Games and Popularity
Anykids: Mikey and Rhoda? Rhonda? Rita? Roberta? Rowena? ROBIN! Oops.
Cast: Ivan and Lisa
Synopsis: Roberta, ROBIN! Sorry! Anyway, she’s unpopular at school, yet has a chance to be “in,” but doesn’t think about what’ll happen afterwards.
Songs: Be Popular (Micki Duran, Natalie Nucci, Julene Renee), Work it Out (Mark David, John Crane, David Sidoni, Lisa Vale, Natalie Nucci, Shawn Daywalt), I Don’t Want to play Games Anymore (Lisa Vale)
Sketches: Playing games, Chum in a Drum, Jeopardad, Bolton Scrub Pads, Arcade, Where’s Walnut? Yard, Neighbor Lady’s Sporting Goods, Shameboy, Seinfeld of Dreams, Monopoly
Moral: Being popular isn’t everything, just as long as you know who you are.
Non-moral: Never throw anything into your neighbor’s backyard. You won’t get it back for less than four dollars.
Quote: Green and crumpled!
RTTSARTC: Lisa
Notes: Lisa has an emotional response to the song, “I don’t want to play games anymore,” so those tears that were filmed are real.
Pets
Anykids: Jill and Phil
Cast: Lisa and Ivan
Synopsis: The kids want a dog, so Dad gets them a sucky sock dog named Gus to teach them a lesson in responsibility.
Songs: Bark, Baby, Bark! (John Crane, voicing Gus)
Sketches: Tantrum, Fat Dang Dog, Aqua Tuolette, S.P.A.S.M., Chia Pet Cemetery, Butt of Course, All Pet Channel, Barney! Momspit, Stank House, Flush It or Bury It
Moral: Pets are a bigger responsibility than you think.
Non-moral: Don’t flush Sea Monkeys down the toilet if they don’t look like the ones in the comic books.
Quote: Eat. Sleep. Lick. Toilet. Scratch.
RTTSARTC: Gus (John)
Divorce
Anykids: Chris and sis
Cast: Ivan and Lisa
Synopsis: Chris is bummed because he’s the only kid in school with his real parents still married, so he makes mom divorce dad so he can bring a stepdad to school!
Songs: Lost on an Ocean (Shawn Daywalt), Can’t Let Go (Lisa Vale)
Sketches: Mominex, Remote Control Thumb, Broody Bunch, Madonna Reed, Step-Family Feud, Alamoni Barbie, Oddmark
Moral: Parents love their kids, even when they don’t appreciate them!
Non-moral: You can only get so far with the phrase, "you can’t make me, you’re not my real dad!"
Quote: Well never mind that. You’ll be your own half-sister!
RTTSARTC: John
Notes: The song "Can’t Let Go" won a cable award. And Mark and Ivan play bass guitars with the band during the end credits
Trouble
Anykids: Greg and his “perfect older sister”
Cast: Ivan and Micki
Synopsis: When Greg’s parents are too busy and his sister being too obsessed with being perfect to help him with his homework, he plagerizes on a report, gets sent to detention and then suspended from school!
Songs: Detention Hall Blues (David Sidoni, Mark David, Natalie Nucci), Toe Jam (Mark David), Love has no Voice
Sketches: Lemon-Fresh Cowgosh, Tried-It, Encyclopedia Cheatanica, W.W.A.Y., Tetanus, America’s Least Wanted, Kick-Back, Speed Limit Racer, Grounded Day, 5 Finger Discount Store, Bright Gear
Moral: Don’t hang out with the wrong crowd, you may find yourself in bigger trouble than you already are if you are already in trouble! Non-moral: Those silver shimmery props are stupid, but the spooky voice is okay
Quote: You’re a munifiscent posterior!
RTTSARTC: Ivan
Notes: Mark plays bass guitar during the end credits (but very briefly)
Fear
Anykid(s): Kathy and Jeff
Cast: Lisa and Ivan
Synopsis: The school is holding the Backwards Dance where the girls have to ask the guys out, and Kathy’s fear prevents her from even trying to get someone to go with her, especially when the only person who is available is Mason McGooey (Mark), the school geek!
