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Carver: What is it like, 200 pages? I thought the entry for this contest was supposed to be five minutes long. Tish: You're right, we'll have to keep the pace brisk.

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If Disney ever decides to bring back The Weekenders with a smaller project (say, YouTube exclusive shorts with a 9 minute length similar to Bluey), would you be ever interested in it? Because I would love to see bite sized cartoons of the further slice of life adventures of Tino and his friends but in the modern era.

I have been grown attached to these characters and become my personal comfort characters, and it's one of the many reasons why I LOVE this show and its a shame that this show is often ignored by the company, even it did had those small glimpses once in a while.

You know, I used to feel very apprehensive about a potential comeback or reboot: the quality and consistency of the writing has always been particularly important to me. But listening to that interview with Doug Langdale, the one about him wanting to keep writing for the show? It reassured me a lot, and yeah, I'd be totally down for it. Imagine the voice actors reprising their roles, now that they are so popular... it would be magical. The Youtube exclusive shorts suggestion is a clever one because the old episodes were short anyway, it'd be perfect for the 'weekend-only' format and they would never run out of ideas! I am still bitter over the show's cancellation occurring right before the last five (or so) scripts were produced, especially when creator kept saying that the show would get 'weirder'. Guess we'll never find out what he meant.

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When you have time, could we get a GIF uploaded from Sense and Sensitivity of the bit where Lor is being ragdolled by one of her older brothers in front of her friends?

That moment lives rent-free in my head, and is honestly just straight-up pure adorable (aside from outright hilarious) and is one of the main things that made Lor my favorite of the kids when I began rewatching the show.

(My favorite was Tino when I first watched the show as a kid.)

"She makes waffles! She says please! She won't punch anybody! Fix her!"

The gifs are now ready to live rent-free on your dashboard as well :) It's hilarious and cute because Lor's brothers don't expect her to be compliant! :)

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Did you have a personal age order for the kids?

(Since I don't think or I don't remember any birthdates being explicitly stated in the show.)

And if you didn't have any or didn't consider that question before, would you agree that leaving it up to the viewers to decide was the beauty of that?

(Given that kids watching the show might make up their own age orders for the characters based on which main kid they associated with the most.)

Yep! I agree with you, leaving it up to the viewers to decide does add a special charm to the show. And... I must admit I spent a lot of time thinking about their birthdays as a kid lol The thing I remember most vividly is my weird headcanon about Lor's birthday occurring in March because in Crush Test Dummies (the first episode) Tish says Lor's birthday is 'not for eight months' so I added eight months to that episode's air date in my country lol But if we start counting from the show's actual debut in the US (February 26th) the month changes, of course. Not to mention the production date... Other than that I recall fondly the idea of Tino and Tish being the youngest members of the group. If there's one thing we know for certain, is that none of the kids celebrates their birthday is in December. The holiday episode shows this calendar featuring the most significant dates and none of their birthdays is mentioned, I feel like Tino would have made a few specific references or something like that at the very least!

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hello I can ask question. who Cheri Montaigne (plus episode appearance)

Hi! :) Cheri is considered the prettiest girl in Bahia Bay Middle School. Carver has a crush on her because she's unattainable :D She makes her first appearance in Tickets. She has a small role in My Punky Valentine and a fun comeback in Secret Admirer.

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It’s muffin time! Could you post some gifs?

A little bit later than I hoped to post this but... hope you like it!

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Can you recite the rest of this speech?

THE STORY OF ZNORF THE MORPH

… TESTAVERDE! Menace from beyond the stars! Spreading terror and Yowza wherever he goes!

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One of the best things about The Weekenders is Tino’s relationship with his mom! It’s so wholesome and great!!

She offers her son advice a lot in a non-condescending manner! Which is really neat because it never feels like she is talking down to him as a teenager. Even if she is sarcastic, so is Tino. Also if the advice comes when Tino doesn’t ask for it, he doesn’t blow up at her or get really angry. He still is open to listening to her!

And better yet, they listen to each other and talk things out! And are super close! Even though it’s just her as a single mom raising him, Tino’s mom never expects him to be anything other than he is (no man of the house stuff or extra responsibilities or anything).

Ooh plus!! Another cool thing is that she’s divorced from Tino’s dad but they never get back together! And Tino allows his mom to have her own feelings about his dad too! Like accepting that she’s bitter and angry at the guy for leaving their family.

And there’s lots of moments where Tino and his mom show their love for each other too! They hug a lot and they do nice things for each other! It’s so cool to watch!

Soooo all of this is from a quick browsing on the wiki and looking at tumblr gifs haha. Hopefully I’ll be buying the DVDs soon!

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This is random but the pizza in The Weekenders had no business looking that good!

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The Weekenders creator Doug Langdale and his wife Candie (also a screenwriter!) launched their own podcast about cartoons. They're open to questions and... the episode linked above reveals some Weekenders BTS! :)

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We're doing this is fabulous 4k quality!

As a gift to @red-haired-elf

(credit goes to Restoring the Magic)

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does tino dye his hair? his skin seems too tan to be a natural blonde

Yeah, I wonder what's up with that! I remember reading somewhere - on Wikipedia I think - that he's supposed to be Italian-American, but I don't think so? His surname (Tonitini) does have an Italian sound to it, but IIRC the show's creator confirmed he wasn't Italian-American, so... All we know for sure is that Lor is Scottish-American. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful!

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ive always been an avid tino/tish shipper but reading this blog made me switch to tino/lor. i had never even thought of it before this. i have always thought carver and christie could have been so cute if they explored it though. i can never get over "you can call me pickle toes anytime you want baby"

So glad the blog made you consider an alternative! And yes, it's been years, and nobody has gotten over *this*

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Can you please please please post the actual spot Tino found, too? That moment was so full of vindication it was insane.

LMFAO, I get that. It was a meaningful episode, nonetheless... still frustrating to see Tino's friends giving him such a hard time! Anyhow, I just posted the gifset! :)

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THE WEEKENDERS ―2.04b ‣ “Crevasse of Dreams”