, and Andy is determined to break his record this year. Anyway, Louie begins to grow desperate and he turns to the last person in world one should ever go to for help: Glen Glenn. Gonna call out the big guns and cheat, eh, Lou? Well, Glen agrees to spread a rumor about Toddler in exchange for a month's desserts from Louie...make that two months, and Louie has to eat his lima beans. Surprisingly, Louie agrees to his deal. Why? He's not the one running for president. Make Grunewald do that stuff. But, oh yeah, it's Louie's show, not his. So Glen Glenn spreads word about Toddler skipping recess. Ha, two can play at this game, so Toddler next sell his soul to the "Devil" in exchange for eating sauerkraut for a month... and then, after Glen Glenn puts a Kick Me sign on Grunewald's back (ha, ha, I'd definitely go for that), he welches and tells another rumor about Toddler... like you thought you actually trust that creep? Yeah, I still wouldn't vote for either Toddler or Grunewald. Campaign and lies aside, they're both horrible people and don't know anything about politics... yep, very prophetic. So finally comes the big day. Who will win? The qualified candidate or the two loafers? If this were a real election for American president, Grunewald would win, but because school children are much smarter than us, they make the RIGHT choice: Melvin wins by a landslide. So the friends apologize for all being jerks to each other, and hopefully Louie and Toddler won't choke on all those lima beans and sauerkraut they have to eat. As for Andy, he finally wises up and realizes Jack was a bad call, so he benches him and brings in Earl. Guess what? You made another bad call, Andy, because they lose again. Win, lose or draw, everyone's got to eat crow at some point.
Well, aside from being very prophetic about American presidential elections, and right-on-the-money about how campaigns are usually fought, with lots of cheating, this episode wasn't one of the best. In fact, I'd call it one of the weakest. Mostly because of how mean-spirited it all is, with Andy being a jerk as usual, in fact, he was as big a jerk as we've seen him in quite a while, why did the writers decide to make Grunewald a contender for president when it should've been Louie. I mean, nobody likes Grunewald, he's a horrible kid. So is Toddler. If they wanted to be realistic, they should've had it be Louie vs. Glen Glenn, and Melvin being the third man who is clearly capable of the job and rightfully wins. But of course, if they did that, Louie would just chicken out and that jerk would threaten him off and on. So, yeah, this episode was a real gutterball. The only thing going for it is how surprisingly accurate it is about how campaigns usually always work. Many underhanded tactics and bribery are applied at every turn, and in the end, no matter who wins, we all lose. This one just wasn't interesting, it wasn't funny, it was just downright cruel.
So, how are Louie and Mike doing on the campaign trail? Taking a tour of their dilapidated school, Louie decides they need bigger lockers so they can store more trash. Longer recess, as twenty minutes is not long enough. Separate shower stalls for the locker room are a must as well. Okay, legitimate issues, except for the lockers. Maybe more trash cans in the hall would be a better idea. They also decide the school should do away with lima beans, because let's face it, nobody likes them. As for the other two candidates, the longer recess is one of the planks of Toddler's platform-and the only one at that-and as for Melvin, he proposes some real changes that will help the school in the long run. Unfortunately, nobody wants to listen to him and are instead enticed with longer recesses and the elimination of lima beans. Very prophetic, this episode is. Louie isn't the only one with the prospect of losing looming over his head, as Andy has contend with his sloppy bowling team and his really misguided decision. Earl may have been a lousy bowler and Jack may be skilled, but the man's head is so big, it's a wonder he can fit it in the bowling alley. Despite this, they've still got a lousy bowler in Jensen, so they might lose, and Andy is determined to break his record this year. Anyway, Louie begins to grow desperate and he turns to the last person in world one should ever go to for help: Glen Glenn. Gonna call out the big guns and cheat, eh, Lou? Well, Glen agrees to spread a rumor about Toddler in exchange for a month's desserts from Louie...make that two months, and Louie has to eat his lima beans. Surprisingly, Louie agrees to his deal. Why? He's not the one running for president. Make Grunewald do that stuff. But, oh yeah, it's Louie's show, not his. So Glen Glenn spreads word about Toddler skipping recess. Ha, two can play at this game, so Toddler next sell his soul to the "Devil" in exchange for eating sauerkraut for a month... and then, after Glen Glenn puts a Kick Me sign on Grunewald's back (ha, ha, I'd definitely go for that), he welches and tells another rumor about Toddler... like you thought you actually trust that creep? Yeah, I still wouldn't vote for either Toddler or Grunewald. Campaign and lies aside, they're both horrible people and don't know anything about politics... yep, very prophetic. So finally comes the big day. Who will win? The qualified candidate or the two loafers? If this were a real election for American president, Grunewald would win, but because school children are much smarter than us, they make the RIGHT choice: Melvin wins by a landslide. So the friends apologize for all being jerks to each other, and hopefully Louie and Toddler won't choke on all those lima beans and sauerkraut they have to eat. As for Andy, he finally wises up and realizes Jack was a bad call, so he benches him and brings in Earl. Guess what? You made another bad call, Andy, because they lose again. Win, lose or draw, everyone's got to eat crow at some point.
Well, aside from being very prophetic about American presidential elections, and right-on-the-money about how campaigns are usually fought, with lots of cheating, this episode wasn't one of the best. In fact, I'd call it one of the weakest. Mostly because of how mean-spirited it all is, with Andy being a jerk as usual, in fact, he was as big a jerk as we've seen him in quite a while, why did the writers decide to make Grunewald a contender for president when it should've been Louie. I mean, nobody likes Grunewald, he's a horrible kid. So is Toddler. If they wanted to be realistic, they should've had it be Louie vs. Glen Glenn, and Melvin being the third man who is clearly capable of the job and rightfully wins. But of course, if they did that, Louie would just chicken out and that jerk would threaten him off and on. So, yeah, this episode was a real gutterball. The only thing going for it is how surprisingly accurate it is about how campaigns usually always work. Many underhanded tactics and bribery are applied at every turn, and in the end, no matter who wins, we all lose. This one just wasn't interesting, it wasn't funny, it was just downright cruel.
