Pelswick Season 2, Ep. 23 "A Rap and a Hard Place"

Pelswick manages and performs in Goon, Ace, Julie and Sandra's band. The band is sort of a Rorschach for the entire town: what everyone hears in the lyrics reveals their own insecurities and obsessions. The band must find a way to persuade everyone their music is inoffensive.
  • Directed by: Sean Jeffrey
  • Runtime: 24 minutes
  • Original air date: January 07, 2002
  • Network: Nelvana
 
 
 
 

Amazon Instant Video

Buy this episode

1-Click® $1.99

Buy Season 2

1-Click® $20.70
 
 
 
 
 
 
[Send us Feedback]
Have a promotion code? View Balance
Available Seasons 1
2
Get the Entire Season
You save $5.17
Buy Season 2 with 1-Click® $20.70
 
 
 
 
Watch other Episodes from Season 2
To buy multiple episodes, select the check box on the right and click Buy selected episodes
Buy selected episodes with 1-Click®
 
  Episode   Original Air Date
Synopsis
    Price  
 
14. Wheeldini
  January 7, 2002
Bayview is suffering economic cutbacks and the town hires a psychic to help them come up with tactics to gain equity (i.e. winning numbers for lottery tickets, where to drill for oil, etc.). Pelswick sees through the guy's schtick and must find a way to expose him as a fraud.
  $1.99  
 
15. EggertGeddon
  January 7, 2002
A nuclear-powered space station is going to plunge through the atmosphere and hit Bayview; the town goes to self-serving pieces.
  $1.99  
 
16. The Birdboy of Alcatraz
  January 7, 2002
Mr. Jimmy gets a trainee, Albert, who becomes maniacally attached to Pelswick and wont leave him alone. Pelswick has to figure a way to get rid of him.
  $1.99  
 
17. It Must Be The Shoes
  January 7, 2002
Julie and Sandra both try out for the girls basketball team. When the coach clearly prefers Sandra, Julie thinks it's favoritism. But in reality it's because Julie really stinks. Sandra becomes self-conscious so she enlists Pelswick to teach her to stink at the game too.
  $1.99  
 
18. Pelswick on a String
  January 7, 2002
Pelswick refuses to put his Life and Crafts puppet of himself in a tiny puppet wheelchair and gets suspended for insubordination. He wont tell his family so he spends his time hanging around the Burger Barrel, the movie theatre, and the chat caf while his friends at school lobby in protest to get Pelswick reinstated.
  $1.99  
 
19. Invasion of the Buddy Snatchers
  January 7, 2002
Goon gets involved in the sale of a pyramid-product (Glurpee Seed and Fertilizer). The whole town gets sucked in. Pelswick and Ace must find a way to expose the sham and deprogram the residents of Bayview.
  $1.99  
 
20. Boyd, Here Comes the Flood
  January 7, 2002
Gram-Gram becomes a T/A at Alcatraz, in Pelswick's class. At first she's an unholy embarrassment and Pelswick dreads going to class. But then she wins over the class - and the school - with her fascinating (if bizarre and contradictory) recollections of the cataclysmic Bayview Flood. Of course at the end they find out Gram-Gram managed to make fun because everything she remembered was wrong.
  $1.99  
 
21. Hear No Evil, P.C. No Evil
  January 7, 2002
Quentin's new girlfriend is monstrously P.C. and Pelswick has to become an ass to shock her into seeing him as human.
  $1.99  
 
22. The Case of the Filchered Files
  January 7, 2002
When Quentin is laid off, the household needs money while he hunts for work. Gram-Gram tries out for super model, test pilot, etc., Kate starts day trading on the stock market and Pelswick takes a paper route at 4:30 a.m. so his friends wont see him doing a little kid job.
  $1.99  
23. A Rap and a Hard Place
  January 7, 2002
Pelswick manages and performs in Goon, Ace, Julie and Sandra's band. The band is sort of a Rorschach for the entire town: what everyone hears in the lyrics reveals their own insecurities and obsessions. The band must find a way to persuade everyone their music is inoffensive.
 
NOW PLAYING
$1.99  
 
24. Kick Me Kate
  January 7, 2002
Kate gets her first boyfriend. Pelswick becomes the world's most protective older brother even though it's her poor little 7-year-old boyfriend who needs protecting. (B-story: Sandra's outfit gets her expelled from school. Julie champions her friends case, but Sandra, encouraged by all the First Amendment talk, begins dressing so weird even Julie starts to have doubts)
  $1.99  
 
25. Shall We Dance?
  January 7, 2002
Kate gets her first boyfriend. Pelswick becomes the world's most protective older brother even though it's her poor little 7-year-old boyfriend who needs protecting. (B-story: Sandra's outfit gets her expelled from school. Julie champions her friends case, but Sandra, encouraged by all the First Amendment talk, begins dressing so weird even Julie starts to have doubts)
  $1.99  
 
26. Oh Bully Where Art Thou
  January 7, 2002
Pelswick enters the local Paralympics Games. Boyd gets hurt in an accident that Pelswick could have prevented. And after a full week of his usual pithy chair-taunts - oh the irony! - Pelswick's greatest enemy ends up in a wheelchair himself.
  $1.99  
 
 
 
New to Amazon Instant Video? Instantly watch thousands of movies and TV shows. Learn more. Watch on your computer or on your TV with one of our compatible devices.


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought


Product Details
Episode 23, "A Rap and a Hard Place"
Synopsis: Pelswick manages and performs in Goon, Ace, Julie and Sandra's band. The band is sort of a Rorschach for the entire town: what everyone hears in the lyrics reveals their own insecurities and obsessions. The band must find a way to persuade everyone their music is inoffensive.
Original air date: January 7, 2002
Runtime: 24 minutes
ASIN: B00104GA4A
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #438,923 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Pelswick Season 2
Synopsis: Pelswick Eggert is a fearless junior high student whose one-liners attract bullies like rhino butts draw flies, but who's rolling with the punches.
Creator: John Callahan
Season year: 2002
Genre: Animation, Family
Network: Nelvana
ASIN: B00104AONI
Rights & Requirements
Purchase rights: Stream instantly and download to 2 locations. Details
Compatible with: Mac and Windows PC online viewing, compatible instant streaming devices, TiVo DVRs. System requirements
Format: Amazon Instant Video (streaming online video and digital download)

Video Format Details

Online Viewing

PC Download

TiVo box

Portable device

View instantly from any PC or Mac with a broadband connection
Episode ready to watch in about 10 minutes*
Episode ready to watch in about 10 minutes*
Episode ready to transfer in about 10 minutes*
* Your download times may vary--estimates shown are for a typical DSL connection (1.5 Mbits/sec).

Customer Reviews


There are no customer reviews yet.
Video reviews
Video reviews
Amazon now allows customers to upload product video reviews. Use a webcam or video camera to record and upload reviews to Amazon.



Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   
Related forums


Subscribe to Screening Room to get the latest on Amazon Instant Video delivered to your e-mail inbox weekly. Sign Up

By placing your order, you agree to our Terms of Use.  Sold by Amazon Digital Services, Inc.  Additional taxes may apply.
Amazon Video On Demand Privacy Statement Amazon Video On Demand Shipping Information Amazon Video On Demand Returns & Exchanges