“Agent P” Rocks!
— Disney stuff is usually too mainstream and white breadish for me, but I have to love Perry the Platypus, pet of the title characters in the Disney Channel show, Phineas and Ferb. Unknown to his owners, Perry (aka “Agent P”) lives a parallel life as a secret agent for The Agency, a government organization of animal spies. Pretending to be a mindless house pet, Perry is secretly a fedora-wearing secret agent who enjoys romance soap operas and potato chips.
While Perry’s exploits are secondary plots to those involving the human owners, it’s worth tuning in to see Perry thwart his evil nemesis, Dr. Doofenshmirtz. This is usually fairly easy for Perry to do as his archenemy doesn’t even recognize the platypus unless he is wearing his trademark fedora; another stereotypic scientist portrayed as lacking rudimentary common sense <sighs>.
How many other platypus ‘toon characters can you name? — And perhaps the notion of leading a parallel life is all too familiar to those of us who are furry…
…I wonder if The Agency is hiring?
Tags: Disney, Perry the Platypus, Phineas and Ferb
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FOXSYLVANIA 
July 2, 2009 at 8:19 pm
“Common sense” is as oxymoronic as “jumbo shrimp.” Good sense is not now, never has been, and (based on present evidence) probably never will be…common.
More’s the pity! 😦
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July 3, 2009 at 1:26 am
Come to think of it, you’re right!–In this regards, common sense is like ‘common courtesy,’ both in short supply!
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