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Birdz was a Saturday Morning Cartoon series that aired in Fall 1998 on CBS. It had 13 episodes in which focused primarily on Eddie Storkawits, and his misadventures in learning life lessons most children deal with in their transition into becoming a Pre-Teen. . However it also had a large number of sub plots that played out through the course of each episode that revolved around Eddie’s father, mother, older sister, and younger sister.
The show also had a story arc that can be easily missed that ran from episode 1 thru episode 10. It is here we see Eddie’s father, Morty, engaging in his psychiatric practice with a very troubled patient, Mr. Nuthatch.
EPISODE 1:
The interaction between Dr. Storkawits and Mr. Nuthatch starts in the very first episode. Mr. Nuthatch introduces himself as being 45 years old and believing his future to be bleak. The episode then goes deeper into Mr. Nuthatch’s feelings and emotional state when, during another session, the green-feathered bird takes notice of how Dr. Storkawits is sitting on an egg. This causes the emotionally insecure nuthatch to share his strong feelings for wanting to be young again. He goes on to ask if Dr. Storkawits would sit on him for awhile, which would help him feel like he was inside his egg. This request is, gently, declined by the psychiatrist stork.
The episode ends with Eddie learning his lesson in responsibility. However, as Morty and Betty are trying to figure out why neither of their children were keeping an eye on the egg while they were out, Mr. Nuthatch shows up and believes himself to be at fault for how the egg went unwatched and hatched while both children shirked their responsibilities.
EPISODE 2:
This episode touches on appreciating the intrinsic value of gifts / acts of kindness. For Mr. Nuthatch, we see him being praised by Morty for making progress towards not needing his ‘blankie’ anymore. Though the anxious patient appears to have second thoughts as he explains that he is not ready to part with his ‘blankie’ while stating a series of reasons why he needs to have it. Mr. Nuthatch is then startled when Eddie barges into his father’s office to ask about dinner. As Morty instructs his son to order a pizza, Mr. Nuthatch regains his confidence and expresses how, for all the help Morty has provided him, he wants to give his ‘lucky neck tie’ as a gift for all of Dr. Storkawits’ help. Dr. Storkawits responds very positively to the gift, which eddie does not understand, before Morty offers a ‘worry stone’ as a gift to Mr. Nuthatch. This gift is appreciated by Mr. Nuthatch, but the value is not understood by Eddie.
Later in the episode, after Eddie is caught trying to, for lack of better words, buy friendship, Morty is trying to retain his composure upon learning his credit card has been maxed out. This happens while he is in session with Mr. Nuthatch and causes the anxious patient to panic. What helps the situation is Mr. Nuthatch offering Morty to use the ‘worry stone’.
EPISODE 3:
We learn that Mr. Nuthatch lives with his mother during this episode. Though this comes as part of the plot tie-in with Eddie making false assumptions about, as it turns out, Mr. Nuthatch’s neighbor.
Later in the episode, during an emergency meeting of the townsfolk over a suspected serial killer in their midst, Mr. Nuthatch watches the ill-informed video Eddie made and shared with his school for a class project, which shows the falsely accused serial killer to be the neighbor his mother wanted him to approach about playing the organ too loud.
EPISODE 4:
Progress is being made as we see Mr. Nuthatch working up the courage to find a girlfriend. Dr. Storkawits takes note of how the eggshell, which Mr. Nuthatch wears upon his head, appears different. The response from Mr. Nuthatch is that he modified it to appear like he was a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. This all culminates in Morty sharing the importance of being honest and not trying to live a life built upon lies.
EPISODE 5:
We start to see how Morty has an ‘open door policy’ for his patients. Or, at least, for Mr. Nuthatch. This is because the anxious bird walks in during breakfast in time to get hit with a bowl of oatmeal upon his face. This triggers a memory of when he was little and had oatmeal made for him by his mom.
EPISODE 6:
More ‘open door policy’ as, amidst a panic attack, Mr. Nuthatch comes to The Storkawits home for help about something that had frightened him. Later, as a sub-plot is Morty using psychology to get his baby daughter, Abby, to eat, Mr. Nuthatch comes in to see his psychiatrist dressed as Humpty Dumpty, who is often portrayed as an egg. The sight brings strong emotion to the emotionally struggling bird as he, as in episode 1, notes how he wishes he was back inside his egg.
