"Hard Days Samson" is a Camp Lazlo episode from season 3. In this episode, The Squirrel Scouts go crazy for Samson because he looks like teen idol Hanley Manster (as seen from the new issue of DreamBoat magazine).
Plot[]
Samson is delivering the mail to Acorn Flats and meets Ms. Mucus at the gate. He requests that she let him in before notifying the Squirrel Scouts, but she calls them over anyway leading to a mad dash to the mailbox. The Squirrels snatch the mailbag and trample Samson, eager to see what they got. Almondine got a new math poster, Amber got a scrunchie, Gretchen got a postcard from her parents who are vacationing in Florida, and Nina got the latest issue of Dreamboat Magazine. On the cover is hamster heartthrob Hanly Manster. The Squirrels then realize that Samson passes off as a close resemblance to Hanly amd fall smitten with him. As he leaves, the girls mob him and wreck his bike.
When Samson gets back to Camp Kidney, he finds them raiding his cabin for his stuff. He decides to go to the bathroom only for them to be right outside. Uncomfortable, Samson starts walking away only for them to follow him and chase him around camp. Chip and Skip are playing I Spy while a bored Edward yawns. When Samson and the girls run by continuing the chase, Edward gets interested and tells the dung beetles to find out why it is happening. He pays them food vouchers for their research.
At the mess hall, the dung beetles are getting lunch and order the special. Lazlo checks them with Scoutmaster Lumpus's nose hair trimmer and verifies them legit. Raj tells Clam to bring the potato salad, which happens to be where Samson is hiding. He explains to the Jellies that he's hiding from the Squirrel Scouts because they're in love with him. Lazlo offers to help straighten this out while Raj gets the salad to Chip and Skip. They have left, having heard Samson's explanation.
While trying to put an end to this and keep Samson safe, the Jellies fail to get the Squirrels to understand and hide Samson in any way because the dung beetles keep giving Samson away each time, much fo Edward's amusement. He even pays them more vouchers for the entertainment.
In Jelly Cabin, they lay low until the coast is clear. After a few minutes of silence, Lazlo checks to see if it's safe only for the Squirrels to attempt to break into the cabin. Using Morse code, Lazli tells the others to barricade the cabin. They do so with all the wood...from the other side of the cabin, leaving a big gaping hole in the back that the Squirrels use to get in. In panic, Raj and Clam bail, leaving Lazlo and Samson at the girls' mercy. They get on the totem pole as a last-ditch effort to escape. Just outside, Edward marvels in Samson's suffering while Raj and Clam decide to teach him a lesson.
With nowhere else to go, Samson and Lazlo seem doomed. Samson starts having an asthma attack, and Patsy brings him his inhaler. Gretchen brings Lazlo some gum. Seeing this, Samson feels it is not as bad as he believed and decides to bask in his popularity. Just then, a magazine slides under the cabin door, amd the Squirrels take notice as it is another issue of Dreamboat. They leave the cabin and Samson's torture has ended.
It is revealed that Raj and Clam placed a picture of Edward on the magazine so now the Squirrels will chase him and leave Samson alone. Chip and Skip offer to buy dinner for everyone with their vouchers, and they agree to it while leaving Edward to wallow in his karma.
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) Camp Lazlo music |
‣ Heroes of the West [#20] - Gregor Narholz [Opening]
‣ Best of the West - Gregor Narholz [Samson arrives to Acorn Flats]
‣ Anybody Home - Jack Trombey [Miss Mucus doesn't want to enter Samson]
‣ William Tell - Overture - Gioacchino Rossini ["Mail!"]
‣ Ballet Shoes [#59] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [The Squirrel Scouts get their mail]
‣ Ballet Shoes [#60.02] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Gretchen gets a postcard from her parents]
‣ Floating - Jim Rattigan [Nina gets the new issue of Dreamboat magazine]
‣ Late Night Lovin' - Bernard Lubat [The Squirrel Scouts get enticed over Hamly Manster]
‣ Fright Night - John Dwyer, Ronald Mendelsohn [Nina gets shocked]
‣ Black Stockings - David Lindup [The Squirrel Scouts think Samson looks like Hamly Manster]
‣ Tread Carefully - Keith Papworth [Samson is about to leave]
‣ Swamps 'N' Gaitors - Chris Franklin, Paul Bishop [The Squirrel Scouts fight over Samson]
‣ Waddle Cop - David Farnon [Samson back at Camp Kidney (Low-Pitched)]
‣ Bowler Hats - David Farnon [The Squirrel Scouts in the Fava cabin]
‣ Dream Girl - Malcolm Lockyer [Squirrel Scouts see Samson]
‣ Cat Burglar - Patricia Cory [Samson leaves]
‣ Shock Stinger [#86.02] - Kevin Hiatt, Charles Blaker ["Hi, Samson!"]
