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Thank god for Adult Swim's Friday Night Fix. The fact that you can watch episodes of ATHF before they premiere ranks right up there with chocolate pudding and three-day weekends. Yeah that's right, simple things make me smile. Apparently Shake feels the same way, which is why he chose to endorse Boost Mobile and it's super convenient pay-as-you-go cell phone plans. Yes that's right, Shake has decided to hop on the product placement bandwagon and now dresses like one of the crazy folk in those poser mobile commercials.

To go along with his new gangsta wardrobe, Shake also has a new buddy: a lifesize cell phone that hops around saying nothing but "Where you at dawg?" Frylock can't believe what he's seeing, but Meatwad loves the chirping sound the phone makes and likes dancing to it. Whenever it rings, some guy named Josh keeps calling Shake. Apparently he hired Shake and if he doesn't get moving on Boost Mobile sales, then heads will roll. So Shake wants to head out, flash his "bling-blong" as he calls it, and make some sales. Frylock and Meatwad head outside as well. Meatwad visits with his friend Jeffy The Garden Hose. Carl sees them and pops this episode's one-liner, "What is this, a gay out?" Priceless.

Meatwad then decides he wants to learn how to milk a cow. So they hop in the Danger Cart and for whatever reason end up in Hell, where Shake's cell phone melts and bursts into flames. When they return home, Shake receives a call from Josh. On a landline! Gasp! This can't be good for a guy trying to sell mobile phones. At this point, an army of Boost Mobile phones materialize in the front yard, whip out switchblades and attack Shake. Frylock and Meatwad step out of the way just as a talking bottle of Axe Bodyspray shows up. They tell him Shake is busy, but Axe says it's okay. He's just there for the end credits. And it was true, the Axe bottle was all over the credit montage.

So that's how it went, but on the whole not one of the Aqua Teen's best outings. It was nice that they brought back the Danger Cart (especially when they traveled on the highway sponsored by the mutant brownie monsters), but it needed more Carl. I said the same thing about last week's episode. Carl needs more than two lines, he's way too funny to waste. It had its moments because product placement is certainly ripe for assault, so they had fun with the idea at least. But they had the characters swearing again, with the word bleeped out. What is up with that because they never used to do it before, right?