Welcome Home, Mr. Blackgaard
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| 342: Welcome Home, Mr. Blackgaard | |
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| Season | 1996 |
| Album | [[Album {{{album_num}}}: {{{album_name}}}|{{{album_num}}}: {{{album_name}}}]] |
| Aired | January 20, 1996 |
| Written by | Phil Lollar |
| Directed by | Phil Lollar |
| Produced by | Unknown |
| Sound Design by | Dave Arnold |
| Music by | Unknown |
| Prev: Pokenberry Falls, R.F.D., Part 2 Next: The Pretty Good Samaritan | |
[edit] General information
Albums: Album 26: Back on the Air
Theme: Forgiveness
Scripture: Matthew 6:14-15 Matthew 18:21-22
[edit] Summary
Edwin Blackgaard returns to Odyssey with his tail between his legs and wants to make up for leaving without notice during his brother's reign over the town.
[edit] Plot
Things are rough for Edwin Blackgaard. Having recently fled Odyssey, Edwin has spent his time with Walter Shakespeare, doing a two-man Hamlet in Hooterville and Pecanburg, where we catch up with him. After a particularly disastrous performance (in which the town’s livestock actually outnumber the people in the audience), Edwin is visited backstage by Morton Dunkey, attorney at law. Morton informs Edwin that he has been named in Regis’s will!
Edwin has inherited a piece of property in Odyssey, a store called the Electric Palace! At first, Edwin refuses his inheritance, but the stipulations of the will force him to accept. Shakespeare doesn’t understand why Edwin is so hesitant to go back to Odyssey. Edwin explains that the townspeople will probably never forgive him for running away during his brother’s takeover. Now he’ll have to face the music.
They head back to Odyssey. Edwin braces himself for the trouble he is sure he will encounter. But he doesn’t come across any problems. In fact, the people of the town, including Jack Allen and Tom Riley, welcome Edwin back with open arms. Edwin is so grateful, he feels he must do something for everyone. He decides to give away all of the merchandise in the Electric Palace!
After the store is cleaned out, Jack visits Edwin and convinces him that it isn’t the people of Odyssey who need to forgive him, Edwin needs to forgive himself. Edwin realizes Jack is right. That night, Edwin gets proof that the town isn’t holding a grude against him. Everyone throws him a party and brings back all the merchandise they took from the store. Edwin is again grateful, so much so, he decides to treat everyone to a one-man performance of Hamlet. Which is almost bad enough to make them take back their merchandise again.
[edit] Discussion Questions
- Why was Edwin so certain that the townspeople of Odyssey would hate him?
- Why didn’t the townspeople hate him?
- Jack told Edwin he needed to forgive himself. What did Jack mean? Have you ever done anything for which you needed to forgive yourself?
[edit] Cast
[edit] Notes
- Aside from the mentioned parallels to the play Hamlet, this episode contains many lines either directly from the play or slightly adapted from it. These include "Oh fickle! Thy name is theater!", "There's the rub", "Alas, Regis. I knew him well", "You torture me even now", "Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!", "Why must you persist in this torture?", "And now, O prince I take my leave with nary pain or sorrow", "A ha! And to you, good friend, I bid adieu, at least until tomorrow."
- At the end when everyone is talking at once you can hear Doris say 'pork rinds'; yet another reference to her and Bart's affinity for pork rinds, which debuted in Aloha Oy!
[edit] Reviews
[edit] Quotes
- Edwin-...I'd like to thank you for allowing our two man troupe to bring a little Hamlet, to your little--hamlet.
[edit] Resources
Welcome Home, Mr. Blackgaard on whitsend.org
Welcome Home, Mr. Blackgaard on AIOHQ.com
Welcome Home, Mr. Blackgaard on AIO Soda Fountain
