Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl

The school wants to put on a musical, Gene has had his heart of performing: "Die Hard the Musical", but they choose another one, proposed by Geneðs ex girlfriend's father. Of course Louise has a dastardly plan to help her brother make HIS dream come true; make some money; and revenge against Gene's ex girlfriend, who's father is a musician, which is an unfair advantage, when its supposed to be the kids that organize the musicals. With conflicting loyalties, not all goes according to plan... Excellent start of Season 5. Musical lovers will not be disappointed. (ps. I was in many school musicals as a kid. This may mean a slight bias. Hansel & Gretel (White Bird), Oliver! (3 bit parts: Workhouse Boy, Den Boy, & Knife Grinder), Pinocchio (Mr. Fox), Jesus Christ Superstar (Pontius Pilate)).

This episode is amazing from it's premise of two musicals happening in two locations, to it's ending 3 minutes which are just really well done. The way the story is told is also unique, as we get plenty of humor from the fact two characters are giving different perspectives on what happened, overall a great episode of the show, and I hope we see more episodes of Gene making his own musical, with Courtney helping him of course, as they are a good team.

This episode gets a rare 10/10 stars from me.

The song writers have definitely outdone themselves and must have had a great time putting this all together! The songs have the "play on words" instances that remind me of popular musicals. The lyrics "I'm Hans Gruber! Consider yourself Grubed!" made me laugh out loud. Well it's not Sondheim, but... One of my favorite things about the show in general is that in way too many cartoons or shows any kid who is the least bit "different" or quirky is made the object of ridicule and has few friends. The Belcher kids may be peculiar in their own way but they're rarely made fun of for it and have friends, although Louise would probably not admit it. Great show!