That's So Raven: Pin Pals Recap

That's so Raven: Pin Pals (2006.)

Raven has a vision about saving Donna Kabonna's designs at a showing in San Francisco the same night as a bowling tournament she's obligated to attend. Because Donna Kabonna is so cool that she doesn't exhibit at Paris or London fashion week, she shows her designs with "Eqyptian" stuff in what appears to be a Mariott conference room. Raven, being Raven, decides her friends suck and fashion is more important and has to relearn lessons of friendship. Which she does pretty much every week. Raven successfully infiltrates the party by dressing herself up in toilet paper as a mummy to join up with the performers. Has anyone tried this? Does this ever work outside of television? All is broken wide open when it's shown that Raven cannot dance. And not just because she's covered in conference hotel 1 ply.

After hijinks ensue and it turns out Donna Kar--- I mean Donna Kabonna has the worst security ever, the day is saved when her friends turn up to flaunt their bowling trophies at Raven. The fashion crowd hated the Egyptian themed thing, but like the bowling shirts Raven designed so all is saved. No doubt because of irony. Egypt is too old to be ironic, but bowling shirts are being revived? I don't know. Bowling shirts were ironic when I was 20.

It could be Raven's need for attention from an older female is directly related to her mother running off to do an International Law degree in England, leaving her with just Rondell Sheridan as a parent figure. The college is never mentioned so it might be UMIST. I don't know.

This is one of the not great episodes. Down to Saved By the Bell levels of complete fantasy for how the world works. Legions of children grew up thinking you could crash fashion shows with some toilet paper and nerdy friends thanks to Pin Pals. When in reality you need to weigh 96 pounds, have a Blackberry and be unable to walk in your shoes. And even then you'll probably stand outside and have your view blocked by some fashion blogger's hat.

And then there's this problem:

Would you let this man parent your children? I don't think so.



I feel kind of bad for him. I remember when he was a legitimate stand up comedian.