I had my doubts about Ed, Edd n Eddy when it first started out. Three kids with the same name? How long could the writers work that angle? And look at that low-rate animation. Are these guys even supposed to look human? Then it debuted, and I liked what I saw. Right off the bat they let you know which character is which and what kind of story lines we would get.
Even though the basic idea for every episode is the same, the dialog was strong enough to back everything up. The Eds getting screwed over in nearly every episode was annoying, but in its own messed up way, it made you root more when they actually pulled off a win. A lot of the time the writers worked too hard to make *everybody* a jerk, so then you couldn't root for anyone, which was always lame.
Then the fourth season passed, the show was supposedly over, and the writers sent it off with a weird, shaky ending. Fan demand brought it back, and the Eds went to middle school.
At this point everything just got too forced. the plots got lamer as time went cause the school setting doesn't allow for funnier antics. Add to that the overusing of the Kanker sisters (who never really worked as straight-up antagonists, especially compared to Kevin or Sarah), and that cooler side-characters like Rolf, Nazz and Johnny didn't get love anymore, and the whole quality went down.
So basically, we've got a decent show that had some good moments, and took a fall because of typical "jump the shark" situations. That's my take on it.
Even though the basic idea for every episode is the same, the dialog was strong enough to back everything up. The Eds getting screwed over in nearly every episode was annoying, but in its own messed up way, it made you root more when they actually pulled off a win. A lot of the time the writers worked too hard to make *everybody* a jerk, so then you couldn't root for anyone, which was always lame.
Then the fourth season passed, the show was supposedly over, and the writers sent it off with a weird, shaky ending. Fan demand brought it back, and the Eds went to middle school.
At this point everything just got too forced. the plots got lamer as time went cause the school setting doesn't allow for funnier antics. Add to that the overusing of the Kanker sisters (who never really worked as straight-up antagonists, especially compared to Kevin or Sarah), and that cooler side-characters like Rolf, Nazz and Johnny didn't get love anymore, and the whole quality went down.
So basically, we've got a decent show that had some good moments, and took a fall because of typical "jump the shark" situations. That's my take on it.