MELISSA & JOEY “The Other Longo” and “Teacher/Teacher” Review

MELISSA & JOEY

MELISSA & JOEY “The Other Longo” and “Teacher/Teacher” Episodes 25 & 26 – Another double episode of MELISSA & JOEY this week with the first episode focusing on the arrival of another Longo (and another Lawrence) who turns Mel’s world upside down. The second episode revolved around Mel’s desire to go back to being the fun aunt while Joe tried to make a wrong right by making it even more wrong.

Seeing Joey Lawrence’s brother on the show took me back to the days of Brotherly Love. As an aside, do the Lawrence brothers every really age? Back to the show. Joe’s brother, Tony, arrives unannounced. He is a lighter more relaxed version of Joe, something that appeals to Mel. So much so that she lets her guard, and some of her clothes, down. Naturally the photos end up on the internet. Mel feels betrayed, while simultaneously celebrating the positive comments from women to the photos.

The best part of the episode was the big fight between Tony and Joe in the basement. Arguing about who said what and who threw the first punch leading to a wrestlemania in Mel’s basement was amusing. I was surprised that Tony went along with the lie that they weren’t fighting about Mel once he figured out that Joe has feelings for Mel. Definitely a good way to keep the possibility of Mel and Joe getting together for sometime in the future.

I found the second episode with the concert antics funnier. I was rather surprised that in her quest to be the cool aunt, Mel would so quickly venture back into illegal territory. When someone addresses you as “Councilwoman” in the fake ID store, it is time to leave the fake ID store. It was disappointing that Mel would forego her parental responsiblities for a trip down memory lane with her underage niece. However, the scenes in the bathroom were worth it.

The episodes did lend themselves to some funny lines:

“Get back to your room, snot face!” – Lennox to Ryder

“You’re no land fill. Awww, that’s the sweetest thing someone’s ever said to me.” – Tony to Mel

“As Mr. Lincoln said, you are all free now.” – Ryder’s teacher

“No one has to French anyone just yet. Good, I will return my tongue to its holster.” – Mel to Ryder

“Longos! Never let them into your house.” – Mel

“You don’t walk with your legs, but with your face.” – Mel to Lennox

“520 pounds. That’s a lot of niece.” – Joe

What did you think of these episodes of Melissa & Joey? Which one did you like best? Do you like fun Aunt Mel or responsible Councilwoman Burke the best? Tell us down below.

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By Dani Bradford | August 31, 2011 | 4 Comments

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http://noreruns.net Kyle Nolan

I guess this episode was inevitable, you can’t have a show with one Lawrence brother without the rest of them showing up. (I never really watched Brotherly Love, but the middle brother looked much older than I remember.) I don’t understand why they saved “The Other Longo” for such a long time (according to Wikipedia this was supposed to be episode 13). It was so distracting seeing Joey back with that awful bald look again for one episode, and then a full head of hair in the next episode.
Definitely preferred the second episode as well. I think what makes Mel great is that she can be both serious and fun, and not stuck in one mode all the time.

Anonymous

Kyle, I love your comment simply for the line that you can’t have a show with one Lawrence brother without the rest of them showing up. It is strange and distracting how Joe goes back and forth between bald and hair. Mel is great!

Anonymous

Both were interesting episodes. In the first episode I thought it was interesting that Mel’s assistant basically admitted that Joe is more or less Mel’s type of guy. Someone else pointed it out but i just noticed how bad Joe’s room looks. His bed was tiny and it didn’t look like any effort was put into fixing it up. You’s think he’d have bought a better bed by now.

In case you didn’t notice but the Ryder’s teacher was played by Andrew Lawrence, Joey’s other brother. It was nice seeing a storyline at least partially centered on Joe and Ryder and I found their antics much more interesting than Mel and Lennox’s plotline. I did like how Mel had to constantly downplay how wild she was when she was younger.

I’m still waiting for her to say she was a real witch at Lennox’s age or for her to say she’s tired of having to explain it all. Please writers throw a bone to those of us who were kids in the 90′s.

Anonymous

He looked familiar to me but the glasses threw me off! Good catch, Chris. The downplaying of Mel’s wild days can be grating, but I think it is a way to show she is not just a stuffy politician. Didn’t she make a witch remark around halloween? I swear she did.