***
EPISODE 7:
Episode 7 is where the multi-episode sub-plot for Mr. Nuthatch starts to reach its triumphant climax.
The core plot is about Eddie having to take on additional responsibility with regard to the annual migration south for the winter. Stephanie, his older sister, has no problem getting up and ready for the family’s migration. Morty is established as being the one who handles the logistics of the trip to ensure it is a safe one. Betty,, having a baby on board, does what any good stork parent would do by assembling all that is needed to safely bring Abby with them on migration. However, as tends to come with children of Eddie’s age, he is struggling in the transition of little responsibility to having more responsibility for his well-being on such an important journey.
This now brings us to Mr. Nuthatch. He informs Morty that he has ‘never’ flown south. Morty, hoping to help Mr. Nuthatch start to overcome his anxiety beyond the walls of his own home, invites his patient to join his family on their migration trip.
This is the first time where Mr. Nuthatch shows growth over the course of a single episode. Morty provides emotional support to the first time migrater. This leads to Mr. Nuthatch growing more-and-more confident in his ability to exist out of his perceived limits. Eventually, he even gets to take the lead for the the final days of the journey.
What stands out is, in the end, how Mr. Nuthatch feels upon making it on his very first migration. He equates it to how it felt to win the Spelling Bee when he was 7 years old and won the school spelling bee.
EPISODE 8:
Morty, wanting to spend more time with his son, signs up to be volunteer for Eddie’s overnight Bird scout Troop adventure. However he also brings Mr. Nuthatch with him. The hope is not to just try and spend more time with his son, who is getting to the age he does not want to spend as much time with his parents, but to also show Mr. Nuthatch how capable he is to free himself of the trappings of seldom going far from his home.
Mr. Nuthatch is less reluctant about doing this trip than he was in the previous migration adventure. However he still puts up resistance to the new stimuli Morty is introducing him to. Fortunately the trust between patient and doctor has been fully established and we see some great self-growth for the worrisome nuthatch.
The episode has Mr. Nuthatch getting lost, but finding he is able to adapt to what, previously, would send him into extreme panic attacks. He also does not make any references to how it was to be a younger bird.
EPISODE 9:
Perhaps the strongest showing of Mr. Nuthatch’s development is here. It’s spring and every birdy feels happy for the season. So happy, in fact, they have a song about it. It is this song that creates a special moment between doctor and therapist.
Morty opens up to Mr. Nuthatch of his fear of singing. This prompts the ever-more-confident nuthatch to want to help Morty get over his fear of singing.
The lesson is more on Morty when, after Mr. Nuthatch feels he was a failure in helping his doctor with his problem, the stork psychiatrist finds the strength to admit that it is not as much a fear of singing as much as it is that he just has a bad singing voice. Though this bad voice is not going to detour him from singing if he feels like singing.
Note how, with this episode, Mr. Nuthatch not only doesn’t make reference to wanting to be younger, but also uses “The Nuthatch method” to help Morty find confidence in his singing voice.
EPISODE 10:
The last time we see Mr. Nuthatch is a time where it is easily seen he may be better off than during episode 1, but does still need ongoing sessions to ensure he continues to move in the right direction.
A lot happens in this episode. Most notably is how Morty and Betty switch jobs and household roles to see what it is like to be in the other’s situation. Needless to say this doesn’t go too well and, in the end, Mr. Nuthatch has a panic attack before passionately stating how he no longer wants Morty and Betty to take for granted what each individual brings to the family unit.
Being with Betty does have Mr. Nuthatch regress a bit to his youthful mannerisms. Though, from a viewing perspective, it is a good way to illustrate why it is important to stick with a therapist, or psychiatrist, you trust in making you a better person over jumping, or being forced to go to, another counselor.
***
SEE FOR YOURSELF:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6.....yk4aq5bzi6r0ew
I’m grateful for Ash taking the time to redo the design of these characters. I never saw this show with eyesight and, truly, found how it only had one 13 episode run on CBS to be quite disheartening given how it was pro therapy and a family-friendly animated sitcom. The biggest thing people tell me about the show is how the characters and animation turn them off to watching it.