‣ Dream Girl - Malcolm Lockyer [Samson says he is going to the bathroom]
‣ Blue Ridge Hoe Down - Chris Franklin, Paul Bishop [The Squirrel Scouts chase Samson]
• Bottle 99 Accord Tuba - Andy Paley [Edward is bored]
‣ Blue Ridge Hoe Down - Chris Franklin, Paul Bishop [They are still chasing Samson]
‣ The Dudes - Jack Trombey [Edward hires Chip and Skip as spies]
• Polly Wolly Marimba (v2) - Andy Paley [At the Mess Hall]
‣ Curious Cub - Patricia Cory ["Hold on a second, Raj!"]
‣ Fatso 2 - Alan Wilson [Lumpus looks for his nose hair trimmer]
‣ Link (Y) - Patricia Cory [Lumpus sees his nose hairs]
• Clouds Banjo Tag - Andy Paley [Raj is out of potato salad]
‣ Spooks - Patricia Cory [Samson hiding in the potato salad]
‣ Appalachian Banjo Duel - Larry Hochman [Lazlo will help Samson]
• Hiding from Squirrels - Andy Paley [Montage of Lazlo helping Samson]
‣ Sci-Fi Shocker - Kevin Hiatt [The Squirrel Scouts are at the door/They are still at the door]
‣ Evil Alien Attack 1 [#14] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Squirrel Scouts grab Lazlo]
‣ Flight in Panic 1 - Gregor Narholz [The Jelly Beans and Samson block the Squirrel Scouts out of the cabin]
‣ Evil Alien Attack 1 [#14] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [The Squirrel Scouts come in from the back]
‣ Dramatic Cue (B) - Ronald Hanmerl ["Quick! Samson! The totem pole!"]
‣ Hide and Seek - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Edward watching them]
‣ Link (C) - Patricia Cory [Raj and Clam under the cabin]
‣ Link (U) - Patricia Cory [Lazlo and Samson climb the totem pole]
‣ Dream Girl - Malcolm Lockyer [Samson says he is going to the bathroom]
‣ Overly Loverly Part 2 - Michael Jones, Thomas Chase [Samson falls]
‣ Floating - Jim Rattigan [New issue of Dreamboat]
• Buffalo Gals - Andy Paley [Ending]
Trivia[]
General[]
- It's revealed that Ms. Mucus' first name is Rubella.
- Contradiction: In many episodes, you recognized that Clam has an irregular strength. (e.g. Pulling the trees, Lifting Raj and Lazlo on each hand.) In this episode, Clam is having a hard time lifting Samson.
- Listen closely: The song playing as the Squirrel Scouts are chasing after and mobbing Samson is an instrumental blend of two actual Beatles songs, I Should Have Known Better (which appears on the Hard Days Night album from which the episode gets its name), and Eight Days a Week. The title is also a Beatles reference. It is a reference to the song "A Hard Day's Night".
- Name: The Star Name Hanly Manster switch the first letters around and it Manly Hamster.
- A running gag in this episode is that the Squirrel Scouts keep mobbing and ripping the clothes off as Samson, as well as Lazlo and later Edward. Also, Edward secretly keeps revealing wherever Samson and Lazlo are hiding to the Squirrel Scouts.
Goofs[]
- When Gretchen reads her postcard from her parents, her hands turn to the orange color of Lazlo's.
- In the scene where the Squirrel Scouts are chasing Samson & Lazlo, when Lazlo opens up a pair of cellar doors, the color of his ears change from their normal color to the orange color of his face, then back to their normal color again.
- In the jelly cabin, when Nina said "Hi Samson" Gretchen's hair color changes to green of her skin color.
- When Lazlo and Samson were jumping on the Squirrel Scout's heads to get to the totem pole Nina, Gretchen, and Patsy were in the cabin. In the next scene, they were outside.
Quotes[]
- Raj: It's amazing what you can do with scissors, tape, and a picture of Edward!
- Squirrel Scouts: Hi Samson.
- Patsy: Can we do anything for you?
- Samson: Can you put my dandruff back where you found it?
- Raj: I'm sorry Samson. I didn't sign up for this. (uses Clam as a drill and they both fall down) Clam: Run away!
