Sun, Jan 4, 2009
Having broken Barney's keyboard Nev finds himself apparently transported back into Victorian times. Mr. Prank is there too as a circus-owner and he pursues Nev in order to exhibit him as a dancing blue bear. Nev has to find a way to get back to his own time zone and return to the flat.
Mon, Jan 5, 2009
After eating a spaghetti dish cooked by Crazy Keith Barney turns into a frog. Nev hopes to return him to his old form by having Beatrice kiss him but to no avail. Fortunately Aunt Barbara realizes that it is due to a surfeit of oregano in Crazy Keith's cooking and pours a glass of water over him, turning the frog back into a - nude - Barney.
Tue, Jan 6, 2009
Aunt Barbara is holding a painting contest for her local art school in Barney's flat and orders Mr. Prank to polish the floor in the hall. Unfortunately he does it so thoroughly that all the painters fall over. He is determined to win the contest and sneers at Nev's effort. However, when the chief judge arrives it is Nev's somewhat adulterated offering that he thinks should win the prize. Trust Mr. Prank to pass it off as his own work.
Wed, Jan 7, 2009
Whilst playing with Crazy Keith Nev thinks he has broken the television set so he 'borrows' one that Aunt Barbara has put out with the rubbish. It has an unusual remote control, however, which can turn Mr. Prank into different characters as well as muting him and making him appear in black and white. Trouble strikes, however, when Barney and Beatrice are accidentally zapped and end up inside the television as characters in a Parisian romance. Eventually the couple are rescued and Nev realizes that he has not broken Barney's set, he just forgot to plug it in.
Thu, Jan 8, 2009
Barney has fallen behind with his rent and Aunt Barbara says he and Nev will be evicted unless the full arrears are paid. Barney gets hold of the money and gives it to Mr. Prank to pass on to Barbara but the nasty man hides it in a drawer, anticipating that he will get the better flat if Barbara evicts Barney and, best of all, he will be rid of Nev. He has,however reckoned without Crazy Keith's spy kit, which contains invisible ink and allows Nev to make himself invisible and recover the rent money.
Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Aunt Barbara's niece Melanie takes a film of Crazy Keith and Nev performing their new 'Bear Rap' and posts it on the Internet. It is a huge success and fans flock to the flat to watch the duo perform at the window. Aunt Barbara and Mr. Prank become backing singers but when Nev and Crazy Keith quit the band they are unable to carry on alone and the enterprise falls apart.
Mon, Jan 12, 2009
Annoyed at her constant criticisms of him, Mr. Prank finds a love potion, guaranteed to make the drinker fall for the first person they see, and slips it into Aunt Barbara's cup of tea. However, the cups get switched and he drinks it, falling head over heels for Nev, who is consequently 'fwightened'. Beatrice drinks some and throws herself at Barney but he only has eyes for himself, as he was looking in a mirror when he drank it. Who can come to Nev's rescue?
Tue, Jan 13, 2009
Aunt Barbara is determined that her tomboy niece Melanie will learn to be a lady but all efforts so far have failed so she sets her to learn how to make jam. However she is rubbish at this as well and,with Nev's connivance, steals a pot of cherry jam made by Mr. Prank's late mother, and one of his few remaining souvenirs of her. Needless to say, the jam - which tastes awful - is spilt, sticking Melanie and Nev to the floor to await their punishment.
Top-rated
Wed, Jan 14, 2009
When Nev and Crazy Keith thaw out a block of ice from Mr. Prank's freezer they discover a prehistoric 'bearosaurus' that has been preserved inside. However he is extremely fierce and takes Aunt Barbara and Mr. Prank as his prisoners and Nev and Keith have to lure him back into his icy prison.
Thu, Jan 15, 2009
When Barney reads 'Jack and the Beanstalk' to him, Nev wishes for magic beans but instead gets a magic - and very sinister - bean-bag chair. First it devours him and then it swallows Mr. Prank and when Barney fishes them out they have exchanged personalities. Nev gets to work painting the landing while Mr. Prank pulls faces at Aunt Barbara. Fortunately Crazy Keith knows how to reverse the process with the help of his magic remote control.
Fri, Jan 16, 2009
When Mr. Prank hears Postie talking about her lottery win he decides to marry her - for her money, almost immediately and in Barney's flat, with Barney as best man, Aunt Barbara and Melanie as the bride's attendants and Nev as the page-bear. When Crazy Keith and Nev find out they resolve to save Postie, sending away the real vicar, who is replaced by Crazy Keith. He performs the wedding ceremony but Barney points out that it is not legal as the vicar is an impostor. By this time, however, Mr. Prank is already gloating about having half of Postie's money and she is not happy. A messy fight ensues, involving the reception's ice-cream cakes, and all are well and truly spattered. One cake flies out through the window and hits P.C. Morse in the face, and,when he comes in to investigate,it is love at first sight between him and Postie, who go off together. She gives Mr. Prank her winning lottery ticket but the prize is only five pounds and Aunt Barbara confiscates it to pay for all the mess he has caused.
