"Phineas & Ferb" [Povenmire-Marsh, 2007] Season 1 [Aug. '07-Mar. '09] [TV-G]

Too good to be true? Too intelligent (yeah, definitely too intelligent), well-thought-through, indiscriminating, exuberant, and overarchingly funny to be in concordance with Disney Channel's pandering, product-like sitcoms? Yes, it's all true-- but you get used to it soon enough, in fact in practically no time at all. It breaks the fourth wall, be it to "put down" its self-consciously almost-banal plot structure or its self-consciously mediocre, sometimes even dreck-y, accompanying musical numbers. A tremendous, actively irrestistible gem of a show, that deserves to be way more famous. Grade: A