HONKY NINCOMPOOP! MERMAN PARAMEDIC! PILOT EPISODE SYNOPSIS

Title:  ‘Graduation Day!’

Opening Scene:   It’s Graduation Day at Paramedic College and Honky, submerged in a bath on wheels to keep him alive on dry land, is very proud indeed. 

He waves his Certificate of Parameditry at the sky, where his parents, tragically killed in tuna fishing nets the previous mating season, are looking down upon him from merperson heaven.

Medical Emergency: A man trips over a badly laid paving slab and hurts his knee quite severely. 

Crime Scene: A robbery at a nearby shoe shop (This is the sort of subtle multi-layered writing that became the hallmark of ‘Honky...’.  By setting the robbery in a shop that sells shoes, an item that, for obvious reasons, Honky himself would never be able to use, the writers are clearly implying ‘Look, he can’t wear shoes himself but still he helps foil  a shoe-based robbery, what a true hero!’)

Domestic Crisis: Honky’s next-door neighbour and sidekick and driver of the Merman Mobile, Walbert G. SeaLion, informs him that Honky’s underwater home is under attack by guppies.  The role of Walbert was played by Fernando Dos Cervessa until he tragically died in mysterious circumstances involving the Dutch, whereupon his character was replaced by Fishface McBoobs.

The late Fernando Dos Cervessa

Fascinating Fact:  Three stuntmen drowned during the making of this episode!  Two accidentally, one was murdered.

Favourite Scene:  When Honky apprehends the robbers and, with typical dazzling wit, says ‘Shoe are going to jail!’  LOL!

Bonus Detail: Here's a picture I made showing what Honky's 'Merman Mobile' looked like, notice the bath on top of the roof, enabling Honky to remain wet as much as possible, thereby allowing him to survive and heal the sick/solve crimes/deal with domestic crises on dry land.