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Steely Phil
Arnold helps Grandpa, or "Steely Phil" as he's known in the park's Chinese Checkers area, train for a
tournament - and a rematch with the man who caused him to retire from the game forty years ago
Written by Steve Viksten
Story by Antoinette Stella
Storyboard Direction by Stark Howell
Animation Direction by Larry Leichliter
Storyboard Artist: Chris Robertson
Cast:
Arnold - Phillip Van Dyke
Grandpa, tournament director - Dan Castellaneta
Robby Fisher - Sam McMurray
- Chinese Checkers is supposed to be with ten pieces per side, not six
- ...and it's impossible to get a stalemate, mainly because pieces aren't removed
(which allows for stalemates in chess) and can move in all directions (unlike in "regular" checkers (draughts,
for those of you in Europe reading this...and I'm not sure what it's called in Australia))
- ...and if Chinese Checkers is like the regular kind, a "stalemate"
is not a draw; if a player can't move, the other player wins (and what would have happened had there been a tie
in an earlier round?)
- If the tournament was a tie, how come Grandpa got the trophy?
- "Robby Fisher" and "Boris Slasky" are supposed to be Bobby
Fischer and Boris Spassky, who were world chess champions in 1972-75 and 1969-72
- The digits on Arnold's clock get bigger and change shape while he's talking to
Grandpa
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Quantity Time
Helga has the week off from school and Big Bob takes the week off from work, but when Miriam spends the week taking
care of her mother, Big Bob's attempts to spend some "quantity" - er, quality - time with Helga only make her angrier and angrier
Written by Steve Viksten
Storyboard and Animation Direction by Steve Socki
Storyboard Artist: John Flagg
Cast:
Arnold - Phillip Van Dyke
Helga - Francesca Marie Smith
Phoebe - Anndi McAfee
Grandpa, the barber - Dan Castellaneta
Big Bob Pataki - Maurice LaMarche
Miriam Pataki, woman - Kath Soucie
Uncredited: Caesar, woman next to him at "Rats"
- It's not surprising Helga failed a math test, considering that her math book
has a very large hole in just about every page so she can hide her book of poems in it (in "The Little Pink
Book")
- In most baseball games the kids play, everybody bats left-handed, but Helga is
batting right-handed here
- Helga's bed clothes usually don't have "legs"
Song Lyrics
The opening song from Rats
Rats - we're rats -
We're funny and forlorn;
We live in sewers, love in sewers,
And our hearts are torn;
We laugh, we cry,
We sing in harmony;
I love her - but I love him -
And darn it, he loves me!
Ohhh...Rats Rats Rats Rats Rats!
The closing song
Nibble, nibble, nibble, nibble,
Underneath the grimy street;
What a dreary kibble life is;
What a bitter dish, defeat;
The rodent's life is pain,
Impotent and inane -
There's only one thing worse than Cats;
Rats - we're rats -
We're maudlin and repressed;
We live in sewers, love in sewers,
That's why we're depressed!
And oh, the pain,
We need to share with you,
And in three hours,
You're gonna feel it too!
Ohhh...Rats - Rats, Rats, Rats!
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