"Execution"
In the old West, an outlaw is about to be hung for being a giant douche. Important to note that giant douches back then are different from now (Murderers vs. Hipsters... I'll let you determine the respective time frames). Anyway, right as they drop him down, and before his neck snaps, he's zipped into the future by none other than the Professor from Gilligans Island (I assume it's before he reaches the Island on that fateful trip). The Professor has created a time machine that yanks a person from their time into the present in order to catch a glimpse of a person from that time frame.
Well, sure enough, the Professor realizes he snatched an Outlaw, and tries to send him back... but Mr. Outlaw dudn't take too kindly to that. After a tussle, the Professor lay dead and Mr. Outlaw sends himself out into the world. But he soon finds himself overwhelmed by the loud noises, horseless carriages, tv's and music going on in the world. He tries to get the Professor to send him back, but he's an idiot cause he killed the Professor. Another thief (from present) comes into the house looking to do some crimes, and instead kills the Outlaw by strangling him with some drape strings (hmmm, ironic?).
The thief, looking for some more crimes accidentally finds himself in the time machine and is zipped back to the exact moment Outlaw #1 was about to have his neck snapped.
The moral here is two-fold:
1. Don't be a criminal
2. If you are and you're about to be hung but you get zipped into the future, don't be a criminal there or some dude will strangle you to death
An extra thought, if he's dead, how did he get to the Island? Only the Professor knows for sure.
I give it 3 coconuts out of 5.
"The Big Tall Wish"
Bolie is a boxer (you'll notice I know his name for this one... because his fn' name is Bolie). Older and not at all wiser, he's still looking for his big break. He's got a match coming up soon that everyone wants to see him do well with. No one more than his young friend who wants nothing more than to see Bolie succeed. The young man has a wish though, that Bolie comes out of his next match unhurt, and a winner.
While watching the fight, the boy watches Bolie get knocked out... so he begins to wish, a big tall wish, that freezes everything in the stadium and switches Bolie out with the other fighter; Bolie has won the match but suspects something strange. The boy comes clean but Bolie can't accept that a wish helped him succeed; he refuses to believe in the magic that he's forgotten so long ago.
By refusing to believe, time rewinds and Bolie again ends up on the mat, a loser. Bolie heads home and talks to the boy who says that he won't believe in wishes or magic anymore. Bolie tells him, "It's not that magic doesn't exist... maybe it's that not enough people believe."
No shit, man... no shit.
Although this episode isn't a top one of mine, the opening segment is pretty cool. In it, Bolie tells the boy about how he doesn't need a scrapbook for all his memories. Every scar has a story, every broken bone, busted eye, it's a road map to his past. That was pretty cool.
In conclusion, 2.5 out of 5 broken noses, just gotta keep the magic!
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