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Last time on "DMAN re-attempts to talk about every single CN original in existence", dman talked about what might be the most obscure show in the entire list. Today's show is nowhere close to obscure (especially with how long it ran), but it was still banned in his household...!!! #09: Ed, Edd n Eddy "The Ed-touchables" [January 4, 1999] Today's show completes the trifecta of CN shows I wasn't allowed to watch as a kid, although I never really understood the case for this one. Banning Courage and Billy & Mandy made sense to child me; they had a lot of horror elements to them and thus had potential to be traumatizing. What was the deal with this one? My best guess is because it was...not the nicest of shows, we'll say. It might've sent messages my parents didn't want me learning, yadda yadda, that kind of thing. Like the other two shows I mentioned however, the older me watched this one a lot when it was airing on Boomerang, and despite its nature I had quite a bit of fun with it. So let's see if I can still get a kick out of the Eds after all these years. The episode starts with Edd (Double D) labeling all the objects in his room before being rudely interrupted by Eddy. After some decontaminating, the two enter Double D's room and Eddy immediately begins messing things up. Double D then notices that his magnifying glass is missing, which causes him to panic. After Eddy calms him down (by slamming him with his bed), the two head off to Ed's house. Right as the three begin to horse around, an angry Sarah bursts into Ed's room. Now, if there's one thing I know about this show, it's that literally anyone who has ever watched it hates Sarah's guts. Anyways, her doll has gone missing as well and she blames Ed, which sends the group into a scuffle. Eventually, Eddy sees a connection and makes the claim that someone is taking- or touching- all of their possessions. Eddy announces this to the rest of the cul-de-sac, also saying he plans to put a stop to the "serial toucher", though the rest of the kids aren't too convinced. After setting up a trap, the Eds find Jonny (specifically his plank [named Plank]) touching Ed and they chase him down. The Eds hook both of them up to a lie detector/toaster, and Jonny's results come out as inconclusive. After Eddy subjects Plank to Chinese water torture, Jonny fesses up to taking the cul-de-sac kids' stuff and begs to use the bathroom. As punishment, Jonny is crammed into a tire and sent rolling down the road. The Eds go out to celebrate by buying jawbreakers, but before they can do so, Sarah interrupts them stating she found her doll under her bed, which prompts Double D to reveal he found his magnifying glass after further inspection. Undeterred, the Eds go out for jawbreakers anyway, but lose them after Jonny crashes into the trio, leaving them to chase their sweets down. The end. My parents my have had a point; if I had kids I probably wouldn't want them watching this show either. It's wild, it's stupid, it's mean...but it's a ton of fun. The plots escalate in absurdity like it's nobody's business, the background music and sound effects fit the show perfectly, any character who's hard to sit through always gets some form of comeuppance, and the show is funny as hell. My favorite moments include the rapidfire high-pitched doorbell of Double D's house near the start, the aforementioned "serial toucher" line by Eddy, and Plank's lie detector results (somehow) coming out as false. I had a great time rewatching this one, and I hope I'll have plenty more time to do so in the future, especially so I can get to the fads and breaking reality episodes. Just be glad this episode didn't involve the Kanker sisters (they're in the segment right after this one, oops). Also, because I'm a logo nerd I'm legally obligated to give mention to the a.k.a. Cartoon logo. What the fuck. THE BOTTOM LINE: I don't hold it against my parents for banning this one. Screw them though, this is good shit. RATING: 8 (leaning on 8.5)/10 (pretty good) Spin like you've never spun before, Wheel! Stay tuned for dman's next talk-about.