Episode #119B "Stormy Weather"

Written By:Cliff Ruby & Elana Lesser

Guest Starring: Ord's Mom

Overview: [courtesy of South Dakota PBS]

Challenge: Coping with fear of thunder

The kids and dragons decide to check out the playground at Cloud Island. Ord spots a big stormcloud, and soon they begin to hear thunder in the distance. Frightened by the rumbling noise, Ord becomes invisible and beats a hasty retreat into a nearby cave. When he becomes visible again, the others help him not think about the "you-know-what" by employing various distraction strategies -- tickling, playing a game and pretending the storm is an orchestra.

What I saw:

Ord has a Spring party, yet is afraid of the thunder from a storm that passes through. He braves it by becoming "SuperOrd" Ord's badge glows. (Thunder is just a loud noise.)

Comments: Ord sounds very scared in this one. Cloud Island is actually part of an elemental field... reminds me of Level 1B in "Ironsword: Wizards and Warriors II," where you fight Malkil as a wind elemental in a cloud city. He crashes a tea party attended by fairies. The lamp which is a bird wih a ball in its tail is one of the technological imports, it's not a bird, it was too motionless... It flickers when the lightning hit the wires from the generator at some point. I think it could be a cork and feather bird, I have to look at it some more. Ord looks really funny in that sheet.

Goofs/Missing Items: Not checked