Postcards from the Ed

"Postcards from the Ed" is the 24th episode of Season 4 and 101st episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy. In this episode, Plank's parents visit the Cul-de-Sac and Eddy feels obliged to help show them around (for a little cash, of course).

Plot
Now surely this can't fail for the Eds: they have really gone to town this time and produced a very credible-looking Sphinx in their mock-up of an ancient Egyptian tomb complete with hieroglyphs, secret passageways and the vault, sarcophagus and mummified body of the infamous King Tuckyershirtin. But unfortunately for Eddy and Double D they do, for when the lid is pressed off of the sarcophagus there's no menacing mummy inside it at all as Ed has taken five for an impromptu snack break. Bitter with shattered illusions, the kids make a quick exit and after one of Ed's sneezes puts an end to the enterprise once and for all Eddy's left staring defeat in the face yet again.

Luckily for Ed, before Eddy's full rage can descend upon him they're interrupted by a couple of new arrivals and as the three Eds watch in stunned silence Jonny introduces them to Plank's Mom and Dad who are here from out of town on vacation. With his wooden charges out of earshot Jonny makes a surprising confession, apparently Plank's parents have him on the go the whole time and they're wearing him and Plank to a sliver with their constant demands to see the neighborhood. Before Eddy can intervene, impulsive Ed has offered his services as a tour guide and with the help of Edd is soon happily engaged in gives the boards a tour around the block.

It's almost more than Eddy can bear, not just the fact that Ed's providing this guidance free of charge, but also because mom and pop are just hunks of wood. Naturally, a sneaky scheme soon creeps into his formerly incredulous mind after reading a magazine. Ed and Edd's gentle jaunt around the neighborhood is interrupted when the Plank's seniors are hijacked and whisked away by Eddy in his tour trip known as Eddy's Deluxe Tour Line. Eddy then begins charging money for the tour and tricks Ed into helping him get the bus moving. Ed soon realizes that Eddy tricked him and took Plank's parents from him.

Having assumed responsibility for Mom and Dad, Ed is thrown into a panic as he and Edd try to find their missing charges. After going through Eddy's room they decide to follow Eddy before something bad happens to Plank's parents(by following Eddy through his cologne). In the meantime, Eddy takes them on a tour with many ridiculous claims about the Cul-De-Sac and when he is caught by Edd and Eddy he tries to get away on his bus. Edd and Eddy discover they've completely lost their heads thanks to Eddy (since he drove the bus through the monkey bars) and Ed and Edd are now scared out of their wits. Ed grabs Edd and tries to stop Eddy's falling tour bus, but the bus lands on them, and to make matters worse, poor Jonny is justifiably outraged and since Plank 'knows people' it's not long before retribution is nigh, you have to feel sorry for poor Ed, if you thought just Plank on his own was spooky, get a load of the crowd he hangs out with. The episode ends with the Eds stuck in a tree surrounded by wooden ruffians.

Memorable Quotes

 * Rolf: "Behold the shrine of Egypt as foretold by the soothsayers!"

Sarah: [looking at the fake, familiar hieroglyphs] "My stupid brother drew these didn't he?"
 * Rolf: [when Edd confesses he can't read the fake hieroglyphs] "Oho, the ancients ones have stumped the know-it-all Ed-boy."


 * Rolf: [listening to Eddy's spiel] "Rolf's porridge quivers at this baloney."


 * Ed: [after sneezing the "tomb" away] "Dusty!"

Eddy: "They're hunks of wood, for cryin' out loud! Just leave 'em here!" Ed: [horrified] "No way, Jose!"
 * Ed: [looking at Plank's parents] "Hello, mother and father of Plank. Remember me? I am Ed! And I will be your guide today."


 * Eddy: [sulking] "I got better things to do than be some tour guide to a couple of floorboards!" [Eddy goes home and reads a magazine; later, he goes to the bathroom and suddenly gets an idea] "A TOUR GUIDE! THAT'S IT!" [flushes toilet]


 * Ed: [seeing Eddy make off with Plank's parents] "Eddy kidnapped my responsibles, Double D!"