Songs: They’re Everywhere, Roundhouse Crew (Seymour Willis Green, Alfred Carr), If I Gave You My Heart (Lisa Vale, Mark David)
Sketches: Total Reject, Class Clown Training School, You Make the Call, Scrape Fear, Sucker, Dad’s Deep Thoughts, Dadwear Scissor Feet, The Siblings Court, Mrs. Quinn: Pizza Delivery Woman
Moral: Don’t let your fear dominate you because you could miss out on some awesome opportunities
Non-moral: Avoid not walking under a ladder
Quote: Nothing produces more gaity than fake flatulence
RTTSARTC: Lisa
Notes: Ivan choreographed this episode and Mark plays bass guitar during the credits
Best Friends
Anykids: Laura and Tony
Cast: Julene and Mark
Synopsis: Laura and Julie are the best of friends, but when Julie blabs Laura’s “big secret,” it’s WAR!
Songs: This is War (Mark David, John Crane, Micki Duran, Shawn Daywalt, Natalie Nucci, Ivan Dudynsky, David Sidoni), The Bridge (Lisa Vale, Natalie Nucci, Julene Renee, Shawn Daywalt)
Sketches: Head Phone, Betrayal Mix, Tongue Sharpener, Nix Shaving Kit, Hatorade, Not TV, MTV Slumber Party, Pillow Fight, Pepto Dismal, Sally Jesse Raphael, Revenge, Thought Bubble, The Kiddie Table
Moral: If you get into a fight with a friend, don’t be afraid to give them a second chance.
Non-moral: It’ll take years (if not eons) to meet the most popular girl in school, so don’t give up your day job.
Quote: And the Nobel prize for physics goes to…Barney. RTTSARTC: Julene
Notes: Ivan plays electric guitar while the end credits role, and also helped choreograph.
New Baby
Anykids: Doug, Judy and the Baby
Cast: Ivan, Lisa and Mark
Songs: There’s a Baby! (John Crane) A Miracle (Ivan Dudynsky, Lisa Vale)
Sketches: Squeal of Fortune, The Mad Couple, Umbilical Cordless Phone, The Crying Game: Early Years, Dial-a-Praise, Mom-camouflage-clothing-line, Entertainment Yeah Right, Tales from the Crib, Pee Monkeys, Grampers, Goober baby Food
Moral: your new baby will not destroy your entire life, it may brighten it!
Non-moral: when all else fails, use watermelons instead of cardboard props.
Quote: Oh honey, this is so beautiful! You’re having my baby. What a lovely way of saying I still got it!
RTTSARTC: The Baby (in other words, who knows?)
Summer Job
Anykids: Joey and Annie
Cast: Ivan and Lisa
Synopsis: Joey wants a new bike to lessen the dull of his summer, and takes a job as a newsboy to make the money for it (HOLY COW!!!! Ivan’s a newsie again!). But when things get tough, he ditches his job to go to Annie’s friend Lydia’s (Micki) beach party!
Songs: Won’t let the Summer End, On Vacation (Mark David, Ivan Dudynsky, David Sidoni. In other words, THE CAST OF NEWSIES!!!! I love this episode!)
Sketches: Cramamine, Coathanger, Weekend with Bernie’s Arm, Geriatric Park, Cat Cannon, Irani, Toxima, Phlegm and Stinky, Chia Pit, Beach Boys in the Hood, Piddle Power Swimsuit, Dr. Suess, MD
Moral: You make a commitment the moment you take a job of any kind.
Non-moral: Just because weiner dogs didn’t attack the newsboys in Newsies doesn’t mean they’re not gonna attack the newsboys on Roundhouse!
Quote: My chair! My chair!
RTTSARTC: Mark
Notes: Seymour only appears when the theme songs are sung. Besides that, he doesn’t appear in this episode at all. And guitarist Marty Walsh and keyboardist James Raymond aid Mark and Sid with singing in the Beach Boys in the Hood sketch.
