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Gravity Falls on Disney

post #1 of 19
7/8/12 at 1:13pm
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Gravity Falls on the Disney Channel just started in July and worth taking the time to watch an episode or two. You just might get hooked.

 

By like a creepy one hooked fisherman or something.

 

Gravity Falls is part Twin Peaks, part X-Files, part Mystery Machine Scooby Doo and a little bit of Family Guy. Yes it's a comedy cartoon, but with unexplained phenomenon, monsters and backwood hillbillies.

 

And you can't escape Kristen Schaal's voice of one of the twins Mabel Pines. Jason Ritter voices the other twin Dipper Pines.

 

Definitely a highlight of summer TV.

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post #2 of 19
7/8/12 at 3:57pm

Agreed. It's a lot of fun and the theme song/intro is so great.

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post #3 of 19
7/8/12 at 5:10pm

Only four episodes have aired and I'm already hooked on Falls. It has humor that works for kids and adults, the stories actually go to some dark places from time to time, and the voice acting is strong across the board. (I could listen to Kevin Michael Richardson's Sheriff Blubs voice for hours.) The most recent episode that had the psychic boy, voiced by Flapjack creator Thurop Van Orman, and his weak father, played by Stephen Root, was firing on all cylinders.

 

"I can buy and sell you, old man!"

 

"Fair enough."

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post #4 of 19
7/9/12 at 9:44am
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whenever Disney shows a commercial and it has Uncle Stan say "Who wants to put on blindfolds and get into my car?" I crack up everytime.

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post #5 of 19
7/9/12 at 10:00am

This and Phineas and Ferb are the kind of programming that I'd like to see more of over at Disney.  Their animated programming for children has been much better than their live-action shows lately.

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post #6 of 19
7/14/12 at 5:32am
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The Dusk 2 Dawn episode last night has been the best one so far in terms of spookiness. Kids turning into hotdogs, caught in video games and surveillance tvs, it had a bit of a nightmare on elm street vibe. Plus Mabel getting possessed was kind of intense. Loved it.

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post #7 of 19
7/16/12 at 5:37am
My son and I watch this--yeah, fun episode last time. When they started disappearing in the store, he got all excited and was like, "Whoa! What's going on? Are they dead now?"
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post #8 of 19
7/16/12 at 8:47am

It's Disney Channel's best animated series since Kim Possible ended. Phineas & Ferb is all right, but I'd honestly much rather watch an entire show about Doofenshmirtz and Perry. The main adventures, while well-executed on technical levels, bore me to tears.

 

Gravity Falls also just has a much more interesting style, sense of humor and storytelling possibilities than P&F. I'm particularly intrigued by how Grunkle Stan fits into the larger picture; as the end of episode 1 indicates, he's definitely hiding something.

 

The voice cast is indeed great, especially series creator Alex Hirsch as Grunkle Stan (his Soos is all right, but less interesting from an acting perspective), Kristin Schaal's Mabel, and Linda Cardellini's Wendy. And the guest stars are great too: the aforementioned Thurop Van Orman and Stephen Root (who's just delightful, especially in the voiceover arena), Ken Jenkins as the old man ghost, John Oliver as Wax Sherlock Holmes, Coolio and Larry King as wax versions of themselves, and Alfred freaking Molina as Multi-Bear.

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post #9 of 19
7/21/12 at 12:30pm
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Oh My God. MULTIBEAR?!!

 

Multibear might be one of the coolest magical creatures of all time.

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post #10 of 19
8/24/12 at 8:01pm

Man, this show continues to fire on all cylinders. Can't wait to see more of Waddles.

 

Oh, and the Oregon Trail reference during the episode was pretty sweet.


Edited by JPL - 8/24/12 at 8:16pm
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post #11 of 19
8/25/12 at 5:36am
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The AV Club is now picking it up for review.

 

Took them all summer to realize this show is amazing?

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post #12 of 19
8/28/12 at 6:13am
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one more tidbit, looks like Gravity Falls has been a top 20 cable show in the Nielsen ratings too for the last couple of weeks.

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post #13 of 19
9/28/12 at 12:15pm

Cool new interview with Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch over at the AV Club.

 

http://www.avclub.com/articles/alex-hirsch-gravity-falls-showrunner-comedy,85801/

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post #14 of 19
9/28/12 at 4:07pm
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thanks for posting this!

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post #15 of 19
1/22/13 at 6:18pm

Blitzed through the first twelve episodes. My god this show is greatness. It's like if Eerie Indiana was in animated form but better. Multi-bear, Evil Time Baby, etc better show up again. The world building, callbacks, and mythology build are pretty top notch.
 

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post #16 of 19
2/17/13 at 5:32am
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Grunkle Stan's visit to the gameshow was pretty hilarious. Cash Shower!

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post #17 of 19
3/2/13 at 9:24am

Aww yeah, an anthology episode. I'm always a sucker for the format, and Gravity Falls did not disappoint. Stan's brief football tale was fantastic.

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post #18 of 19
3/2/13 at 7:23pm

No way does Stan not know everything that goes on in that town.
 

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post #19 of 19
4/20/13 at 7:06am
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I'm not that big into boy bands, but damn I'd love to go to a Sev'ral Timez concert.

 

To think if the band could adapt to the wilderness, they could pop up in future episodes, although they probably won't last a week.

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