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Birdz was a Saturday Morning Cartoon series that aired in Fall 1998 on CBS. It had 13 episodes in which focused primarily on Eddie Storkawits, and his misadventures in learning life lessons most children deal with in their transition into becoming a Pre-Teen. . However it also had a large number of sub plots that played out through the course of each episode that revolved around Eddie’s father, mother, older sister, and younger sister.
Morty, like his wife, Betty, and unlike his children, Abby, Edward, and Stephanie, has an accent to his voice. This could imply that they are both children of immigrant families and/or had come to Birdland to further pursue their education / vocational talents.
Dr. Morty Storkawits runs a psychotherapy practice from within his family’s home. This allows him to better control the environment for his patients, but also risks the breach of ‘Patient / Doctor Confidentiality’ with how his wife and son tend to barge into his practice while he is in session with a patient.
Like Betty, there is not a whole lot of character growth for Morty during the series. However he does, also like his wife, serve to support the creation and/or the resolution of events that transpire during and throughout the 13 episode series.
The expression on his beak in this image shows how his character is very dedicated to holding himself to a very high standard in both his personal and professional life. He enjoys being a psychologist, adores his wife, and has a very ‘Guide On The Side’ style to his parenting.
Morty and Betty work well in ensuring their children grow up to be caring and thoughtful adults. Though it is usually Betty who will resolve conflicts with compromise whereas Morty, without Betty’s persuasion, will dig his talons firmly into the ground upon coming to how a parenting situation should be handled.
Key episodes for Morty are as follows…
EPISODE 6: Birdman
Morty is not often shown caring for Abby. This episode is a positive change of pace to show how he utilizes ‘Role Playing’ to inspire his baby daughter to not resist trying new foods. (This may be due to how his interaction with Abby is based upon his understanding of psychotherapy and how it applies towards encouraging positive habits and behaviors.)
EPISODE 7: Let The Chicks Fall Where They May
Morty’s determination to help his patients goes beyond the weekly sessions he has with them. This is because he not only encourages Mr. Nuthatch to fly South for the Winter, but also invites Mr. Nuthatch to fly with his family to their migration destination, Miami Beak.
Later in the episode, once Morty sees Mr. Nuthatch gaining more confidence in partaking in the annual migration, he passes the responsibility of leading the everyone from Las Eggas to Miami Beak to Mr. Nuthatch. It is shortly afterwards where Eddie’s feigned ignorance towards migration land him in a dangerous situation. Fortunately the family finds Eddie before becoming a meal for a vulture. It is here where, instead of yelling at his son, Morty takes accountability for not having kept better track of whether-or-not Eddie was still with the group. (He later deflects the question of “What do vultures eat.” To Betty as, likely, he would have provided a more direct answer over the whimsical one his wife gives in response.)
EPISODE 8: Father & Son campout
This episode is all about that difficult transition a parent has when their child prefers to be away from their parents instead of being around them.
The episode is quite awkward as Eddie dreads his father wanting to “Spend quality time with him”. Betty tries to explain how Morty just wants to show his son that he wants to be a part of his life. However no pre-teen is really ever going to see “Quality Time” as anything more than embarrassing. (This is established in the episode’s opening where Eddie and Sleepy are at the ballpark with their dads. Eddie sees Sleepy’s dad as being cool and his dad as uncool. We then start the, very likely, inside joke for adult watchers about how Morty “Has very big feet!”.)
Through Betty and Stephy, we see how teenagers do, eventually, come back to spend time with their parents. We also get to see how Morty is trying to teach Eddie how to do more ‘Home Economics’ / ‘, but with little success given how Morty is not exactly the go to guy for laundry.
Eddie and his dad find a way to bond by the episode’s end. However the real lesson is, for parents, to know how to accept your kids need their space and how, especially in the teen years, compromise with open knowledge of your availability to them when they need it is the best way to build a bond as your fledgling nears ever closer to leaving the nest.
We also get another shot at getting the joke about Morty’s “Really big feet!” at the very end. Helping with it is Betty as, upon Grandma Storkawits pointing it out upon Morty being knocked out by Eddie while playing Catch, gleefully adds in a singsong way, “He certainly does!”.
EPISODE 10: The Life Of Riley
This episode is a great watch for parents who are coping with the early rebellions of a teenager. However it also sheds a lot of light on how neither Morty nor Betty are fully understanding, or capable, of how to successfully perform their individual day-to-day activities to maintain the household.
The payoff of this episode is how well husband and wife resolve the situation. They calmly apologize for having made false assumptions of how the other’s responsibilities / job were easier to do and move on with a greater respect for each other.
EPISODE 12 – Big Beak, Or No Big Beak
This is a great episode for Middle Schoolers to watch for how it really focuses on one’s self-perception of their physical appearance along with social standards needed to “Fit In” with those they wish to be closest to.
At one point, due to letting his paranoia of how he misinterprets a statement about the size of his beak from his teacher, Miss Finch, Eddie acquires a device to wear on his beak to help shrink it.
Eddie first shows his apparatus at breakfast the following day. It scares Abby and she starts to cry. This is, without words, stopped by either a pacifier, or bottle. Morty and Betty then go on to act like nothing is different about their son until Stephy gets frustrated with how her parents are not acknowledging the proverbial ‘Elephant In the Room’. This is stopped by having a pacifier, or bottle, placed into her mouth, too.
The scene ends when the beak shrinking device breaks and Betty states, “Now there’s my little beaky boy.”.