So, as I continue this series with ashleyfoxkit, would you be more inclined to watch this show if the art was done in Ash’s style?
ashleyfoxkitOriginal Work - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/42887488/
Birdz was a Saturday Morning Cartoon series that aired in Fall 1998 on CBS. It had 13 episodes in which focused primarily on Eddie Storkawits, and his misadventures in learning life lessons most children deal with in their transition into becoming a Pre-Teen. . However it also had a large number of sub plots that played out through the course of each episode that revolved around Eddie’s father, mother, older sister, and younger sister.
The show also had a story arc that can be easily missed that ran from episode 1 thru episode 10. It is here we see Eddie’s father, Morty, engaging in his psychiatric practice with a very troubled patient, Mr. Nuthatch.
EPISODE 1:
The interaction between Dr. Storkawits and Mr. Nuthatch starts in the very first episode. Mr. Nuthatch introduces himself as being 45 years old and believing his future to be bleak. The episode then goes deeper into Mr. Nuthatch’s feelings and emotional state when, during another session, the green-feathered bird takes notice of how Dr. Storkawits is sitting on an egg. This causes the emotionally insecure nuthatch to share his strong feelings for wanting to be young again. He goes on to ask if Dr. Storkawits would sit on him for awhile, which would help him feel like he was inside his egg. This request is, gently, declined by the psychiatrist stork.
The episode ends with Eddie learning his lesson in responsibility. However, as Morty and Betty are trying to figure out why neither of their children were keeping an eye on the egg while they were out, Mr. Nuthatch shows up and believes himself to be at fault for how the egg went unwatched and hatched while both children shirked their responsibilities.
EPISODE 2:
This episode touches on appreciating the intrinsic value of gifts / acts of kindness. For Mr. Nuthatch, we see him being praised by Morty for making progress towards not needing his ‘blankie’ anymore. Though the anxious patient appears to have second thoughts as he explains that he is not ready to part with his ‘blankie’ while stating a series of reasons why he needs to have it. Mr. Nuthatch is then startled when Eddie barges into his father’s office to ask about dinner. As Morty instructs his son to order a pizza, Mr. Nuthatch regains his confidence and expresses how, for all the help Morty has provided him, he wants to give his ‘lucky neck tie’ as a gift for all of Dr. Storkawits’ help. Dr. Storkawits responds very positively to the gift, which eddie does not understand, before Morty offers a ‘worry stone’ as a gift to Mr. Nuthatch. This gift is appreciated by Mr. Nuthatch, but the value is not understood by Eddie.
Later in the episode, after Eddie is caught trying to, for lack of better words, buy friendship, Morty is trying to retain his composure upon learning his credit card has been maxed out. This happens while he is in session with Mr. Nuthatch and causes the anxious patient to panic. What helps the situation is Mr. Nuthatch offering Morty to use the ‘worry stone’.
EPISODE 3:
We learn that Mr. Nuthatch lives with his mother during this episode. Though this comes as part of the plot tie-in with Eddie making false assumptions about, as it turns out, Mr. Nuthatch’s neighbor.
Later in the episode, during an emergency meeting of the townsfolk over a suspected serial killer in their midst, Mr. Nuthatch watches the ill-informed video Eddie made and shared with his school for a class project, which shows the falsely accused serial killer to be the neighbor his mother wanted him to approach about playing the organ too loud.
EPISODE 4:
Progress is being made as we see Mr. Nuthatch working up the courage to find a girlfriend. Dr. Storkawits takes note of how the eggshell, which Mr. Nuthatch wears upon his head, appears different. The response from Mr. Nuthatch is that he modified it to appear like he was a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. This all culminates in Morty sharing the importance of being honest and not trying to live a life built upon lies.
EPISODE 5:
We start to see how Morty has an ‘open door policy’ for his patients. Or, at least, for Mr. Nuthatch. This is because the anxious bird walks in during breakfast in time to get hit with a bowl of oatmeal upon his face. This triggers a memory of when he was little and had oatmeal made for him by his mom.
EPISODE 6:
More ‘open door policy’ as, amidst a panic attack, Mr. Nuthatch comes to The Storkawits home for help about something that had frightened him. Later, as a sub-plot is Morty using psychology to get his baby daughter, Abby, to eat, Mr. Nuthatch comes in to see his psychiatrist dressed as Humpty Dumpty, who is often portrayed as an egg. The sight brings strong emotion to the emotionally struggling bird as he, as in episode 1, notes how he wishes he was back inside his egg.
