A 2023 Project

I've been chipping away at planning this big project for the past few months. I'm 90% sure it's part of the reason why I've been slower to complete other stuff and I think y'all deserve to know about it.  

Earlier in the year, I dropped this commentary dapping up Phineas and Ferb and its achievements. I've alluded to it in a few updates but in the process of preparing that video, my view on the show has shifted significantly. Conceptually, it feels a lot more approachable than it did before. I think I've always had it in me to dig deeper into the show but there wasn't much of an avenue for me to do that on a smaller scale that hadn't already been tackled elsewhere. I did a couple weeks of research and crunching numbers and I gained some insights into how I could revisit it. I think I'm ready to tackle the show in a bigger capacity.

Inspired by the worldwide launch of the show in 2008, I'm planning on instituting an event simply known as Phineas and Ferb-ruary, or more commonly, just Ferb-ruary. The month is being kicked off with a multihour exploration of the series, the spinoffs, the movies, and a few other audio-visual projects. It's being staged as something closer to a big ranking, but if it's possible, I want to try and give every episode a mini review of sorts. Insights, trivia tidbits, animation notes, etc 

In step with the original marathon, the rest of the month will feature a new Phineas and Ferb video every single day. Mostly shorter pieces of content but length may vary, especially with the Saturday drops. I'll lay out a rough breakdown for the month below. I have a couple more pieces of related content planned mainly for the first half of the year. Depending on how well things go, I'm prepared to include additional content. Here's what on the docket so far:

The Ranking - 1/28 days
Other general PaF media - 4/28 days [Sat.]

Week 1 (4th) - P&F Cameos and Marathons (and other Appearances)

Week 2 (11th) - P&F Games 

Week 3 (18th) - *P&F Dubs

Week 4 (25th) - P&F Tie Ins and Promotions

Extended reviews of individual episodes - 12/28 days [Tues.,Thurs.,Sun.]

(being determined as I watch; up to half of em may be specials)

Fresh theories/analyses/history jargon - 11/28 days [Mon., Wed., Fri.]

  Mon. - character analysis (4) 

  Wed. - theories (3) 

  Fri. - history (4) 

I'm about 2/3rds of the way through the series, have about 15-20% of the episodes written up and I'm deep into mapping out other content. Sometime soon, I want to approach some guests to come on and tackle an episode they're interested in. Mostly others that I know are big fans of the show but I might throw in a few other folks as well.

I have this project broken up into five phases so far:

Phase 1 (Feb. 1, 2023) - The Ranking

Phase 2 (Feb. 1st-28th) - Ferb-uary 2023

Phase 3 (Mar. 1st) - A Deep Dive into Act Your Age

Phase 4 (June 9th) - A Serendipitous Five Hour Character Study [Phineas]

Phase 5 (Feb. 29th, 2024) - A Surreptitious Two and a Half Hour Character Study [Ferb]

(^Phase 5 might be determined by popular demand but who knows, we'll see^)

The gap in between phases 3 and 4 is one I expect to be filled with other content. I have two non PaF related videos I want to drop in April, but otherwise there's room for more items. I have a few more ideas I want to map out but it's hinging on how well the first legs of the project are received. After phase 4, it's way more likely I'll have time to indulge in other content. 

I want to deliver as much other stuff as I can before Christmas. I understand not everyone would be down for this much content on one show and I want to be sensitive to that. I'm banking as many scripts as I can finish before the month is out to try and assess what I can do. There's some bigger stuff I want to complete before year's end but I gotta see where everything's at. Ironically, the video that's closest to being done is going to talk about Hamster & Gretel, the newest Disney cartoon that takes place within the same universe. So far, so good. I made a last minute discovery for the Clarence doc that I have to write around so it definitely set my progress back a bit. I'm moving in a couple weeks so it's been a challenge planning to work around it. That's about it for now. You'll hear more the farther this comes along, but this is the long and short of it for now. Thanks for sticking around.