Edd: "Ed, his room would be the last place Eddy would've brought them!"
 * Ed: "Come out, come out, wherever you are, mister! Unhand Plank's mommy and daddy!"


 * Edd: "Find the Eddy, Ed!"

Ed: [not impressed with Edd's humor] "Not funny, Double D."
 * Edd: [showing Plank's parents around the neighborhood] "And over to our right, you'll notice an exquisite example of one of our indigenous anthills! Oh, little things, aren't they? Ooh! And here we have a prodigious old oak tree! Yes indeed. Perhaps a relative, yes? Amusing, don't you think?


 * Eddy: [showing Plank's parents around the dump] "Behold the great mountains of Cul-de-Sacia! It took a gazillion years of slag to form these puppies. Note the stench. Priceless!"

Sarah: [trying to push a dolls pram] "Hey! Move this stupid box out of our way!" Eddy: [ignoring Sarah and talking to the Planks] "It's your lucky day! Just recently escaped from the neighborhood zoo, it's Sarah the frog-mouthed brat and the diaper-rash boy Jimmy!" Jimmy: [looking accusingly out of the pram at Sarah] "You told him! I thought you were my friend!"
 * Eddy: [showing Plank's parents around the road] "Hang onto your sawdust folks! It's a one of a kind, only on Eddy's Deluxe Tour Lines: a manhole cover!"


 * Eddy: [showing Plank's parents around the playground] "Haha! Eyeball this beaut'! I call this one the world's oldest blade of grass! And there! The world's largest litter box! A tour special. I'll just add that to the tab."

Eddy: "Relax, baldy. It's nothing a little glue and a couple of nails won't fix."
 * Jonny: [staring at the pieces of Plank's decapitated parents] "HOLY JUMPING BANANA BOATS!" [covers Plank's eyes] "Don't look, Plank!"


 * Jonny: [threatening the Eds] "You're the one who'll be paying, smarty pants! Plank knows people!"

Edd: "I wouldn't say that too loudly, Eddy. I think they're watching us!" Ed: [frightened] "Make them go away, Double D! Make them go away!" Eddy: "Man, this is stupid."
 * Eddy: "This is all your fault. They're just hunks of wood, for Pete's sake."

Trivia/Goofs

 * Ed's mummy name, King Tuckyershirtin, is both a parody of the actual Egyptian pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, and a pun of the phrase "Tuck your shirt in."
 * Kevin and The Kanker Sisters do not appear in this episode.
 * At the beginning of the episode, Rolf is enjoying his time in the cardboard pyramid, however shortly afterwards he calls it "Baloney" and "Hooey" as though he knows it was a scam. It is possible however that Rolf is just mocking the strange ways of the Ancient Egyptians while still enjoying himself.
 * Apparently, if Plank or anyone he knows is threatened, he will send his "wood mafia" to torture the perpetrator(s).
 * Plank's parents make their first and only appearance in this episode.
 * The cheap cologne (described as such by Edd) brand that Eddy has in his room is "MAN STINK."
 * Jonny actually calls Edd by his real name in the beginning of the episode. Most of the time, Edd is called by his nickname "Double D".
 * The hieroglyphs that Edd couldn't decipher consisted of a monobrowed alien next to an odor emitting slice of cheese, buttered toast, television, and an Egyptian feeding King Tuckyershirtin pudding skin. These five are all Ed's obsessions (monster movies, comics, Sheldon, buttered toast, TV, and pudding skin respectively). Ed likes to draw, and this is evidence that the hieroglyphs are the work of Ed.
 * The type of crown on the hieroglyph of King Tuckyershirtin suggests he is the ruler of Lower Egypt.
 * If you look closely when Eddy jumps at Ed and beats him up after Ed sneezes the pyramid away, you can see Eddy has four toes. This is an error, as all the characters are previously shown to have three toes.
 * Eddy is actually the only one of the Eds' who isn't afraid of the "wood mafia." This is surprising, as Edd usually treats Plank like the hunk of wood he is.
 * This episode was nominated a Leo Award back in 2004, for "Best Musical Score in an Animation Program or Series."
 * Apparently, Jimmy still gets diaper rash, and up to this point, he didn't want anyone else except Sarah to know about that.