#spontaneous saturday life at the pond thepond

[sunfrost23]

Spontaneous Saturday: Life at the Pond

It’s Spontaneous Saturday, ladies and gents, and the thing which I am spontaneously speaking of is a very obscure Christian audio series called Life at the Pond. Like I said, it’s super obscure so you’ve probably never heard of it. I don’t even know how my parents found it, but I’ve been listening to it for almost as long as I can remember.

The premise is that there are four creatures living at a pond, hence the name. There’s Tony the Frog, Bill the Duck, Methuselah the Alligator, and Floyd the Turtle, and a few other characters who recur throughout. It’s very simple, just teaching kids basic life-lessons, like how to share, how to be a good friend, stuff like that. The thing I love about the show, however, is how utterly hilarious it is. Seriously, the jokes in this show are so funny, and my sister and I quote them pretty much every day of our lives. They don’t have any immature or potty humor, and none of it really feels forced or tacked on. It’s just… funny.

The show also has a charming simplicity to it, in that it’s never really dramatic or bombastic, it’s just these four guys who are friends going through their life and learning lessons along the way. You shouldn’t expect some epic tale from The Pond. It really feels like just hanging out with your friends: lots of laughs and sometimes an insight.

Obviously I have massive nostalgia with this show, so I may be blind to any flaws it might have. Most of the time I feel like I can look at something critically even if I like it, but I really can’t think of any major flaws that drag the show down. The voice actors are really good and the writing is sharp. Simplistic, yes, but very entertaining and enjoyable.

The only thing kind of like a flaw that I can think of is its inconsistency within its own lore. As in, sometimes the creatures act like just wild animals who can talk and other times they act entirely anthropomorphic. Also, sometimes they act more like children and sometimes more like adults. It really just changes to whatever the writers want it to be for that episode. I don’t think that damages the show though; it’s still just as enjoyable.

To finish off, I won’t be posting any individual episodic reviews because I feel like I would just be reiterating the same points over and over. I might post some of the great quotes from the show from time to time though.

If you can, you should listen to the show because it’s great. I think you can enjoy it even if you’re not a kid.

Thanks for reading, everyone, and I’ll see you next time. Bye!