The Monkey and Dog Show #4

Here we have one my favorite episodes of "The Monkey and Dog Show". This came from my second wind of energy for the show, after a break from the first two episodes. Coming up with reasons for Monkey to get mad at Dog is a bit harder than you might think, and trying to figure out how he will react to Dog is tricky at time. Having Monkey just threaten Dog gets old, because you can only threaten so many times until your threats become mute. So, sometimes Monkey needs to give in. Sometimes.
Crazy Hat Day is not a holiday I celebrate, because I don't get it off from work, but I like the idea very much. The idea came from the fact that, while living in my first apartment, I collected a strange assortments of hats. Looking for an idea for the show, I just had to glance around my living room. I loved the idea that Dog would be so excited for this holiday, because it's a simple one and Dog isn't very complex.
Most of the hat humor was going to come from the progression of hats that Dog changed. Just having him wear one the whole time wouldn't have been too funny, so we build up to it. Ending with the sombrero made me happy, not because of the hat so much as the size and the way Dog doesn't seem to mind.
Dog's logic for the holiday is funny, but I really enjoy Monkey's dialog in this one. "Yea, not gonna do that today...or ever." And the idea that Monkey has a holiday called "Monkey Day", where he just beats up Dog is rather sadistic.
It's interesting, but these first 4 episodes, Monkey isn't really that abusive to Dog. The first episode, Monkey concedes and opens Dog's spaghettios. It's in the second one is where Monkey gets mean, but the next two he's rather patient. It's seems that after this one, it just kind of became the thing to do, hence 5 and 7. But is Monkey really that angry? Well, we just have to wait for the fifth episode, don't we?