Mon, Dec 7, 2009
Postie is replaced by a robot version of herself, which is supposedly more efficient. Nev and Crazy Keith combine to try and confuse the robot, but it is as amorous towards Mr. Prank as the real Postie and ties everyone up whilst flirting with him. Fortunately Nev realises the one thing that all posties are scared of, playing up to Aunt Barbara's belief that he is a dog. Thanks to his prompt action the robot is defeated and Postie reinstated.
Wed, Dec 9, 2009
When Nev is ill in bed with the 'bearsles' Crazy Keith writes him a story in which Nev is Robin Hood and Keith his servant Will in Blue Bearwood Forest. The evil Sheriff of Nottingbar and her henchman Guy of Gisplank have captured Maid Marian - who looks just like Barney in drag - but Nev rescues her when he takes on Gisplank in an archery contest.
Wed, Dec 9, 2009
Barney's washing machine has broken down and the flat is full of his smelly,dirty socks. Mr. Prank sets out to mend the machine but the pile of socks transforms into a sock monster, chasing anything that smells around the flat. Nev and Mr. Prank once again forge an unusual alliance to catch it, helped by a mysterious monster hunter, who is, of course, Crazy Keith.
Thu, Dec 10, 2009
Melanie brings Clooney, the school's pet guinea pig, to the flat but he escapes from his cage and ends up going under the floor-boards and into Crazy Keith's hide-out. Keith becomes concerned that his beloved Doris is falling for Clooney and so, helped by Nev, he performs a series of dare-devil stunts to win her back again.
Fri, Dec 11, 2009
Once again Mr. Prank has come last in the Historical Care-Taking Reenactment Society's games and he is not happy. Barney suggests he might feel better coming next to last so he decides to get Nev to join the society on the assumption that a blue bear could never do better than him. Nev, however, is determined and has Crazy Keith to coach him for victory.
Mon, Dec 14, 2009
Feeling his age Mr. Prank adds rejuvenating tonic to his bathwater but, thanks to Nev, he uses too much and turns into a baby, calling Nev and Keith his Daddy and Mummy. They discover that the antidote to get him back to normal is to tickle him but they overdo it, ending up by ageing him. There is just enough tonic left to try and save the day before Aunt Barbara gives him the sack.
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
Nev and Crazy Keith make a papier-mache mask but it frightens people so much Melanie throws it out. Then it gets stuck on Mr. Prank's head. He has had dental work and cannot speak so he chases people to get them to remove it but it only scares them the more so. Aunt Barbara sees this as an excuse to sack him. When Nev learns the truth will he speak up for his natural enemy?
Wed, Dec 16, 2009
Crazy Keith is running his radio station, Radio Doris, from his lair, including an agony line featuring Auntie Kath - who is also Keith. Frustrated by Nev, Mr. Prank rings Auntie Kath for advice, only to be told that, in order to make himself feel good, he should give Nev ice cream. Not that it works, of course, and the chase is on, ending in the basement where Aunt Barbara has got locked in and sees Nev as her saviour.
Thu, Dec 17, 2009
Nev and Crazy Keith fall through a magic mirror into a parallel universe where Mr. Prank is a kindly friend and Barney the villainous caretaker. Crazy Keith has a bookish twin and Beatrice wants to make a coat out of Nev. Will Nev and crazy Keith remember the password to get back through the mirror into their flat and escape her clutches?
Top-rated
Fri, Dec 18, 2009
A well-spoken blue bear who resembles Nev calls at the flat. He is Dev and claims to be Nev's long-lost cousin but he has horns and a demonic laugh and is actually an evil genius who has escaped from prison and is out to conquer the world. He hypnotises the humans into obeying him, leaving Nev and Crazy Keith as the world's only safeguard against his satanic plan.
Mon, Dec 21, 2009
Short-listed for the Caretaker of the Year finals, Mr. Prank needs to look smart for his photo shoot and picks out a coat left by a previous tenant to wear. Unfortunately he was mad scientist Gunther Von Prank and his spirit possesses the coat, turning Mr. Prank into an evil genius. If he is to win the title and the accompanying holiday which will give them a rest from him, Nev and Crazy Keith have to get the coat off him. Cue Nev to spatter it with ice cream.
Tue, Dec 22, 2009
When a meteorite lands in the flat Nev and Crazy Keith have fun at Mr. Prank's expense by pretending to be aliens and getting him to wait on them. He soon sees through them but when a real alien comes out of the meteorite he assumes this too is a hoaxer until it ties him up to experiment on him. Crazy Keith stalls the alien by pretending to be an inter-galactic parking policeman whilst Nev has to work out how to turn off the alien's machine and send the meteorite back into space.
Wed, Dec 23, 2009
When Mr. Prank declares that he is resigning his job to travel the world using the gold he has been saving up over the years, Nev and Crazy Keith decide they want to find the gold for themselves. They locate it hidden in a teapot in the ice cream van but a magpie flies away with it. At a surprise farewell party for the caretaker Nev has to admit what has happened but Mr. Prank has a surprise of his own in store.