***
EPISODE 7:
Episode 7 is where the multi-episode sub-plot for Mr. Nuthatch starts to reach its triumphant climax.
The core plot is about Eddie having to take on additional responsibility with regard to the annual migration south for the winter. Stephanie, his older sister, has no problem getting up and ready for the family’s migration. Morty is established as being the one who handles the logistics of the trip to ensure it is a safe one. Betty,, having a baby on board, does what any good stork parent would do by assembling all that is needed to safely bring Abby with them on migration. However, as tends to come with children of Eddie’s age, he is struggling in the transition of little responsibility to having more responsibility for his well-being on such an important journey.
This now brings us to Mr. Nuthatch. He informs Morty that he has ‘never’ flown south. Morty, hoping to help Mr. Nuthatch start to overcome his anxiety beyond the walls of his own home, invites his patient to join his family on their migration trip.
This is the first time where Mr. Nuthatch shows growth over the course of a single episode. Morty provides emotional support to the first time migrater. This leads to Mr. Nuthatch growing more-and-more confident in his ability to exist out of his perceived limits. Eventually, he even gets to take the lead for the the final days of the journey.
What stands out is, in the end, how Mr. Nuthatch feels upon making it on his very first migration. He equates it to how it felt to win the Spelling Bee when he was 7 years old and won the school spelling bee.
EPISODE 8:
Morty, wanting to spend more time with his son, signs up to be volunteer for Eddie’s overnight Bird scout Troop adventure. However he also brings Mr. Nuthatch with him. The hope is not to just try and spend more time with his son, who is getting to the age he does not want to spend as much time with his parents, but to also show Mr. Nuthatch how capable he is to free himself of the trappings of seldom going far from his home.
Mr. Nuthatch is less reluctant about doing this trip than he was in the previous migration adventure. However he still puts up resistance to the new stimuli Morty is introducing him to. Fortunately the trust between patient and doctor has been fully established and we see some great self-growth for the worrisome nuthatch.
The episode has Mr. Nuthatch getting lost, but finding he is able to adapt to what, previously, would send him into extreme panic attacks. He also does not make any references to how it was to be a younger bird.
EPISODE 9:
Perhaps the strongest showing of Mr. Nuthatch’s development is here. It’s spring and every birdy feels happy for the season. So happy, in fact, they have a song about it. It is this song that creates a special moment between doctor and therapist.
Morty opens up to Mr. Nuthatch of his fear of singing. This prompts the ever-more-confident nuthatch to want to help Morty get over his fear of singing.
The lesson is more on Morty when, after Mr. Nuthatch feels he was a failure in helping his doctor with his problem, the stork psychiatrist finds the strength to admit that it is not as much a fear of singing as much as it is that he just has a bad singing voice. Though this bad voice is not going to detour him from singing if he feels like singing.
Note how, with this episode, Mr. Nuthatch not only doesn’t make reference to wanting to be younger, but also uses “The Nuthatch method” to help Morty find confidence in his singing voice.
EPISODE 10:
The last time we see Mr. Nuthatch is a time where it is easily seen he may be better off than during episode 1, but does still need ongoing sessions to ensure he continues to move in the right direction.
A lot happens in this episode. Most notably is how Morty and Betty switch jobs and household roles to see what it is like to be in the other’s situation. Needless to say this doesn’t go too well and, in the end, Mr. Nuthatch has a panic attack before passionately stating how he no longer wants Morty and Betty to take for granted what each individual brings to the family unit.
Being with Betty does have Mr. Nuthatch regress a bit to his youthful mannerisms. Though, from a viewing perspective, it is a good way to illustrate why it is important to stick with a therapist, or psychiatrist, you trust in making you a better person over jumping, or being forced to go to, another counselor.
***
SEE FOR YOURSELF:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6.....yk4aq5bzi6r0ew
I’m grateful for Ash taking the time to redo the design of these characters. I never saw this show with eyesight and, truly, found how it only had one 13 episode run on CBS to be quite disheartening given how it was pro therapy and a family-friendly animated sitcom. The biggest thing people tell me about the show is how the characters and animation turn them off to watching it.
So, as I continue this series with
ashleyfoxkit, would you be more inclined to watch this show if the art was done in Ash’s style?
