Review: It’s Pony “Family Free for All; Lucky Pony”

Overview

“Family Free for All”

The Bramleys are picked to be contestants on a game show called ‘Family Free for All…

“Lucky Pony”

Pony believes he’s a good luck charm and the reason Annie’s a track star…

Our Take

For the first episode, much of the humor comes and plot comes from Annie and her family partaking in a Family Feud-style game show with the weirdest running joke revolving around a relatively new character and game show host “Warbucks O’Shea” and Pony’s random interactions with him ranging from behaving like an obsessive hyper-excited fanboy, to almost bored indifference when they actually meet face to face due to some specific instructions from Annie that end up indirectly getting under O’Shea’s skin. While in a separate subplot, Annie’s father George is hilariously mistaken for one of the camera crew due to wearing a black dress-shirt. Predictably, chaos ensues even when Pony attempts to repress his fanboy side…

As for the 2nd episode, the comedic proceedings stem from a comedy of errors when Pony perceives himself as a good luck charm and it consequently makes Annie and her Track Star Team feel apprehensive to win with the running joke being that Annie and her team wanting free donuts as their motivation to lose. It almost feels like a kid-friendly version of South Park’s episode called “The Losing Edge”. With Heston being the only one jealous of their newfound winning streak and the only other running joke is Pony never accepting “No” as an answer when it comes to getting what he wants with a funny yet unexpected ending.

Overall, both episodes were fun and wacky in different ways. The first mostly felt like a satirical jab at celebrity worship and obsession to a certain extent, while the 2nd mostly felt like a parody of sports movies with how it was written. The pacing, manic energy and the driving force of chaos which is the titular “Pony” remain consistent yet mildly entertaining.