This is Actually Pretty Cool
George Buttner | Dayton, Ohio United States | 02/17/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
""This is Actually My Party" is the seventh DVD release in the line of "Charlie and Lola" DVDs. Like the others, it contains seven fun stories from the show. It also features promos for other DVD releases and two great bonus features -- "Dancing Dogs" music video (hilarious and fun) and goof outtakes featuring the animated characters.
The title story is "This is Actually My Party." In this one, Charlie is having his birthday party. He has a very specific idea for what he wants out of his party -- a monster party, featuring a cake with green icing, monster games, and monster music. Lola, on the other hand, thinks that this is not a good idea for the party. She tries to replace it with her own idea of the perfect party, not realizing that it's Charlie's party and should generally be what he wants. (Oh, this is one of several stories from the show that has been made into a book as well.)
Six other stories are featured on this DVD - "My Best Best Bestest Friend," "What if I Get Lost in the Middle of Nowhere?," "I Just Love My Shiny Red Shoes," "Lucky Lucky Me," "Will You Please Stop Messing About" and "Look After Your Planet." Each of them are good in their own way. "Look After Your Planet" may be the most fun, though, because it features Morten, Marv's fun and funny little brother who was just recently introduced to the series.
Another essential DVD release for the series. Seeing as it appears we're not getting any sort of season set release, hopefully they'll just keep putting these out so all the episodes will be available on DVD."