Category All / All
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Listed in Folders
This has been a novel take on a little-known cartoon. I had no idea this existed, but how revolutionary it was for its time.
I have not seen the cartoon myself, nor do I have the desire to watch any show on any medium. But I truly respect the artists and animators who brought this story to life on screen.
Thank you for sharing this. And Thank you to ashleyfoxkit for their art of Mr. Nuthatch.
I have not seen the cartoon myself, nor do I have the desire to watch any show on any medium. But I truly respect the artists and animators who brought this story to life on screen.
Thank you for sharing this. And Thank you to ashleyfoxkit for their art of Mr. Nuthatch.
It makes me very happy that you appreciate the show that, despite missing the chance to have seen it with the best eyesight I ever had when it aired initially in 1998, I still gained so much from upon finding it after I had gone 100% blind.
***
When I was most alone between 2018 and 2020, I came across this show while using the 'Tubi TV' app. Interestingly enough, my iPhone recommended the 'Tubi TV' app the very first week I was in Morristown, New Jersey to get my first Seeing Eye Dog in October of 2017.
'Tubi TV' allowed me to discover another show that I missed from my years of having eyesight. This being My Little Pony Tales. What I learned from watching this second animated take on 'MLP' helped me in seeing how the past truly does repeat itself through the creative arts. (There are episodes of Friendship is Magic that match up with episodes written from MLP Tales that are seperated by nearly 20 years!)
Noting the similarities and differences between MLP in 1993 to MLP in 2010 was fun. However, I have not came across anything like Birdz.
***
I listened to Birdz as I'd go to sleep at night. The more I listened through the episodes, the more I began to notice a relatable story between myself and Mr. Nuthatch. I knew little of him, beyond his words, but I really and truly felt it would have been great if I had seen this show at the point in my life that my liking of diapers and diapered cartoon animals got to where I knew it was a part of me that would not just go away. It wasn't a phase and it was a concern for how I knew it was socially taboo to have the feelings about such things that I did. The fact a show was able to, even if not on purpose, address those who have a liking / desire to return to happier / simpler times was, and still is, quite revolutionary. It also, especially for 1998, showed the benefits of psychotherapy that are still not presented in a kind light to younger audiences who may have reached a point after preschool where they, as I did, realized they would never be truly welcome by their peers.
***
I hope that you have found some positives from the series of videos that Lucca has, so far, uploaded to the Patreon. I need my son's help to finish the series, but it is nice to, at long last, show all I gained from Mr. Nuthatch and a little known show called Birdz. :)
***
When I was most alone between 2018 and 2020, I came across this show while using the 'Tubi TV' app. Interestingly enough, my iPhone recommended the 'Tubi TV' app the very first week I was in Morristown, New Jersey to get my first Seeing Eye Dog in October of 2017.
'Tubi TV' allowed me to discover another show that I missed from my years of having eyesight. This being My Little Pony Tales. What I learned from watching this second animated take on 'MLP' helped me in seeing how the past truly does repeat itself through the creative arts. (There are episodes of Friendship is Magic that match up with episodes written from MLP Tales that are seperated by nearly 20 years!)
Noting the similarities and differences between MLP in 1993 to MLP in 2010 was fun. However, I have not came across anything like Birdz.
***
I listened to Birdz as I'd go to sleep at night. The more I listened through the episodes, the more I began to notice a relatable story between myself and Mr. Nuthatch. I knew little of him, beyond his words, but I really and truly felt it would have been great if I had seen this show at the point in my life that my liking of diapers and diapered cartoon animals got to where I knew it was a part of me that would not just go away. It wasn't a phase and it was a concern for how I knew it was socially taboo to have the feelings about such things that I did. The fact a show was able to, even if not on purpose, address those who have a liking / desire to return to happier / simpler times was, and still is, quite revolutionary. It also, especially for 1998, showed the benefits of psychotherapy that are still not presented in a kind light to younger audiences who may have reached a point after preschool where they, as I did, realized they would never be truly welcome by their peers.
***
I hope that you have found some positives from the series of videos that Lucca has, so far, uploaded to the Patreon. I need my son's help to finish the series, but it is nice to, at long last, show all I gained from Mr. Nuthatch and a little known show called Birdz. :)
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