Morty certainly is not your stereotypical sitcom father. Why not see him in action over on the ‘Tubi TV’ app. You can also buy the entire series from Amazon Prime for $17.
ashleyfoxkitOriginal Work – https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43686031/
Birdz was a Saturday Morning Cartoon series that aired in Fall 1998 on CBS. It had 13 episodes in which focused primarily on Eddie Storkawits, and his misadventures in learning life lessons most children deal with in their transition into becoming a Pre-Teen. . However it also had a large number of sub plots that played out through the course of each episode that revolved around Eddie’s father, mother, older sister, and younger sister.
Morty, like his wife, Betty, and unlike his children, Abby, Edward, and Stephanie, has an accent to his voice. This could imply that they are both children of immigrant families and/or had come to Birdland to further pursue their education / vocational talents.
Dr. Morty Storkawits runs a psychotherapy practice from within his family’s home. This allows him to better control the environment for his patients, but also risks the breach of ‘Patient / Doctor Confidentiality’ with how his wife and son tend to barge into his practice while he is in session with a patient.
Like Betty, there is not a whole lot of character growth for Morty during the series. However he does, also like his wife, serve to support the creation and/or the resolution of events that transpire during and throughout the 13 episode series.
The expression on his beak in this image shows how his character is very dedicated to holding himself to a very high standard in both his personal and professional life. He enjoys being a psychologist, adores his wife, and has a very ‘Guide On The Side’ style to his parenting.
Morty and Betty work well in ensuring their children grow up to be caring and thoughtful adults. Though it is usually Betty who will resolve conflicts with compromise whereas Morty, without Betty’s persuasion, will dig his talons firmly into the ground upon coming to how a parenting situation should be handled.
Key episodes for Morty are as follows…
EPISODE 6: Birdman
Morty is not often shown caring for Abby. This episode is a positive change of pace to show how he utilizes ‘Role Playing’ to inspire his baby daughter to not resist trying new foods. (This may be due to how his interaction with Abby is based upon his understanding of psychotherapy and how it applies towards encouraging positive habits and behaviors.)
EPISODE 7: Let The Chicks Fall Where They May
Morty’s determination to help his patients goes beyond the weekly sessions he has with them. This is because he not only encourages Mr. Nuthatch to fly South for the Winter, but also invites Mr. Nuthatch to fly with his family to their migration destination, Miami Beak.
Later in the episode, once Morty sees Mr. Nuthatch gaining more confidence in partaking in the annual migration, he passes the responsibility of leading the everyone from Las Eggas to Miami Beak to Mr. Nuthatch. It is shortly afterwards where Eddie’s feigned ignorance towards migration land him in a dangerous situation. Fortunately the family finds Eddie before becoming a meal for a vulture. It is here where, instead of yelling at his son, Morty takes accountability for not having kept better track of whether-or-not Eddie was still with the group. (He later deflects the question of “What do vultures eat.” To Betty as, likely, he would have provided a more direct answer over the whimsical one his wife gives in response.)
EPISODE 8: Father & Son campout
This episode is all about that difficult transition a parent has when their child prefers to be away from their parents instead of being around them.
The episode is quite awkward as Eddie dreads his father wanting to “Spend quality time with him”. Betty tries to explain how Morty just wants to show his son that he wants to be a part of his life. However no pre-teen is really ever going to see “Quality Time” as anything more than embarrassing. (This is established in the episode’s opening where Eddie and Sleepy are at the ballpark with their dads. Eddie sees Sleepy’s dad as being cool and his dad as uncool. We then start the, very likely, inside joke for adult watchers about how Morty “Has very big feet!”.)
Through Betty and Stephy, we see how teenagers do, eventually, come back to spend time with their parents. We also get to see how Morty is trying to teach Eddie how to do more ‘Home Economics’ / ‘, but with little success given how Morty is not exactly the go to guy for laundry.
Eddie and his dad find a way to bond by the episode’s end. However the real lesson is, for parents, to know how to accept your kids need their space and how, especially in the teen years, compromise with open knowledge of your availability to them when they need it is the best way to build a bond as your fledgling nears ever closer to leaving the nest.
We also get another shot at getting the joke about Morty’s “Really big feet!” at the very end. Helping with it is Betty as, upon Grandma Storkawits pointing it out upon Morty being knocked out by Eddie while playing Catch, gleefully adds in a singsong way, “He certainly does!”.
EPISODE 10: The Life Of Riley
This episode is a great watch for parents who are coping with the early rebellions of a teenager. However it also sheds a lot of light on how neither Morty nor Betty are fully understanding, or capable, of how to successfully perform their individual day-to-day activities to maintain the household.
The payoff of this episode is how well husband and wife resolve the situation. They calmly apologize for having made false assumptions of how the other’s responsibilities / job were easier to do and move on with a greater respect for each other.
EPISODE 12 – Big Beak, Or No Big Beak
This is a great episode for Middle Schoolers to watch for how it really focuses on one’s self-perception of their physical appearance along with social standards needed to “Fit In” with those they wish to be closest to.
At one point, due to letting his paranoia of how he misinterprets a statement about the size of his beak from his teacher, Miss Finch, Eddie acquires a device to wear on his beak to help shrink it.
Eddie first shows his apparatus at breakfast the following day. It scares Abby and she starts to cry. This is, without words, stopped by either a pacifier, or bottle. Morty and Betty then go on to act like nothing is different about their son until Stephy gets frustrated with how her parents are not acknowledging the proverbial ‘Elephant In the Room’. This is stopped by having a pacifier, or bottle, placed into her mouth, too.
The scene ends when the beak shrinking device breaks and Betty states, “Now there’s my little beaky boy.”.
Morty certainly is not your stereotypical sitcom father. Why not see him in action over on the ‘Tubi TV’ app. You can also buy the entire series from Amazon Prime for $17.
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