Tuesday, August 14, 2018

'Toon Reviews 19: OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Season 1 Episode 14: Presenting Joe Cuppa


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Presenting Joe Cuppa

It’s often said that comedy is subjective, and I hold that to heart.  Everyone has their tastes and shouldn’t be judged for them.  There can be different reactions to certain comedy forms, and this cartoon features three of them working off of each other. 
There’s an open mic show at the bodega, and one performer is a humanoid figure with a coffee cup head, Joe Cuppa.  His style of comedy is coffee puns, and right there, different reactions can result.  Some can find them mildly amusing, while others may think they’re too corny and don’t stand out as more than normal statements with coffee words replacing words they sound like.  There are scenes of the different believable reactions to Joe Cuppa’s comedy from K.O., Rad, and Enid.  Rad, being a fan of Joe Cuppa for all his life, finds him hilarious.  K.O., who doesn’t understand jokes, goes along with what Joe’s style is supposed to mean and tries to find it funny.  Enid isn’t a fan of Joe’s coffee puns at all and continuously insists they’re not funny. 
Joe Cuppa himself also has an interesting story.  Following the failed open mic show, he comes to the bodega incognito, with only a set of coffee puns to indicate that it’s him under the hoodie and fake beard.  He’s all washed up with no place to share his comedy styles because many people don’t find him funny.  The scenes of him living in poverty give a creative interpretation of what can happen to people doing certain trends no one is interested in anymore.  They may not end up in conditions as bad as Joe Cuppa, but what he’s put through sell how others may feel about the matter. 
Believable to entertainment people out of a job, the story puts Joe Cuppa into the field of menial work to get by.  He starts his search for a new career at the bodega.  Somehow, his incessant coffee puns prevent him from doing a good job, and in an interesting turn of events, it seems like he’s stuck making these types of puns as he tries to force himself to talk normal.  Although Joe’s puns hold him back, the conclusion he comes to is interesting. 

During an attack from Shannon who flamboyantly delights with destroying the plaza, all three perspectives on Joe Cuppa’s comedy come together with K.O. and Rad’s enjoyment combining with Enid’s statement that the jokes are painful.  Joe Cuppa fights Shannon with coffee puns, and the pain they leave for their corniness is humorously depicted by a punch coming out of his cup head.  The fight scene is capped off with Shannon so annoyed by the puns that she freaks out at the mere mention of coffee which I imagine is how most people putting up with too many bad puns. 
It also makes for a satisfying end for the protagonists with Joe finding his place in the comedy world as a result of his performance and Enid witnessing her preferred style of comedy via an elaborate physical comedy stunt Rad gets himself into.  Therefore, this ends up as a nice commentary on comedy’s subjectivity with likable characters and creative depictions to help make its point.  It all depends on how much you like coffee puns.
A-

The Ranking
  1. I Am Dendy
  2. You Get Me
  3. Let’s Be Heroes
  4. You’re Everybody’s Sidekick
  5. Jethro’s All Yours
  6. My Dad Can Beat up Your Dad
  7. Let’s Be Friends
  8. We Messed Up
  9. Presenting Joe Cuppa
  10. Sibling Rivalry
  11. Just Be a Pebble
  12. Do You Have Any More in the Back?
  13. You’re Level 100
  14. You Are Rad
The next OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes review shows the extent of Enid's apathy when a trio of pests come to the plaza to party.
Next time on MC Toon Reviews is the Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes "Sleepover" and "Gift of the Card."
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