Gallery[]
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| Episode 1 Gone Fishin' (Sort of) |
Episode 2 Beans Are from Mars |
Episode 3 Snake Eyes |
Episode 4 Racing Slicks |
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| Episode 5 Lights Out |
Episode 6 Swimming Buddy |
Episode 7 Parasitic Pal |
Episode 8 It's No Picnic |
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| Episode 9 The Weakest Link |
Episode 10 Lumpy Treasure |
Episode 11 Tree Hugger |
Episode 12 Marshmallow Jones |
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| Episode 13 Dosey Doe |
Episode 14 Prodigious Clamus |
Episode 15 The Nothing Club |
Episode 16 Loogie Llama |
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| Episode 17 Float Trippers |
Episode 18 The Wig of Why |
Episode 19 Prickly Pining Dining |
Episode 20 Camp Kidney Stinks |
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| Episode 21 Slugfest |
Episode 22 Beans and Weenies |
Episode 23 Beans and Pranks |
Episode 24 Movie Night |
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| Episode 25 The Big Cheese |
Episode 26 Campers All Pull Pants |
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| Episode 1 Hallobeanies |
Episode 2 Meatman |
Episode 3 No Beads, No Business |
Episode 4 Miss Fru Fru |
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| Episode 5 Parent's Day |
Episode 6 Club Kidney-Ki |
Episode 7 Handy Helper |
Episode 8 Love Sick |
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| Episode 9 Hello Dolly |
Episode 10 Over Cooked Beans |
Episode 11 The Battle of Pimpleback Mountain |
Episode 12 Dead Bean Drop |
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| Episode 13 I've Never Bean in a Sub |
Episode 14 The Great Snipe Hunt |
Episode 15 Burpless Bean |
Episode 16 Slap Happy |
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| Episode 17 Snow Beans |
Episode 18 Irreconcilable Dungferences |
Episode 19 Mascot Madness |
Episode 20 Tomato Paste |
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| Episode 21 Camp Samson |
Episode 22 Beany Weenies |
Episode 23 There's No Place Like Gnome |
Episode 24 Hot Spring Fever |
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| Episode 25 Hello Summer, Goodbye Camp | |||
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| Episode 1 7 Deadly Sandwiches |
Episode 2 The Big Weigh In |
Episode 3 Hard Days Samson |
Episode 4 Waiting for Edward |
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| Episode 5 Beans in Toyland |
Episode 6 Where's Clam |
Episode 7 Bowling for Dinosaurs |
Episode 8 Squirrel Seats |
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| Episode 9 Creepy Crawly Campy |
Episode 10 Sweet Dream Baby |
Episode 11 Dirt Nappers |
Episode 12 Spacemates |
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| Episode 13 Temper Tee Pee |
Episode 14 Lazlo Loves a Parade |
Episode 15 Are You There S.M.I.T.S? It's Me Samson |
Episode 16 Tusk Wizard |
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| Episode 17 Squirrel Scout Slinkman |
Episode 18 Bear-l-y a Vacation |
Episode 19 Radio Free Edward |
Episode 20 Valentine's Day |
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| Episode 21 A Job Well Dung |
Episode 22 The Bean Tree |
Episode 23 Taking Care of Gretchen |
Episode 24 Scoop of the Century |
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| Episode 25 Boxing Edward | |||
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| Episode 1 Strange Trout from Outer Space |
Episode 2 Cheese Orbs |
Episode 3 Hold It Lazlo |
Episode 4 Being Edward |
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| Episode 5 Award to the Wise |
Episode 6 Cave Chatter |
Episode 7 Ed's Benedict |
Episode 8 The Book of Slinkman |
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| Episode 9 Never Bean on the Map |
Episode 10 Harold and Raj |
Episode 11 Lumpus vs. the Volcano |
Episode 12 Nursemaster |
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| Episode 13 Dungs in Candyland |
Episode 14 Tour Wars |
Episode 15 Lazlo's First Crush |
Episode 16 Livin' La Vida Lumpus |
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| Episode 17 Samson's Mail Fraud |
Episode 18 The Haunted Coffee Table |
Episode 19 Friendward |
Episode 20 Camp Dinkey |
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| Episode 21 Doting Doe-Eyed Deerest |
Episode 22 Clown Camp |
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| Episode 1 Edward's Big Bag |
Episode 2 The List |
Episode 3 Camp Complain |
Episode 4 The Engagement |
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| Episode 5 Call Me Almondine |
Episode 6 Clam the Outlaw |
Episode 7 Penny for Your Dung |
Episode 8 Baby Bean |
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| Episode 9 Bad Luck Be a Camper Tonight |
Episode 10 Step Clam |
Episode 11 S Is for Crazy |
Episode 12 Samson Needs a Hug |
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| Episode 13 Wedding Bell Blues |
Episode 14 O Brother, Who Art Thou |
Episode 15 Peace Frog |
Episode 16 Lumpus' Last Stand |
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| Episode 1 Empty Nest |
Episode 2 The Eternal Flame |
Episode 3 Nudist Camp |
Episode 4 Hiccups |
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| Episode 5 Survival of the Lamest |
Episode 6 Marooned Maroons |
Episode 7 Tales from the Campfire |
Episode 8 Mail Dominance |
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| Episode 9 Outhouse on Haunted Hill |
Episode 10 Laid Off Lumpus |
Episode 11 My Brother's Eater |
Episode 12 Hair And Gone |
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| Episode 13 Mi Casa, Eew Casa |
Episode 14 The Amazing Race |
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